Hi Abhinav, I have tried LFS. this indeed creates a very fast system. It took me a bit too much time, so I moved on to Ubuntu. Ubuntu is not very suitable if you want to tinker a lot, and also it's not as fast as i would like.
Eventually I've settled for arch linux. It's faster than ubuntu, and very friendy for people who like to configure everything. In fact, arch does not configure anything by itself. If I had time to spare i would build an LFS system. Best reards, Cedric >-- Oorspronkelijk bericht -- >Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:25:21 +0530 >Subject: [Newbie]: Is this how distros do it? >From: Abhinav Chaturvedi <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Reply-To: General chatter list <[email protected]> > > >Hi all, >I am new to LFS and I started on it because I want to create an optimized >distro for dual >core processors for myself. I am trying to see whether I can create a distro >that would boot faster and run faster >than the OpenSuse-11.1 I have installed on my machine. Eventually I would >like to share my work with people too (after doing BLFS of course). > >The whole thing will take me a lot of time. And so, I was wondering if >someone could tell me: >1. Whether distros like Fedora, Ubuntu and OpenSuse also follow LFS/BLFS >steps to create their versions of Linux. >2. What are some obvious optimizations for dual core processors that I >should remember to include? >3. Once the LFS/BLFS system is made, how do I package it into a .iso DVD? >4. What could be the downside of creating a super-optimized (for speed) >distro? Could there be issues >with backward compatibility perhaps? > >I am sorry if my questions are too broad. But I don't know enough to ask >really precise questions. Hence, please bear with me. > >Thanks >Abhinav. > > >-- >It's the peoples' will, I am their leader, I must follow them. (Jim Hacker >in Yes Minister) >-- >http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
