Changeset fd49733 for preface

Timestamp:

01/29/2002 04:54:27 PM (22 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_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:

9c82322

Parents:

0256c6e

Message:

removed distro specific names

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1492 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• preface/whoread.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

preface/whoread.xml

@@ -6 +6 @@
 book in order to install an LFS system. The question most people raise 
 is "why go through all the hassle of manually installing a Linux system 
-from scratch when you can just download an existing distribution like 
-Debian or Redhat". That is a valid question which I hope to answer for 
-you.</para>
+from scratch when you can just download an existing distribution?". That is
+a valid question which I hope to answer for you.</para>
 
 <para>The most important reason for LFS's existence is teaching people 
@@ -18 +17 @@
 <para>One of the key benefits of LFS is that you are in control of
 your system without having to rely on somebody else's Linux 
-implementation like Debian. You are in the driver's seat now and are 
+implementation. You are in the driver's seat now and are 
 able to dictate every single thing such as the directory layout and boot 
 script setup. You will also know exactly where, why and how programs 
@@ -24 +23 @@
 
 <para>Another benefit of LFS is that you can create a very compact Linux
-system. When you install a distribution like Debian or RedHat, you end
-up installing a lot of programs you would never in your life use.
+system. When you install a regular distribution, you end
+up installing a lot of programs you probably would never use.
 They're just sitting there taking up (precious) disk space. It's not
 hard to get an LFS system installed under 100 MB. Does that still sound
@@ -32 +31 @@
 the Apache web server; total disk space usage was approximately 8 MB.
 With further stripping, that can be brought down to 5 MB or less. Try
-that with a generic Debian or Redhat distribution.</para>
+that with a regular distribution.</para>
 
 <para>If we were to compare a Linux distribution with a hamburger you