linux-distros-br2-external is a Buildroot br2-external tree to generate Linux Desktop systems through distribution pre-built packages. Online documentation can be found at http://buildroot.org/docs.html To build and use the buildroot stuff, do the following: 0) run 'git clone https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot' 1) run 'make -C buildroot menuconfig BR2_EXTERNAL=$PWD' 2) select the target architecture and the packages you wish to compile 3) run 'make -C buildroot' 4) wait while it compiles 5) find the kernel, bootloader, root filesystem, etc. in buildroot/output/images You do not need to be root to build or run buildroot. Have fun!