presented New editions of Linux from Scratch 11 (LFS) and Beyond Linux From Scratch 11 (BLFS), as well as LFS and BLFS editions with SystemD system manager. In Linux From SCRATCH, instructions for creating from zero base Linux system, using only the source texts of the necessary software. Beyond Linux from SCRATCH complements the LFS instructions for assembling and configuring about 1000 software packages covering various applications, from DBMS and server systems, to graphic shells and media players.
Significant version number change is associated with the transition to the use of the general hierarchy of executable files Both libraries implying all files in the / usr hierarchy using symbolic references to redirect content / bin in / usr / bin, / sbin in / usr / sbin and / lib in / usr / lib. In Linux from scratch 11 is carried out
GCC 11.2.0, GLIBC 2.34 and BINUTILS 2.37. The Linux kernel is updated to release 5.13.12. New 32 packages are proposed, including Bash 5.1.8, Grep 3.7, Grub 2.06, OpenSSL-1.1L, Perl 5.34.0, Python 3.9.6, SystemD 249, Sysvinit 2.99, Vim 8.2.3337 and ZSTD-1.5.0 . Fixed bugs in boot scripts, editorial work in explanatory materials throughout the book.
In Beyond Linux From Scratch 11, about 900 programs are updated, including GNOME 40, KDE Plasma 5.22, KDE Gears 21.08, Libreoffice 7.2, Fmpeg 4.4, Gimp 2.10.24, Inkscape 1.1, Transmission 3.00, Thunderbird 91.0.3, Firefox 91.0.1,
SeamonKey 2.53.9, Icewm 2.7.0, Mesa 21.2.1, GTK 4.4.0, MariaDB 10.6.4, PostgreSQL 13.4, Postfix 3.6.2, Bind 9.16.20, etc.
In addition to LFS and BLFS, a few additional books were previously produced in the project:
- “ automated linux from scratch ” – framework for automation of the LFS system build and managing packages;
- “ cross linux from scratch ” – a description of the cross-platform assembly of the LFS system, supported architectures: x86, x86_64, sparc, mips, powerpc, alpha , HPPA, ARM;
- “ Hardened Linux from scratch ” – Instructions for improving LFS safety, use of additional patches and restrictions;
- “ lfs hints ” – a selection of additional tips with the description of alternative solutions for the steps described in LFS and BLFS;
- “ LFS LiveCD ” – a project for preparing a LiveCD. At the moment does not develop.