Linux From Scratch

Why would anyone bother with making Linux from scratch? With all these distros with almost everything you need, people still choose to build Linux from source. There are people who say that they get a more optimized system that way. Others want it because of the control that they have over the system. I know of one person who built Linux from scratch and it took him a long time to do so and if I recall correctly he couldn’t really use his computer for a week because he did something wrong and it was his problem at the time.

Looking at the Linux From Scratch website, these are the benefits of installing it from scratch:

• You understand Linux better because you learn about the ins and outs of the system.
• You get a more compact system.
• It is a more flexible system because you can do anything with it.
• You could make your system more secure.

I am personally overwhelmed by what’s in the LFS wiki but it looks like that the wiki is very detailed so you should be able to follow what’s written there. But still, I suppose that Linux from scratch is more for the experienced Linux users who want to dig deeper into operating system or if they really want a very customized Linux for their personal use.

One day if you have this itch to start on this project, you might want to start reading about it now and prepare really well. Also you might want to check it out too so that you could decide if it’s what you want to do or if you’d stick with one of the distros.

Edit: The url was wrong so I changed it so that it will point to linuxfromscratch.org