From 673b0d84ba9591e07c0bdf0ee49d92eba10f502c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Burgess Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 10:59:46 +0000 Subject: * Merged newxml into HEAD git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3435 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- preface/foreword.xml | 30 ------------------------------ 1 file changed, 30 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 preface/foreword.xml (limited to 'preface/foreword.xml') diff --git a/preface/foreword.xml b/preface/foreword.xml deleted file mode 100644 index ef1665b3b..000000000 --- a/preface/foreword.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ - -Foreword - - -Having used a number of different Linux distributions, I was never -fully satisfied with any of them. I didn't like 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 satisfaction 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 boot disk that -would install some basic utilities. I would use my current Linux system to -develop my own. - -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. - -I hope you will have a great time working on your own LFS! - - --- -Gerard Beekmans -gerard@linuxfromscratch.org - - - - -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf