Invisible wrote:
> Tom Austin wrote:
> 
>> I usually do a Linux From Scratch for most things.
>>
>> While I do the automated build, it at least keeps me in touch with the 
>> roots of what is going on.
> 
> People say that about Gentoo too, but... watching pages of gibberish 
> scroll past keeps you "in touch with the roots of it"? Hmm. Not so much...
> 


It isn't watching pages of gibberish - it's the few steps that aren't 
done automatically that does it for me.  And that's not selecting "go" 
either.

For me a typical LFS build consists of
fdisk
run LFS automated
setup grub
select kernel options & compile
setup boot scripts
pick which actual applications I want & manually install them


I agree that this isn't for everyone.
I have more interest in the guts than most people.
What I think I enjoy the most is learning how each application really 
works as I install it.  That way I know what my options are - instead of 
'just use this'.



Tom

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