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v2 v3 1 = Welcome to Linux From Scratch!=1 = Welcome to Trac 0.9.2 = 2 2 3 == What is Linux From Scratch? == 3 Trac is a '''minimalistic''' approach to '''web-based''' management of 4 '''software projects'''. Its goal is to simplify effective tracking and handling of software issues, enhancements and overall progress. 4 5 5 Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own customized Linux system entirely from source. 6 Why would I want an LFS system? 6 All aspects of Trac have been designed with the single goal to 7 '''help developers write great software''' while '''staying out of the way''' 8 and imposing as little as possible on a team's established process and 9 culture. 7 10 8 Many wonder why they should go through the hassle of building a Linux system from scratch when they could just download an existing Linux distribution. However, there are several benefits of building LFS. Consider the following: 11 As all Wiki pages, this page is editable, this means that you can 12 modify the contents of this page simply by using your 13 web-browser. Simply click on the "Edit this page" link at the bottom 14 of the page. WikiFormatting will give you a detailed description of 15 available Wiki formatting commands. 9 16 10 === LFS teaches people how a Linux system works internally === 11 Building LFS 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 tastes and needs. 17 "[wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] ''yourenvdir'' initenv" created 18 a new Trac environment, containing a default set of wiki pages and some sample 19 data. This newly created environment also contains 20 [wiki:TracGuide documentation] to help you get started with your project. 12 21 13 === Building LFS produces a very compact Linux system === 14 When you install a regular distribution, you often end up installing a lot of programs that you would probably never use. They're just sitting there taking up (precious) disk space. It's not hard to get an LFS system installed under 100 MB. Does that still sound like a lot? A few of us have been working on creating a very small embedded LFS system. We installed a system that was just enough to run the Apache web server; total disk space usage was approximately 8 MB. With further stripping, that can be brought down to 5 MB or less. Try that with a regular distribution. 22 You can use [wiki:TracAdmin trac-admin] to configure 23 [http://trac.edgewall.com/ Trac] to better fit your project, especially in 24 regard to ''components'', ''versions'' and ''milestones''. 15 25 16 === LFS is extremely flexible ===17 Building LFS could be compared to a finished house. LFS will give you the skeleton of a house, but it's up to you to install plumbing, electrical outlets, kitchen, bath, wallpaper, etc. You have the ability to turn it into whatever type of system you need it to be, customized completely for you.18 26 19 === LFS offers you added security === 20 You will compile the entire system from source, thus allowing you to audit everything, if you wish to do so, and apply all the security patches you want or need to apply. You don't have to wait for someone else to provide a new binary package that (hopefully) fixes a security hole. Often, you never truly know whether a security hole is fixed or not unless you do it yourself. 21 What can I do with my LFS system? 27 TracGuide is a good place to start. 22 28 23 A by-the-book LFS system is fairly minimal, but is designed to provide a strong base on which you can add any packages you want. See the BLFS project for a selection of commonly used packages. 24 Who's who: 25 * Project Leader: Gerard Beekmans 26 * Project Co-leader: Matthew Burgess 27 * Editor: Jim Gifford 28 * Editor: Jeremy Huntwork 29 * Editor: Archaic 30 * Editor: Ken Moffat 31 * XML/XSL Editor: Manuel Canales Esparcia 32 * Toolchain Maintainer: Ryan Oliver 33 * Bootscripts Maintainer: Nathan Coulson 34 * Plus numerous people who contribute to the book and its side projects. 29 Enjoy! [[BR]] 30 ''The Trac Team'' 31 32 == Starting Points == 33 34 * TracGuide -- Built-in Documentation 35 * [http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/ The Trac project] -- Trac Open Source Project 36 * [http://projects.edgewall.com/trac/wiki/TracFaq Trac FAQ] -- Frequently Asked Questions 37 * TracSupport -- Trac Support 38 39 For a complete list of local wiki pages, see TitleIndex. 40 41 Trac is brought to you by [http://www.edgewall.com/ Edgewall Software], 42 providing professional Linux and software development services to clients 43 worldwide. Visit http://www.edgewall.com/ for more information.
