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<title>Acknowledgments</title>
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<para>We would like to thank the following people and organizations for their
contributions to the Linux From Scratch Project.</para>

<sect2>
<title>Current Project Team Members</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gerard@linuxfromscratch.org">Gerard
Beekmans</ulink> &lt;gerard@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS Project
Organization/Leadership.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:matthew@linuxfromscratch.org">Matthew
Burgess</ulink> &lt;matthew@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS General Package
maintainer, LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:meerkats@bellsouth.net">Craig
Colton</ulink> &lt;meerkats@bellsouth.net&gt; : LFS, ALFS, BLFS and Hints
Project logo creator.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeroen
Coumans</ulink> &lt;@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : Website developer, FAQ
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bruce@linuxfromscratch.org">Bruce
Dubbs</ulink> &lt;bruce@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS Quality Assurance Team
Leader, BLFS Book editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:alex@linuxfromscratch.org">Alex
Groenewoud</ulink> &lt;alex@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS Book
editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:markh@linuxfromscratch.org">Mark
Hymers</ulink> &lt;markh@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : CVS maintainer, BLFS Book
Creator, former LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org">James
Iwanek</ulink> &lt;iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : System Administration
team member.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org">Nicholas
Leippe</ulink> &lt;nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : Wiki
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson
Lizardo</ulink> &lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : Website backend scripts
creator and maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bill@linuxfromscratch.org">Bill
Maltby</ulink> &lt;bill@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS Project
Organization/Leadership.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:scot@linuxfromscratch.org">Scot Mc
Pherson</ulink> &lt;scot@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS NNTP gateway
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ryan@linuxfromscratch.org">Ryan
Oliver</ulink> &lt;ryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : Testing Team Leader, co-
creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org">James
Robertson</ulink> &lt;jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : Bugzilla maintainer,
Wiki developer, LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:greg@linuxfromscratch.org">Greg
Schafer</ulink> &lt;greg@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : Toolchain Maintainer,
LFS Book editor, co-creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tushar@linuxfromscratch.org">Tushar
Teredesai</ulink> &lt;tushar@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : BLFS Book editor,
Hints and Patches Projects maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeremy
Utley</ulink> &lt;jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS Book editor, Bugzilla
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS and BLFS
mailinglists who are making this book happen by giving their suggestions,
testing the book and submitting bug reports, instructions and their
experiences with installing various packages.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Translators</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lfs-es@listas.escomposlinux.org">Manuel
Canales Esparcia</ulink> &lt;lfs-es@listas.escomposlinux.org&gt; : Spanish LFS
translation project.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:johan@linuxfromscratch.org">Johan
Lenglet</ulink> &lt;johan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : French LFS translation
project.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson
Lizardo</ulink> &lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : Portugese LFS
translation project.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Mirrors</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jason@dstc.edu.au">Jason Andrade</ulink>
&lt;jason@dstc.edu.au&gt; : au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr">doc.cs.univ-
paris8.fr</ulink> &lt;archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr&gt; :
www2.fr.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lost@l-w.net">William Astle</ulink>
&lt;lost@l-w.net&gt; : ca.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:baque@cict.fr">Baque</ulink>
&lt;baque@cict.fr&gt; : lfs.cict.fr mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:stevie@stevie20.de">Stephan Brendel</ulink>
&lt;stevie@stevie20.de&gt; : lfs.netservice-neuss.de
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Vrije Universiteit Brussels: linuxfromscratch.rave.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink>
&lt;ian@ichilton.co.uk&gt; : us.linuxfromscratch.org, linuxfromscratch.co.uk
mirrors.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:miha@miha.biz">Mikhail</ulink>
&lt;miha@miha.biz&gt; : lfs.130th.net mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Fredrik Danerklint: se.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:pgpkeys@aeternamtech.com">David D.W.
Downey</ulink> &lt;pgpkeys@aeternamtech.com&gt; : lfs.learnbyexample.com
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br">Eduardo B.
Fonseca</ulink> &lt;ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br&gt; : br.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen Herrschaft</ulink>
&lt;hrx@hrxnet.de&gt; : de.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tim@idge.net">Tim Jackson</ulink>
&lt;tim@idge.net&gt; : linuxfromscratch.idge.net mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:barna@siker.hu">Barna Koczka</ulink>
&lt;barna@siker.hu&gt; : hu.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sime@dot-sime.com">Simon Nicoll</ulink>
&lt;sime@dot-sime.com&gt; : uk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ervin@activalink.net">Ervin S.
Odisho</ulink> &lt;ervin@activalink.net&gt; : lfs.activalink.net
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:guido@primerelay.net">Guido Passet</ulink>
&lt;guido@primerelay.net&gt; : nl.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jpolen@rackspace.com">Jeremy Polen</ulink>
&lt;jpolen@rackspace.com&gt; : us2.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>UK Mirror Service : linuxfromscratch.mirror.co.uk
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:thomas@sofagang.dk">Thomas Skyt</ulink>
&lt;thomas@sofagang.dk&gt; : dk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at">Antonin
Sprinzl</ulink> &lt;Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at&gt; : at.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dag@stenstad.net">Dag Stenstad</ulink>
&lt;dag@stenstad.net&gt; for providing no.linuxfromscratch.org and <ulink
url="ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink> for running it.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse Tie-Ten-
Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for providing and running the
linuxfromscratch.org server.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:velin@zadnik.org">Alexander Velin</ulink>
&lt;velin@zadnik.org&gt; : bg.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Martin.Voss@ada.de">Martin Voss</ulink>
&lt;Martin.Voss@ada.de&gt; : lfs.linux-matrix.net mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:pyng@spam.averse.net">Pui Yong</ulink>
&lt;pyng@spam.averse.net&gt; : sg.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Donations</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dean@vipersoft.co.uk">Dean Benson</ulink>
&lt;dean@vipersoft.co.uk&gt; for several monetary
contributions.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>DREAMWVR.COM for their past sponsorship of donating various
resources to the LFS and related sub projects.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen Herrschaft</ulink>
&lt;hrx@hrxnet.de&gt; for donating a P4 2.2Ghz system.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>O'Reilly for donating books on SQL and PHP.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>VA Software who, on behalf of Linux.com, donated a VA Linux
420 (former StartX SP2) workstation.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:strider@linux.com">Mark Stone</ulink>
&lt;&gt; for donating shadowfax the linuxfromscratch.org
server.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for donating a Yamaha CDRW 8824E cd writer.</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>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Previous Team Members and Contributors</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:timothy@linuxfromscratch.org">Timothy
Bauscher</ulink> &lt;timothy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS Book editor, Hints
Project maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Robert Briggs for originally donating the linuxfromscratch.org
and linuxfromscratch.com domain names.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink>
&lt;ian@ichilton.co.uk&gt; for maintaining the Hints project</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gimli@linuxfromscratch.org">Marc
Heerdink</ulink> &lt;gimli@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS Book
editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sklein@linuxfromscratch.org">Seth W.
Klein</ulink> &lt;sklein@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; : LFS FAQ
Creator.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:garrett@linuxart.com">Garrett
LeSage</ulink> &lt;garrett@linuxart.com&gt; : Original LFS banner
creator.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nomis80@videotron.ca">Simon
Perreault</ulink> &lt;nomis80@videotron.ca&gt; : Hints Project
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Geert.Poels@skynet.be">Geert Poels</ulink>
&lt;Geert.Poels@skynet.be&gt; : Original BLFS banner creator; based on the
original LFS banner by Garrett LeSage.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bkenoah@oswd.org">Frank Skettino</ulink>
&lt;bkenoah@oswd.org&gt; : Initial design of the old website - <a
href="http://www.oswd.org">OSWD</a>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse Tie-Ten-
Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for answering countless
questions on irc and having a great deal of patience.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

</sect1>