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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Has anyone here ever tried Linux From Scratch? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For those of you who don't know, Linux From Scratch is a project that teaches you how to compile your own custom distro, with everything compiled from source code.

What was your experience like? Was it easier or harder than you expected? Do you run it as a daily driver or did you just do it for fun?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

By the time I finished, half the system was extremely outdated and probably vulnerable to dozens of RCEs. Somehow I managed to compile KDE, but not Firefox. It always crashed the whole Laptop - 2 GB RAM wasn't enough.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All this true and I relate. Firefox is a beast. Compiling browser is a pain. Don't even tought to do KDE. I put together the ui with some suckless tools and had fun with them. Security, stability are a constant question with a system like this. Not a daily driver, used to gain a deeper knowladge. It is like bivaking behind the grandarents house in the foresst: uncomfortable, adveture, goodway to test Yourself and the gear, still have cookies. Not preparation for the alien zombies in the Amazonas.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Yeah, for me it just showed me how nice a customly installed distro is, and how fast it can be even on an old machine, so it was the first to get Arch installed on. Another Laptop followed, then my main PC, Server and finally the PI.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

KDE, Gnome, the kernel, you can compile them without any problems. They're large and complex but they're well organized.

X is weird but it can also be compiled fairly easily.

Mozilla stuff is horrendous. There's no rhyme or reason, it's hard to find build instructions, half the time they don't work, when they do the build fails with obscure errors...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Compiling the kernel actually only took 40 minutes on the 13 year old laptop with a Core Duo.

And the LFS Book has excellent building instructions for all packages, including Firefox. That's actually only relevant for LFS tho ig.