ydfgoiusdfgbijksdhgbijsfd
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i dont want to install a distro but i want the kernel is there any way possible?
How to get just the kernel?
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Condobloke
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If that is your proper name I would hate to be calling you for dinner !
Which kernel?....is it for an existing distro?
More info would be good.
If that is your proper name I would hate to be calling you for dinner !
Which kernel?....is it for an existing distro?
More info would be good.
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If you want to browse the code, the link @Bartman posted is the way to go.
If you want to use the kernel, then you need more stuff. To be able to do **anything** you'll need, at least:
It's basically based on building everything yourself from the sources. I did it, it ended up working, it's fun, you learn a lot, and you get essentially the minimal set of stuff to make a computer useful. But then you soon realise that maintaining it up to date is an absolute burden as it means downloading and recompiling stuff, then things start to break because maintaining the dependencies yourself is a lot to bear. It's still fun for a while, but you end up appreciating the concept of distributions.
If you want to use the kernel, then you need more stuff. To be able to do **anything** you'll need, at least:
- A bootloader, for the computer to be able to load the kernel
- The Kernel
- A filesystem implementation
- Some essential services and some devices besides your current hardware, specially the TTY devices.
- An init manager for the Kernel to delegate the system bootstrap so that it makes it to the user space, where you can do stuff --either systemd or SysV Init
- An command line interpreter like Bash.
- A basic set of GNU Utilities
It's basically based on building everything yourself from the sources. I did it, it ended up working, it's fun, you learn a lot, and you get essentially the minimal set of stuff to make a computer useful. But then you soon realise that maintaining it up to date is an absolute burden as it means downloading and recompiling stuff, then things start to break because maintaining the dependencies yourself is a lot to bear. It's still fun for a while, but you end up appreciating the concept of distributions.
