Comments on: Linux From Scratch: a recipe for system http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/ All About GNU/Linux and BSD - reviews, comparisons, articles Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:50:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: zenboy http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121427 zenboy Fri, 16 May 2008 16:26:00 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121427 Some things that have been left out, maybe due to the space requirements of this article: 1) Cross LFS is not LFS. It is a far different project with much heavier work done in the background. CLFS supports more than 10 different architectures and combinations of them. It can be built from within one architecture, to another. The leadership is different, the goals are different, the bar is raised. CBLFS is another CLFS project for having more packages as well. 2) DIY-Linux is being left out (http://diy-linux.org). DIY-Linux is Greg Schaffer's work that has started as a more usable system targeting people with far greater expectations than mere copy paste of commands for producing a "system". DIY-L has been multiarch for a while, as well. 3) Changes done in CLFS, DIYL are being constantly backported to LFS. Just my 2c for readers who would like to get their feet wet. Some things that have been left out, maybe due to the space requirements of this article:

1) Cross LFS is not LFS. It is a far different project with much heavier work done in the background. CLFS supports more than 10 different architectures and combinations of them. It can be built from within one architecture, to another. The leadership is different, the goals are different, the bar is raised. CBLFS is another CLFS project for having more packages as well.

2) DIY-Linux is being left out (http://diy-linux.org). DIY-Linux is Greg Schaffer’s work that has started as a more usable system targeting people with far greater expectations than mere copy paste of commands for producing a “system”. DIY-L has been multiarch for a while, as well.

3) Changes done in CLFS, DIYL are being constantly backported to LFS.

Just my 2c for readers who would like to get their feet wet.

]]> By: yoander http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121426 yoander Fri, 16 May 2008 15:50:46 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121426 We can't do a lot with Linux Kernel only. We need the GNU tools in order to have a fully free functional OS; for example: cat, chmod, ls, gcc are parts of The GNU project and the others tools have been influenced by it. GNU can run in BSD kernel. See: <a href="http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/" rel="nofollow"> Debian GNU/kFreeBSD </a> <a href="http://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/" rel="nofollow"> Debian GNU/NetBSD </a> We can’t do a lot with Linux Kernel only. We need the GNU tools in order to have a fully free functional OS; for example: cat, chmod, ls, gcc are parts of The GNU project and the others tools have been influenced by it.

GNU can run in BSD kernel.

See:


Debian GNU/kFreeBSD


Debian GNU/NetBSD

]]> By: Leon http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121425 Leon Fri, 16 May 2008 11:45:26 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121425 Many people think that LFS is not usable as a everyday system but I think that's not true. Unlike other distributions, LFS allows one to customise the system completely to the person's needs, right down to the bolts and nuts. This simply means that whatever one wishes to do, he can do it on LFS. Not only things like X, OpenOffice and Gimp, but beyond. I am sure there are people running Ubuntu who sometimes wish to do things differently then what the distribution intended for them. But once they start meddling about the scripts and the source code they break compatibility with the next upgrade version of the distribution or other parts of the distribution and a lot of issues come in. This result in huge headaches and frequent computer re-format. Quite the irony since we wanted to step away from that experience (read: Windows). By building and running LFS one learn more and more everyday so that the amount of power that can be harnessed from Linux increase all the time. Complete control allow us to break things and fix things and we know for sure what is going on, instead of just apt-get and forget about everything else. Many people think that LFS is not usable as a everyday system but I think that’s not true. Unlike other distributions, LFS allows one to customise the system completely to the person’s needs, right down to the bolts and nuts. This simply means that whatever one wishes to do, he can do it on LFS. Not only things like X, OpenOffice and Gimp, but beyond.

I am sure there are people running Ubuntu who sometimes wish to do things differently then what the distribution intended for them. But once they start meddling about the scripts and the source code they break compatibility with the next upgrade version of the distribution or other parts of the distribution and a lot of issues come in. This result in huge headaches and frequent computer re-format. Quite the irony since we wanted to step away from that experience (read: Windows).

By building and running LFS one learn more and more everyday so that the amount of power that can be harnessed from Linux increase all the time. Complete control allow us to break things and fix things and we know for sure what is going on, instead of just apt-get and forget about everything else.

]]> By: Rob http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121422 Rob Fri, 16 May 2008 07:56:21 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121422 I'm going to try it this weekend! I’m going to try it this weekend!

]]> By: Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121408 Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér Wed, 14 May 2008 10:23:16 +0000 http://polishlinux.org/linux/linux-from-scratch-a-recipe-for-system/#comment-121408 Tempting, one must admit. If only I had the time to play with it. Tempting, one must admit. If only I had the time to play with it.

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