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[4afc2603] | 8 | <sect1 id="whichsections" xreflabel="Which sections of the book?">
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[ea77ff9] | 11 | <sect1info>
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| 12 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 13 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 14 | </sect1info>
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[f45b1953] | 15 |
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[ea77ff9] | 16 | <title>Which Sections of the Book Do I Want?</title>
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[aa8e4915] | 17 |
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[a71ee9cb] | 18 | <para>Unlike the Linux From Scratch book, BLFS isn't designed to be
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[4afc2603] | 19 | followed in a linear manner. This is because LFS provides instructions
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[a71ee9cb] | 20 | on how to create a base system which is capable of turning into anything
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[ec64d28] | 21 | from a web server to a multimedia desktop system. BLFS attempts
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[a71ee9cb] | 22 | to guide you in the process of going from the base system to your intended
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[ea77ff9] | 23 | destination. Choice is very much involved.</para>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para>Everyone who reads the book will want to read certain sections. The
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[4afc2603] | 26 | <xref linkend="introduction"/> part, which you are currently reading,
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| 27 | contains generic information. Especially take note of the information in
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| 28 | <xref linkend="important"/>, as this contains comments about how to
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| 29 | unpack software, issues related to using different locales and various other
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| 30 | aspects which apply throughout the book.</para>
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[ea77ff9] | 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The part on <xref linkend="postlfs"/> is where most people will want
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| 33 | to turn next. This deals with not just configuration but also Security
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| 34 | (<xref linkend="postlfs-security"/>), File Systems (<xref
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| 35 | linkend="postlfs-filesystems"/>), Editors (<xref
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| 36 | linkend="postlfs-editors"/>) and Shells (<xref linkend="postlfs-shells"/>).
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| 37 | Indeed, you may wish to reference certain parts of this chapter (especially
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| 38 | the sections on Editors and File Systems) while building your LFS
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| 39 | system.</para>
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[aa8e4915] | 40 |
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[4afc2603] | 41 | <para>Following these basic items, most people will want to at least browse
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[ea77ff9] | 42 | through the <xref linkend="general"/> part of the book. This part contains
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| 43 | information on many items which are prerequisites for other sections of the
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[4afc2603] | 44 | book as well as some items (such as <xref linkend="general-prog"/>)
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[a71ee9cb] | 45 | which are useful in their own right. Note that you don't have to install all
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[96ece2d7] | 46 | of these libraries and packages found in this part to start with as each
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[4afc2603] | 47 | BLFS installation procedure tells you which packages
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[a71ee9cb] | 48 | it depends upon so you can choose the program you want to install and see
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[ea77ff9] | 49 | what it needs.</para>
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[aa8e4915] | 50 |
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[a324403] | 51 | <para>Likewise, most people will probably want to look at the
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| 52 | <xref linkend="basicnet"/> part. It deals with connecting to the Internet
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| 53 | or your LAN (<xref linkend="basicnet-connect"/>)
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| 54 | using a variety of methods such as DHCP and PPP, and with items
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[a71ee9cb] | 55 | such as Networking Libraries (<xref linkend="basicnet-netlibs"/>) and various
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[ea77ff9] | 56 | basic networking programs and utilities.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 57 |
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[ea77ff9] | 58 | <para>Once you have dealt with these basics, you may wish to configure
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[a71ee9cb] | 59 | more advanced network services. These are dealt with in the <xref
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| 60 | linkend="server"/> part of the book. Those wanting to build servers
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[4afc2603] | 61 | should find a good starting point there. Note that this section
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[ea77ff9] | 62 | also contains information on various database packages.</para>
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[aa8e4915] | 63 |
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[ea77ff9] | 64 | <para>The next parts of the book principally deal with desktop systems. This
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[4afc2603] | 65 | portion of the book starts with a part talking about <xref linkend="x"/>. This
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[ea77ff9] | 66 | part also deals with some generic X-based libraries (<xref linkend="x-lib"/>).
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[2a7334e8] | 67 | After this, <xref linkend="kde"/> and <xref linkend="gnome"/> are given their
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[ea77ff9] | 68 | own parts which are followed by one on <xref linkend="xsoft"/>.</para>
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[aa8e4915] | 69 |
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[516640ed] | 70 | <para>The book then moves on to deal with <xref linkend="multimedia"/>
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[ea77ff9] | 71 | packages. Note that many people may want to use the <xref linkend="alsa"/>
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| 72 | instructions from this chapter quite near the start of their BLFS
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[a71ee9cb] | 73 | journey; they are placed here simply because it is the most logical
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[ea77ff9] | 74 | place for them.</para>
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[aa8e4915] | 75 |
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[a71ee9cb] | 76 | <para>The final part of the main BLFS book deals with <xref
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| 77 | linkend="pst"/>. This is useful for most people with desktop systems and
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[ea77ff9] | 78 | even those who are creating mainly server systems will find it useful.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 79 |
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[ea77ff9] | 80 | <para>We hope you enjoy using BLFS and find it useful.</para>
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[f45b1953] | 81 |
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| 82 | </sect1>
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