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<title>Organization</title>
<para>This book is divided into the following parts.</para>
<sect2><title>Part I - Introduction</title>
<para>This part contains information which is essential to
the rest of the book.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part II - Post <acronym>LFS</acronym> Configuration and Extra
Software</title>
<para>Here we introduce basic configuration and security issues. We also
discuss a range of editors, filesystems and shells which aren't covered in
the main <acronym>LFS</acronym> book.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part III - General Libraries and Utilities</title>
<para>In this section we cover libraries which are often needed by the rest
of the book as well as system utilities. Information on Programming
(including recompiling <application>gcc</application> to support its full range
of languages) concludes this part.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part IV - Connecting to a Network</title>
<para>Here we cover how to connect to a network when you aren't using
the simple static <acronym>IP</acronym> setup given in the main
<acronym>LFS</acronym> book.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part V - Basic Networking</title>
<para>Networking libraries and command line networking tools make up the
bulk of this part.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part VI - Server Networking</title>
<para>Here we deal with setting up mail and other servers (such as
<application>SSH</application>, <application>CVS</application>, etc.).</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part VII - Content Serving</title>
<para>In this part we deal with databases and web server software
<!--(including php)-->.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part VIII - X + Window Managers</title>
<para>This part explains how to set up a basic
<application>XFree86</application> installation along
with some generic <application>X</application> libraries and Window managers.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part IX - KDE</title>
<para>For those who want to use the K Desktop Environment or some parts of
it, this part covers it.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part X - GNOME</title>
<para><application>GNOME</application> is the main alternative to <application>
KDE</application> in the Desktop Environment arena and we cover both gnome-1.4
and gnome-&gnome-version; here.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part XI - X Software</title>
<para>Office programs and graphical web browsers are important to most people.
They, along with some generic <application>X</application> software can be
found in this part of the book.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part XII - Multimedia</title>
<para>Here we cover setting multimedia libraries and drivers along with some
audio, video and CD-writing programs.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Part XIII - Printing, Scanning and Typesetting</title>
<para>The <acronym>PST</acronym> part of the book covers things from
<application>ghostscript</application>, <application>CUPS</application>
and <application>DocBook</application>
to installing <application>TeX</application>.</para></sect2>
<sect2><title>Appendices</title>
<para>The Appendices cover information which doesn't belong in the main
book; they are mainly there as a reference.</para></sect2>
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