[pocket-linux] New Project, Bigger System

[GuineaPig]

On Sunday 28 September 2003 21:58, David Horton wrote:
> Richard Stocker wrote:
> > Reply:
> >
> > I think it is an excellent idea, and yes it is akin to Linux From
> > Scratch, but can be Linux From Scratch that is much more educational.
> > For me, after a while Linux From Scratch became an exercise in typing
> > with minimal thinking and understanding.
>
> A lot of people have compared the pocket linux guide to LFS.
>
> Personally I think pocket linux is more about the design process than
> the final product.  Like saying that "life is a journey, not a
> destination,"  I hope the pocket linux guide is a journey as well and
> that people building it will gain some design skills that can be applied
> to other projects.
>
> And if people still think the pocket linux guide is like LFS that's
> okay.  Toyota makes cars that are very similar to the ones that Honda
> makes, but people still find reasons to choose one over the other.
> Choices are good.
>
> Dave
>

Dave,

First off, I think you're absolutely right about the journey/destination thing 
:-)...  The pocket linux guide was very usefull to me because it didn't only 
teach me HOW to make the floppy system but because it also told me WHY the 
different steps in the process were taken.  This is something I miss in a lot 
of other tutorials and guides (on various topics) on the web.  Because of 
this I even managed to adapt the floppies and I'm now using them for 
automatic partitioning and testing of harddisks.

Your new project sounds like an excellent idea to me.  I wish I could be of 
some help but I'm afraid I don't know enough about these things (yet...)  If 
you need (beta-)testers though, I'll be glad to help !  (See if your new 
guide is monkey-proof enough, mhehe !)

Greetings and thanks,

Tom Van den Brandt