[nzlug] Kernel squared

[Nevyn]

On 9/29/06, Liz Q <liz at debian.co.nz> wrote:
> On Friday 29 September 2006 11:30, Dirk Pilat wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:59:08 +1200, Jim Cheetham <jim at gonzul.net> wrote:
> > > It's a good learning experience; although I've heard people say that the
> > > "Linux from Scratch" model is better to learn from than Gentoo.
> >
> > I was going to come to that next: Has anybody ever attempted a Linux from
> > Scratch install?
> >
> > It looks perversely tempting but also hugely daunting, but I presume the
> > educational gain must be immense. No more stupid questions on NZLUG after
> > that.
> >
> Its fun for a couple of days but then once its installed or you get stuck its
> just frustrating, If you do it then do it for the fun of learning a fair bit
> rather than eliteism or functionality. it will make you appretiate package
> installers and binaries a whole lot more :D
> Overall it was fun and educational (not overly hard at all - very well
> documented) and i would probably do it again at some point.  Oh yeah and
> beaware it takes up a fair bit of disk space to hold all the sources and
> compiled stuff etc :)
>
> Liz

I had a go back in.... 2000 I think. Went through it in about a week
though it was only early days and I got stuck before I had a working
system. Definitely learnt a couple of things though.