LFS stands for Linux From Scratch which is a project that aims to teach you about the inner workings of Linux by building a Linux system by downloading, building, and installing the packages yourself.See Also: Learning Linux System Administration
LFS is a very basic system, in massive contrast to traditional distributions. The reason is this: LFS is not intended to create your system as you want it. It's intended to be just enough to allow you to build your system as you want it. It's not an end, it's a beginning. When you're done with LFS, you've just started building your system.
This can be a problem if you're new to Unix systems and want a typical desktop install with X and a web browser but have no idea what packages you need. For this reason, there is Beyond Linux From Scratch, or BLFS.
Monday, June 06, 2005
Linux From Scratch
An article on Slashdot's front page today made me feel guilty for abandoning yet another of my hobbies for so long. Happens everytime I get a girl and a steady job, can't complain. One of these days I'll get off my ass and actually work a little at learning linux, instead of falling back on software that "just works" most of the time. (Boy, when it fails though, does it fail big.) If you've built the system from scratch it should be easier to track down problems you create. Correct, no? Maybe I'l start this project on the old P3 I've been toying with MEPIS on.
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