Beyond Linux From Scratch 7.4，創建自己定制的Linux系統

Linux From Scratch項目簡稱LFS，它提供必要的步驟，幫你一步一步地創建自己定制的Linux系統。關于為什么有人希望安裝一套LFS系統，我們可以給出很 多的理由。人們問得最多的問題是，既然可以下載到一份成型的套件比如Debian或者Red Hat，為什么還要去爭論從頭開始手工安裝一份Linux系統呢？這是一個很合理的問題，我將問答你。LFS存在的最重要的原因就是教給人們一個 Linux系統其內部是如何工作的。自己創建一份LFS系統將讓你了解到Linux工作的每個細節，以及它們是如何彼此依賴和協同工作的。最重要的在于， 你可以按自己的喜好和需求定制它。

Bruce Dubbs has announced the release of Beyond Linux From Scratch ( BLFS) 7.4, a book that extends the Linux From Scratch (LFS) project with extra software. It provides step-by-step instructions for compiling open-source software and building a usable Linux system which includes X Window System, desktop environments (KDE 4.11, GNOME 3.8 and Xfce 4.10) and window managers, office applications, multimedia programs and server components. From the brief release announcement (as published on the lfs-announce mailing list): " After five years, the BLFS team is happy to present version 7.4 of Beyond Linux From Scratch. This version includes approximately 750 packages beyond the base Linux From Scratch version 7.4 book. Keeping up to date with released packages that are useful to users is a challenge. On average, three new packages are released every day, seven days a week. As of this writing, BLFS is current. The vast majority of packages in the book have been verified to work in an LFS 7.4 environment, however a few (26) packages have only been built and not tested primarily due to hardware constraints." The BLFS 7.4 book is available for online viewing as well as download in HTML format.