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With the increasing success of Linux, the ratio of distributions per user has droped considerably below one. GENDIST is a tool to change this With GENDIST, you can easily create your own special distribution.

Of course, it is not targeted at the creation of large, multi-purpose distributions. There are enough of these around. It’s main aim is to help in the creation of special-purpose mini-distributions.

A mini-distribution typically consists of a kernel and a root-filesystem, both packed together on one or a few floppies. Nowadays, the (bootable) CD-ROM also is a valid media for these distributions.

GENDIST creates a makefile-based build-system for your distribution. It helps you to automate the following three tasks:

maintain your root-filesystem
maintain your “cd-filesystem” (in case you create a bootable CD)
package everything on a media
Another use of GENDIST is to maintain change-root environments.
GENDIST creates a hierarchy of makefiles with a number of standard targets. You only have to plugin your kernel and your “packages” (i.e. the software you want to put on the root-filesystem). Since GENDIST uses makefiles, it is no problem to integrate software created from source.

GENDIST is similar to BYLD, but it is makefile-based and modular, therefore it is much easier to create your distribution from source. Also, it supports more media-types and is more flexible.

GENDIST 1.6.0 Official website

Download link to the distribution ISO(download link in main page)