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<sect1 id="pre-whonotread">
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<title>Who would not want to read this book</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="whonotread.html" dir="preface"?>
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2001-07-22 20:45:10 +01:00
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<para>People who don't want to build an entire Linux system from scratch
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probably don't want to read this book. If you, however, want to learn
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more about what happens behind the scenes, in particular what happens
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between turning on the computer and seeing the command prompt, you may
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want to read the <quote>From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO</quote>. This
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HOWTO builds a bare system, in a way similar to the one this book
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uses, but it focuses more on just installing a bootable system instead
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of a complete system.</para>
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2001-10-09 17:53:51 +01:00
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<para>To decide whether to read this book or the
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From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO, ask yourself this
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question: "Is my main objective to get a working Linux system that I'm
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going to build myself and, along the way learn what every component of
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a system is for? Or is just the learning part my main objective?" If
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you want to build and learn, read this book. If you just want to learn
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the basics, then the From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO is probably
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better material to read.</para>
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2001-10-09 17:53:51 +01:00
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<para>The <quote>From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO</quote> is located at
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<ulink url="http://www.netspace.net.au/~gok/power2bash/"/>.</para>
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</sect1>
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