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Having just read your recent article entitled "D.I.Y. Linux" at
[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1854005,00.asp], I see two major
problems. One is that in the section "Linux: How It All Began," you
write that "Linux joined the GNU Project in 1992." This statement is
inaccurate. The Linux kernel is, as you write, distributed under the
terms of the GNU GPL. However, that does not mean that it is officially
part of the GNU Project. The HURD is the GNU kernel, while Linux's only
official association with the Project is by virtue of using a GNU
license. A change should be made to the article to correct this inaccuracy.
The second problem can be found on the article's first page, where you
write: "A good resource for beginners is www.linuxfromscratch.org, where
you can download a free online book with instructions for customizing a
Linux machine—regardless of which distro you choose—and participate in
newsgroups and other community forums." This statement is not only
inaccurate, it is misleading. The LFS Project gives "step-by-step
instructions for building [a] customized Linux system entirely from
source," NOT for customizing an existing distribution. You clearly have
either not read enough about LFS, or what you have read, you've
completely misunderstood.
Moreover, the part about LFS being "a good resource for beginners" has
most likely been at least one cause of the recent increase in visits by
inexperienced users to the LFS IRC support channel. We've had a number
of people coming in and asking for help when they quite obviously do not
have the requisite Linux knowledge to build an LFS system. Especially
considering that to successfully build LFS requires a fair amount of
experience with the Linux command line, your article - seemingly geared
for "those [venturing] into Linux fresh from the Windows or Macintosh
worlds" - has no business even mentioning Linux From Scratch, and
certainly not in the way that you do.
If you could notify me as soon as the aforementioned inaccuracies have
been rectified, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Erik Glyttov
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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