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Beyond Linux From Scratch 1.0 Released

Posted by michael on from the if-you-want-it-done-right dept.

An anonymous reader writes "DistroWatch reports about the 1.0 release of Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS), a subproject of Linux From Scratch: 'The BLFS Development team is proud to announce the release of BLFS 1.0. With this release, you can take your LFS 4.1 base beyond a development system. It can be a desktop, a firewall, a multimedia player/editor, an Apache web server or all of the above. You install only what you need. Your Distro. Your Rules. Enjoy.'" Choose the closest mirror...

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  1. Re:How different from Gentoo? by kinnell · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The difference is that with gentoo, you don't learn much because most things are automated. Yes, gentoo is probably a much better option for someone who just wants a customised linux distribution. LFS, though, is an outstanding educational tool, for one thing, and an invaluable resource if you want to produce a linux distribution which is radically different from the norm in any way.

    If you want to learn about how and why a linux distribution is put together, LFS is the way.

    --
    If I seem short sighted, it is because I stand on the shoulders of midgets
  2. Re:How different from Gentoo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    So, in other words, you only use this if you want to claim to be l33ter than thou...anyone with an actual life uses Gentoo.

    People with actual lives use Mandrake or Red Hat. People with l33t tendancies but an aversion to work use Gentoo. People who want to learn stuff use LFS.