>On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:35:17 +0000 >"Wolf, Robert (ext)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello there....
Hello there too. :) > I have already invested some time and a new hardware into (B)LFS. Think of all the sunk cost! :) (I'm joking, ofcourse.) > 1. Purchased a new Lenovo laptop (I heard it was relatively > compatible with Linux). I heard a lot of things too... > 2. Installed Linux Mint (Olivia). > > 3. Partitioned the drive to have some free space for the final > BLFS. > > 4. Partitioned 8GB USB flash for initial ground work. Don't build on flash memory. Flash memory is consumable, building includes creating and deleting a large amount of files in a short time span. You will burn out the flash disk way too fast. If you need a fast disk for building or whatever, use a ramdisk (repurpose some amount of system's RAM to be a virtual HDD). Like this (will allocate half the total RAM to a ramdisk): mount -o tmpfs tmpfs /whereever > So far I have compiled binutils (pass 1), gcc (pass 1) and API > Headers. Preparing for compiling glibc. > The process is (in my case) tiresome, troublesome and long. > It took me a week to get where I am without errors (finally). Took me less then a day when I started, some six years ago. It's individial. > My questions are as follows: > Can I build BLFS system compatible with Debian and able to get and > install dpkg packages? > Can I build BLFS system on which I will be able to use GIMP, > (Libre)Office, Stellarium? > Can I build BLFS system able to run Windows programs (such as Age Of > Empires) through WINE? > Can I build BLFS system on which I will be able to program ALSA/audio > application with c++ (using g++)? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Chris metioned there is a hint re/ dpkg. LibreOffice is in BLFS, I think, so just follow instructions. GIMP may or may not be, but the webpage of the project features the dependency list and that is most important. Stellarium has no unusual dependencies AFAICR, if you can build Wine, you can build Stellarium. Wine has quite a dependency list but you can skip most of it if you don't feel like it. ALSA is a one-banana job. The rest of the development enviroment (Emacs and whatever else you use) will depend on what you like most. If you are a heretic, you can just use Vim from base LFS. > .... And in short, is Linux Mint/Ubuntu/Debian in any way superior to > BLFS? Depends on your definition of "superior". Personally, the only distro I can use comfortably and feel happy about myself and the way my life is going is LFS. > Can I construct a fully functional BLFS equivalent of a modern > Linux distribution? Yes. Especially if you are crazy and persistent enough to actually replicate all those (mis)features big distros have. > Is my construction of (B)LFS worth the effort? Is building your own house worth the effort? -- You don't need an AI for a robot uprising. Humans will do just fine. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
