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| 2008-08-12 |
Development Release: Beyond Linux From Scratch 6.3 RC3 |
| Randy McMurchy has announced the availability of the third release candidate for Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) 6.3, an online book providing instructions for extending a base Linux From Scratch (LFS) system into a more complete desktop or server distribution: "The BLFS Development team is pleased to announce the release of the 6.3-rc3 version of BLFS. This is a release candidate of the 6.3 version, due to be released on August 24th." What's new? "The BLFS book now provides build and configuration instructions for almost 500 packages. Some of the new packages introduced in this version are: Dash, ksh, D-Bus bindings, Wireshark, rxvt-unicode, Gutenprint, Pidgin, GnuTLS, Qt version 4.x, GnuPG version 2.x, and Amarok. Major updates include GNOME 2.18.3, KDE-3.5.9, Firefox-2.x, Thunderbird-2.x, and most of the mainline server packages." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. The BLFS 6.3 RC3 book is available in HTML and PDF formats. |
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| About Linux From Scratch |
| Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system. There are a lot of reasons why somebody would want to install an LFS system. The question most people raise is "why go through all the hassle of manually installing a Linux system from scratch when you can just download an existing distribution like Debian or Redhat". That is a valid question which I hope to answer for you. The most important reason for LFS's existence is teaching people how a Linux system works internally. Building an LFS system teaches you about all that makes Linux tick, how things work together, and depend on each other. And most importantly, how to customize it to your own taste and needs. |
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