Changeset f231756

Timestamp:

03/23/2001 02:04:06 AM (23 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, v3_0, v3_1, v3_2, v3_3, v4_0, v4_1, v5_0, v5_1, v5_1_1, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

711a7f1

Parents:

50f183f

Message:

Text update

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@351 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• chapter01/introduction.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• preface/whonotread.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter01/introduction.xml

@@ -5 +5 @@
 Having used a number of different Linux distributions, I was never fully
 satisfied with any of those. I didn't like the way the bootscripts were
-arranged, or I didn't like the way certain programs were configured by
-default, and more of those things. I came to realize that when I want to
-be totally satisfied with a Linux system, I have to build my own Linux
+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 Linux
 system from scratch, ideally using only the source code. Not using 
 precompiled packages of any kind. No help from some sort of CD-ROM or 
@@ -16 +16 @@
 <para>
 This, at one time, wild idea seemed very difficult and, at times, almost
-impossible. The reason for most problems were due to my lack of knowledge
-about certain programs and procedures. After sorting out all kinds of
-dependency problems, compilation 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.
+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>
 

preface/whonotread.xml

@@ -4 +4 @@
 <para>
 Users who don't want to build an entire Linux system from scratch
-probably don't want to read this book. If a user, however, wants to learn
+probably don't want to read this book. If you, however, want to learn
 more about what happens behind the scenes, in particular what happens
-between turning on the computer and seeing the command prompt, he wants
-to read the <quote>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</quote> (P2B) HOWTO.
+between turning on the computer and seeing the command prompt, you may 
+want to read the <quote>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</quote> (P2B) HOWTO.
 This HOWTO builds a bare system, in way similar to the one this book
 uses, but it focusses more on just installing a bootable system instead
@@ -14 +14 @@
 
 <para>
-To decide whether to read this book or the P2B HOWTO, a user could
-ask himself this question: "Is my main objective to get a working Linux
-system that I'm going to build myself and, along the way, learn what
-every component of a system is for, or is just the learning part my main
-objective?" If he wants to build and learn, he reads this book. If he just
-wants to learn, then the P2B HOWTO is probably better material to read.
+To decide whether to read this book or the P2B HOWTO, ask yourself this 
+question: "Is my main objective to get a working Linux system that I'm 
+going to build myself and, along the way, learn what every component of 
+a system is for, or is just the learning part my main objective?" If
+you want to build and learn, read this book. If you just want to learn, 
+then the P2B HOWTO is probably better material to read.
 </para>
 
 <para>
-The <quote>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</quote> HOWTO can be downloaded
-from <ulink url="http://www.netspace.net.au/~gok/power2bash/">
+The <quote>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</quote> HOWTO is located at
+<ulink url="http://www.netspace.net.au/~gok/power2bash/">
 http://www.netspace.net.au/~gok/power2bash/</ulink>
 </para>