On 25 June 2015 at 02:45, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 03:36:27PM -0700, Paul Rogers wrote: > > > It doesn't need any of the extras (dictionaries, help, translations). > > > > "Need", perhaps not, but would you say they are generally useful? I see > > they're in the 7.7 book. > > > > I get the impression the help extra's main purpose is to convert the > > help files into wiki format. I'm thinking that might be nice on a > > multi- > > user system, emphasis on "multi", but not something I'd especially want > > if that's ALL it did. > > > I assumed the help tarball *provides* the help files. No idea about > a wiki version of them - to be honest, if you can spare time and > space to install a conventional distro somewhere, even though you'll > hate it (you are an LFS user, after all) with LO it might help you > decide if there is any benefit. > No need to "install a conventional distro...", just boot a "live" version from a USB flash drive (or DVD if old and outdated technology is preferred). That's something that's always useful to have lying around and at one's disposal. Richard
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