So you want to increase you control over your software platform? Introduction to distributions/platform supply chains.
Linux is everywhere thanks also to Linux based distributions. Many of them are fully Open Source and represent a key part of complex products supply chains. Still, many organizations and upstream developers struggle to understand how supply chains (at product level) work in the operating system/distributions space, especially the stages that takes place entirely or partly in the open and how they relate with what happens behind the firewall, especially at product and business level.