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