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diff --git a/preface/foreword.xml b/preface/foreword.xml index 448bbbdf1..196e73d9a 100644 --- a/preface/foreword.xml +++ b/preface/foreword.xml @@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ <title>Foreword</title> <?dbhtml filename="foreword.html" dir="preface"?> -<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 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 to develop my own.</para> +<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 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 to +develop my own.</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 |