My Linux Practice

Author: Heidi

  • GCC First Pass – 5.3

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    I forgot to write down the time for the SBU for 5.2. It was between 5 and 10 minutes. I’d decided not to include the time in the configure command to simplify it, and then I got distracted. In that case however, let’s say it was 10 minutes, then this GCC as 3.2 SBU would…

  • Continuing on with Linux From Scratch

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    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…

  • Ventura

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    I should post that I do like macOS Ventura. It fixed the way Photos didn’t work (wouldn’t read the date from my camera). It probably didn’t fix Podcasts but I don’t care as I found a better solution (https://podcasttomp3.com/). It didn’t break anything. Except GIMP 3. Luckily I retained GIMP 2.10. I like the controversial…

  • Compiled Something

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    It wasn’t that bad to try to pick up where I left off in Linux From Scratch. I had a procedure written out for Ch. 5.2, with handwritten questions and corrections. It took maybe two hours to go over it with Google AI Mode. I checked some things on the Noble Numbat, typed everything up,…

  • Keyboard Follies

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    So on September 4th, my keyboard went wonky. It persistently showed audio controls on the screen. It wasn’t usable, and I disconnected it before it shorted out something else. I thought I had three keyboards, but I really had none: the wonky keyboard, a wireless keyboard I couldn’t get working (user error), and the old…

  • Installing Ventura (Mac)

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    1. Put Desktop files somewhere in Documents 2. Back up Documents and Downloads onto an HFS+ external hard drive 3. Back up external SSD with SuperDuper 4. Unplug printer, speakers from port 5. Unplug dock from port, plug keyboard and mouse into Mac mini 6. Stay wired to Internet 7. Double-click Installer in Applications. Should…

  • Bootable Installer (Mac)

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    The takeaway is that Mac natively makes bootable installers. sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Ventura.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia –volume /Volumes/USBname The USB will be renamed:Install media now available at “/Volumes/Install macOS Ventura” 3. Check to verify a good copy. I did this with shasum but I can’t recreate right now exactly what I did. I usually get kind of wound…

  • Download Ventura Installer (Mac)

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    Chrome requires Ventura as of July 28, 2026. After some thought I decided to upgrade what I have, from Monterey. The M1 has 339 GB available. Last time I did something like this it wasn’t available online and I had to have a shop do it. softwareupdate –list-full-installers Found Ventura. It took 21 hours to…

  • Reflections and determination to continue

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    LFS is really hard and really isn’t for newbs. I freely admit that I’m the newbiest of newbs. But I met the stated absolute minimum LFS requirement (p. x in the PDF manual) of being able to use basic command line stuff. The online FAQ also says: Anybody who has a couple of months experience…

  • $LFS/sources rabbit hole

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    So what should the permissions be for /sources at the end of Chapter 4? The manual would seem to be leaving /sources as root:root. Instances of Google AI Mode were divided, but some of them argued forcefully that to compile by user lfs, then /sources had to be lfs:lfs and to change it to that…