Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

[Paul Hoy]

On Aug 14, 2005, at 7:26 PM, Joe Menola wrote:

> On Sunday August 14 2005 5:43 pm, Paul Hoy wrote:
>
>> On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:05 PM, Joe Menola wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday August 14 2005 2:42 pm, Paul Hoy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Linux from Scratch looks very interesting: it appears to rapidly
>>>> support
>>>> the latest updates and it has decent documentation. Does any one
>>>> have any
>>>> perspectives on Linux from Scratch, from a Gentoo point-of-view?
>>>> Does
>>>> anyone wish to share a comparison of the two?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've built both Gentoo and LFS. A side by side comparison comes up
>>> pretty much
>>> equal. Except for documentation, where Gentoo wins hands down. IMO
>>>
>>> google>"gentoo"=3,990,000 hits
>>> google>"lfs"=877,000 hits
>>>
>>> -jm
>>>
>
>
>>
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>> What about the LFS community - did you find it helpful?
>>
>> Of course, the answer is probably objective. Developer types may not
>> have to rely so much on community whereas those who have the great
>> capacity to take forever to understand the point, like myself,
>> require a good community.
>>
>> Also, I agree with you that the Gentoo documentation (most of it) is
>> excellent; I've printed, and have read most of it.
>>
>> One more question, and it's the most obvious. You said that Gentoo
>> and LFS are more or less equal. So, that begs the question: what
>> persuaded you to stick with Gentoo?
>>
>> Thanks ,
>> Paul
>>
>
> The LFs community was very helpful, I couldn't have built a working
> system
> without them. :)
> I just find it easier when Goggle finds other documented problems
> that match
> mine. The size of the Gentoo user base makes this much more likely
> with
> Gentoo vs LFS.
> To answer the obvious...Gentoo is easier to build then LFS. LFS's
> style of
> package by package installing is great for learning the workings of
> Linux,
> and I wouldn't trade-in my experience with LFS for anything.

Yes, that's what attracted me to Gentoo and to LFS/BLFS also: I'm  
interested in learning the inner workings of Linux. I've hacked  
around with Linux since the very early days of Redhat, but I still  
don't have a comprehensive understanding of the OS. This is despite  
that fact that I usually used tarballs rather than RPMs, even in  
Redhat and Fedora.

> But starting from scratch with LFS and obtaining a working Kde
> desktop took me (from
> memory) a few weeks to build. With Gentoo, I was there in a few
> days thanks
> to "emerge kde-meta".
>

Yeah, there were even some pre-compiled Linux distros in which it  
took a long time to get a Gnome desktop (vlos and foresight linux,  
for instance). Like you, it took me a few days to get a working Gnome  
desktop with Gentoo.

> -jm
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Thanks, Joe. This is the kind of conversation I was looking for.
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