On Wed, Jan 12, Mike Lovell wrote: > On 01/12/2011 06:47 PM, Nicholas Leippe wrote: >> IMO everyone should try LFS at least once. Doesn't get any more >> bare-bones than that. (Makes you appreciate package management >> instantly too) > > +1 > > i wouldn't recommend doing LFS for regular use systems. but it was very > enlightening for me and it gives a better of what is where and how > things fit together. not having package management definitely gives an > appreciation for package management. i also gained a lot of respect for > package maintainers who give sane configs and init scripts.
+1 I compiled LFS on my main computer once. For the next year or so, I used eLinks as a main browser because I was too lazy to compile X. On the other hand, I wasn't too lazy to build a second LFS box with paco, separate package installation users, group-specific directories within /etc and /usr/share, Smashing Stack Protector, and a set of scripts that might make it easier to do it all over again. It's still running a couple of servers, and taught me more than I thought I would need to know, but no, it's not my main system anymore. Sometime I might give Gentoo a try, but until then I've been having fun with Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and PCLOS. - Eric Wald /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
