Linux Source Code?

Question

I wanna fiddle around with linux trying to make summut of my own but where can i find either a ubuntu/ Linux/ Unix or suse linux source code?

Answer 1

All Linux distros provide their source code. You can find it via their website.



For Ubuntu you need to read their Development Wiki to find out how to get the source and how to become involved with the project as a developer:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment

Answer 2

When you install linux on your computer, one option is usually to install the source code. It takes up a fair bit of space to install, but it is, as you said, open source and freely available for viewing and modification. You can modify it with any text editor, (pick your favorite from pico to emacs and anything in between) but you would probably be wise to have some idea of what you are modifying. There are also lots of options for downloading various linux sources online. Use your favorite search engine to hunt those down.

Answer 3

That quite an ambitious undertaking. There is gigabytes of source that makes up a Linux distro. If you want to see the source of a single program, you can often find it at sourceforge.net. The heart of Linux is the kernel and that source can be downloaded at kernel.org, also many of the programs that make up the base of Linux can be found there too. If you want to see how the pieces fit together, I would go to www.linuxfromscratch.com, and you get a step by step instructions to build linux from source. Download the LFS Livecd and you have all of the source for a basic Linux system in one download. ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/lfs-livecd/lfslivecd-x86-6.3-r2052.iso

Answer 4

All versions provide the source code or offer it for download. This is a requirement of the gnu licence.

Answer 5

You can get all kinds of source code from Slackware.