%general-entities; ]> We would like to thank the following people and organizations for their contributions to the Linux From Scratch Project. Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Linux From Scratch initiator, LFS Project organizer. Christine Barczak <theladyskye@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Book Editor. Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Project Co-Leader, LFS General Package maintainer, LFS Technical Writer. Craig Colton <meerkats@bellsouth.net> -- LFS, Automated Linux From Scratch (ALFS), Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) and hints project logo creator. Nathan Coulson <nathan@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Bootscripts maintainer. Jeroen Coumans <jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Website developer, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) maintainer. Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Quality Assurance (QA) Team leader, BLFS Book editor. Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS XML/XSL Maintainer. Nicholas Leippe <nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Wiki maintainer. Anderson Lizardo <lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Website backend scripts maintainer. Scot Mc Pherson <scot@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) gateway maintainer. Ryan Oliver <ryan@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Testing Team leader, Toolchain maintainer, co-creator of Pure LFS (PLFS). Alexander Patrakov <semzx@newmail.ru> -- Former LFS Technical Writer. James Robertson <jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Bugzilla maintainer, Wiki developer, LFS Tecnical Writer. Tushar Teredesai <tushar@linuxfromscratch.org> -- BLFS Book editor, hints and patches projects maintainer. Jeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Technical Writer, Bugzilla maintainer, LFS Bootscripts Maintainer, LFS Server co-administrator. Zack Winkles <zwinkles@gmail.com> -- Former LFS Technical Writer. 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. Manuel Canales Esparcia <macana@lfs-es.org> -- Spanish LFS translation project. Johan Lenglet <johan@linuxfromscratch.org> -- French LFS translation project. Anderson Lizardo <lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Portuguese LFS translation project. Thomas Reitelbach <tr@erdfunkstelle.de> -- German LFS translation project. Scott Kveton <scott@osuosl.org> -- lfs.oregonstate.edu mirror Mikhail Pastukhov <miha@xuy.biz> -- lfs.130th.net mirror. Unknown User <unknown@unknown.org> -- lfs.crash404.com mirror. William Astle <lost@l-w.net> -- ca.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Jeremy Polen <jpolen@rackspace.com> -- us2.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Tim Jackson <tim@idge.net> -- linuxfromscratch.idge.net mirror. Jeremy Utley <jeremy@linux-phreak.net> -- lfs.linux-phreak.net mirror. Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> -- lfsmirror.lfs-es.org mirror. Andres Meggiotto <sysop@mesi.com.ar> -- lfs.mesi.com.ar mirror. Eduardo B. Fonseca <ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br> -- br.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Barna Koczka <barna@siker.hu> -- hu.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. UK Mirror Service -- linuxfromscratch.mirror.ac.uk mirror. Martin Voss <Martin.Voss@ada.de> -- lfs.linux-matrix.net mirror. Unknown User <unknown@unknown.org> -- mirror.vtx.ch mirror Guido Passet <guido@primerelay.net> -- nl.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Bastiaan Jacques <baafie@planet.nl> -- lfs.pagefault.net mirror Roel Neefs <lfs-mirror@linuxfromscratch.rave.org> -- linuxfromscratch.rave.org mirror. Justin Knierim <justin@jrknierim.de> -- www.lfs-matrix.de mirror Stephan Brendel <stevie@stevie20.de> -- lfs.netservice-neuss.de mirror. Unknown User <unknown@unknown.org> -- linuxfromscratch.je-zi.de mirror Unknown User <unknown@unknown.org> -- linuxfromscratch.tuxcenter.net mirror Hagen Herrschaft <hrx@hrxnet.de> -- de.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Antonin Sprinzl <Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at> -- at.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Fredrik Danerklint <fredan-lfs@fredan.org> -- se.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Parisian sysadmins <archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr> -- www2.fr.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Alexander Velin <velin@zadnik.org> -- bg.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Dirk Webster <dirk@securewebservices.co.uk> -- lfs.securewebservices.co.uk mirror Thomas Skyt <thomas@sofagang.dk> -- dk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Simon Nicoll <sime@dot-sime.com> -- uk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Pui Yong <pyng@spam.averse.net> -- sg.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Stuart Harris <stuart@althalus.me.uk> -- lfs.mirror.intermedia.com.sg mirror Unknown User <unknown@unknown.org> -- lfs.mirror.if.itb.ac.id mirror Jason Andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au> -- au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Dean Benson <dean@vipersoft.co.uk> for several monetary contributions. Hagen Herrschaft <hrx@hrxnet.de> for donating a 2.2 GHz P4 system, now running under the name of Lorien. VA Software who, on behalf of Linux.com, donated a VA Linux 420 (former StartX SP2) workstation. Mark Stone for donating Belgarath, the linuxfromscratch.org server. Countless other people on the various LFS mailing lists who made this book even better by giving their suggestions, submitting bug reports, and providing comments.