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Thread ID: 45047	2004-05-07 09:47:00	Creating own Linux distro?	Megaman (344)	Press F1

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235044	2004-05-08 13:05:00	> There is no point in "making your own distribution". > I doubt if it would even be a pleasant "learning > experience". I certainly learned lots when creating both of my Linux from Scratch distributions. I doubt that I would have been able to learn the same things in a similar amount of time with binary distributions. > With a 166 MHz, 32 MB machine, a kernel recompile > will take a couple of hours. That's probably all you > need to do. That will cut the kernel image down to a > reasonable size. Depending on what options you've selected in the kernel, it should take about 30mins. My P133 with 32mb of ram did it in 1 hour. > Slackware is very good. It's not too shabby :) In fact, it was the first distribution I ever used. It was certainly an interesting experience getting it up and going, especially since I knew absolutely nothing about Linux.	segfault (655)
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