Re: Why would I want an LFS system?
Quoting Inglima Modica Davide Silvio <st970743@educ.di.unito.it>:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Mikael Schonenberg wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Inglima Modica Davide Silvio wrote:
>
> >>> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/intro.shtml
>
> >> If we want to do something serious about that we should politely
> point out
> >> that:
>
> >> [snip: some good points about debian]
>
> > I honestly thing you guys are a bit too touchy. It's not like that
> LFS
> > blurb is an attack on our One True Distro (TM) *cough*, but rather a
> few
> > points about why it might be attractive to some to run LFS.
> Personally,
> > I have much more confidence in the Debian QA and Security folx than I
> > have in my own skills, but I'm still considering LFS (for educational
> > purposes mainly). They're not saying Debian is bad (unless you
> > explicitly choose to interpret it that way) - they're just saying
> it's
> > not the only way. Choice, remember? :-)
>
> Yes.
> Well, I did not mean to sound touchy! ^_^;
>
> The only thing is that is in some steps the LFS introduction _sounds_
> like
> advocacy (maybe wasn't the intention of their authors) because they
> talk
> about Debian rather out-of context. I am also quite sure that using
> debian
> is it true that maybe it's rather difficult to fit an apache server in
> 8
> megabytes... but it is also true that a debian apache-only installation
> will give a sysadmin:
>
> 1) onsite manuals
> 2) the ability to update the packages via a cron-job in background, and
> being notified via e-mail of the outcome (cron, mailx and exim are
> in
> base system, no?)
>
> It is all matter of wanting these features on or off, not going around
> saying "mine is shorter than yours" :DDDDDDDD
>
> I think I will write them an e-mail suggest them to give a different
> layout to their intro:
>
> + + +
>
> - why one would like to begin using LFS
> - learn how really a linux system work
> - achieve usefulness without sacrificing resources (which is indeed a
> good point)
>
> - why one could like to continue using LFS
> - hobby
> - work: (using an old or exotic machine as a firewall or a terminal)
> - work: (developing new linux systems)
>
> - what are the responsibilities that come with it
> - you have to be more security wise than most distros :)
> - you have to be more bug wise than most distros :)
>
> + + +
>
> I think that everyone would agree and bless LFS people (well, "bless"
> maybe is an exageration) if Debian was named as an exampe in this
> context.
> Debian is a choice, LFS is another, both are Free Systems (Copyleft),
> so
> we can be friend. ^_^
I fully agree with Mikael.
Davide, also please do not forget what I wrote in the PS of my original mail.
(Quoting myself:
"
PS: don't misunderstand: I find LFS a good project. They just shouldn't claim
invalid stuff (e.g. about Debian) ;).
"
)
Go Mikael, go! :D
Regards,
Csan
>
> Ciao.
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Csan
János Holányi
Hungarian Association of Linux Users
Email: csani@lme.linux.hu
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