1 | <sect1 id="preface-organization">
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2 | <?dbhtml filename="organization.html" dir="preface"?>
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3 | <title>Organization</title>
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4 |
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5 | <para>This book is divided into the following parts.</para>
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6 |
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7 | <sect2><title>Part I - Introduction</title>
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8 | <para>This part contains information which is essential to
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9 | the rest of the book.</para></sect2>
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10 |
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11 | <sect2><title>Part II - Post <acronym>LFS</acronym> Configuration and Extra
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12 | Software</title>
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13 | <para>Here we introduce basic configuration and security issues. We also
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14 | discuss a range of editors, file systems and shells which aren't covered in
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15 | the main <acronym>LFS</acronym> book.</para></sect2>
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16 |
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17 | <sect2><title>Part III - General Libraries and Utilities</title>
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18 | <para>In this section we cover libraries which are often needed by the rest
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19 | of the book as well as system utilities. Information on Programming
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20 | (including recompiling <application>GCC</application> to support its full range
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21 | of languages) concludes this part.</para></sect2>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2><title>Part IV - Connecting to a Network</title>
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24 | <para>Here we cover how to connect to a network when you aren't using
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25 | the simple static <acronym>IP</acronym> setup given in the main
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26 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> book.</para></sect2>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2><title>Part V - Basic Networking</title>
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29 | <para>Networking libraries and command-line networking tools make up the
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30 | bulk of this part.</para></sect2>
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31 |
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32 | <sect2><title>Part VI - Server Networking</title>
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33 | <para>Here we deal with setting up mail and other servers (such as
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34 | <application><acronym>SSH</acronym></application>, <application><acronym>CVS
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35 | </acronym></application>, etc.).</para></sect2>
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36 |
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37 | <sect2><title>Part VII - Content Serving</title>
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38 | <para>In this part we deal with databases and web server software
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39 | <!--(including php)-->.</para></sect2>
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40 |
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41 | <sect2><title>Part VIII - X + Window Managers</title>
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42 | <para>This part explains how to set up a basic
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43 | <application>XFree86</application> installation along
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44 | with some generic <application>X</application> libraries and Window managers.</para></sect2>
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45 |
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46 | <sect2><title>Part IX - KDE</title>
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47 | <para>For those who want to use the K Desktop Environment or some parts of
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48 | it, this part covers it.</para></sect2>
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49 |
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50 | <sect2><title>Part X - GNOME</title>
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51 | <para>GNOME is the main alternative to KDE in the Desktop Environment arena and
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52 | we cover both GNOME-1.4
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53 | and GNOME-&gnome-version; here.</para></sect2>
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54 |
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55 | <sect2><title>Part XI - X Software</title>
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56 | <para>Office programs and graphical web browsers are important to most people.
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57 | They, along with some generic <application>X</application> software can be
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58 | found in this part of the book.</para></sect2>
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59 |
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60 | <sect2><title>Part XII - Multimedia</title>
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61 | <para>Here we cover setting multimedia libraries and drivers along with some
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62 | audio, video and <acronym>CD</acronym>-writing programs.</para></sect2>
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63 |
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64 | <sect2><title>Part XIII - Printing, Scanning and Typesetting</title>
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65 | <para>The <acronym>PST</acronym> part of the book covers things from
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66 | <application>Ghostscript</application>, <application><acronym>CUPS</acronym>
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67 | </application> and <application>DocBook</application>
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68 | to installing <application>TeX</application>.</para></sect2>
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69 |
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70 | <sect2><title>Appendices</title>
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71 | <para>The Appendices cover information which doesn't belong in the main
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72 | book; they are mainly there as a reference.</para></sect2>
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73 |
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74 | </sect1>
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