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During the first impressions of said distro, what feature surprised you the most?

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[–] 30p87@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

LFS: Not being so complicated actually. Arch: That a fully fletched OS install can be done in less than 10 minutes.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Isn't maintaining LFS a pain for the long run?

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

It is. Especially when you need the night to compile FF and it constantly fails. But I learned a lot.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] 30p87@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then let's call my install 30p87OS, that was made from scratch. Now it's a distro.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Deal. :D Edit: Congratz BTW, that's a huge feat to create own distribution from LFS. My hats off!