| 1 | <sect1 id="intro-welcome-whichsections" xreflabel="Which sections of the book?">
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| 2 | <?dbhtml filename="which.html"?>
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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 Linux From Scratch book, <acronym>BLFS</acronym> isn't
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| 6 | designed to be followed in a linear manner. This is because <acronym>LFS
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| 7 | </acronym> provides instructions on how to create a base system which is
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| 8 | capable of turning into anything from a web server to a multimedia desktop
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| 9 | system. <acronym>BLFS</acronym> is where we try to guide you through going
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| 10 | from the base system to your intended destination and so choice is very much
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| 11 | involved.</para>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <para>Everyone who reads the book will want to read certain sections. The
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| 14 | <xref linkend="introduction"/> part - which you are currently
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| 15 | reading - contains generic information. Especially take note of the
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| 16 | information in Important Information (<xref linkend="intro-important"/>), as
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| 17 | this contains comments about how to unpack software and various other aspects
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| 18 | which apply throughout the book.</para>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The part on <xref linkend="postlfs"/> is where most people will want
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| 21 | to turn next. This deals with not just configuration but also Security
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| 22 | (<xref linkend="postlfs-security"/>), File Systems (<xref
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| 23 | linkend="postlfs-filesystems"/>), Editors (<xref
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| 24 | linkend="postlfs-editors"/>) and Shells (<xref linkend="postlfs-shells"/>).
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| 25 | Indeed, you may wish to reference certain parts of this chapter (especially
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| 26 | the sections on Editors and File Systems) while building your <acronym>LFS
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| 27 | </acronym> system.</para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <para>Following these basic items, most people will want to at least browse
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| 30 | through the <xref linkend="general"/> part of the book. This part contains
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| 31 | information on many items which are prerequisites for other sections of the
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| 32 | book as well as some items (such as Programming (<xref linkend="general-prog"/>)
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| 33 | which are useful in their own right. Note that you don't have to install all
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| 34 | of these libraries and packages found in this part to start with, each
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| 35 | <acronym>BLFS</acronym> install procedure tells you which packages
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| 36 | it depends upon so you can choose the program you want to install and see
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| 37 | what it needs.</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para>Likewise, most people will probably want to look at the <xref
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| 40 | linkend="connect"/> and <xref linkend="basicnet"/> parts. The first of
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| 41 | these deals with connecting to the Internet or your <acronym>LAN
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| 42 | </acronym> using a variety of methods such as <acronym>DHCP</acronym>
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| 43 | (<xref linkend="connect-dhcp"/>) and Dial-Up Connections (<xref
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| 44 | linkend="connect-dialup"/>). The second of these parts deals with items
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| 45 | such as Networking Libraries (<xref linkend="basicnet-netlibs"/>) and various
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| 46 | basic networking programs and utilities.</para>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <para>Once you have dealt with these basics, you may wish to configure
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| 49 | more advanced network services. These are dealt with in the <xref
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| 50 | linkend="server"/> and <xref linkend="content"/> parts of the book.
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| 51 | Those wanting to build servers should find enough information to give
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| 52 | them a good starting point here. Note that <xref linkend="content"/> also
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| 53 | contains information on various database packages.</para>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <para>The next parts of the book principally deal with desktop systems.
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| 56 | We start with a part talking about <xref linkend="x"/>. This part also
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| 57 | deals with some generic X-based libraries (<xref linkend="x-lib"/>). After
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| 58 | this, <xref linkend="kde"/> and <xref linkend="gnome"/> are given their
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| 59 | own parts which are followed by one on <xref linkend="xsoft"/>.</para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <para>We then move on to deal with <xref linkend="multimedia"/> packages.
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| 62 | Note that many people may want to use the <xref linkend="alsa"/>
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| 63 | instructions from this chapter quite near the start of their <acronym>BLFS
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| 64 | </acronym> journey; they are placed here simply because it is the most logical
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| 65 | place for them.</para>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <para>The final part of the main <acronym>BLFS</acronym> book deals with <xref
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| 68 | linkend="pst"/>. This is useful for most people with desktop systems and
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| 69 | even those who are creating mainly server systems will find it useful.</para>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <para>We hope you enjoy using <acronym>BLFS</acronym> and find it useful.</para>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | </sect1>
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| 74 |
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