Developer | Gerard Beekmans et al. |
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OS family | Unix-like |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | December 1999 |
Latest release | 12.2 / 1 September 2024 [1][2] |
Update method | Source-based |
Package manager | None (source-based) |
Platforms | IA-32, x86-64[3] |
Kernel type | Monolithic |
Default user interface | CLI |
License | Creative Commons licenses Mainly CC BY-NC-SA [4] and MIT License |
Official website | www |
Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a type of a Linux installation and the name of a book written by Gerard Beekmans, and as of May 2021, mainly maintained by Bruce Dubbs. The book gives readers instructions on how to build a Linux system from source. The book is available freely from the Linux From Scratch site.[1]