Speaking of Slackware

[Collins Richey]

On 9/6/06, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Man-wai CHANG wrote:
> > Ben Duncan wrote:
> >> Naw ... I like to roll my own from the ground up ..
> >
> > If you have time.. linuxfromscratch... I don't. :)
> >
>
> I think anyone who thinks it's easy to create a linux distro ought to go
> check out linuxfromscratch.  Just for grins, I once downloaded and
> printed out the manual (which was, in fact, quite good) with the thought
> of doing just this.  But the manual just describing the assembly steps
> and describing where one had to go to collect all of the various bits
> and pieces of code was about 600 pages or so.  As you say, if you have
> the time . . . . .
>

Yes, I've done LFS. Everyone should do it once in a lifetime and then
bow down, say your prayers,  and contribute to the distro of your
choice for all the hard work in putting together the distro.


-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.