New releases of the Linux From Scratch 11.1 (LFS) and Beyond Linux From Scratch 11.1 (BLFS) guides have been presented, as well as editions of LFS and BLFS with the system manager systemd. Linux From Scratch provides instructions for building a basic Linux system from scratch, using only the source texts of the required software. Beyond Linux From Scratch complements the LFS instructions with information on building and configuring about 1000 software packages, covering various applications from database management systems and server systems to graphical interfaces and media players.
Linux From Scratch 11.1 has transitioned to glibc 2.35, Linux kernel 5.16.9, binutils 2.38, Automake 1.16.5, Bash 5.1.16, Coreutils 9.0, Openssl 3.0.1, Python 3.10.2, SysVinit 3.01, Systemd 250, and Util-Linux 2.37.4. Errors in the boot scripts have been fixed, and editorial work has been done on explanatory materials throughout the book.
In Beyond Linux From Scratch 11.1, approximately 800 packages have been updated, including GNOME 41, KDE Plasma 5.24, KDE Gears 21.12, LibreOffice 7.3, Ffmpeg 4.4.1, GIMP 2.10.30, Inkscape 1.1.2, Thunderbird 91.6.1, Firefox 91.6.0, SeaMonkey 2.53.10, IceWM 2.9.5, Mesa 21.3.6, GTK 4.6.1, MariaDB 10.6.7, PostgreSQL 14.2, Postfix 3.7.0, BIND 9.18, etc.
In addition to LFS and BLFS, several additional books have been released within the project:
- ‘Automated Linux From Scratch’ — a framework for automating the building of LFS systems and managing packages;
- ‘Cross Linux From Scratch’ — a description of cross-platform building of LFS systems, supporting architectures: x86, x86_64, sparc, mips, PowerPC, alpha, hppa, arm;
- ‘Hardened Linux From Scratch’ — instructions for increasing the security of LFS, applying additional patches and restrictions;
- ‘LFS Hints’ — a collection of additional tips with descriptions of alternative solutions for the steps described in LFS and BLFS.
Source: opennet.ru
