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this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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KDE, Gnome, the kernel, you can compile them without any problems. They're large and complex but they're well organized.
X is weird but it can also be compiled fairly easily.
Mozilla stuff is horrendous. There's no rhyme or reason, it's hard to find build instructions, half the time they don't work, when they do the build fails with obscure errors...
Compiling the kernel actually only took 40 minutes on the 13 year old laptop with a Core Duo.
And the LFS Book has excellent building instructions for all packages, including Firefox. That's actually only relevant for LFS tho ig.