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<sect1 id="ch01-intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>
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Having used a number of different Linux distributions, I was never fully
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satisfied with any of those. I didn't like the way the bootscripts were
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2001-03-23 02:04:06 +00:00
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arranged, I didn't like the way certain programs were configured by
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default, and more of those things. I came to realize that if I wanted to
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be fully satisfied with a Linux system, I would have to build my own Linux
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2001-03-15 16:12:15 +00:00
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system from scratch, ideally using only the source code. Not using
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precompiled packages of any kind. No help from some sort of CD-ROM or
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2001-03-16 17:52:55 +00:00
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bootdisk that would install some basic utilities. I would use my current
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Linux system and use that one to build my own.
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</para>
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<para>
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This, at one time, wild idea seemed very difficult and, at times, almost
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impossible. After sorting out all kinds of dependency problems, compile
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problems, etcetera, a custom-built Linux system was created and fully
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operational. I called this system an LFS system, which stands for Linux
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From Scratch.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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