On Monday August 1 2005 15:34, Joseph Fruchey spake: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org > > An open-source book that tells how to build a Linux system completely > from source. Sounds cool. But isn't this pretty much Gentoo without > the community and Portage?
Probably not. Gentoo gives you tools to build your system, while LFS requires you to do everything by hand. Yes, I know there are scripts to automate an LFS installation, but after things are installed, you're on your own again for upgrades, AFAIK. Aslo, there are no ports-like userland applications repositories, unless there happens to be something in Beyond Linux From Scratch. -- Joey Kelly < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant > http://joeykelly.net "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20050801/bc5563a3/attachment.bin From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 1 16:50:47 2005 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jory A. Pratt) Date: Mon Aug 1 16:49:07 2005 Subject: [brlug-general] Linux from Scratch In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Problem I have with LFS is it requires you have a full working system to begin with .. with gentoo you still get an LFS feel while getting just the basic tools to start a system similiar to LFS. What most do not realize is you could install portage on top of LFS, but I have always said if you do that you should just run gentoo to begin with :) . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC7pk3GDfjNg8unQIRAmNFAJ4u+3H28H801GXMG7f08YxzxK6X+gCfTx0j M/48hRS1wjwU4RSRXvpCqSY= =QyH0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
