Unix, a computer operating system which is the mother of Linux was developed in 1969 by Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Brian Kernighan, Joe Ossanna and Douglas McIlroy a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs.
Linux is refers to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel, written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration where all the source code can be used, modified freely and redistributed both non-commercially and commercially by anyone under licenses like the GNU GPL.
Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a kind of technology or a project that provides step-by-step instructions to enables you to create your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code.
The Linux From Scratch organization consists of the following subprojects:
LFS (Linux From Scratch book) is the base from which all other projects are derived
BLFS (Beyond Linux From Scratch) extends your finished LFS installation into a more usable system and customized
ALFS (Automated Linux From Scratch) provides tools for managing and automating LFS and BLFS builds
CLFS (Cross Linux From Scratch) provides the means to cross-compile an LFS system on many types of systems
HLFS (Hardened Linux From Scratch) focuses on creating an LFS system with heightened security
Hints project is a collection of documents to explain you how to enhance your LFS system in ways that are not included in the BLFS or books.
LiveCD project provides a CD which is useful as a general rescue CD or as an LFS build host
Patches project serves as a central repository for all patches useful to you.
So, this is all about LFS and we will further discuss how to build a linux system easily in our next article definitely.
