Hi Drew, On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have sucessfully built LFS three times with Slackware as the host. > Each time it was with the version that was released when I started > building the most recent LFS. Right now I'm building LFS 7.1 > with Slackware 13.37 as the host. Thank you for the advice and suggestions. At this point, its a toss-up between Debian and Slackware. The more I read the more I get overwhelmed. My feeling is that Slackware is a "low level" distro (more hands-on and closest to the actual Unix environment). I'm concerned that I'll be left in the dust as this distro seems to be geared towards advanced Linux users. I've been reading and studying much and definitely look for as much support as possible with the chosen distro. I've been involved with computers for a long long time. I just started studying Linux about two months ago. I still haven't loaded a distro yet and I am simply looking for a host distro that will give me the least conflict with building an LFS distro. I like the fact that Debian has an iso image that is about 140 MB once burned to a CD. Seems like a simple install considering most distro's have about a 700MB install size if not multiple CD's . I simply prefer to learn Linux from the ground up, as in the correct way without the help of fancy admin tools. I prefer to learn how to load, compile and build my own packages and NOT have a particular distro's admin tools automatically accomplish this for me. I'd like to know what's happening behind the admin tools actions. I think by now you have an understanding of what my approach is to the learning process with Linux. However I'm concerned that the old saying, "Be careful what you wish for, it might come true" may come to haunt me. In other words, I'm concerned that Slackware may present me with what I'm looking for but may be too advanced for me to take the first step. Or perhaps I am wrong. Thoughts anyone? Thank you kindly Wally On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>On 09/24/12, Wally Lepore<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>Hi William, >>> >>>Great. Thank you. Reading the link now. >>> >>>Ok, I've narrowed it down to two choices as a host distro for LFS. >>> >>>Debian or Slackware? >>> >>>Don't forget, I'm new and will have many questions as I study the book >>>and all sources :-) >>> >>>Thanks so much >>>Wally > > Hi Wally, > > I have sucessfully built LFS three times with Slackware as the host. Each > time it was with the version that was released when I started building the > most recent LFS. Right now I'm building LFS 7.1 with Slackware 13.37 as the > host. > > There are no packages other than the base Slackware that need to be loaded to > build LFS. > > Slackware 14 will be released soon, but I'm sure that 13.37 will work just > fine. > > Regards, > > -Drew > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
