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Linux From Scratch 7.1 Published

Posted by samzenpus on from the read-the-manual dept.

Thinkcloud writes "The Linux From Scratch (LFS) project has published version 7.1 of its manual for building a custom Linux installation. The new release of the step-by-step instructions is 345 pages long and uses more up-to-date components than previous versions – for example, the 3.2.6 Linux kernel and version 4.6.2 of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). The update also includes fixes to bootscripts and corrections to the text, as well as updates to 20 packages."

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  1. Just in case... by dyingtolive · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I didn't want to see the girlfriend this weekend anyway.

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    1. Re:Just in case... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just because you're stalking her doesn't make her your girlfriend.

  2. Everyone should do a LFS install at least once by brunes69 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    LFS is a great learning process that shows you exactly WHAT makes your Linux tick, and what packages depend on eachother. Anyone who uses Linux should do it at least once.

    And really, it is not that difficult.. if you follow the guide it is very unlikely you will have problems. And on modern hardware the compile is very fast.

  3. Re:bah plain old recipe by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dare someone to try this without gcc compiler and gnu userland.

    fuck off, RMS.

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  4. Re:eBook formats? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    We use the Docbook XML schema to markup the text of the book. There is support in the Docbook XSL stylesheets for producing ePub output and I tried it once (despite it requiring Ruby which I have no other use for), but the output wasn't particularly good looking. It probably just requires some tweaking to the stock stylesheets, but I didn't have the time to look into it any further than that. I know it's a cop-out, but patches welcome :-)

    Matt Burgess (LFS editor + part-time release manager)