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The first Linux distributions were created from scratch, having only the Linux kernel and a bunch of dispersed tools (like the GNU Project ones) with which to work. It was necessary to create a series of new tools and scripts to compose what we consider a Linux distro. Over time they would become more sophisticated, advanced, and useful, but the very first distros were created in this way, from zero.
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I only know about one book onto this topic, Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution by Glyn Moody for Basic Books, but it only cover in detail the first years of Linux.
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Dieguez Castro, J. (2016). The Linux Distro Family Tree. In: Introducing Linux Distros. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1392-6_3
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