Subj : lfs users?
To   : paul lee
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Sun Aug 06 2023 02:29 am

> i ended up liking lfs_sd [linux from scratch systemd] and blfs [beyond linux
> from scratch]. i'm getting consistent builds and even use alfs [automated
> linux from scratch] which uses scripting to streamline the build process -
> anf then you just edit the handful of 'variable' files it builds.. hostname,
> hosts, resolve.conf and network settings files... fstab and things like
> that. blah.

I run lfs too, I like the sysv version. I like systemd also but I haven't figured out how to quiet the console.

> i've got a pretty solid system now, with a good kernel build, that has
> networking - both eth and wifi!!! i've built several after-lfs packages like
> cmatrix, openssh, nano and m0re.

I'm a gamer (old time games) so I build prboom-plus, quakespasm and ioQuake3 and other things like that.

> are there other lfs users in the bbs-land? do you run on actual hardware -
> this is what i find most useful... if you have a thinkpad thats a bit long in
> the tooth, its a great platform.

I have three machines that I installed lfs on. My desktop where I play the most, the BBS machine that just runs the BBS, and a laptop.

> what do you like to install on? i prefer live-linunx usb's; endevourOS,
> knoppix or even tails... i like to install lfs to a separate HDD as doing so
> with the donor and lfs on one drive is - ugly.

So far I have only installed on real hardware.

> lemme know if you've been counted on lfs. lemme know if you've built
> anything well not even cool, but... useful? no... lemme know, tho. :P

I was counted on lfs late last year or early this year.

I found lfs to be quite a project but it has been rewarding.

I've built a few things outside of blfs, but I don't remember what at the moment. Minicom, szrz, and modumu2k recently.

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