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-<sect1 id="ch03-introduction">
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+<sect1 id="ch04-introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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-<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter03"?>
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+<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter04"?>
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<para>Below is a list of packages you need to download for building a
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basic Linux system. The listed version numbers correspond to versions
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-of the software that are known to work, and this book is based
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-upon them.</para>
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+of the software that are known to work, and this book is based upon
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+them. Feel free to try out newer versions, but if you experience problems
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+with those versions, please try the recommended version first before
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+sending bug reports.</para>
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-<para>All the URL's below refer to the main LFS server. There are several
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-FTP mirrors available from which you can download the files as well. The
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-addresses of these can be found in <xref linkend="ch01-mirrors"/>.</para>
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+<para>All the URL's, when possible, refer to the project's page at
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+<ulink url="http://www.freshmeat.net">Freshmeat.net</ulink>. The Freshmeat
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+pages will give you easy access to the official download sites as well as
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+project websites, mailinglists, FAQ's, Changelogs and more.</para>
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-<para>The LFS FTP archive only contains the versions of the packages that
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-are used in this book. You can check the official download sites provided
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-in <xref linkend="appendixa"/> to determine whether or not a newer package
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-is available. If you do download a newer package, we would appreciate
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-hearing whether you were able to install the package without any problems
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-using this book's instructions.</para>
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+<para>For your convenience the top of the list contains a link to a file
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+you can use with the <ulink url="http://wget.sunsite.dk">wget</ulink>
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+program. Using this file and the <userinput>wget</userinput> program will
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+make it easy to download all the files at once, rather than downloading each
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+and every individual file manually.</para>
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</sect1>
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