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From: Joe Menola <menola@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:02:50
Message-Id: 200508141652.44370.menola@sbcglobal.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives? by Nick Rout
1 On Sunday August 14 2005 4:37 pm, Nick Rout wrote:
2 > On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:05:22 -0500
3 >
4 > Joe Menola wrote:
5 > > On Sunday August 14 2005 2:42 pm, Paul Hoy wrote:
6 > > > Linux from Scratch looks very interesting: it appears to rapidly
7 > > > support the latest updates and it has decent documentation. Does any
8 > > > one have any perspectives on Linux from Scratch, from a Gentoo
9 > > > point-of-view? Does anyone wish to share a comparison of the two?
10 > >
11 > > I've built both Gentoo and LFS. A side by side comparison comes up pretty
12 > > much equal. Except for documentation, where Gentoo wins hands down. IMO
13 >
14 > Well given that LFS is nothing but documentation ( along howto), that
15 > doesn't leave much...
16
17 When an app doesn't compile, the 1 page howto doesn't help much, seeing as how
18 you probably already followed it.
19
20 -jm
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