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> What is vanilla Linux though?

depends; but may i suggest starting at kernel.org then look at 'linux from scratch'/gentoo then maybe slackware; surely not ubuntu

May I suggest trying your hand on LFS on a ARM dev board and report how the experience goes?

There's a reason all other kenels have adopted a stable driver API and ABI.

- Linux it's just a kernel.

- Vanilla Linux it's propietary.

- GNU/Linux-Libre it's the proper libre one, rebased from GNU maintainers.

- There's no proper 'Vanilla distro' as LFS or Gentoo. Every one since 1993 has been an external bundle made from volunteers.

- The closest vanilla distro from the GNU project would be Guix as it works as a distro and a universal package manager to ship libre software.