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

submitted 6 months ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 43 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm from a time where there was ONLY compiling from scratch. No package managers either. Can't say I recommend it.

[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago (3 children)

You haven't lived until you've installed Slackware from floppy disks and compiled the necessary network drivers into the kernel by hand. Good times, but never again.

[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

What impressed me at the time was that it worked ; you'd pull huge amount of stuff and then waited in front of a real-life Reversed Matrix full of mysterious hieroglyphs. But Slackware would compile Ardour, Jack, Jamin and whatever else. Yeah it took a while to fetch all the libraries, but then it just did it.

Last week localsend wouldn't compile on Arch, and took hours to fail it.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

I am pretty sure I compiled the kernel once a month back when I had a Pentium 133. Looking back, compiling the kernel must have been a huge chunk of what that machine accomplished.

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago

I'm a long time slackware user, but I joined the party some time in 99 or 00.

I never had the pleasure of installing from floppies, but I did compile my own kernels to speed up boot time. Sometimes they would boot, sometimes they wouldn't. That was part of the fun.

I've been on a retro kick lately. I have a pentium 200 mmx based machine that will eventually run a floppy installed slackware. Or at least it will if I can get it to work.

[–] Nisaea@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 6 months ago

To be fair there was less to compile, but that still sounds like a lot...