On Sunday August 14 2005 5:43 pm, Paul Hoy wrote: > On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Joe Menola wrote: > > On Sunday August 14 2005 2:42 pm, Paul Hoy wrote: > >> Linux from Scratch looks very interesting: it appears to rapidly > >> support > >> the latest updates and it has decent documentation. Does any one > >> have any > >> perspectives on Linux from Scratch, from a Gentoo point-of-view? Does > >> anyone wish to share a comparison of the two? > > > > I've built both Gentoo and LFS. A side by side comparison comes up > > pretty much > > equal. Except for documentation, where Gentoo wins hands down. IMO > > > > google>"gentoo"=3,990,000 hits > > google>"lfs"=877,000 hits > > > > -jm
> > Hi Joe, > > What about the LFS community - did you find it helpful? > > Of course, the answer is probably objective. Developer types may not > have to rely so much on community whereas those who have the great > capacity to take forever to understand the point, like myself, > require a good community. > > Also, I agree with you that the Gentoo documentation (most of it) is > excellent; I've printed, and have read most of it. > > One more question, and it's the most obvious. You said that Gentoo > and LFS are more or less equal. So, that begs the question: what > persuaded you to stick with Gentoo? > > Thanks , > Paul The LFs community was very helpful, I couldn't have built a working system without them. :) I just find it easier when Goggle finds other documented problems that match mine. The size of the Gentoo user base makes this much more likely with Gentoo vs LFS. To answer the obvious...Gentoo is easier to build then LFS. LFS's style of package by package installing is great for learning the workings of Linux, and I wouldn't trade-in my experience with LFS for anything. But starting from scratch with LFS and obtaining a working Kde desktop took me (from memory) a few weeks to build. With Gentoo, I was there in a few days thanks to "emerge kde-meta". -jm -- [email protected] mailing list
