Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Howard_apfc6 wrote: >> - Seems like the ultimate build platform for newbs. > > That's exactly what I am against. LiveCD users create 90% of support > requests. > Noobs (not to be confused with newbs) should be filtered out, e.g., by > telling > them to install and configure a real distro.
But, in all honesty, that isn't solely the LiveCD's fault. The CD itself still does some filtering in that it drops you splat onto a command prompt. If you don't know how to configure a Linux system (or at least, open up a file to read it on the command line and follow instructions therein) you won't get very far. I think there is an unwarranted aversion to support requests in this community. If LFS is truly about education, it should welcome helping users through the experience, instead of pushing them away. If anything, this is more argument to have the FAQ kept up to date so that it is easy to say to the arriving Noobs (who will come, with or without a CD...) 'Your question is answered in the FAQ - don't post here until you check it.' > Besides, the LFS LiveCD has no real technical benefits as a host, except that > it > is preconfigured and already contains the packages - but why not download > them > separately in a town with a broadband connection, put onto a flash drive, and > use with your current Linux distro? > > In short, LFS website misadvertises the LiveCD as a "well-tested platform" > (nwebs confuse this with the "best platform"), while if one has a distro > installed, it should work just as well! I disagree. The LiveCD exists as standing proof that the LFS book is sound and produces a working system. It is therefore 'well tested' in the sense that it is a result of all the work that the LFS developers have done. I grant that it is a convenience to start from a system that you know has worked for others in building LFS, instead of perhaps trudging through setting up another distro. But it is, at the least, a very useful convenience for long-time users of LFS, and at the most, the means to allow a user to experience LFS where there are otherwise hardware or bandwidth limitations. -- JH -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
