Saturday, March 10, 2012

What are the basic components of a Linux distribution?

I need to know the basic components of a Linux distribution????

Any info is appreciated.What are the basic components of a Linux distribution?
There's no real exact list of what you would need to create a "distribution." To have a "working" Linux system, you only need:



- The Linux kernel

- A file system, such as a hard drive, floppy, or ramdisk

- A statically linked program at /sbin/init



A more functional system would also have:



- Device nodes in /dev

- An actual init program and scripts

- A swap partition or swap file

- A shell, such as Bash, ash, ksh, etc...

- Utilities such as ls, pwd, cp, mv, ps, mount, dmesg, ed (*snicker*), tail, etc...
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