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 (: > > However, I do get very frustrated by the dependencies generated by rpm > and the like. I find that building from tar sources safer... at least > you know what's running on your server, which is vital in a production > environment.
coupled with a good package management system that works very well. I don't know how keen I would be on an entirely source based system without the packaging system in gentoo! > > Otherwise, linux can get as bloated as any M$ product. > > Steve
