creat a custom distro

[georanson]

i want to create my own distro

well when i started into linux my ultimate goal was to make my own distro and well while i am still fairly new to linux i think its never to early to start so i wanted to know what programing languages and other things i will need to learn to make my own distro from srcach

p.s. i wont be doing this alone i will be working with a group of 3 others
2 programmer (one is me)
1 graphic designer
1 total newb

[coopstah13]

creating a custom distro is more difficult than you think, why not instead build a linux from scratch system and then customize it to fit your needs after? There is a lot of thought that has to go into your own distribution, like if you want to have a package manager for it you'd have to have a way to host all these packages and convert all the available software out there into this package format, etc. It would take more than 2 people programming linux entirely from scratch, unless you're willing to spend years on this

[georanson]

the hosting is not a problem but how many programers are you suggesting

[coopstah13]

are you going to use linus' kernel or make your own? I guess I am not sure I understand exactly what you want to do.

Welcome to Linux From Scratch! is this what you mean?

You don't really need any programmers for that, unless you want to write your own package management software

[georanson]

well if i write my own kernel how many programers do i need and what language is it writen in

[coopstah13]

the current kernel is programmed in C, and I would say hundreds if you wanted to get this out any time soon, the current kernel alone is almost 50 mb of code, that is a lot of code, more than you want to take on yourself most likely, to give you an example, my company of 1400 has a code base that is probably around 150mb of code

[georanson]

well its no entierly out of the question but very unlikely ok so all i have to do is do is read the linux from scratch and im off from there thx for the help

[coopstah13]

I really think linux from scratch is what you should be going for, it is a good base to get started from and you could much more easily build your distribution from that