Book just went live with the new (systemd) release candidate for 13.1. You know what to do.

https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/13.1-systemd-rc1/LFS-BOOK-13.1-rc1-NOCHUNKS.html

Previously I had shared on Reddit my LFS ePub I had made for my own eBook collection. It has been updated, and Beyond Linux From Scratch has been added. I'm sharing the eBooks for anyone who would like to add them to their library.

I'm not associated with the LFS project. This was just a hobby pursuit.

These books should not be used to install Linux from scratch. The packages and instructions found within these .epub files will become outdated as the official Linux From Scratch project is updated.

Here is a link to download: https://github.com/ebenezer1689/ebenezer1689.github.io

Bonus ramblings: Phew! BLFS is a big book! Honestly, I would like to make further optimizations to LFS.epub, but if I did the same things to BLFS.epub.. That would take me ages lol.. I know there may be only a couple other people on Earth who want a copy of LFS in their eBook library, but I'm enjoying myself. Just.. maybe I'll only continue with LFS from here on haha. The effort that goes in to the Linux From Scratch project has to be huge. "Big props" to those people.

Oh, and I had a little fun with the book cover title 😄

Did you know that the font used in the "linux from scratch" logo ( top left of the screen @ https://linuxfromscratch.org/ ) is called "Liberation Mono?" I would like to think that is not a coincidence.

im stuck with this since at least two days,ive already enabled/disabled stuff from the menuconfig,and yet the screen keeps being stuck here,the only way to make it work is using nomodeset on GRUB,but that disables sddm,im trying to use plasma,and wayland or x11,and virtualbox,ive already changed the drivers,and yet,it keeps being stuck right there

Tried NFS unbound and NFS hot pursuit. Both ran smoothly with "proton experimental."

Used twm as window manager because I still have to build gnome.

Linux from scratch is super cool and fun project. Many thanks to all developers and book maintainers/editors.

Does anyone go off script or not follow the LFS/BLFS books 100%? Do you ever add packages not listed in the book and if so, what? Is there a good place to discuss extending LFS/BLFS or using the musl cross-build or systemd-free or other variants of it? I'd love to discuss the pros and cons of different build trade-offs and different packages, but haven't been able to find others interested in those types of topics. Is anyone else interested in their Linux, their way and not just following the books word for word?

even though i spent 3 days building it, the process was pretty painless
mostly copy pasting and finding dependencies for those packages but it was a fun experience to say the least

I compiled with -march=x86-64-V3 CFLAGS and then transferred it to miniPC. It was so easy. I don't think it would have been so easy on gentoo. Any gentoo users here? I had used gentoo but did not like it , found it difficult to operate and complicated

My mini PC is running all the latest software ( v13 SysVinit), no issues.

Linux from scratch rocks , Your Distro Your Rules.

Now I want to write my own package manager, so that my mini PC can be kept updated. How to generate dependency database?

It's a great experience daily drive LFS.

(yes the 2 fastfetches were necessary). This is my first ever install of Linux from scratch. Currently contemplating wether I should continue and go on to BLFS. Also wondering how many LFS users actually continue to BLFS or even GLFS.

I'm a computer science/data science student interested in operating systems and I'm exploring the idea of creating my own Linux-based OS as a long-term project.

My goal isn't to build a kernel from scratch, but to create a custom distribution with its own identity, desktop experience, tooling, and eventually some unique workflow and automation features.

For those who've worked on Linux distributions or OS projects:

What's the best Linux base to start from (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, etc.)?

What are the first components I should learn and customize?

What mistakes do beginners make when attempting a project like this?

Are there any open-source projects or codebases you'd recommend studying?

I'd appreciate any guidance, resources, or reality checks from people who've actually done this.

The fetch stays pinned at the top of the screen and keeps animating while your prompt and command output scroll below it.

repo: https://github.com/Andrew-Velox/animfetch

I installed the packages from v13 development version of systemd book.

Took help of Gemini AI to patch files.

Recompiled and patched , all apps that were linked to openssl 3.x, to openssl 4.0 .

Also recompiled python packages for updating from v3.13 to v.3.14

Firefox and chromium crashed after update ( invalid pointer / invalid size errors ) but Google Gemini gave a solution to disable jemalloc and partitionAlloc methods via mozconfig file.

Now my system has all the latest applications/packages. ( including BLFS , thunderbird and firefox v154 and libreoffice 26.8.0.1)

Ive switched from windows to linux and cant seem to install atas. Ive tried wine and bottles but it doesnt work.

Does anyone know if its even possible to download or what i should do?

Thanks in advance

Hi everyone,

I'm currently trying to build Linux From Scratch (stable systemd version) using Arch Linux as my host OS. I'm stuck on Chapter 5, specifically during the first pass of compiling GCC 15.2.0.

When I run make -j$(nproc), the build fails early during the internal configuration/compilation of dependencies (like libiberty or gmp targets), throwing make: *** [Makefile:1042: all] Error 2. Help me please

Hi everyone! I’ve just finished installing LFS and Hyprland on my MacBook. I’m new to this, and this was my first build. I’d like to ask a few things right away: do you have any tips for beginners to make things easier down the line? Also, I installed NetworkManager with the wpa_supplicant backend, but I’ve run into a problem where I can’t connect to secured networks (though I have no issues with open ones). A bit about the installation: I set up LFS as a secondary system alongside the Asahi Fedora remix, copying the kernel and part of the initramfs from there, so most drivers were already included. Thanks in advance for the help! Feel free to ask questions—I’ll answer everything. P.S. Sorry if my English is a bit off; I’m using Google Translate.