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<title>Acknowledgments</title>
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<para>We would like to thank the following people and organizations
for their contributions to the Linux From Scratch Project.</para>

<bridgehead renderas="sect2">Project Team Members</bridgehead>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gerard@linuxfromscratch.org">Gerard
Beekmans</ulink> &lt;gerard@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Linux From
Scratch initiator, LFS Project organizer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="mailto:theladyskye@linuxfromscratch.org">Christine
Barczak</ulink> &lt;theladyskye@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
Editor</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="mailto:matthew@linuxfromscratch.org">Matthew Burgess</ulink>
&lt;matthew@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Project Co-Leader, LFS
general package maintainer, LFS Technical Writer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:meerkats@bellsouth.net">Craig
Colton</ulink> &lt;meerkats@bellsouth.net&gt; -- LFS, Automated Linux
From Scratch (ALFS), BLFS and hints project logo
creator</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nathan@linuxfromscratch.org">Nathan
Coulson</ulink> &lt;nathan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS bootscripts
maintainer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeroen
Coumans</ulink> &lt;jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Website
developer, FAQ maintainer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org">Bruce
Dubbs</ulink> &lt;bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Quality
Assurance (QA) Team leader, BLFS Book Editor</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:manuel@linuxfromscratch.org">Manuel
Canales Esparcia</ulink> &lt;manuel@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS
XML/XSL maintainer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jim@linuxfromscratch.org">Jim
Gifford</ulink> &lt;jim@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Technical
Writer, Patches maintainer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="mailto:nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org">Nicholas Leippe</ulink>
&lt;nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Wiki
maintainer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson Lizardo</ulink>
&lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Website backend scripts
maintainer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:scot@linuxfromscratch.org">Scot
Mc Pherson</ulink> &lt;scot@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS NNTP gateway
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ryan@linuxfromscratch.org">Ryan
Oliver</ulink> &lt;ryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Testing Team
leader, Toolchain maintainer, co-creator of Pure LFS
(PLFS)</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:semzx@newmail.ru">Alexander
Patrakov</ulink> &lt;semzx@newmail.ru&gt; -- Former LFS Technical
Writer</para><beginpage/></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org">James
Robertson</ulink> &lt;jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Bugzilla
maintainer, Wiki developer, LFS Tecnical Writer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tushar@linuxfromscratch.org">Tushar
Teredesai</ulink> &lt;tushar@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- BLFS Book
Editor, hints and patches projects maintainer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeremy
Utley</ulink> &lt;jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Technical
Writer, Bugzilla maintainer, LFS bootscripts maintainer, LFS Server
co-administrator</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:zwinkles@gmail.com">Zack
Winkles</ulink> &lt;zwinkles@gmail.com&gt; -- Former LFS Technical
Writer</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS and BLFS mailing lists
who helped make this book possible by giving their suggestions,
testing the book, and submitting bug reports, instructions, and their
experiences with installing various packages.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<bridgehead renderas="sect2">Translators</bridgehead>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:macana@lfs-es.org">Manuel Canales
Esparcia</ulink> &lt;macana@lfs-es.org&gt; -- Spanish LFS translation
project</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:johan@linuxfromscratch.org">Johan
Lenglet</ulink> &lt;johan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- French LFS
translation project</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson Lizardo</ulink>
&lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Portuguese LFS translation
project</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tr@erdfunkstelle.de">Thomas
Reitelbach </ulink> &lt;tr@erdfunkstelle.de&gt; -- German LFS
translation project</para> </listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<bridgehead renderas="sect2">Mirror Maintainers</bridgehead>

<bridgehead renderas="sect3">North American Mirrors</bridgehead>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:scott@osuosl.org">Scott
Kveton</ulink> &lt;scott@osuosl.org&gt; -- lfs.oregonstate.edu
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:miha@xuy.biz">Mikhail
Pastukhov</ulink> &lt;miha@xuy.biz&gt; -- lfs.130th.net
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lost@l-w.net">William Astle</ulink>
&lt;lost@l-w.net&gt; -- ca.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jpolen@rackspace.com">Jeremy
Polen</ulink> &lt;jpolen@rackspace.com&gt; -- us2.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tim@idge.net">Tim Jackson</ulink>
&lt;tim@idge.net&gt; -- linuxfromscratch.idge.net
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeremy@linux-phreak.net">Jeremy
Utley </ulink> &lt;jeremy@linux-phreak.net&gt; -- lfs.linux-phreak.net
mirror</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<bridgehead renderas="sect3">South American Mirrors</bridgehead>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:manuel@linuxfromscratch.org">Manuel
Canales Esparcia</ulink> &lt;manuel@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; --
lfsmirror.lfs-es.org mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sysop@mesi.com.ar">Andres
Meggiotto</ulink> &lt;sysop@mesi.com.ar&gt; -- lfs.mesi.com.ar
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br">Eduardo B.
Fonseca</ulink> &lt;ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br&gt; --
br.linuxfromscratch.org mirror</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<bridgehead renderas="sect3">European Mirrors</bridgehead>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:barna@siker.hu">Barna
Koczka</ulink> &lt;barna@siker.hu&gt; -- hu.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.mirror.ac.uk">UK Mirror
Service</ulink> -- linuxfromscratch.mirror.ac.uk
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Martin.Voss@ada.de">Martin
Voss</ulink> &lt;Martin.Voss@ada.de&gt; -- lfs.linux-matrix.net
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:guido@primerelay.net">Guido
Passet</ulink> &lt;guido@primerelay.net&gt; -- nl.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:baafie@planet.nl">Bastiaan
Jacques</ulink> &lt;baafie@planet.nl&gt; -- lfs.pagefault.net
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="mailto:lfs-mirror@linuxfromscratch.rave.org">Roel Neefs</ulink>
&lt;lfs-mirror@linuxfromscratch.rave.org&gt; --
linuxfromscratch.rave.org mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:justin@jrknierim.de">Justin
Knierim</ulink> &lt;justin@jrknierim.de&gt; -- www.lfs-matrix.de
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:stevie@stevie20.de">Stephan
Brendel</ulink> &lt;stevie@stevie20.de&gt; -- lfs.netservice-neuss.de
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="mailto:Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at">Antonin Sprinzl</ulink>
&lt;Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at&gt; -- at.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:fredan-lfs@fredan.org">Fredrik
Danerklint</ulink> &lt;fredan-lfs@fredan.org&gt; --
se.linuxfromscratch.org mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink
url="mailto:archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr">Parisian sysadmins</ulink>
&lt;archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr&gt; -- www2.fr.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:velin@zadnik.org">Alexander
Velin</ulink> &lt;velin@zadnik.org&gt; -- bg.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dirk@securewebservices.co.uk"> Dirk
Webster</ulink> &lt;dirk@securewebservices.co.uk&gt; --
lfs.securewebservices.co.uk mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:thomas@sofagang.dk">Thomas
Skyt</ulink> &lt;thomas@sofagang.dk&gt; -- dk.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sime@dot-sime.com">Simon
Nicoll</ulink> &lt;sime@dot-sime.com&gt; -- uk.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para>
<beginpage/></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Asian Mirrors</bridgehead>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:pyng@spam.averse.net">Pui
Yong</ulink> &lt;pyng@spam.averse.net&gt; -- sg.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:stuart@althalus.me.uk">Stuart
Harris</ulink> &lt;stuart@althalus.me.uk&gt; --
lfs.mirror.intermedia.com.sg mirror</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Australian Mirrors</bridgehead>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jason@dstc.edu.au">Jason
Andrade</ulink> &lt;jason@dstc.edu.au&gt; -- au.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

<bridgehead renderas="sect2">A very special thank you to our donators</bridgehead>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dean@vipersoft.co.uk">Dean
Benson</ulink> &lt;dean@vipersoft.co.uk&gt; for several monetary
contributions</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen
Herrschaft</ulink> &lt;hrx@hrxnet.de&gt; for donating a 2.2 GHz P4
system, now running under the name of Lorien</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.vasoftware.com">VA
Software</ulink> who, on behalf of <ulink
url="http://www.linux.com">Linux.com</ulink>, donated a VA Linux 420
(former StartX SP2) workstation</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Mark Stone for donating Belgarath, the
linuxfromscratch.org server</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</appendix>