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<title>Foreword</title>
<para>
This version of the book is intended to be used when building on top of
a system built using the LFS book. Every effort has been made to ensure
accuracy and reliability of the instructions. Many people find that using
the instructions in this book after building the current stable or
development version of LFS provides a stable and very modern Linux system.
This version of the book is meant to be a separate book from LFS
and BLFS entirely but meant to be used in conjuction with BLFS.
This is meant to be built on Thomas' Multilib mirror with
modifications.
</para>
<para>Enjoy!</para>
<blockquote>
<literallayout>Randy McMurchy
August 24th, 2008</literallayout>
<literallayout>Zeckma
April 5th, 2024</literallayout>
</blockquote>
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<title>Preface</title>
<para>
Having helped out with Linux From Scratch for a short time, I
noticed that we were getting many queries as to how to do things beyond
the base LFS system. At the time, the only assistance specifically offered
relating to LFS were the LFS hints (<ulink url="&hints-root;"/>).
Most of the LFS hints are extremely good and well written
but I (and others) could still see a need for more comprehensive help to
go Beyond LFS &mdash; hence BLFS.
After around 2 or 3 months of my first ever install of Linux From Scratch,
I had an question: how do I install Steam on this? After some time, I went
for Beyond Linux From Scratch, a very great book that covered most of what
I both wanted and needed, but my Steam question never got answered. So I
just tried to install the Steam tarball and I went down the rabbit hole.
</para>
<para>
BLFS aims to be more than the LFS-hints converted to XML although
much of our work is based around the hints and indeed some authors write
both hints and the relevant BLFS sections. We hope that we can provide
you with enough information to not only manage to build your system up to
what you want, whether it be a web server or a multimedia desktop system,
but also that you will learn a lot about system configuration as you go.
Beyond Linux From Scratch didn't show how so I felt alone and on my own.
I learned shortly after my attempt that I need multilib, and Bruce Dubbs
saw my email and responded quite promptly saying to go to Thomas' Multilib
mirror. This made all the difference, but now I needed to find out all the
packages to install, all the configuration.
</para>
<para>
Thanks as ever go to everyone in the LFS/BLFS
community; especially those who have contributed instructions, written text,
answered questions and generally shouted when things were wrong!
Rahul Chandra in the same thread mentioned his scripts for his distro,
Tucana. These scripts helped so much, even if all the scripts were
presented all at once. Once I had got Steam to work, I realized that in
some way, somehow, I must share how I did it and to help others with a
single comprehensive guide.
</para>
<para>
Finally, we encourage you to become involved in the community; ask
questions on the mailing list or news gateway and join in the fun on #lfs
and #lfs-support at Libera. You can find more details about all of these
in the <xref linkend="introduction"/> section of the book.
At some point, I also decided to try to get Wine to work. I was successful.
I, again like with Steam before, wanted to share the process. Rahul reached
out to me, and that led to this book's creation and editing.
</para>
<para>
Enjoy using BLFS.
Thank you, and I hope this helps you.
</para>
<blockquote>
<literallayout>Mark Hymers
markh &lt;at&gt; &lfs-domainname;
BLFS Editor (July 2001&ndash;March 2003)</literallayout>
</blockquote>
<para>
I still remember how I found the BLFS project
and started using the instructions that were completed at the time. I could
not believe how wonderful it was to get an application up and running very
quickly, with explanations as to why things were done a certain way.
Unfortunately, for me, it wasn't long before I was opening applications that
had nothing more than "To be done" on the page. I did what most would do,
I waited for someone else to do it. It wasn't too long before I am looking
through <application>Bugzilla</application> for something easy to do.
As with any learning experience, the definition of what was easy kept
changing.
</para>
<para>
We still encourage you to become involved as BLFS is
never really finished. Contributing or just using, we hope you enjoy
your BLFS experience.
</para>
<blockquote>
<literallayout>Larry Lawrence
larry &lt;at&gt; &lfs-domainname;
BLFS Editor (March 2003&ndash;June 2004)</literallayout>
</blockquote>
<para>
The BLFS project is a natural progression of
LFS. Together, these projects provide a unique resource for
the Open Source Community. They take the mystery out of the process of
building a complete, functional software system from the source code
contributed by many talented individuals throughout the world. They truly
allow users to implement the slogan
<quote><emphasis>Your distro, your rules</emphasis></quote>.
</para>
<para>
Our goal is to continue to provide the best resource available that shows
you how to integrate many significant Open Source applications. Since these
applications are constantly updated and new applications are developed, this
book will never be complete. Additionally, there is always room for
improvement in explaining the nuances of how to install the different
packages. To make these improvements, we need your feedback. I encourage
you to participate on the different mailing lists, news groups, and
IRC channels to help meet these goals.
</para>
<blockquote>
<literallayout>Bruce Dubbs
bdubbs &lt;at&gt; &lfs-domainname;
BLFS Editor (June 2004&ndash;December 2006 and February 2011&ndash;now)</literallayout>
</blockquote>
<para>
My introduction to the [B]LFS project was actually by accident. I
was trying to build a <application>GNOME</application> environment using
some how-tos and other information I found on the web. A couple of times
I ran into some build issues and Googling pulled up some old BLFS mailing
list messages. Out for curiosity, I visited the Linux From Scratch web site
and shortly thereafter was hooked. I've not used any other Linux
distribution for personal use since.
</para>
<para>
I can't promise anyone will feel the sense of satisfaction I felt
after building my first few systems using [B]LFS instructions, but I
sincerely hope that your BLFS experience is as rewarding for you as it has
been for me.
</para>
<para>
The BLFS project has grown significantly the last couple of years.
There are more package instructions and related dependencies than ever
before. The project requires your input for continued success. If you
discover that you enjoy building BLFS, please consider helping out in any
way you can. BLFS requires hundreds of hours of maintenance to keep it
even semi-current. If you feel confident enough in your editing skills,
please consider joining the BLFS team. Simply contributing to the mailing
list discussions with sound advice and/or providing patches to the book's
XML will probably result in you receiving an invitation to join the
team.
</para>
<blockquote>
<literallayout>Randy McMurchy
randy &lt;at&gt; &lfs-domainname;
BLFS Editor (December 2006&ndash;January 2011)</literallayout>
<literallayout>Zeckma
zeckmaisreal &lt;at&gt; gmail.com</literallayout>
</blockquote>
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