| 1 | <sect1 id="preface-foreword">
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| 2 | <?dbhtml filename="foreword.html" dir="preface"?>
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| 3 | <title>Foreword</title>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>Having helped out with Linux From Scratch for a short time, I
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| 6 | noticed that we were getting many queries as to how to do things beyond
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| 7 | the base <acronym>LFS</acronym> system. At the time, the only assistance
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| 8 | specifically offered relating to <acronym>LFS</acronym> were the
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| 9 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> hints (<ulink url="&hints-root;">&hints-root;</ulink>).
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| 10 | Most of the <acronym>LFS</acronym> hints are extremely good and well written
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| 11 | but I (and others) could still see a need for more comprehensive help to
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| 12 | go Beyond <acronym>LFS</acronym> - hence <acronym>BLFS</acronym>.</para>
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <para><acronym>BLFS</acronym> aims to be more than the
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| 15 | <acronym>LFS</acronym>-hints converted to <acronym>XML</acronym> although
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| 16 | much of our work is based around the hints and indeed some authors write
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| 17 | both hints and the relevant <acronym>BLFS</acronym> sections. We hope that
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| 18 | we can provide you with enough information to not only manage to build your
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| 19 | system up to what you want, whether it be a web server or a multimedia desktop
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| 20 | system, but also that you will learn a lot about system configuration as
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| 21 | you go.</para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <para>Thanks as ever go to everyone in the <acronym>LFS</acronym>/<acronym>BLFS</acronym>
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| 24 | community especially those who have contributed instructions, written text,
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| 25 | answered questions and generally shouted when things were wrong!</para>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <para>Finally, we encourage you to become involved in the community; ask
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| 28 | questions on the mailing list or news gateway and join in the fun on #lfs at
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| 29 | irc.linuxfromscratch.org. You can find more details about all of these in the
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| 30 | <xref linkend="introduction"/> section of the book.</para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>Enjoy using <acronym>BLFS</acronym>.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <blockquote><literallayout>Mark Hymers
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| 35 | markh@linuxfromscratch.org
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| 36 | BLFS Editor (July 2001 - March 2003)</literallayout></blockquote>
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| 37 |
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para>I still remember how I found the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> project
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| 40 | and started using the instructions that were completed at the time. I could
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| 41 | not believe how wonderful it was to get an application up and running very
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| 42 | quickly, with explanations as to why things were done a certain way.
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| 43 | Unfortunately, for me, it wasn't long before I was opening applications that
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| 44 | had nothing more than "To be done" on the page. I did what most would do,
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| 45 | I waited for someone else to do it. It wasn't too long before I am looking
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| 46 | through <application>Bugzilla</application> for something easy to do.
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| 47 | As with any learning experience, the definition of what was easy kept
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| 48 | changing.</para>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <para>We still encourage you to become involved as <acronym>BLFS</acronym> is
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| 51 | never really finished. Contributing or just using, we hope you enjoy
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| 52 | your <acronym>BLFS</acronym> experience.</para>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <blockquote><literallayout>Larry Lawrence
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| 55 | larry@linuxfromscratch.org
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| 56 | BLFS Editor (March 2003 - present)</literallayout></blockquote>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | </sect1>
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| 59 |
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