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A discontinued Linux distribution hosted by the Linux Foundation, using source code from the operating systems Moblin (produced by Intel) and Maemo (produced by Nokia). MkLinux: A legacy Linux distribution for PowerPC systems that runs the Linux kernel as a server on top of the Mach microkernel. Nitix
kernel.org on the World Wide Web is the main distribution point of source code for the Linux kernel, which is the base of the Linux operating system.. The website and related infrastructure, which is operated by the Linux Kernel Organization, [1] host the repositories that make all versions of the kernel's source code available to all users.
Other distributions, including Gentoo Linux, provide only the binaries of a basic kernel, compilation tools, and an installer; the installer compiles all the requested software for the specific architecture of the user's computer, using these tools and the software's source code.
Pages in category "Source-based Linux distributions" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics;
Source Mage is a source-based Linux distribution.Instead of delivering binaries to users, the source code is compiled locally on the users computer. [2] This practice enables greater control over the software than other distributions that precompile software for users do, such as Ubuntu.
CRUX is a Linux distribution mainly targeted at expert computer users. It uses BSD-style initscripts and utilizes a ports system similar to a BSD-based operating system. Chimera Linux: Chimera Linux is a Linux distribution created by Daniel Kolesa, a semi-active contributor to Void Linux. It uses a userland and core utilities based on FreeBSD.
The Linux kernel is a free and open source, [11]: 4 Unix-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds in 1991 and was soon adopted as the kernel for the GNU operating system (OS) which was created to be a free replacement for Unix.
gLinux is a Debian Testing-based Linux distribution used at Google as a workstation operating system. [1] The Google gLinux team builds the system from source code, introducing their own changes.