Thank you all for the input. I have never tried Gentoo but I have in the past used Slackware and am familiar with compiling and dependency hell. This project is strictly something to play with and I intend to try it on one of my old Slackware boxes stashed in the attic. I currently use Ubuntu 8.04 using wubi to load it under windows and Slackware 12.1 in virtualbox. Thanks Bob Simpson
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Jonathan Moore <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
