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Hello Friend,
I am new to OS Development , I am working in Linux since last three years , now I want my own Linux, Customized Linux which will be suited for Security Professionals not commercial OS free for all as Linux is, I want to know how build a customize Linux from scratch ...

I am following www.linuxfromscratch.org , LFS .

Can anyone let me know some other ways to build Linux based OS , or any book to follow ... please help me .guyz..

Sorry pal, this is the wrong forum for making your own Linux distro.

This is for hobbyist programmers who are making their own OS from scratch.

JamesM wrote:Sorry pal, this is the wrong forum for making your own Linux distro.

This is for hobbyist programmers who are making their own OS from scratch.

Please let me know the right place pal.

http://www.linuxforums.org would be a good place to start.

Have you had a look at hardened Gentoo? I can hardly imagine anything that combines full customizability with excellent security potential like this one.

(Yes, potential. As with everything, it's only as secure as your dumbest decision during setup. )

Hi man,
I also have made a linux distro from scratch ... But it isnt
worth the exercsie . Compiling everyting may take a lot
of time and sometimes when things do not work the way
you expected .. you get very frustrated ... But now i will give
you a very simple introduction on creating the linux disro ...

Simplest Way to create a linux distro
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1) download uClibc rootfs thing ...

2) untar it into a new partiton formatted with ext2 fs

3) make mods to essential files like fstab etc ...

3) Compile the kernel and copy it to /boot directory

4) install the bootloader .....

5) Now you can focus on writing your own simple package manager ...

6) Write Scripts to automate the above things etc ...

7) Check El Trito docs for creating a bootable cd or check syslinux etc ..

Everything is done well ... you now have a simple linux distro ...

9) If this community wants a linux that is specifically tailored towards
OS developers .. I will try to do this as well .. Otherwise it's kind of
boring thing to do ...

HI!
I am am ALSO working on a Linux Distro (SeaOS) as well as a kernel (SeaKern) So yeah.

It's much fun.

--JL