Winter 2025

Boot

Build your OS, get hardware to run it.

About Boot

Boot is a YSWS (You Ship We Ship) where teens from around the world come together to build their own operating systems — from the ground up or from something already great.

Whether you're going completely custom with LFS or Buildroot, or remixing a distro like Ubuntu into something entirely your own, the choice is yours.

When: TBA 04/01/26
Platform: Virtual
Age: 13-18 years
Cost: Free!

What Counts as an OS?

From Scratch

Build your OS from the ground up, not based on any other OS (May still use other libraries, etc)

Base it off

Make an OS based off an existing OS (Debian, Arch, RPi OS, Ubuntu, etc) and make it your own!

Frequently Asked Questions

Hack Club