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| 7 | <title>Foreword</title>
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| 10 | <para>Six years ago I embarked on the adventure known as Linux. I did
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| 11 | what most you guys have done: download a distribution, install it, and
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| 12 | work with it for a while. Then you don't quite like it and you hear
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| 13 | about a different distribution that is supposed to be great and fix
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| 14 | everything your current distribution does wrong. So you try that new
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| 15 | distribution out for a while. You may even repeat that same cycle a
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| 16 | few times.</para>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <para>After you have tried out a number of different distributions,
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| 19 | you find that each has its strengths and weaknesses, but you can't
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| 20 | seem to find that one system that brings you the most satisfaction.
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| 21 | Personally, I came to the conclusion that to be truly satisfied with
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| 22 | my Linux system, I would have to somehow combine those different
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| 23 | systems into one <quote>perfect</quote> Linux system. It would then
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| 24 | have all the strengths from various different systems, without their
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| 25 | weaknesses. But that surely is an impossible and daunting task. Or is
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| 26 | it?</para>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <para>You can do better than simply combining several distributions
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| 29 | into one. You can create your own Linux system from scratch.</para>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <para>After figuring out things like circular dependencies, compile
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| 32 | time errors and other related issues, a custom built Linux system was
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| 33 | created and fully operational. I called this system a Linux From
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| 34 | Scratch system, or LFS for short. This book will show you how it was
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| 35 | done and how you can create your own LFS system, fully customized to
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| 36 | your own needs and desires.</para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>I hope you will have a great time working on your own LFS!</para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <literallayout>--
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| 41 | Gerard Beekmans
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| 42 | gerard@linuxfromscratch.org</literallayout>
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