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LFS is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system.
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The Linux From Scratch community announces the release of LFS Stable Version 7.7. It is a major release with toolchain updates to glibc-2.21 and gcc-4.9.2. In total, 30 packages were updated and changes to bootscripts and text have been made throughout the book.
You can read the book online, or download to read locally.
Please direct any comments about this release to the LFS development team at lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org. Please note that registration for the lfs-dev mailing list is required to avoid junk email.
Bruce Dubbs - 2015/03/06
The BLFS Team is happy to present version 7.7 of Beyond Linux From Scratch. This version includes approximately 750 packages beyond the base Linux From Scratch Version 7.7 book. The book has 711 updates from the previous version plus many other text and formatting changes. You can view the 7.7 version on online or download to read locally.
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