[TriLUG] Linux From Scratch

[Steve Holton via TriLUG]

I did it most of the way.
It will definitely teach you a lot about how things are put together, and
why.

Definitely helpful if you plan to do things like porting Linux to a new (or
unexplored) hardware platform or processor.

On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM William Sutton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >> TriLUG,
> >>
> >> 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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