How to Build Your Own Linux Distribution
By Frank Pohlmann2005-07-06
The growing LFS family
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The LFS family of Linux builds is, in many ways, a method for giving back the power to construct Linux-based operating systems to the people who started it all: the hackers. But the most important result for the creators of LFS seems to be that through LFS, all Linux distributions have become intelligible to interested users. By allowing users to build a Linux distribution piece by piece and by helping users see a Linux-based operating system as a system of many parts, alternative approaches to building Linux distributions become possible.
More generally, users do not need to be programmers to change the way a Linux distribution is built: The bit of scripting users learn by building an LFS system is sufficient. An LFS specialist can change and extend the very composition of a Linux distribution without impairing its basic structure. This functionality is particularly important for organizations that have the manpower and expertise to maintain Linux systems, but not the financial wherewithal to buy commercial support from consultancies and corporations. LFS-based Linux systems have been demonstrated for educational purposes and for large networks. It is likely they will be used in other areas, as well.
Tutorial Pages:
» Go to the source to learn Linux basics and build the right Linux for you
» Why UNIX internals matter
» Linux From Scratch
» Beyond LFS
» Hardened LFS
» The growing LFS family
» Resources
First published by IBM DeveloperWorks
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