nixCraft 🐧Jul 2, 2023
Many moons ago, I did #Linux from scratch. After that, I decided never to do it again to keep my sanity.
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If you have ever attempted to build Linux from scratch, you will gain a deeper understanding of how linux functions under the hood. This was my personal experience.
Jul 2, 2023 at 2:57pmWeb
Show threadbitlevelJul 2, 2023

@nixCraft Building a Linux install using Arch was the best thing I could have done to improve my Linux knowledge.

Their wiki is a goldmine.

Show threadnik0 Jul 2, 2023
@bitlevel @nixCraft Off-topic but wait till you see the gentoo handbook. Detailed with a capital D.
Show threadTofuJul 2, 2023
@bitlevel @nixCraft I find that arch is honestly better than lfs. you get a better practical understanding of linux versus just copying something from a book. since arch uses the wiki style for their guide, you have to seek the information out and read a little deeper to figure some things out.
Show threadNoRezervationzJul 2, 2023
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#Gentoo was my first experience building #Linux "from scratch." I learned a lot about compiling under Linux and troubleshooting kernel issues. I still use a lot of that experience today.
Show threadnik0 Jul 2, 2023
@nixCraft Reminding me of Gentoo. Honestly, one of the reasons I love gentoo so much.
Show threadDimitris Nakos, MScJul 2, 2023
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Gentoomasterrace 😍🤩
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Show threadAxel RafnJul 2, 2023
@nixCraft This is so true, I remember when I first tasted Gentoo, took me 3 days just to get a functional kernel running, then another 2 weeks to get X11 with Gnome running.
Done on a 300MHz Celeron, no hyperthreading, no dual core. 512G RAM if I remember correctly. But that "experiment" started a lifelong passion with GNU/Linux =D
Show threadJohn Quentin HeywoodJul 2, 2023
@nixCraft True. But as someone who started in linux with Slackware 1.0 and did the configure-make-makeinstall tango for years, and who has multiple boxen to maintain, the development of package distributions (SuSE and then kubuntu) was and is a godsend
Show threadChristmas TreeJul 2, 2023

@nixCraft I like to think of Linux as stages.

Stage 1: install a distro, plink around

Stage 2: install arch btw

Stage 3: Gentoo

Stage 4: Linux From Scratch

Stage 5: idk kernel developer?

With each stage your mind is blown open and you, ever so slowly, inch toward staring into the eyes of God

Show threadsqrt(-1)Jul 2, 2023
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custom images on top of buildroot too
Show threadAlan HicksJul 2, 2023
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FreeBSD helped me to automate and scale. The BSD toolchain is incredibly well engineered and documented, for which I am grateful 😊
Show threadWyatt  Jul 3, 2023
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This was me with Gentoo. Left Pop!OS for Gentoo after 6 months. I daily drive  but game on  .
Show thread❌ Ditto DittoJul 5, 2023
@nixCraft all good at one point in time, and something worth doing once. However, not as your daily driver - for my daily driver, I prefer stuff that is mainstream, just works, and needs minimal tweaking.