Beyond Linux From Scratch 7.4，创建自己定制的Linux系统

Linux From Scratch项目简称LFS，它提供必要的步骤，帮你一步一步地创建自己定制的Linux系统。关于为什么有人希望安装一套LFS系统，我们可以给出很 多的理由。人们问得最多的问题是，既然可以下载到一份成型的套件比如Debian或者Red Hat，为什么还要去争论从头开始手工安装一份Linux系统呢？这是一个很合理的问题，我将问答你。LFS存在的最重要的原因就是教给人们一个 Linux系统其内部是如何工作的。自己创建一份LFS系统将让你了解到Linux工作的每个细节，以及它们是如何彼此依赖和协同工作的。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.