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How to Build Your Own Linux Distribution

Posted by Zonk on from the tux-in-a-box dept.

Shelly writes "Go to the source to learn Linux basics and build the right Linux for you. Linux From Scratch (LFS) and its descendants represent a new way to teach users how the Linux operating systems work. LFS is based on the assumption that compiling a complete operating system piece by piece not only teaches how the operating system works but also allows an independent operator to build systems for speed, footprint, or security."

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  1. Sanrionix by scapermoya · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want mine with hello kitty all over it

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    Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun the frumious Bandersnatch.
    1. Re:Sanrionix by klmth · · Score: 4, Funny

      Which of course goes percektly with the Hello Kitty Laptop:
      http://www.exonome.com/fj/phkl/

  2. :D:D by p!ngu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Step 1: Build your own linux distribution. Step 2: Distribute. Step 3: ??? Step 4: Profit!

    1. Re::D:D by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Step 3 seems to be violating the GPL.

  3. Microsofts Response by Elitist_Phoenix · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't wait for Microsoft's response and rebuttal entitled "How to steal an core concepts, and pass them off as your own operating system"

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    "I'm going to f***ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f***ing kill Google"
  4. Next on Slashdot: How to Invent the Wheel! by surfcow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next week: Fire - A How-To Guide

    (A disturbance in the force, as though an entire audience with Asperger's was thinking: "was that supposed to be funny?")

    This is humor. Laugh damnit, laugh!

  5. linux is just a kernel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    you can make it from scratch just by downloading the source tar balls from kernel.org, make menuconfig ; make bzImage ; make modules modules_install

  6. Who indeed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmm... I wonder who said that... let's try it again:

    Who said news have to be about something new?

    Idiot.

  7. How I did it. by Mad+Ogre · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pretty much I just got a Linspire disk, took a sharpy to it and wrote "MY LINUX" on it.
    Worked great. Installed everything just fine, found all my device drivers, rebooted and runs great.

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    MadOgre.com