<sect1 id="ch01-acknowledgments"> <title>Acknowledgments</title> <para>We would like to thank the following people and organizations for their contributions toward the Linux From Scratch project:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:strider@linux.com">Mark Stone</ulink> <mstone@linux.com> for donating the linuxfromscratch.org server.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.valinux.com">VA Linux Systems</ulink> for providing rackspace and bandwidth for the linuxfromscratch.org server.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:markh@linuxfromscratch.org">Mark Hymers</ulink> <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> for being more than a great help in editing this book.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.dreamwvr.com/services">DREAMWVR.COM</ulink> for their ongoing sponsorship by donating various resources to the LFS and related sub projects.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@highos.com">Jesse Tie Ten Quee</ulink> <highos@highos.com> for running the www.ca.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jan.niemann@tu.bs.de">Jan Niemann</ulink> <jan.niemann@tu.bs.de> for running the www.de.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:westermann@linux-provider.net">Torsten Westermann</ulink> <westermann@linux-provider.net> for running the lfs.linux-provider.net mirror.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink> <ian@ichilton.co.uk> for running the www.us.linuxfromscratch.org and www.linuxfromscratch.co.uk mirrors.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dag@stenstad.net">Dag Stenstad</ulink> <dag@stenstad.net> for providing the www.no.linuxfromscratch.org mirror, and <ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink> <ian@ichilton.co.uk> for running it.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at">Antonin Sprinzl</ulink> <Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at> for running the www.at.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jason@dstc.edu.au">Jason Andrade</ulink> <jason@dstc.edu.au> for running the www.au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@wpi.edu">Ian Cooper</ulink> <ian@wpi.edu> for running the www.us2.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.valinux.com">VA Linux Systems</ulink> who, on behalf of <ulink url="http://www.linux.com">Linux.com</ulink>, donated a VA Linux 420 (former StartX SP2) workstation towards this project.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="johan@linuxfromscratch.org">Johan Lenglet</ulink> <johan@linuxfromscratch.org> for leading the French LFS translation project.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@highos.com">Jesse Tie Ten Quee</ulink> <highos@highos.com> for donating a Yamaha CDRW 8824E cd writer.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.oreilly.com">O'Reilly</ulink> for donating books on SQL and PHP.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Robert Briggs for donating the linuxfromscratch.org and linuxfromscratch.com domain names.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bkenoah@oswd.org">Frank Skettino</ulink> <bkenoah@oswd.org> at <ulink url="http://www.oswd.org">OSWD</ulink> for coming up the initial design of the LFS website.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:garrett@linux.com">Garrett LeSage</ulink> <garrett@linux.com> for creating the LFS banner</para></listitem> <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dean@vipersoft.co.uk">Dean Benson</ulink> <dean@vipersoft.co.uk> for helping out financially with setting up the LFS non-profit organization.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS mailinglists who are making this book happen by giving their suggestions, testing the book and submitting bug reports.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1>