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  <title>Acknowledgments</title>

  <para>We would like to thank the following people and organizations
  for their contributions to the Linux From Scratch Project.</para>

  <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:gerard@linuxfromscratch.org">Gerard
      Beekmans</ulink> &lt;gerard@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash;
      LFS Creator</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org">Bruce
      Dubbs</ulink> &lt;bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS Managing
      Editor</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:jim@linuxfromscratch.org">Jim
      Gifford</ulink> &lt;jim@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; CLFS Project
      Co-Leader</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:pierre@linuxfromscratch.org">Pierre Labastie</ulink>
      &lt;pierre@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; BLFS Editor and ALFS Lead</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:dj@linuxfromscratch.org">DJ Lucas</ulink>
      &lt;dj@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS and BLFS Editor</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:ken@linuxfromscratch.org">Ken Moffat</ulink>
      &lt;ken@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; BLFS Editor</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Countless other people on the various LFS and BLFS mailing lists
      who helped make this book possible by giving their suggestions, testing
      the book, and submitting bug reports, instructions, and their
      experiences with installing various packages.</para>
    </listitem>

  </itemizedlist>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Translators</bridgehead>

  <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:macana@macana-es.com">Manuel Canales
      Esparcia</ulink> &lt;macana@macana-es.com&gt; &ndash; Spanish
      LFS translation project</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:johan@linuxfromscratch.org">Johan
      Lenglet</ulink> &lt;johan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; French LFS
      translation project until 2008</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:jmengual@linuxfromscratch.org">Jean-Philippe 
      Mengual </ulink> &lt;jmengual@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; French LFS
      translation project 2008-2016</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:jlepiller@linuxfromscratch.org">Julien 
      Lepiller </ulink> &lt;jlepiller@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; French LFS
      translation project 2017-present</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson
      Lizardo</ulink> &lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash;
      Portuguese LFS translation project</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:tr@erdfunkstelle.de">Thomas
      Reitelbach </ulink> &lt;tr@erdfunkstelle.de&gt; &ndash; German LFS
      translation project</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:info@linuxfromscratch.org.ru">Anton Maisak</ulink> 
      &lt;info@linuxfromscratch.org.ru&gt; &ndash; Russian LFS
      translation project</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:helen@linuxfromscratch.org.ru">Elena Shevcova</ulink> 
      &lt;helen@linuxfromscratch.org.ru&gt; &ndash; Russian LFS
      translation project</para>
    </listitem>

  </itemizedlist>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Mirror Maintainers</bridgehead>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect3">North American Mirrors</bridgehead>

  <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:scott@osuosl.org">Scott Kveton</ulink>
      &lt;scott@osuosl.org&gt; &ndash; lfs.oregonstate.edu mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:lost@l-w.net">William Astle</ulink>
      &lt;lost@l-w.net&gt; &ndash; ca.linuxfromscratch.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:eujon.sellers@gmail.com">Eujon Sellers</ulink>
      &lt;jpolen@rackspace.com&gt; &ndash; lfs.introspeed.com mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:justin@knierim.org">Justin Knierim</ulink>
      &lt;tim@idge.net&gt; &ndash; lfs-matrix.net mirror</para>
    </listitem>

  </itemizedlist>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect3">South American Mirrors</bridgehead>

  <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:manuel@linuxfromscratch.org">Manuel
      Canales Esparcia</ulink> &lt;manuel@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash;
      lfsmirror.lfs-es.info mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:lfalcon@thymbra.com">Luis Falcon</ulink>
      &lt;Luis Falcon&gt; &ndash; torredehanoi.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

  </itemizedlist>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect3">European Mirrors</bridgehead>

  <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:guido@primerelay.net">Guido Passet</ulink>
      &lt;guido@primerelay.net&gt; &ndash; nl.linuxfromscratch.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:baafie@planet.nl">Bastiaan Jacques</ulink>
      &lt;baafie@planet.nl&gt; &ndash; lfs.pagefault.net mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:sven.cranshoff@lineo.be">Sven Cranshoff</ulink>
      &lt;sven.cranshoff@lineo.be&gt; &ndash; lfs.lineo.be mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Scarlet Belgium &ndash; lfs.scarlet.be mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:info@aliensoft.org">Sebastian Faulborn</ulink>
      &lt;info@aliensoft.org&gt; &ndash; lfs.aliensoft.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:stuart@dontuse.ms">Stuart Fox</ulink>
      &lt;stuart@dontuse.ms&gt; &ndash; lfs.dontuse.ms mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:admin@realhost.de">Ralf Uhlemann</ulink>
      &lt;admin@realhost.de&gt; &ndash; lfs.oss-mirror.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at">Antonin
      Sprinzl</ulink> &lt;Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at&gt; &ndash;
      at.linuxfromscratch.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:fredan-lfs@fredan.org">Fredrik
      Danerklint</ulink> &lt;fredan-lfs@fredan.org&gt; &ndash;
      se.linuxfromscratch.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:franck@linuxpourtous.com">Franck</ulink>
      &lt;franck@linuxpourtous.com&gt; &ndash; lfs.linuxpourtous.com mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:baque@cict.fr">Philippe Baque</ulink>
      &lt;baque@cict.fr&gt; &ndash; lfs.cict.fr mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:gyouja@pilgrims.ru">Vitaly Chekasin</ulink>
      &lt;gyouja@pilgrims.ru&gt; &ndash; lfs.pilgrims.ru mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:kontakt@wankoo.org">Benjamin Heil</ulink>
      &lt;kontakt@wankoo.org&gt; &ndash; lfs.wankoo.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:info@linuxfromscratch.org.ru">Anton Maisak</ulink>
      &lt;info@linuxfromscratch.org.ru&gt; &ndash; linuxfromscratch.org.ru mirror</para>
    </listitem>

  </itemizedlist>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Asian Mirrors</bridgehead>

  <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:satit@wbac.ac.th">Satit Phermsawang</ulink>
      &lt;satit@wbac.ac.th&gt; &ndash; lfs.phayoune.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:info@shizu-net.jp">Shizunet Co.,Ltd.</ulink>
      &lt;info@shizu-net.jp&gt; &ndash; lfs.mirror.shizu-net.jp mirror</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="http://www.initworld.com/">Init World</ulink>
      &lt;http://www.initworld.com/&gt; &ndash; lfs.initworld.com mirror</para>
    </listitem>

  </itemizedlist>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Australian Mirrors</bridgehead>

  <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:jason@dstc.edu.au">Jason Andrade</ulink>
      &lt;jason@dstc.edu.au&gt; &ndash; au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror</para>
    </listitem>

  </itemizedlist>

  <bridgehead renderas="sect2">Former Project Team Members</bridgehead>

  <itemizedlist>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:theladyskye@linuxfromscratch.org">Christine
      Barczak</ulink> &lt;theladyskye@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS
      Book Editor</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Archaic
      &lt;archaic@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS Technical Writer/Editor,
      HLFS Project Leader, BLFS Editor, Hints and Patches Project
      Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:matthew@linuxfromscratch.org">Matthew
      Burgess</ulink> &lt;matthew@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash;
      LFS Project Leader, LFS Technical Writer/Editor</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:nathan@linuxfromscratch.org">Nathan
      Coulson</ulink> &lt;nathan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash;
      LFS-Bootscripts Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Timothy Bauscher</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Robert Briggs</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Ian Chilton</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeroen
      Coumans</ulink> &lt;jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; Website
      Developer, FAQ Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:manuel@linuxfromscratch.org">Manuel
      Canales Esparcia</ulink> &lt;manuel@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash;
      LFS/BLFS/HLFS XML and XSL Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Alex Groenewoud &ndash; LFS Technical Writer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Marc Heerdink</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeremy
      Huntwork</ulink> &lt;jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS
      Technical Writer, LFS LiveCD Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:bryan@linuxfromscratch.org">Bryan
      Kadzban</ulink> &lt;bryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS
      Technical Writer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Mark Hymers</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem><para>Seth W. Klein &ndash; FAQ maintainer</para></listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org">Nicholas
      Leippe</ulink> &lt;nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; Wiki
      Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson
      Lizardo</ulink> &lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; Website
      Backend-Scripts Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:randy@linuxfromscratch.org">Randy
      McMurchy</ulink> &lt;randy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; BLFS
      Project Leader, LFS Editor</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:dnicholson@linuxfromscratch.org">Dan
      Nicholson</ulink> &lt;dnicholson@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS and
      BLFS Editor</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:alexander@linuxfromscratch.org">Alexander
      E. Patrakov</ulink> &lt;alexander@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS
      Technical Writer, LFS Internationalization Editor,
      LFS Live CD Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Simon Perreault</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:scot@linuxfromscratch.org">Scot Mc
      Pherson</ulink> &lt;scot@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS NNTP
      Gateway Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:renodr@linuxfromscratch.org">Douglas R. Reno</ulink>
      &lt;renodr@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; Systemd Editor</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:ryan@linuxfromscratch.org">Ryan
      Oliver</ulink> &lt;ryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; CLFS Project
      Co-Leader</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:gschafer@zip.com.au">Greg Schafer</ulink>
      &lt;gschafer@zip.com.au&gt; &ndash; LFS Technical Writer and
      Architect of the Next Generation 64-bit-enabling Build Method</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Jesse Tie-Ten-Quee &ndash; LFS Technical Writer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org">James
      Robertson</ulink> &lt;jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; Bugzilla
      Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:tushar@linuxfromscratch.org">Tushar
      Teredesai</ulink> &lt;tushar@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; BLFS Book
      Editor, Hints and Patches Project Leader</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeremy
      Utley</ulink> &lt;jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; LFS Technical
      Writer, Bugzilla Maintainer, LFS-Bootscripts Maintainer</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para><ulink url="mailto:zwinkles@gmail.com">Zack Winkles</ulink>
      &lt;zwinkles@gmail.com&gt; &ndash; LFS Technical Writer</para>
    </listitem>

  </itemizedlist>

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