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<sect1 id="pre-audience">
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-<title>Audience</title>
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+ <?dbhtml filename="audience.html"?>
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-<para>There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this
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-book. The principal reason is to install a Linux system
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-from the source code. A question many people raise is, <quote>why go
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-through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system from
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-scratch when you can just download and install an existing
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-one?</quote> That is a good question and is the impetus for this
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-section of the book.</para>
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+ <title>Audience</title>
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-<para>One important reason for LFS's existence is to help people learn
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-how a Linux system works from the inside out. Building an LFS system
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-helps demonstrate what makes Linux tick, and how things work together
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-and depend on each other. One of the best things that this learning
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-experience provides is the ability to customize Linux to your own
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-tastes and needs.</para>
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+ <para>There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this book.
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+ The principal reason is to install a Linux system from the source code.
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+ A question many people raise is, <quote>why go through all the hassle of
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+ manually building a Linux system from scratch when you can just download
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+ and install an existing one?</quote> That is a good question and is the
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+ impetus for this section of the book.</para>
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-<para>A key benefit of LFS is that it allows users to have more
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-control over the system without relying on someone else's Linux
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-implementation. With LFS, <emphasis>you</emphasis> are in the
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-driver's seat and dictate every aspect of the system, such as the
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-directory layout and bootscript setup. You also dictate where, why,
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-and how programs are installed.</para>
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+ <para>One important reason for LFS's existence is to help people learn
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+ how a Linux system works from the inside out. Building an LFS system
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+ helps demonstrate what makes Linux tick, and how things work together
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+ and depend on each other. One of the best things that this learning
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+ experience provides is the ability to customize Linux to your own tastes
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+ and needs.</para>
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-<para>Another benefit of LFS is the ability to create a very compact
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-Linux system. When installing a regular distribution, one is often
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-forced to include several programs which are probably never used.
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-These programs waste disk space, or worse, CPU cycles. It is
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-not difficult to build an LFS system of less than 100 megabytes (MB),
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-which is substantially smaller than the majority of existing installations. Does
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-this still sound like a lot of space? A few of us have been working on
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-creating a very small embedded LFS system. We successfully built a
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-system that was specialized to run the Apache web server with
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-approximately 8MB of disk space used. Further stripping could bring
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-this down to 5 MB or less. Try that with a regular distribution!
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-This is only one of the many benefits of designing your own Linux
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-implementation.</para>
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+ <para>A key benefit of LFS is that it allows users to have more control
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+ over the system without relying on someone else's Linux implementation.
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+ With LFS, <emphasis>you</emphasis> are in the driver's seat and dictate
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+ every aspect of the system, such as the directory layout and bootscript
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+ setup. You also dictate where, why, and how programs are installed.</para>
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-<para>We could compare Linux distributions to a hamburger purchased at
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-a fast-food restaurant—you have no idea what might be in what
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-you are eating. LFS, on the other hand, does not give you a hamburger.
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-Rather, LFS provides the recipe to make the exact hamburger desired.
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-This allows users to review the recipe, omit unwanted ingredients, and
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-add your own ingredients to enhance the flavor of the burger.
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-When you are satisfied with the recipe, move on to preparing it. It
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-can be made to exact specifications—broil it, bake it, deep-fry
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-it, or barbecue it.</para>
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+ <para>Another benefit of LFS is the ability to create a very compact Linux
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+ system. When installing a regular distribution, one is often forced to
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+ include several programs which are probably never used. These programs
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+ waste disk space, or worse, CPU cycles. It is not difficult to build an
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+ LFS system of less than 100 megabytes (MB), which is substantially smaller
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+ than the majority of existing installations. Does this still sound like a
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+ lot of space? A few of us have been working on creating a very small
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+ embedded LFS system. We successfully built a system that was specialized
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+ to run the Apache web server with approximately 8MB of disk space used.
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+ Further stripping could bring this down to 5 MB or less. Try that with a
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+ regular distribution! This is only one of the many benefits of designing
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+ your own Linux implementation.</para>
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-<para>Another analogy that we can use is that of comparing LFS with a
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-finished house. LFS provides the skeletal plan of a house, but it is up
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-to you to build it. LFS maintains the freedom to adjust plans
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-throughout the process, customizing it to the user's needs and
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-preferences.</para>
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+ <para>We could compare Linux distributions to a hamburger purchased at a
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+ fast-food restaurant—you have no idea what might be in what you are
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+ eating. LFS, on the other hand, does not give you a hamburger. Rather,
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+ LFS provides the recipe to make the exact hamburger desired. This allows
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+ users to review the recipe, omit unwanted ingredients, and add your own
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+ ingredients to enhance the flavor of the burger. When you are satisfied
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+ with the recipe, move on to preparing it. It can be made to exact
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+ specifications—broil it, bake it, deep-fry it, or barbecue it.</para>
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-<para>An additional advantage of a custom built Linux system is
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-security. By compiling the entire system from source code, you are
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-empowered to audit everything and apply all the security patches
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-desired. It is no longer necessary to wait for somebody else to
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-compile binary packages that fix a security hole. Unless you
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-examine the patch and implement it yourself, you have no guarantee
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-that the new binary package was built correctly and adequately fixes
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-the problem.</para>
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+ <para>Another analogy that we can use is that of comparing LFS with a
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+ finished house. LFS provides the skeletal plan of a house, but it is up
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+ to you to build it. LFS maintains the freedom to adjust plans throughout
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+ the process, customizing it to the user's needs and preferences.</para>
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-<para>The goal of Linux From Scratch is to build a complete and usable
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-foundation-level system. Readers who do not wish to build their own
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-Linux system from scratch may not benefit from the information in this
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-book. If you only want to know what happens while the computer boots,
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-we recommend the <quote>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</quote> HOWTO
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-located at <ulink url="http://axiom.anu.edu.au/~okeefe/p2b/"/> or on
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-The Linux Documentation Project's (TLDP) website at <ulink
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-url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html"/>.
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-The HOWTO builds a system which is similar to that of this book,
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-but it focuses strictly on creating a system capable of booting to a
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-BASH prompt. Consider your objective. If you wish to build a Linux
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-system while learning along the way, then this book is your best
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-choice.</para>
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+ <para>An additional advantage of a custom built Linux system is security.
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+ By compiling the entire system from source code, you are empowered to audit
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+ everything and apply all the security patches desired. It is no longer
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+ necessary to wait for somebody else to compile binary packages that fix a
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+ security hole. Unless you examine the patch and implement it yourself, you
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+ have no guarantee that the new binary package was built correctly and
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+ adequately fixes the problem.</para>
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-<para>There are too many good reasons to build your own LFS system to
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-list them all here. This section is only the tip of the iceberg. As
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-you continue in your LFS experience, you will find the power that
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-information and knowledge truly bring.</para>
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+ <para>The goal of Linux From Scratch is to build a complete and usable
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+ foundation-level system. Readers who do not wish to build their own Linux
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+ system from scratch may not benefit from the information in this book. If
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+ you only want to know what happens while the computer boots, we recommend
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+ the <quote>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</quote> HOWTO located at
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+ <ulink url="http://axiom.anu.edu.au/~okeefe/p2b/"/> or on The Linux
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+ Documentation Project's (TLDP) website at <ulink
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+ url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html"/>.
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+ The HOWTO builds a system which is similar to that of this book, but it
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+ focuses strictly on creating a system capable of booting to a BASH prompt.
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+ Consider your objective. If you wish to build a Linux system while learning
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+ along the way, then this book is your best choice.</para>
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-</sect1>
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+ <para>There are too many good reasons to build your own LFS system to
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+ list them all here. This section is only the tip of the iceberg. As
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+ you continue in your LFS experience, you will find the power that
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+ information and knowledge truly bring.</para>
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+</sect1>
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Manuel Canales Esparcia