However, creating the kernel often will be the process where obtaining firmware will occur when creating a custom Linux distribution. Lightweight Core Platforms The last thing the Linux kernel does is ...

Follow along with this step-by-step guide to creating your own distribution. In an article in the June 2018 issue of LJ, I introduced a basic recipe for building your own minimal Linux-based ...

Would Linux survive if Ubuntu suddenly died? Plus: How you can create your own Linux distro, and a first look at Semplice Linux 5 (a Debian-based distro).

Microsoft’s open source tool provides developers only with Linux alternative command-line interfaces. Developers cannot distribute custom Linux distributions on the Windows Store. However, they can ...

The WSL sample that is now open source allows distro maintainers to build WSL distro package for the Microsoft Store and to create custom Linux distro packages for sideloading.

Creating the custom application launcher Our first step is to create the custom application launcher, and for this we will be using a text editor and writing Bash shell scripts.

Microsoft has released a tool to help Linux distribution maintainers bring their distros to the Windows Store to run on Windows 10's Windows Subsystem for Linux.

However, they can use the new tool to create custom Linux distribution packages that can be side-loaded onto a machine running Windows 10 in developer mode.