Absolutely. If you have any desire to really understand what makes up a base working linux system then going LFS is for you. It not only gives you special insig

Absolutely. If you have any desire to really understand what makes up a base working linux system then going LFS is for you. It not only gives you special insight into what goes into making a full-fledged distro but also teaches you some excellent problem solving skills. Personally, I would start with a target "result" in mind. Maybe you want to create a minimal "server" layout or "lean desktop". Once you hit that point and have documented what it took to get there, throw it away and start again. Think about how to automate some aspects of the process. I'm actually doing this right now with my OH SO COPIOUS free time. Building a VM-only target distro that's designed to be minimal and run only in a VM. The rest is expected to be managed entirely from tools like Chef or Puppet. It's sort of a "put up or shut up" to this blog post: http://goo.gl/rML9 http://goo.gl/rML9