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1<sect1 id="pf-foreword">
2<title>Foreword</title>
3<?dbhtml filename="foreword.html" dir="preface"?>
4
5<para>Having used a number of different Linux distributions, I was never
6fully satisfied with any of them. I didn't like the arrangement of
7the bootscripts. I didn't like the way certain programs were configured by
8default. Much more of that sort of thing bothered me. Finally I realized
9that if I wanted full satisfisfaction from my Linux system I would have to
10build my own system from scratch, using only the source code. I resolved
11not to use pre-compiled packages of any kind, nor CD-ROM or bootdisk that
12would install some basic utilities. I would use my current Linux system to
13develop my own.</para>
14
15<para>This wild idea seemed very difficult at the time and often seemed
16an impossible task. After sorting out all kinds of problems, such as
17dependencies and compile-time errors, a custom-built Linux system was
18created that was fully operational. I called this system a Linux From Scratch
19system, or LFS for short.</para>
20
21<para>I hope you will have a great time working on your own LFS!</para>
22
23<literallayout>
24--
25Gerard Beekmans
26gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
27</literallayout>
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29</sect1>
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