Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
> Chris Barnes wrote:
>> Hi guys and girls,
>> I'm new to this list. I've been playing around with LFS a bit and I
>> have a suggestion.
>>
>> Has anyone thought about building an LFS virtual machine as an
>> alternative to the livecd?
>
> History has shown that providing any pre-built LFS implementation that can
> easily save its state means increased load upon LFS support channels (IRC
> and mailing lists) because of people who try to cheat. They say "I already
> have my LFS and now I met this stupid BLFS problem, please help", without
> actually going through LFS. Therefore, the virtual machine suggestion will
> never be implemented officially. You are free to do it on your own, but
> please note that publishing your findings would be a very irresponsible
> conduct.
>
Probably because these individuals forget that LFS is primarily meant as
a tool to increase your knowledge of Linux, not as an "end user" ready
to go distro. It's great that there is the "sane build environment of
the livecd, but this is where people start thinking it is a typical distro.
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