Hi Vipul: The linux kernel is the central part of an operating system. It is a computer program with several functions: communications between different services, manages memory and resources, etc. It is only about 1Mb, more or less.
A linux distribution is the complete range of computer programs, desktop (KDE, Gnome, XFCE), openoffice, and the rest of open source software, using the linux kernel. You can think that a linux distribution is an ice with different flavours, but an ice ... For instance, you can see a list of several distributions at http://distrowatch.com . The linux kernel itself is available at http://www.kernel.org In your second question, I assume you want to compile the linux kernel, isn't it? In that case, I recommend you to start with some reading: "Linux kernel in a Nutshell" http://www.kroah.com/lkn/ There are also many documentation in http://www.linux.org and, of course, http://kernelnewbies.org/ is an excellent starting point. Hope it helps! Kind regards, Rafael 2009/6/18 Vipul Jain <[email protected]> > Hi All, > > I would like to know what's the difference between a linux distribution > and linux kernel. > Secondly, if I would like to add an binary in the /boot directory of a > particular distribution > as part of make command (i.e. when I building the kernel image vmlinux) > is it possible? > > Regards, > Vipul. > >
