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NixLFS

Linux from Scratch from Nix

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What it is

Linux from Scratch from Nix

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

I gave LFS a go earlier this year. I learned a lot through the process - but I definitely went outside the guardrails. I use NixOS as my daily driver and found myself curious…

cloudripper used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by 3-hour interval3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2024-10-05 13:54:42 UTC to 2024-10-07 23:54:01 UTC.

012024-10-05 12:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-05 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 5, 12:002024-10-05 15:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-05 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-05 18:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-05 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-05 21:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-06 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-06 03:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-06 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-06 06:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-06 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-06 09:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-06 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-06 12:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-06 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-10-06 15:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-06 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsOct 6, 15:002024-10-06 18:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-06 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-06 21:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-07 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-07 03:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-07 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-07 06:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-07 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-07 09:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-07 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-07 12:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-07 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-07 15:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-07 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-07 18:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-07 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-10-07 21:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 7, 21:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Oct 5, 12:002024-10-05 12:00:00 UTC2024-10-05 15:00:00 UTC101
Oct 5, 15:002024-10-05 15:00:00 UTC2024-10-05 18:00:00 UTC000
Oct 5, 18:002024-10-05 18:00:00 UTC2024-10-05 21:00:00 UTC000
Oct 5, 21:002024-10-05 21:00:00 UTC2024-10-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 6, 00:002024-10-06 00:00:00 UTC2024-10-06 03:00:00 UTC000
Oct 6, 03:002024-10-06 03:00:00 UTC2024-10-06 06:00:00 UTC000
Oct 6, 06:002024-10-06 06:00:00 UTC2024-10-06 09:00:00 UTC000
Oct 6, 09:002024-10-06 09:00:00 UTC2024-10-06 12:00:00 UTC000
Oct 6, 12:002024-10-06 12:00:00 UTC2024-10-06 15:00:00 UTC101
Oct 6, 15:002024-10-06 15:00:00 UTC2024-10-06 18:00:00 UTC000
Oct 6, 18:002024-10-06 18:00:00 UTC2024-10-06 21:00:00 UTC000
Oct 6, 21:002024-10-06 21:00:00 UTC2024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 7, 00:002024-10-07 00:00:00 UTC2024-10-07 03:00:00 UTC000
Oct 7, 03:002024-10-07 03:00:00 UTC2024-10-07 06:00:00 UTC000
Oct 7, 06:002024-10-07 06:00:00 UTC2024-10-07 09:00:00 UTC000
Oct 7, 09:002024-10-07 09:00:00 UTC2024-10-07 12:00:00 UTC000
Oct 7, 12:002024-10-07 12:00:00 UTC2024-10-07 15:00:00 UTC000
Oct 7, 15:002024-10-07 15:00:00 UTC2024-10-07 18:00:00 UTC000
Oct 7, 18:002024-10-07 18:00:00 UTC2024-10-07 21:00:00 UTC000
Oct 7, 21:002024-10-07 21:00:00 UTC2024-10-08 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

3 sources
cloudripper·Oct 5, 2024Recommendation phrase
I gave LFS a go earlier this year. I learned a lot through the process - but I definitely went outside the guardrails. I use NixOS as my daily driver and found myself curious of whether I could complete LFS using a "Nix" approach. I was only a basic Nix user at that time and that choice made a difficult process much more difficult. However, the declarative nature of Nix meant that I had clear notes of every step of my process - and if something didn't work, I could backtrack and troubleshoot to find the root of the cause. The end result is here [0]. My understanding of Linux, of bootstrapping, cross-compilation, and Nix has grown tremendously as a result of the time I took on this project - and I still go back and reference the work from time to time. When I get some time to revisit the Nix-based LFS project, there are quite a few things
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I would like to clean-up, including setting kernel configs and handling post-build permissions. Nix-complexities aside, I highly recommend LFS if you like to understand how things work and don't mind a little suffering along the way. [0]: https://github.com/cloudripper/NixLFS
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