Thanks Cedric and Jan-Christoph for your responses... My idea is to make a distro that is, amongst other things: 1. optimized for the current generation of processors 2. includes only one kind of desktop environment (KDE in my case) 3. includes only one application for each task (like wordprocessing, web-surfing, internet chatting etc) 4. identifiable as distinct from any other distro. Which means that when one does something like 'g++ --version', the output says my distro's name as opposed to SuSE or Fedora (which is what happens now).
I have come to believe that the problem with Linux is not that it offers too little choice but that it offers too much choice.. Hence, there would be 3 different applications for the same task.. As an end user, I would like someone to make the choice for me and ensure that it just works and works fast/well.. Given this, I guess that I'm basically torn between two choices: 1. make the distro by taking atomic pieces from an existing distro, or 2. take the atomic pieces I want, compile/package them and then make my own distro. Abhinav. 2009/12/17 <[email protected]> > 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 > -- It's the peoples' will, I am their leader, I must follow them. (Jim Hacker in Yes Minister)
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