Subj : lfs users?
To   : All
From : paul lee
Date : Sat Aug 05 2023 08:52 pm

so i chose fidonet for this post on purpose. :P i wanted it go get out to as many nix users as possible, with a broad reach that will get to bbs users beyond my inner-circle... i've been having a great time learning linux from scratch. believe it or not, i've installed lfs several times; sometimes because - broken, but once i got the hang of it, and learned the underlying skills needed to create successful systems, it was more about trying all the flavors of lfs available.

i ended up liking lfs_sd [linux from scratch systemd] and blfs [beyond linux from scratch]. i'm getting consistent builds and even use alfs [automated linux from scratch] which uses scripting to streamline the build process - anf then you just edit the handful of 'variable' files it builds.. hostname, hosts, resolve.conf and network settings files... fstab and things like that. blah.

i've got a pretty solid system now, with a good kernel build, that has networking - both eth and wifi!!! i've built several after-lfs packages like cmatrix, openssh, nano and m0re.

are there other lfs users in the bbs-land? do you run on actual hardware - this is what i find most useful... if you have a thinkpad thats a bit long in the tooth, its a great platform. 

what do you like to install on? i prefer live-linunx usb's; endevourOS, knoppix or even tails... i like to install lfs to a separate HDD as doing so with the donor and lfs on one drive is - ugly.

lemme know if you've been counted on lfs. lemme know if you've built anything - well not even cool, but... useful? no... lemme know, tho. :P



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