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diff --git a/preface/foreword.xml b/preface/foreword.xml index ef97fbe45..448bbbdf1 100644 --- a/preface/foreword.xml +++ b/preface/foreword.xml @@ -3,20 +3,20 @@ <?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 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> |