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| 2008-05-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Beyond Linux From Scratch 6.3 RC1 |
| Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) is a project that provides instruction for extending a Linux From Scratch (LFS) installation into a full desktop or server distribution. The first release candidate for version 6.3 has been released: "BLFS version 6.3 is the complement to the LFS 6.3 book. The BLFS book now provides build and configuration instructions for almost 500 packages (many more than that if you want to count each individual package in the auto-tooled X Window instructions). Some of the new packages introduced in this version are: Dash, ksh, D-Bus bindings, Wireshark, rxvt-unicode, Gutenprint, Pidgin, GnuTLS (and many of its dependencies), Qt version 4.x, GnuPG version 2.x, and Amarok. Major updates include GNOME 2.18.3 (with several new GNOME packages), KDE 3.5.9, Firefox 2.x, Thunderbird 2.x, and most (if not all) of the mainline server packages." Here are the full release notes. The 1,190-page BLFS 6.3-rc1 book is available for online viewing (HTML format) or direct download (PDF format). |
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| About Linux From Scratch |
| Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system. There are a lot of reasons why somebody would want to install an LFS system. The question most people raise is "why go through all the hassle of manually installing a Linux system from scratch when you can just download an existing distribution like Debian or Redhat". That is a valid question which I hope to answer for you. The most important reason for LFS's existence is teaching people how a Linux system works internally. Building an LFS system teaches you about all that makes Linux tick, how things work together, and depend on each other. And most importantly, how to customize it to your own taste and needs. |
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