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Re:Linux from Scratch with Training Wheels by alfiedotwtf on Sunday October 10, 2021 @06:47PM (#28822673)
Every time I've think about doing LFS, I come to the same conclusion that Arch is probably good enough to get the same hands-on understanding but without having to do the menial work.
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Re:Linux from Scratch with Training Wheels by ewzimm on Sunday October 10, 2021 @09:48PM (#28823763)
For a great low-commitment experiment with minimalistic Linix, I'd recommend setting up PRoot with Termux on Android and then adding Arch repositories. You can treat it like a replacement for a mobile game and slowly build up your perfect mobile desktop environment.

https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/PRoot

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Re:Linux from Scratch with Training Wheels by Koshkin on Sunday October 10, 2021 @10:25PM (#28823990)
For me it was Slackware.
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Re:Linux from Scratch with Training Wheels by alfiedotwtf on Monday October 11, 2021 @02:23AM (#28825357)
Slackware was my first love, but the reason I say Arch is because there's no package management

... though these days, Nix on top of Slackware may be interesting

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Re:Linux from Scratch with Training Wheels by Koshkin on Monday October 11, 2021 @11:01AM (#28829081)
I find Slackware easier to install.

There is slackpkg for package management, and sbopkg for “ports.” (What is “missing” is dependency management, which often turns out to be a blessing.)

(pkgsrc also supports Slackware.)

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