On Sun, 2013-11-10 at 14:27 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: > linuxfromscratch.org IMO there's no need for a user to know all the details, however, something FreeBSD port like, e.g. Arch Linux IMO is more pleasant than Linux from scratch. It's also possible to learn about Linux, by using FreeBSD, e.g. Debian's FreeBSD instead of Linux. OTOH a user is free to start with a minimal Debian install, so Linux from scratch, Arch, FreeBSD etc. aren't needed to learn the details.