Editing Linux from Scratch (section)

{{Short description|Type of Linux installation}}
{{Primary sources|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = Linux From Scratch
| logo = 
| website = {{URL|www.linuxfromscratch.org}}
| developer = Gerard Beekmans et al.
| family = [[Unix-like]]
| source_model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| released = {{start date and age|1999|12}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|P348}}
| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| kernel type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]
| ui = [[Command-line interface|CLI]]
| license = [[Creative Commons licenses]] Mainly CC BY-NC-SA <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/11.1-systemd/appendices/licenses.html|title=Appendix D. LFS Licenses|access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref> and [[MIT License]]
| working state = Current
| supported platforms = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[PowerPC]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=iii. LFS Target Architectures |url=https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/prologue/architecture.html |accessdate=2025-03-11 |website=linuxfromscratch.org}}</ref>
| updatemodel = Source-based
| package manager = None (source-based)
}}

'''''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 code|source]]. The book is available freely from the Linux From Scratch site.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/download.html |title=Download LFS |access-date=2025-03-11 |publisher=linuxfromscratch.org}}</ref>