This year I upgraded the M1 to Ventura, and spent some time on what’s involved in putting Ubuntu onto the old Intel Mac mini.
Then it seemed like I should go through my archived floppy disks to make sure the M1 can access them before doing anything drastic with the Intel mini. I did organize and back up the SD cards from the camera phone.
Of my three external hard drives, one crapped out and one is on its last legs. I really have to get at least one new one to archive podcasts on.
Plus there’s the problem that the M1’s primary backup is a APFS SSD that can’t communicate with the other miniPCs; this, like everything else, involves buying stuff.
Meanwhile, as I mentioned, LFS seemed too hard and maybe not a great use of my time. Maybe I could do something else with the Noble Numbat miniPC.
When really forced to decide, however, I decided to continue on.
I’d been thinking to just try to get through Chapter 5, with its 5 programs to compile, and then decide. Now, after completing 5.2, I think I can at least envision going through Chapter 6.
I would really feel good if I could complete the entire project, so as of now I am still aiming to finish LFS. It seems unlikely to finish in 2026. I’ll really try to get to the end of Chapter 6 in 2026, however.
I thought about why I would post all my LFS documentation. Why? Who cares? How self indulgent can someone get?
The main reason is proof that I actually did it, when/if I finish.
Also proof that it is possible to turn the LFS manual into a step by step format.