On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 17:22, Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 17:13:13 +1200, you wrote: > >On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:50, Steve Holdoway wrote: > >> The way I look at is that if you really want to know how Linux works > >> and to use it to your advantage, then you should do everything once > >> the hard way. Then you actually get an idea of what's happening. > > > >Are you, per chance, suggesting a Linux From Scratch InstallFest? > > > >http://www.au.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/news.html > > > >Now that's a real learning experience! > > I've done it... but, like I said, just the once (: You're a step ahead of me then.
> > However, I do get very frustrated by the dependencies generated by rpm > and the like. Too true. That's why I'm into the Gentoo thing. [ ... ] My question was actually half serious. Having actually done it, do you think that a 'Linux from Scratch' evening, or Saturday activity, could be a worth-while event for the CLUG to put on? -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
