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- 06/30/2005 03:41:55 PM (19 years ago)
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prologue/audience.xml
rd6c28f96 r782446b 9 9 10 10 <para>There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this 11 book. The principle reason is to install a Linux system straight11 book. The principle reason is to install a Linux system 12 12 from the source code. A question many people raise is, <quote>why go 13 13 through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system from … … 33 33 Linux system. When installing a regular distribution, one is often 34 34 forced to include several programs which are probably never used. 35 These programs waste preciousdisk space, or worse, CPU cycles. It is35 These programs waste disk space, or worse, CPU cycles. It is 36 36 not difficult to build an LFS system of less than 100 megabytes (MB), 37 which is substantially smaller when compared tothe majority of existing installations. Does37 which is substantially smaller than the majority of existing installations. Does 38 38 this still sound like a lot of space? A few of us have been working on 39 39 creating a very small embedded LFS system. We successfully built a -
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rd6c28f96 r782446b 12 12 discovered issues I definitely would have liked to see improved upon. 13 13 For example, I didn't like the arrangement of the bootscripts or the way 14 programs were configured by default. I tried a number of alternat e14 programs were configured by default. I tried a number of alternative 15 15 distributions to address these issues, yet each had its pros and cons. 16 16 Finally, I realized that if I wanted full satisfaction from my Linux … … 48 48 the benefits of using this system. Users can dictate all aspects of 49 49 their system, including directory layout, script setup, and security. 50 The resulting system will be compiled straightfrom the source code,50 The resulting system will be compiled completely from the source code, 51 51 and the user will be able to specify where, why, and how programs are 52 52 installed. This book allows readers to fully customize Linux systems
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