On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 6:10 PM, William Immendorf <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 20, 2011 8:48 AM, "feralert" <[email protected]> wrote: >> As I am new in LFS and this is my first attempt, I have a couple of >> comments that might help make the book easier to follow (at least to a >> non-english newbie like me). This are stuff that got me lost for a >> while and think that, if clarified, would make the book easier to >> follow (at least to newbies like me): > Welcome to LFS. While the book is really meant for those who have lots of > Linux expience, I accept new Linux users as well, just make sure you read > the instructions very carefully, ask questions on the support list, and be > sure to have fun while doing it.
Im a newbie at LFS but not a complete newbie to linux which i have been using for a few years. As I have been mostly using debian and derivatives, I am used to their pre-compiled binary .deb packages and not to compiling myself. Anyway I didn't know the book is meant mostly for advanced users, and that's not state it in the 'Audience' section (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/7.0-rc2/prologue/audience.html). > > As for non-English users like you, there are translated copies of the book, > through not of the RC-versions. When LFS 7.0 gets out, I'm sure people will > translate it right away. If you happen to have Spanish as your first > language, I can help translate the book for you partly, so you can > understand it more, but other languages I don't really know. Thanks for the offering, I appreciate it. Spanish is my first language but I think I can manage with english although I might misunderstand sometimes, I'll try to be more careful while reading. > > Also please note that there are also translated versions of the manual > pages. You may want to look into getting one of those packages and > installing it. Google will be your friend to find those packages. > >> -The reader isn't told what to do with the building directories at the >> end of the section (you get rid of them or you keep them?) >> UPDATE: I found the following in the FAQ, so i guess this is it >> although IMHO would be much clearer if stated at the end of every >> section. > The reader IS told - in section 5.3. Did you miss that section? It was very > important, and it solves the most common problems you may have. Yes, it says in 5.3 and although i didnt know that at the tiem, I specifically stated "at the end of the section", which is correct. Anyway please do read my comments about this in my previous email if you are interested. Thanks, Fred. > > Sent from Remilla, my rooted ASUS Transformer. > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
