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Every time I've think about doing LFS, I come to the same conclusion that Arch is probably good enough to get the same hands-on understanding but without having
by alfiedotwtf 5y ago
Every time I've think about doing LFS, I come to the same conclusion that Arch is probably good enough to get the same hands-on understanding but without having to do the menial work.
- ewzimm 5y agoFor a great low-commitment experiment with minimalistic Linix, I'd recommend setting up PRoot with Termux on Android and then adding Arch repositories. You can treat it like a replacement for a mobile game and slowly build up your perfect mobile desktop environment. https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot
- Koshkin 5y agoFor me it was Slackware.
- alfiedotwtf 5y agoSlackware was my first love, but the reason I say Arch is because there's no package management ... though these days, Nix on top of Slackware may be interesting
- Koshkin 5y agoI find Slackware easier to install. There is slackpkg for package management, and sbopkg for “ports.” (What is “missing” is dependency management, which often turns out to be a blessing.) (pkgsrc also supports Slackware.)