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Linux From Scratch 6.0 Released

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the rolling-your-own dept.

Bubblehead writes "The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the release of LFS 6.0. This major revision of the book includes a number of major package upgrades, including GCC 3.4.x, Linux kernel 2.6.8.1, and the Udev software package, allowing for dynamic creation of device nodes. The text has also been vastly re-written for improved readability."

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  1. Re:Unless youre making a tight embedded system.... by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 4, Informative

    I guess there could be multiple possible reasons. For example, it's good for learning (some parts) of how does your system work, or it could be good for "power users", or as you mentioned, for embedded systems or you could be a professional and just know how to design a good system. I'm sure there are much more reasons why someone would use systems like LFS.

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  2. Re:Unless youre making a tight embedded system.... by ThePeices · · Score: 5, Informative

    The reason for LFs's existance is for learning. People who are wanting to learn the internal workings of a linux system would be well served by this distro/book. Its an excellent way to see how every aspect of a linux system runs and is built. You build every stage of it, and its fun to boot.

  3. Re:Learning From Scratch by BrokenHalo · · Score: 2, Informative
    As a distro, LFS probably isn't what most people want.

    Err, LFS is not a distro at all. In fact, it's almost exactly the opposite, but it's the first step in making your own distro.

  4. Re:Huh? by Master+Bait · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you build this distro yourself, how can it be updated?

    I have an account at freshmeat.net, and when certain apps or libraries I selected come out with a new version, I automatically get an email.

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