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Linux From Scratch 5.0 Book Released
Mecha-A writes "Linux From Scratch 5.0 was released earlier this month, incorporating GRUB as a bootloader, GNU coreutils, GCC 3.3, and lots of other package upgrades among other improvements. If you haven't tried it, LFS is a procedural outline for building a Linux system from the ground up. For those who can't get enough customizability..."
I must say, I've installed LFS 4.0 and 4.1 on a few machines, and it's taught me a _lot_ about Linux. I wasn't totally ignorant before, but I now know a bit more about compilation flags, standard directory structures, etc. It is, of course, a long and sometimes painful install - which is why I highly recommend booting from Knoppix to do the installation, as you'll get lots of things to toy with while you're waiting for some of the longer things to compile. =) Of course, that which really sucks is the fact that I don't want to reinstall until 2.6 becomes stable, and I can run XFS on my box.. ;.; Oh well. Hopefully that won't be too far off.
On the major tips side of things, if you've never done LFS before, make sure you download and install ssh for scp and sftp or lynx/links before booting into it. LFS is bare to the point of having no www, ftp, or nfs utilities, which can be annoying. =p Anyways, for those brave few souls, good luck, and happy compiling!
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Amen to that. The things I love most about LFS are the way that there are no dependancy problem, and the fact that there are never any missing headers. The only two pieces of software on my system that I haven't compiled myself are the Nvidia drivers and Opera 7, and both of them are pretty much self-contained. So long, Debian/Redhat circular dependencies and missing devel packages! Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!
Also, the Beyond LFS hints are a great resource even if you don't use LFS. Short, clear guides on how to get certain programs installed and working.