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  7. <sect1 id="ch-finish-whatnow">
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  9. <title>What Now?</title>
  10. <para>Thank you for reading this LFS book. We hope that you have
  11. found this book helpful and have learned more about the system
  12. creation process.</para>
  13. <para>Now that the LFS system is installed, you may be wondering
  14. <quote>What next?</quote> To answer that question, we have compiled a
  15. list of resources for you.</para>
  16. <itemizedlist>
  17. <listitem>
  18. <para>Maintenance</para>
  19. <para>Bugs and security notices are reported regularly for all software.
  20. Since an LFS system is compiled from source, it is up to you to keep
  21. abreast of such reports. There are several online resources that track
  22. such reports, some of which are shown below:</para>
  23. <itemizedlist>
  24. <listitem>
  25. <para>Freshmeat.net (<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>)</para>
  26. <para>Freshmeat can notify you (via email) of new versions of packages
  27. installed on your system.</para>
  28. </listitem>
  29. <listitem>
  30. <para><ulink url="http://www.cert.org/">CERT</ulink> (Computer
  31. Emergency Response Team)</para>
  32. <para>CERT has a mailing list that publishes security alerts concerning
  33. various operating systems and applications. Subscription information is
  34. available at <ulink
  35. url="http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html"/>.</para>
  36. </listitem>
  37. <listitem>
  38. <para>Bugtraq</para>
  39. <para>Bugtraq is a full-disclosure computer security mailing list. It
  40. publishes newly discovered security issues, and occasionally potential
  41. fixes for them. Subscription information is available at <ulink
  42. url="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive"/>.</para>
  43. </listitem>
  44. </itemizedlist>
  45. </listitem>
  46. <listitem>
  47. <para>Beyond Linux From Scratch</para>
  48. <para>The Beyond Linux From Scratch book covers installation
  49. procedures for a wide range of software beyond the scope of the LFS
  50. Book. The BLFS project is located at <ulink url="&blfs-root;"/>.</para>
  51. </listitem>
  52. <listitem>
  53. <para>LFS Hints</para>
  54. <para>The LFS Hints are a collection of educational documents
  55. submitted by volunteers in the LFS community. The hints are available
  56. at <ulink url="&hints-index;"/>.</para>
  57. </listitem>
  58. <listitem>
  59. <para>Mailing lists</para>
  60. <para>There are several LFS mailing lists you may subscribe to if you
  61. are in need of help, want to stay current with the latest developments,
  62. want to contribute to the project, and more. See <xref
  63. linkend="ch-intro-maillists"/> for more
  64. information.</para>
  65. </listitem>
  66. <listitem>
  67. <para>The Linux Documentation Project</para>
  68. <para>The goal of The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is to
  69. collaborate on all of the issues of Linux documentation. The TLDP features
  70. a large collection of HOWTOs, guides, and man pages. It is located at
  71. <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/"/>.</para>
  72. </listitem>
  73. </itemizedlist>
  74. </sect1>