Gentoo Running On My Acer Mini PC

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Got LFS booting and running IceWM but getting a browser up and running, has been a different story, all together!!! Tried to compile SeaMonkey, but that was a no-joy, so I tried to compile nodejs for Firefox!!! Machine compiled for two days, and I finally pulled the plug, the little Acer Mini, just does not have what it takes, to run Firefox.

Will have to look elsewhere, to maybe find a light browser that will keep LFS happy!!!

So I have a Acer Mini that runs Gentoo and LFS well, excluding the LFS browser issue!!!

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They are not easy to find. There are

  • old abandoned ones like dillo… they have issues with modern websites
  • new recent efforts… I think there is a new midura for example
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I am looking at Pale Moon or maybe Waterfox, no qt based!!!

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I now have waterfox installed and working on LFS!!!

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Our definition of “light” will probably differ.
:wink:

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Maybe, but it has to be compatible with LFS!!!

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I thought LFS could be made to be compatable with anything? ie it is just a matter of what you install. Am I wrong? Are there restrictions to what you can install?

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Remember, you are compiling from source, while it can, and is running waterfox, firefox, and all it’s deps, especially “nodejs” is a killer for this little Acer Mini!!! That is why I am using IceWM, instead of a full DE. This is really all I need for LFS, Gentoo can do the rest!!! Who else on this forum, has built and booted linuxfromscratch, it is not easy, and consumes, way too much time!!!

If you really want too experience what Linux really is, try building linuxfromscratch!!!

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So the limitation is the hardware, not LFS?

I am not sure. ?
Do you think LFS is the only way to build Linux?
Is Gentoo not almost the same if you compile everything.
How do distros assemble their iso file? I bet they dont use LFS. I know Void has a script.

Not being cynical, just thinking.

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No, but using LFS is, IMHO, the purest way. (kind of)

Nobody does such a kind of job manually.

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Very much so!!! Once you have Xorg and or Xorg-Server compiled, you really have to know what your machine is capable of doing!!!

No!!! Linux, itself was not easy to build, for many years!!! All you get now are a bunch of bloated Distros, wanting to be “Windows like”, I’m not bashing, just look at distrowatch!!!

Some what, they both use the same packages, but so does every Distro, but portage is the big difference!!!

LFS does not even have an ISO, they used to, you, the installer, is the ISO!!!

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Compiling LFS gives me something to keep my mind occupied!!!

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In my mind LFS is like a Recipe Book. It helps you to be creative.
It is the creative bit that you enjoy… we all like building things… digitial things included.

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What I meant was how donthey build the disk image, that eventusllybis used to mske their iso.
You could make an iso of your LFS… that is one way of archiving it.

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I guess that is one way to explain the want-to to try LFS, like baking a cake, but to get that cake baked, takes time and patience!!!

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I have looked at that but just haven’t pursued it, yet!!!

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I guess I can call this project finished, have Gentoo runnung FF and LFS running WF, the little Acer Mini, is running well!!! Started this project, back in mid-summer, with LFS taking the bulk of the time!!! I said I was going to learn LFS, and I have, to some extent!!! Thanks to all, for the comments and input!!!

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Congratulations. You had the staying power.
Can you summarize what you learnt?.. after all that is supposed to be the main reason for trying LFS.
What will be the next building project.?

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Congratulations! I left LFS early because some of the packages didn’t build on my machine. Maybe I’ll try again some day with another machine. Do you have a new project? FreeBSD 15 is coming soon if you want a new challenge. It’s way easier than LFS!

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I must agree. 12 CPU cores and 16 Gute Besserung! RAM aren’t much use to you if your desktop uses about half. I did it using Sway on openSUSE, minimal but configurable.

Installing Arch, let even Gentoo, only learn you a tiny crumble of what you learn with LFS. It might be time intensive (GCC), but in the end, it’s worth it.

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