On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Robert Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone here has tried this? I have loaded and setup > various distributions but have never built a Linux distribution from > scratch. > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
I've read their book, and finished about 2/3 of an install. It was enjoyable, and I think I learned a lot about various things doing it. Though, I don't really ever see myself using a system built that way. As for the Gentoo comparison. It's alot like a stage 1 install, but with a bit of a twist. In gentoo, you've still got a distribution of sorts. They provide the sources, etc. With LFS you're going out to the individual sites and downloading source. Kernel source comes from kernel.org, etc. They do have a CD that includes alot of the basic packages, but that's really just to speed things up. End comment, if you're wanting to "play" with something.. go for it. If you want a system you intend to actually use. Find something else :-). -jon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
