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   <title>Foreword</title>
 
   <para>
-    This version of the book is intended to be used when building on top of
+     This version of the book is meant to be a separate book from LFS
-    a system built using the LFS book.  Every effort has been made to ensure
+     and BLFS entirely but meant to be used in conjuction with BLFS.
-    accuracy and reliability of the instructions. Many people find that using
+     This is meant to be built on Thomas' Multilib mirror with
-    the instructions in this book after building the current stable or
+     modifications.
-    development version of LFS provides a stable and very modern Linux system.
   </para>
 
   <para>Enjoy!</para>
 
   <blockquote>
-<literallayout>Randy McMurchy
+<literallayout>Zeckma
-August 24th, 2008</literallayout>
+April 5th, 2024</literallayout>
   </blockquote>
 
 </sect1>

book/preface.xml

@@ -11,133 +11,42 @@
   <title>Preface</title>
 
   <para>
-    Having helped out with Linux From Scratch for a short time, I
+	After around 2 or 3 months of my first ever install of Linux From Scratch,
-    noticed that we were getting many queries as to how to do things beyond
+	I had an question: how do I install Steam on this? After some time, I went
-    the base LFS system.  At the time, the only assistance specifically offered
+	for Beyond Linux From Scratch, a very great book that covered most of what
-    relating to LFS were the LFS hints (<ulink url="&hints-root;"/>).
+	I both wanted and needed, but my Steam question never got answered. So I
-    Most of the LFS hints are extremely good and well written
+	just tried to install the Steam tarball and I went down the rabbit hole.
-    but I (and others) could still see a need for more comprehensive help to
-    go Beyond LFS &mdash; hence BLFS.
   </para>
 
   <para>
-    BLFS aims to be more than the LFS-hints converted to XML although
+	Beyond Linux From Scratch didn't show how so I felt alone and on my own.
-    much of our work is based around the hints and indeed some authors write
+	I learned shortly after my attempt that I need multilib, and Bruce Dubbs
-    both hints and the relevant BLFS sections.  We hope that we can provide
+	saw my email and responded quite promptly saying to go to Thomas' Multilib
-    you with enough information to not only manage to build your system up to
+	mirror. This made all the difference, but now I needed to find out all the
-    what you want, whether it be a web server or a multimedia desktop system,
+	packages to install, all the configuration.
-    but also that you will learn a lot about system configuration as you go.
   </para>
 
   <para>
-    Thanks as ever go to everyone in the LFS/BLFS
+	Rahul Chandra in the same thread mentioned his scripts for his distro,
-    community; especially those who have contributed instructions, written text,
+	Tucana. These scripts helped so much, even if all the scripts were
-    answered questions and generally shouted when things were wrong!
+	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
+	At some point, I also decided to try to get Wine to work. I was successful.
-    questions on the mailing list or news gateway and join in the fun on #lfs
+	I, again like with Steam before, wanted to share the process. Rahul reached
-    and #lfs-support at Libera. You can find more details about all of these
+	out to me, and that led to this book's creation and editing.
-    in the <xref linkend="introduction"/> section of the book.
   </para>
 
   <para>
-    Enjoy using BLFS.
+	Thank you, and I hope this helps you.
   </para>
 
   <blockquote>
-<literallayout>Mark Hymers
+<literallayout>Zeckma
-markh &lt;at&gt; &lfs-domainname;
+zeckmaisreal &lt;at&gt; gmail.com</literallayout>
-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>
   </blockquote>
 
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