Linux From Scratch 12.0 Published For Rolling Your Own Linux Build ( www.phoronix.com )

cy_narrator , 10 months ago

Anyone tried that? I wanna know how long it took.

5ublimation , 10 months ago

Time per compiled package is relative to how quickly your CPU runs gcc, overall time will be dependent on that and how many packages you compile.

noUsernamesLef7 , 10 months ago

I did it in my down time at work in a few days on an early 2010ish thinkpad.

TheBawbe83 , 10 months ago

The last time i did that was back in the really early 00s (2001 - 2003 maybe)… it took “a while” and multiple failed attempts due to my personal stupidity, but after that i ran the system for the better part of a decade, so i think its time well spend…

cy_narrator , 10 months ago

Did you upgrade that machine over the duration it ran?

TheBawbe83 , 10 months ago

Only regarding RAM and a faulty hard drive… the thing was in its later years mostly a gloryfied typewriter which also ran a printserver.

cy_narrator , 10 months ago

I mean your OS packages