That's what drove me to it. I got tired of having to learn both a package's native configuration plus the distribution's configuration system when hitting problems. I wanted to strip that extra layer away and be able to learn just the one thing first. Having been through that exercise, it's now much easier for me to isolate where configuration problems are occurring.
Gentoo is kind of a perfect step back from LFS. Almost all apps still use only their native configurations, but at least organized into a uniform layout. Plus you get (IMO one of the best) package management with it. It really is nice when a man page actually applies, rather than opening up a config file only to see the dreaded: # this file is auto generated from config-tool XYZ # any changes here will be lost <slap forehead>..now you have to figure out what made the config tool generate a broken config... /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
