got this url from the hoh linux user group, it was a reply for the thread building a whole
linux distribution from the scratch.
http://www.fiwix.org/The Linux kernel is currently too big for a student of computer science to be able to understand its internal structure and to study how it works, and tomorrow it will be even bigger than it is today. In contrast, the Fiwix kernel, due to its minimal structure, can be the entry-level kernel and can therefore be more suitable for education. For obvious reasons, this project is only focused on students of computer science and new OS enthusiasts who want to know more about the internal operation of a UNIX-like operating system.
that should explain everything
