On Saturday 23 February 2002 06:58 pm, Samir M. Nassar wrote: > I came across this link: http://www.byolinux.org/ the site explains how > to build a linux system from scratch. > > It might be a good way for semi-newbies to know the guts of their > system. > > It goes step-by-step and has screen shots. There's also Linux From Scratch and Gentoo, which are in many ways the same thing, so I understand. Probably a very good idea for hobbyist semi-newbies, as you suggest, but -- based on a SWAG -- probably not the best way for somebody who wants to get a system up and doing stuff to start. If I ever develop some free time -- what a concept! -- I'd be tempted to build a Gentoo system, if only for the coolness of both roll-your-own, and have-the-latest-versions-compiled-and-optimized-for-my-own system factors. In the meantime, I'm likely to stick with Mandrake, which serves my needs pretty well. -- ------------------------------------- There's a widow in sleepy Chester Who weeps for her only son; There's a grave on the Pabeng River, A grave that the Burmans shun, And there's Subadar Prag Tewarri Who tells how the work was done. -------------------------------------