I agree it's important to understand how linux eco system work, if you are interested. I don't think LFS does that, it's simply page after page of .configure..

I agree it's important to understand how linux eco system work, if you are interested. I don't think LFS does that, it's simply page after page of .configure..make..make install. It would be more valuable to read a sysadmin book on unix/linux and play around with a minimal distro.