Changeset cbf7965 for preface/foreword.xml

Timestamp:

05/29/2002 11:08:16 AM (22 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

Branches:

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Children:

c4eeb6f

Parents:

7c1805bb

Message:

Applied Scot's LFS-BOOK-CVS-2002-05-28-XML.patch patch to foreword.xml and whoread.xml

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1935 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• preface/foreword.xml (modified) (1 diff)

preface/foreword.xml

@@ -4 +4 @@
 
 <para>Having used a number of different Linux distributions, I was never fully
-satisfied with any of them. I didn't like the way the bootscripts were
-arranged, I didn't like the way certain programs were configured by
-default, and more of those things. I came to realize that if I wanted to
-be fully satisfied with a Linux system, I would have to build my own system 
-from scratch, ideally using only the source code. Not using 
-pre-compiled packages of any kind. No help from some sort of CD-ROM or 
+satisfied with any of them. I didn't like the way the arrangement of the
+bootscripts. I didn't like the way certain programs were configured by
+default. Much more of that sort of thing bothered me. Finally I realized that
+if I wanted full satisfisfaction from my Linux system I would have to build
+my own system from scratch, using only the source code. I resolved not to use 
+pre-compiled packages of any kind, nor CD-ROM or 
 bootdisk that would install some basic utilities. I would use my current 
-Linux system and use that one to build my own.</para>
+Linux system to develop my own.</para>
 
-<para>This, at one time, wild idea seemed very difficult and at times almost
-impossible. After sorting out all kinds of dependency problems, compile
-problems, etcetera, a custom-built Linux system was created and fully 
-operational. I called this system an LFS system, which stands for Linux 
-From Scratch.</para>
+<para>This wild idea seemed very difficult at the time and often seemed
+an impossible task. After sorting out all kinds of problems, such as
+dependencies and compile-time errors, a custom-built Linux system was
+created that was fully operational. I called this system a Linux From Scratch
+system, or LFS for short.</para>
 
 <para>I hope all of you will have a great time working on LFS!</para>