[SC.LUG] New to list: Introduction and Questions

[Richard Smedley]

On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 13:10, Richard Pineger wrote:
> OK Ian, how long would it take a novice (with an electronics degree and 10
> yrs of Windoze experience) to implement and build their own LFS system?... 
> 
> and... 
> 
> What would they build it on? 

and ...

Why would they bother?

Seriously, if you are unfamiliar with Unix, you
are best starting with a ready-built distro (such
as Debian, Slackware or SuSE), and moving on from
there if you wish.

 - Richard

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