On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:01 AM, behrouz khosravi <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Best way I ever found to learn how things really work under the hood is >> to build a Linux From Scratch and pay close attention to every single >> step. >> >> Not that you'd ever actually *use* that system - there's no sane package >> management for a start - but after building an LFS, the content of >> ebuilds in @system starts to make a lot more sense; you can see why some >> of the decisions in the profiles were made; and make.conf now appears in >> a whole new light. >> >> Then take the valuable lessons from LFS and apply them appropriately to >> using Gentoo. These things are tools and the best workmen are always >> very familiar with their tools as a co-ordinated whole (as opposed to a >> bunch of mish-mash stuff cluttering up a toolbox) >> > > Thanks. I will definitely do that.
The only issue I'd raise with LFS in this day and age is that many of these guides tend to leave out stuff like devtmpfs, udev, policykit, and so on. Some people choose not to use them (this list probably being one of the larger collections of such folks), but it is increasingly important to understand how modern distros actually operate. Are there any LFS-like guides that actually utilize dbus/etc? -- Rich
