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I'm thinking about starting to build linux from scratch with slackware-current base. I thought it might be fun to learn and understand more about how linux works under the hood.
I haven't started yet but I have a couple of questions to ask:
1. Which one do you guys suggest me to install the system into: virtualbox or external hdd? If I install the system into a virtualbox would that give me the real image how to install the system - for example - into my laptop?
2. I guess that I proceed with expert install mode and install all the packages that the book (lfs) suggests. Is there something more that you guys suggest me to install to make my life easier in the future?
3. I'm hoping that I could use pkgtools to manage packages. Would that be hard to accomplish?
I hope I manage to build working system with KDE4, I have downloaded the whole slackware-current tree to my computer.
I have been really busy for the past couple of months and I'm sorry if I'm asking stupid questions or the questions have been answered before. I'll have a week long holiday soon and then I will be able to concentrate to this project.
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