Switching from Visual Studio to GNU build system. Need general advice
<p>I need to convert several large Visual Studio projects to use GNU build tools. GUI IDE is no option. Right now I am trying to learn make &amp; autotools. There are some good tutorials online, including the official documentation. But the amount of material is quite overwhelming. I would really appropriate any newbie advice.</p>

<p>Where to start?</p>

<p>What are the typical steps?</p>

<p>How make make the project ready for source code distribution?</p>

<p>What can be skipped if source code distribution isn't needed (in house use only)?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>
