Changeset 4122007 for preface


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06/10/2004 02:40:59 AM (20 years ago)
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Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>
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     1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
     2<!DOCTYPE preface PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
     3   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
     4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
     5  %general-entities;
     6]>
     7
    18<preface id="preface">
    29<?dbhtml filename="preface.html" dir="preface"?>
    310<title>Preface</title>
    411
    5 &preface-foreword;
    6 &preface-whoread;
    7 &preface-organization;
     12<sect1 id="preface-foreword">
     13<?dbhtml filename="foreword.html"?>
     14<title>Foreword</title>
     15
     16<para>Having helped out with Linux From Scratch for a short time, I
     17noticed that we were getting many queries as to how to do things beyond
     18the base <acronym>LFS</acronym> system.  At the time, the only assistance
     19specifically offered relating to <acronym>LFS</acronym> were the
     20<acronym>LFS</acronym> hints (<ulink url="&hints-root;">&hints-root;</ulink>).
     21Most of the <acronym>LFS</acronym> hints are extremely good and well written
     22but I (and others) could still see a need for more comprehensive help to
     23go Beyond <acronym>LFS</acronym> - hence <acronym>BLFS</acronym>.</para>
     24
     25<para><acronym>BLFS</acronym> aims to be more than the
     26<acronym>LFS</acronym>-hints converted to <acronym>XML</acronym> although
     27much of our work is based around the hints and indeed some authors write
     28both hints and the relevant <acronym>BLFS</acronym> sections.  We hope that
     29we can provide you with enough information to not only manage to build your
     30system up to what you want, whether it be a web server or a multimedia desktop
     31system, but also that you will learn a lot about system configuration as
     32you go.</para>
     33
     34<para>Thanks as ever go to everyone in the <acronym>LFS</acronym>/<acronym>BLFS</acronym>
     35community; especially those who have contributed instructions, written text,
     36answered questions and generally shouted when things were wrong!</para>
     37
     38<para>Finally, we encourage you to become involved in the community; ask
     39questions on the mailing list or news gateway and join in the fun on #lfs at
     40irc.linuxfromscratch.org. You can find more details about all of these in the
     41<xref linkend="introduction"/> section of the book.</para>
     42
     43<para>Enjoy using <acronym>BLFS</acronym>.</para>
     44
     45<blockquote><literallayout>Mark Hymers
     46markh &lt;at&gt; linuxfromscratch.org
     47BLFS Editor (July 2001 - March 2003)</literallayout></blockquote>
     48
     49<para>I still remember how I found the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> project
     50and started using the instructions that were completed at the time.  I could
     51not believe how wonderful it was to get an application up and running very
     52quickly, with explanations as to why things were done a certain way.
     53Unfortunately, for me, it wasn't long before I was opening applications that
     54had nothing more  than "To be done" on the page.  I did what most would do,
     55I waited for someone else to do it.  It wasn't too long before I am looking
     56through  <application>Bugzilla</application> for something easy to do.
     57As with any learning experience, the definition of what was easy kept
     58changing.</para>
     59
     60<para>We still encourage you to become involved as <acronym>BLFS</acronym> is
     61never really finished.  Contributing or just using, we hope you enjoy
     62your <acronym>BLFS</acronym> experience.</para>
     63
     64<blockquote><literallayout>Larry Lawrence
     65larry &lt;at&gt; linuxfromscratch.org
     66BLFS Editor (March 2003 - present)</literallayout></blockquote>
     67
     68</sect1>
     69
     70<sect1 id="preface-whoread">
     71<?dbhtml filename="whoread.html"?>
     72<title>Who would want to read this book</title>
     73
     74<para>This book is mainly aimed at those who have built a system based
     75on the <acronym>LFS</acronym> book.  It will also be useful for those who are
     76using other distributions, but for one reason or another want to manually build
     77software and are in need of some assistance.  <acronym>BLFS</acronym> can be
     78used to create a range of diverse systems and so the target audience is
     79probably nearly as wide as that of the <acronym>LFS</acronym> book.  If you
     80found <acronym>LFS</acronym> useful, you should also like this!</para>
     81
     82<para>Since Release 5.0, the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> book version matches
     83the <acronym>LFS</acronym> book version. This book may be incompatible with
     84a previous or latter release of the <acronym>LFS</acronym> book.</para>
     85
     86</sect1>
     87
     88<sect1 id="preface-organization">
     89<?dbhtml filename="organization.html"?>
     90<title>Organization</title>
     91
     92<para>This book is divided into the following parts.</para>
     93
     94<sect2><title>Part I - Introduction</title>
     95<para>This part contains information which is essential to
     96the rest of the book.</para></sect2>
     97
     98<sect2><title>Part II - Post <acronym>LFS</acronym> Configuration and Extra
     99Software</title>
     100<para>Here we introduce basic configuration and security issues.  We also
     101discuss a range of editors, file systems and shells which aren't covered in
     102the main <acronym>LFS</acronym> book.</para></sect2>
     103
     104<sect2><title>Part III - General Libraries and Utilities</title>
     105<para>In this section we cover libraries which are often needed by the rest
     106of the book as well as system utilities.  Information on Programming
     107(including recompiling <application>GCC</application> to support its full range
     108of languages) concludes this part.</para></sect2>
     109
     110<sect2><title>Part IV - Connecting to a Network</title>
     111<para>Here we cover how to connect to a network when you aren't using
     112the simple static <acronym>IP</acronym> setup given in the main
     113<acronym>LFS</acronym> book.</para></sect2>
     114
     115<sect2><title>Part V - Basic Networking</title>
     116<para>Networking libraries and command-line networking tools make up the
     117bulk of this part.</para></sect2>
     118
     119<sect2><title>Part VI - Server Networking</title>
     120<para>Here we deal with setting up mail and other servers (such as
     121<application><acronym>SSH</acronym></application>, <application><acronym>CVS
     122</acronym></application>, etc.).</para></sect2>
     123
     124<sect2><title>Part VII - Content Serving</title>
     125<para>In this part we deal with databases and web server software.</para></sect2>
     126
     127<sect2><title>Part VIII - X + Window Managers</title>
     128<para>This part explains how to set up a basic
     129X Window System installation along
     130with some generic <application>X</application> libraries and Window managers.</para></sect2>
     131
     132<sect2><title>Part IX - KDE</title>
     133<para>For those who want to use the K Desktop Environment or some parts of
     134it, this part covers it.</para></sect2>
     135
     136<sect2><title>Part X - GNOME</title>
     137<para>GNOME is the main alternative to KDE in the Desktop Environment arena and
     138we cover both GNOME-1.4
     139and GNOME-&gnome-version; here.</para></sect2>
     140
     141<sect2><title>Part XI - X Software</title>
     142<para>Office programs and graphical web browsers are important to most people. 
     143They, along with some generic <application>X</application> software can be
     144found in this part of the book.</para></sect2>
     145
     146<sect2><title>Part XII - Multimedia</title>
     147<para>Here we cover setting multimedia libraries and drivers along with some
     148audio, video and <acronym>CD</acronym>-writing programs.</para></sect2>
     149
     150<sect2><title>Part XIII - Printing, Scanning and Typesetting</title>
     151<para>The <acronym>PST</acronym> part of the book covers things from
     152<application>Ghostscript</application>, <application><acronym>CUPS</acronym>
     153</application> and <application>DocBook</application>
     154to installing <application>TeX</application>.</para></sect2>
     155
     156<sect2><title>Appendices</title>
     157<para>The Appendices cover information which doesn't belong in the main
     158book; they are mainly there as a reference.</para></sect2>
     159
     160</sect1>
    8161
    9162</preface>
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