I have tried LFS before because I thought it would teach me more about Linux (been a desktop Linux user since 2006, having tried a number of distributions, including Arch, and more recently back on Ubuntu, but never dug deep into internals).
However, I found I didn't really learn much and was just blindly executing steps. It's fun for a while to watch the magic, but maybe there is some better way to consume the material? I found that I wasn't really getting enough context around what was happening to appreciate what was being done and why at every stage.
Interesting - my experience was that I learned a lot from it not so much by blindly executing the steps, but by things not working the way they were supposed to. This forced me to dive into the details and understand what was going on. (This is probably 15 years ago though - maybe the instructions have gotten better :) )
However, I found I didn't really learn much and was just blindly executing steps. It's fun for a while to watch the magic, but maybe there is some better way to consume the material? I found that I wasn't really getting enough context around what was happening to appreciate what was being done and why at every stage.
Maybe someone can suggest something?