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Aug 17, 2013 10:39 GMT  ·  By

Bruce Dubbs, an editor within The Linux From Scratch community, has announced that LFS has reached version 7.4 RC1.

LFS or Linux From Scratch is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code.

Highlights of Linux From Scratch 7.4 RC1:

• Toolchain updates have been implemented to binutils, glibc, and gcc; • 32 packages have been updated from Linux From Scratch 7.3; • Changes to bootscripts and text have been made throughout the book

A complete list of changes can be found in the official announcement. Download Linux From Scratch 7.4 RC1 right now from Softpedia.

Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.