Torrie, Please add my name to the list.
I am now at Level 1: I can turn the power on and I can spell l.i.n.u.x. Would like to get to Level 5 by the end of the course. Should I plan to over-bill a client to pay for a book or course expendables? Keep me informed. Philip On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Joshua Csepegi <[email protected]>wrote: > You could make a shell for Linux or android. > On Nov 27, 2013 4:18 PM, "Omar Rassi" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oooh! Can we then make Syn/Hak OS?? >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 3:38 PM, alex kot <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am down for this, then again Gentoo is my favorite Distro, so I kind >>> of been doing this all along. >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 3:34 PM, Torrie Fischer < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> Howdy, all. >>> >>> Steve and I were discussing this a bit ago on IRC: It'd be a pretty neat >>> idea >>> to have a weekly Linux From Scratch workshop going on at the space this >>> summer. Obviously not at the same time slot as the programming classes, >>> but on >>> a different day. >>> >>> If you're not familiar with Linux From Scratch, it is a book written to >>> guide >>> someone through the process of building a complete linux system from >>> scratch. >>> You start with a fresh blank harddrive, work out of a minimal bootstrap >>> environment via LiveCD, then begin building your way towards a >>> functional >>> system with an option to continue towards a full graphical desktop. It >>> includes building all of the linux plumbing, such as: >>> >>> * Formatting a filesystem >>> * Creating the filesystem structure >>> * binutils >>> * gcc >>> * glibc >>> * [some 30 other packages and a handful of rebuilds] >>> * Linux kernel >>> >>> I did this myself roughly 10 years ago and learned a *lot* about how the >>> complete Linux operating system works. It is a massive wealth of >>> information >>> and watching compilers compile code. >>> >>> The prerequisites would be: >>> >>> * Using a shell to type in commands >>> >>> The outcomes: >>> >>> * You'd be *very* familiar with the shell >>> * Lots of intimate knowledge of the components running just below the >>> surface >>> of your shiny user interfaces >>> * A linux system that is entirely yours and not based on any existing >>> distribution. Pure vanilla. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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