Changeset 782446b for prologue


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Timestamp:
06/30/2005 03:41:55 PM (19 years ago)
Author:
Archaic <archaic@…>
Branches:
6.1, 6.1.1
Children:
9ff62fda
Parents:
d6c28f96
Message:

Merged wording changes from trunk (r6232, r6233, r6248).

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/BOOK@6252 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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prologue
Files:
2 edited

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  • prologue/audience.xml

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    99
    1010<para>There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this
    11 book. The principle reason is to install a Linux system straight
     11book. The principle reason is to install a Linux system
    1212from the source code. A question many people raise is, <quote>why go
    1313through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system from
     
    3333Linux system. When installing a regular distribution, one is often
    3434forced to include several programs which are probably never used.
    35 These programs waste precious disk space, or worse, CPU cycles. It is
     35These programs waste disk space, or worse, CPU cycles. It is
    3636not difficult to build an LFS system of less than 100 megabytes (MB),
    37 which is substantially smaller when compared to the majority of existing installations.  Does
     37which is substantially smaller than the majority of existing installations.  Does
    3838this still sound like a lot of space? A few of us have been working on
    3939creating a very small embedded LFS system. We successfully built a
  • prologue/foreword.xml

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    1212discovered issues I definitely would have liked to see improved upon.
    1313For example, I didn't like the arrangement of the bootscripts or the way
    14 programs were configured by default. I tried a number of alternate
     14programs were configured by default. I tried a number of alternative
    1515distributions to address these issues, yet each had its pros and cons.
    1616Finally, I realized that if I wanted full satisfaction from my Linux
     
    4848the benefits of using this system. Users can dictate all aspects of
    4949their system, including directory layout, script setup, and security.
    50 The resulting system will be compiled straight from the source code,
     50The resulting system will be compiled completely from the source code,
    5151and the user will be able to specify where, why, and how programs are
    5252installed. This book allows readers to fully customize Linux systems
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