It feels to me like you have approached this with a wrong mindset, like you focused too much on finishing the whole process. With LFS you must put substantial

It feels to me like you have approached this with a wrong mindset, like you focused too much on finishing the whole process. With LFS you must put substantial amount of value into the journey itself. It's not about copy-pasting commands, it's about trying to actually understand what and, more importantly, why your are doing each step. My recollection is that LFS docs were good in helping with that. Or maybe it was coming from reading docs of the actual components as I went along? I don't remember, probably some mix of both. I did set LFS system up once, I think it was 2001 or 2002. I specifically remember that it took many days (due to compilation times), was very interesting, and at the end I was putting final touches to my mutt and slrn configs. With a vague memory that I had some TODO for mutt that I didn't finish, still lingering in my mind, apparently! :) All in all, great and satisfying learning experience. I would not use such system as a daily driver, though. I think it's good only if you have time and want to learn. I'm curious if someone here is brave enough to have different approach.