[nzlug] Kernel squared

[Ewing Caldwell]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Nevyn wrote:

> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:34:41 +1300
> From: Nevyn <nevynh at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: NZLUG Mailing List <nzlug at linux.net.nz>
> To: NZLUG Mailing List <nzlug at linux.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: [nzlug] Kernel squared
> 
> 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.

 	Yes. Took me two years part time, and OpenOffice v2.0.1 to get
   OOO.org installed.

Ewing Caldwell
Lecturer
School of Computer and Information Sciences
Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies
Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
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