BLFS—前言

     当我们编译完成了LFS，光标停在那里的时候，我们是否想可以在LFS上做点什么更有意义的事情呢？比如我想部署一个全文检索系统，或者我想给我的机器弄一个超炫的桌面，现在我们也仅仅可以从LFS hints(http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints) 上获得一点提示。当然LFS hints(提示，帮助)已经非常棒了，可这些并不够，我们需要更全面更专业的指南去做那些更有意义的事情，这就是—BLFS。

    BLFS的目标是为您提供比"LFS-hints"更多更全面的信息，使读者不光能够管理和编译您的系统，可以说您想要什么我们都可以为你提供，无论是Web服务器或是多媒体桌面系统你都能够在文档中找到对应的部分。写BLFS这些作者有些就是"LFS-hints"的作者。

    谢谢每个去过LFS/BLFS社区的朋友; 特别是那些贡献了脚本，文章作者，解答问题，发现问题的人们!

    最后，我们欢迎您加入我们的社区；在邮件列表，新闻主题问题，加入以"#lfs "为标记的"irc.linuxfromscratch.org"。你可以在 简介 章节找到更多的介绍.

    享受BLFS吧.

Mark Hymers
markh@linuxfromscratch.org
BLFS 编辑(July 2001–March 2003)

    我还清楚的记得我是怎么发现BLFS项目的，并用它完成编译的。我简直不敢相信这些应用程序能运行得那么快，那么完美，那种感觉妙极了。 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 Bugzilla for something easy to do. As with any learning experience, the definition of what was easy kept changing.

We still encourage you to become involved as BLFS is never really finished. Contributing or just using, we hope you enjoy your BLFS experience.

Larry Lawrence
larry <at> linuxfromscratch.org
BLFS Editor (March 2003–June 2004)

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 "Your distro, your rules."

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.

Bruce Dubbs
bdubbs <at> linuxfromscratch.org
BLFS Editor (June 2004–December 2006)

My introduction to the [B]LFS project was actually by accident. I was trying to build a GNOME 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.

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.

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.

Randy McMurchy
randy <at> linuxfromscratch.org
BLFS Editor (December 2006–Present)

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