@mgrondin @fribbledom This post makes me sad.

I feel such posts discourage people from using Linux. I feel it sends a message “only become a Linux user if you want to compile things from scratch”.

I feel such takes discourage non-technical people from using Linux. And I'd like more non-technical people to use it (which means more Linux users who will never compile Linux from scratch).

@lime
That was not the intention of this post. I can't speak for @fribbledom but for me it's like this.

Come to linux(Ubuntu,Linux mint...) after using it a while if you want to know how a distribution comes together then walking through LFS is a great way. Even in a VM. The LFS book is really great with describing what's going on.

@mgrondin @fribbledom I agree that LFS could be a good way to understand Linux under-the-hood.

But not everyone needs to undestand Linux under-the-hood.

You might spend your time compiling Linux, and this is great.

But others might spend time, e.g., compiling dictionaries, and this is also a worthy thing to do.

I don't compile a dictionary before using it (even though lexicography is very fascinating and enlightening). Similarly, I don't want to compile my software. I leave this to people I trust, and spend my time some other things instead.

@lime nothing wrong with that either. No one is forcing anyone to do LFS. @fribbledom