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diff --git a/preface/whoread.xml b/preface/whoread.xml index bda73541e..ea84fee77 100644 --- a/preface/whoread.xml +++ b/preface/whoread.xml @@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ <?dbhtml filename="whoread.html" dir="preface"?> <para>There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this book. The -principle reason being to install a LFS system. A question many people raise +principle reason being to install an LFS system. A question many people raise is "Why go through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system -from scratch when you can just download and install an existing one?". That +from scratch when you can just download and install an existing one?". That is a good question.</para> <para>One important reason for LFS's existence is helping people -learn how a Linux system works from the inside out. Building a LFS system +learn how a Linux system works from the inside out. Building an LFS system helps demonstrate what makes Linux tick, and how things work together and depend on each other. And perhaps most importantly, how to customize it to your own tastes and needs.</para> @@ -32,23 +32,22 @@ less. Try that with a regular distribution.</para> <para>We could compare distributed Linux to a hamburger you buy at a fast-food restaurant. You have no idea what you are easting. LFS on the -other hand, doesn't give you a hamburger, but the recipe to make a hamburger. -This allows you to inspect it, omit unwanted ingredients, and allows you to -add your own ingredients that enhance the flavour of your burger. When you +other hand, doesn't give you a hamburger, but the recipe to make a hamburger. +This allows you to review it, omit unwanted ingredients, and allows you to +add your own ingredients that enhance the flavor of your burger. When you are satisfied with the recipe, you go on to preparing it. You make it just the way you like it: broil it, bake it, deep-fry it, barbeque it, or eat it -raw.</para> +tar-tar (raw).</para> <para>Another analogy that we can use is that of comparing LFS with a -finished house. LFS will give you the skeleton of a house, but it's up -to you to install plumbing, electrical outlets, kitchen, bathtub, -wallpaper, etc.</para> +finished house. LFS will give you the skeletal plan of a house, but it's up +to you to build it, giving you the freedom to adjust your plans as you go.</para> -<para>Another advantage of a custom built Linux system is security. +<para>Another advantage of a custom built Linux system is security. By compiling the entire system from source code, you are empowered to audit everything and apply all the security patches you feel are needed. You don't have to wait for somebody else to compile binary packages that fix a security -hole. Examine the new patch and build it yourself. You have no guarantee +hole. Examine the new patch and build it yourself. You have no guarantee that the new package was built correctly and actually fixes the problem (adequately). You never truly know whether a security hole is fixed or not unless you do it yourself.</para> |