From: Karl-Heinz Zimmer ([email protected])
Date: Fri Jan 21 2000 - 10:07:11 CET
Hi,
having seen several questions on this list concerning
'How can I build my own, little Linux from scratch'
I thought the following might be interesting for some
of you:
Linux From Scratch HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux-From-Scratch-HOWTO.html
v1.2, 9 January 2000
In his introduction Gerard Beekmans writes:
''I started this document around May 1999. I tried a few Linux
distributions and came to the conclusion that there's wasn't
a distribution I totally liked. Every distribution has it's
own advantages and disadvantages, but I was never satisfied
with what I had (although Debian comes very close to what I
want), so I decided to explore the possibility of building
my own Linux distribution using nothing but source code of
programs. As I found out there's quite a bit of work involved,
but it's also a lot of fun and you really learn a lot by doing
it, since you need to configure every single aspect of the
system.
This forces you to read a lot of manuals on how to configure
various software. It also gives you total control over your
system (well, that's the idea). You know exactly what software
is installed, how it is configured and where all the
configuration files reside.''
I hope you all will continue having fun and success with Linux! :-)
Regards,
Karl-Heinz
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