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Linux From Scratch 5.0 Book Released

Posted by timothy on from the uphill-both-ways-and-liked-it dept.

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..."

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  1. Automate with Bash Scripts by rovitotv · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I created several bash scripts that automate the process for me. It works pretty good and was easy to do. Every time a new edition is released I just update my scripts and then reinstall. The think I like best about LFS is the system in the end is configured to your liking. It takes time but gets you a very customized system.