[TriLUG] Linux From Scratch

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

Possibly more instructive before you go that low would be to start with 
Gentoo, and get a sense of how things are organized.  Run that for a 
while, and then try LFS.

William Sutton

On Thu, 27 Feb 2025, David Both via TriLUG wrote:

> I think the only way that would be more than marginally useful, would be
> if you were going to be a distro-builder.
>
> Like the times I had to build the kernel in RH classes, it was
> interesting but I'll never use it in real life unless I become a kernel
> developer.
>
> However!! If you're just curious about it and you want to do it because
> you think it would be cool and fun -- then yes go for it! I learn more
> from following my curiosity than any other way, and I have more fun as
> well.
>
> Have a smashing great time!
>
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> On Thu, 27 Feb 2025, Jeremy Davis via TriLUG wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:14:30
>> From: Jeremy Davis via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
>> Reply-To: Jeremy Davis <jeremyhwllc at gmail.com>,
>>     Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
>> To: TriLUG Mailing List <trilug at trilug.org>
>> Subject: [TriLUG] Linux From Scratch
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>> TriLUG,
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>> Has anyone from TriLUG ever built Linux from Scratch (LFS)?
>>
>> I saw someone do an awesome talk about LFS years ago at South East Linux
>> Fest. Building LFS seems like a great way to really become proficient with
>> the command prompt and learn how everything works.
>>
>> Jeremy Davis
>> TriLUG PR
>>
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