| 1 | <sect1 id="intro-welcome-whichsections" xreflabel="Which sections of the book?">
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| 2 | <?dbhtml filename="which.html" dir="introduction"?>
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| 3 | <title>Which sections of the book do I want?</title>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>Unlike the LinuxFromScratch book, BLFS isn't designed to be
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| 6 | followed in a linear manner. This is because LFS provides instructions
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| 7 | on how to create a base system which is capable of turning into anything
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| 8 | from a web server to a multimedia desktop system. BLFS is where we try
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| 9 | to guide you through going from the base system to your intended
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| 10 | destination and so choice is very much involved.</para>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <para>MUCH OF THIS PAGE HAS TO BE RE-WRITTEN TO FIT THE NEW LAYOUT. THE
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| 13 | OLD TEXT IS STILL IN THE XML SOURCE AND THE NEW TEXT CAN BE BASED ON
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| 14 | IT.</para>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <!-- THIS NEEDS REWRITING TO FIT THE NEW LAYOUT
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| 17 | <para>Everyone who reads the book will want to read certain sections.
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| 18 | <xref linkend="part1"/> which you are reading now contains generic
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| 19 | information. Especially take note of the information
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| 20 | in <xref linkend="chapter02"/> as this chapter contains comments about
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| 21 | how to unpack software and various other aspects which apply
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| 22 | throughout the book.</para>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para>Most people will want to at least browse through <xref
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| 25 | linkend="part2"/> as this contains information on general post-LFS
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| 26 | configuration issues and information on various libraries which are
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| 27 | needed by many packages. Note that you don't have to install all of
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| 28 | these libraries to start with, each BLFS install procedure tells you
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| 29 | which packages it depends upon so you can choose the program you want
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| 30 | to install and see what it needs.</para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>Likewise, most people will probably want to look at <xref
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| 33 | linkend="chapter06"/> to deal with connecting to the Internet or your local
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| 34 | LAN. The basic LFS book deals with setting up a static-ip based
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| 35 | ethernet connection, all other configurations such as DHCP and dial-up
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| 36 | internet connections are dealt with in this part of BLFS.</para>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>Once you have dealt with these basics, you may wish to configure
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| 39 | network services such as mail. All of this is dealt with in the
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| 40 | remainder of <xref linkend="part3"/>. Those wanting to build servers
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| 41 | should find enough information to give them a good starting point here.</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>Those creating desktop systems will want to look at the next three
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| 44 | parts of the book: <xref linkend="part4"/>, <xref linkend="part5"/> and
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| 45 | <xref linkend="part6"/>.</para>-->
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <para>We hope you enjoy using BLFS and find it useful.</para>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | </sect1>
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