>On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > ...(continued) ...I believe this describes how you could make the transition. > > Easier distros: > Ubuntu, Lubuntu (more similar to Windows), Mint, Mageia or OpenSUSE (it > is no more OpenSuSE) would be better starting points. > > Debian has "old" packages. > > More difficult: > Fedora (due to the security issues with SELinux crashing some programs), > Gentoo, Sabayon, Arch, which is even more "cutting the edge" than > Fedora, and which I like very much, (I have not used Slackware). > > First, I used it, only later, started understanding it. This seems to be > the better attitude, if one starts from Windows. > > I believe any above can be used as host to build LFS, only you have to figure > out which packages need to be installed, from "LFS vii. Host System > Requirements" > > I have used Ubuntu, Lubuntu, SUSE and Mint, to build LFS. > > Proudly, my latest builf of "LFS7.2" was with "LFS7.1" host....(continued)
Hi Fernando, I appreciate reading your introduction and experience with GNU/Linux. It was certainly very informative. Lots to consider. Thank you very much Wally On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Fernando de Oliveira <fam...@yahoo.com.br> wrote: > Em 26-09-2012 17:54, Wally Lepore escreveu: > >> I will be running windows and utilizing a host distro simultaneously. >> Thus I am using windows for my everyday computer tasks. Yes, I do >> prefer to utilize a host distro to also perform my everyday computer >> tasks but one step at a time for me as I am slowly making the >> changeover. I have many applications in windows that I utilize daily >> and attempting to convert them all over to a 100% Linux platform would >> be a monumental task. I can't afford that much downtime thus running >> both platforms simultaneously eases the conversion process. > > Some years ago, I bought a notebook for my sister. She wanted "Windows > Vista, not XP", but computers are not "easy", for her. It was used > during some time without connecting to internet. One day, it blocked, as > had not registered the OS. I solved the problem for her. > > Meanwhile, I was often reading about Linux wonders, meaning Ubuntu-8.04, > from a Brazilian informatics newsletter. > > The incident with my sister was the "drop of water". I installed Ubuntu > inside Windows, to discover if I was capable of working with it: > OpenOffice, Gnucash, etc, then I decided to partition the disk, for a > proper Ubuntu install. I used Netscape, then Firefox and Seamonkey, so > this part was not a problem > > I started installing packages as I did with Windows, only later > understood the repository idea. Made all mistakes, having often to > reinstall everything, Windows included. > > >From this day on, Linux became my main system, Windows only for some > things, until I stopped using it, other than maintaining for relatives > when they came here. > > One day, I wanted to learn how Linux worked, after having used some > other distros, and discovered LFS. > > I believe this describes how you could make the transition. > > Easier distros: > Ubuntu, Lubuntu (more similar to Windows), Mint, Mageia or OpenSUSE (it > is no more OpenSuSE) would be better starting points. > > Debian has "old" packages. > > More difficult: > Fedora (due to the security issues with SELinux crashing some programs), > Gentoo, Sabayon, Arch, which is even more "cutting the edge" than > Fedora, and which I like very much, (I have not used Slackware). > > First, I used it, only later, started understanding it. This seems to be > the better attitude, if one starts from Windows. > > I believe any above can be used as host to build LFS, only you have to figure > out which packages need to be installed, from "LFS vii. Host System > Requirements" > > I have used Ubuntu, Lubuntu, SUSE and Mint, to build LFS. > > Proudly, my latest builf of "LFS7.2" was with "LFS7.1" host. > > -- > []s, > Fernando > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
