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LFS 4.0 Released

Posted by timothy on from the for-the-adventurous dept.

Tekmage writes "For those of you who have never had the pleasure of rolling your own Linux install from scratch, take a moment to check out Version 4.0 of Linux From Scratch. Definitely for the techies amonst us, there is (IMHO) truly no better way out there to get down and dirty with the inner workings of our favorite OS." LFS organizes its documentation into "books"; 4.0's book is dated yesterday.

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  1. FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fork Pork Bork!

  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Firsties, yo.

  3. Re:So... by LMCBoy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, you can buy WFS right here, right now.

    You're welcome.

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  4. Re:Gentoo? by Junta · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    That is really bizarre, I've never had any troubles. Especially killing the NIC and IDE controller, I wouldn't blame software if hardware is dying.

    With the portage system, I've never really *needed* to maunally edit unmasked versions of packages. Occasionally I will change the mask rules to try stuff at my own risk, but I haven't needed to do anything.

    All that said, it is at least as workable as LFS and much much easier. While both take forever to get up and going (my computer emerged for an entire weekend), the interactive time for gentoo makes it at least livable (I issued one emerge command with the packages I wanted and spent the weekend doing other stuff).

    LFS is useful for learning a bit more about the system and how it works, but offers few details that can't be gotten in easier ways. What I have found extremely useful about the LFS references is that when I do go after masked packages and have problems, the LFS hints can explain why it broke and a workaround.

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  5. Re:Our favorite OS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mine is Windows 2000. That's why I'm posting AC.

  6. Re:I nearly got.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    in that case im sure you are quite the man in bed.

  7. He may be trolling, but he is right. by Prince_Ali · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Windows is my favorite too, but I am unwilling to use XP because of their "anti-piracy" features. I guess Linux will be installed on my next computer.

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    1. Re:He may be trolling, but he is right. by wikki · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Ugh OH, Everyone watch out, we have an adminitted pirate among us

  8. Re:It's a great resource by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow. Informative? hahahahahahahaha

    I installed Windows on a clean machine I bought from a computer show. I used the instruction manual and wizard guides to set it up. With basic knowledge of the keyboard and how to use a mouse, the Windows instruction manual can help you make your very own Windows machine.

  9. someone please explain? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I went to that page and all it said was "BSD is dead, you moron!" What does this mean?

  10. Re:Uh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pat Cash is homosexual.