At one point or another, plenty of Linux users have longed for the ability to build their own distribution. There are lots of ways to do that, but one of most informative and educational has long been the Linux from Scratch effort (LFS)
Unlike say a SUSE Studio which uses pre-built components that enable users to build a distro, LFS is a book that gives users the tools and information needed to literally build a Linux distribution from scratch
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