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<title>Acknowledgments</title>
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<para>We would like to thank the following people and organizations for their
contributions to the Linux From Scratch Project.</para>

<sect2>
<title>Current Project Team Members</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gerard@linuxfromscratch.org">Gerard
Beekmans</ulink> &lt;gerard@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Linux-From-Scratch
initiator, LFS Project organizer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:matthew@linuxfromscratch.org">Matthew
Burgess</ulink> &lt;matthew@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS General Package
maintainer, LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:meerkats@bellsouth.net">Craig
Colton</ulink> &lt;meerkats@bellsouth.net&gt; -- LFS, ALFS, BLFS and Hints
Project logo creator.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeroen
Coumans</ulink> &lt;jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Website developer, FAQ
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org">Bruce
Dubbs</ulink> &lt;bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Quality Assurance Team
leader, BLFS Book editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:alex@linuxfromscratch.org">Alex
Groenewoud</ulink> &lt;alex@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:markh@linuxfromscratch.org">Mark
Hymers</ulink> &lt;markh@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- CVS maintainer, BLFS Book
creator, former LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org">James
Iwanek</ulink> &lt;iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- System Administration
Team member.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org">Nicholas
Leippe</ulink> &lt;nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Wiki
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson
Lizardo</ulink> &lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Website backend scripts
creator and maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bill@linuxfromscratch.org">Bill
Maltby</ulink> &lt;bill@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Project
organizer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:scot@linuxfromscratch.org">Scot Mc
Pherson</ulink> &lt;scot@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS NNTP gateway
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ryan@linuxfromscratch.org">Ryan
Oliver</ulink> &lt;ryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Testing Team leader,
co-creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org">James
Robertson</ulink> &lt;jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Bugzilla maintainer,
Wiki developer, LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:greg@linuxfromscratch.org">Greg
Schafer</ulink> &lt;greg@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Toolchain maintainer,
LFS Book editor, co-creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tushar@linuxfromscratch.org">Tushar
Teredesai</ulink> &lt;tushar@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- BLFS Book editor,
Hints and Patches Projects maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeremy
Utley</ulink> &lt;jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book editor, Bugzilla
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS and BLFS
mailing lists who are making this book happen by giving their suggestions,
testing the book and submitting bug reports, instructions and their
experiences with installing various packages.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Translators</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:macana@lfs-es.org">Manuel Canales
Esparcia</ulink> &lt;macana@lfs-es.org&gt; -- Spanish LFS translation
project.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:johan@linuxfromscratch.org">Johan
Lenglet</ulink> &lt;johan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- French LFS translation
project.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson
Lizardo</ulink> &lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Portuguese LFS
translation project.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Mirror Maintainers</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jason@dstc.edu.au">Jason Andrade</ulink>
&lt;jason@dstc.edu.au&gt; -- au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lost@l-w.net">William Astle</ulink>
&lt;lost@l-w.net&gt; -- ca.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:baque@cict.fr">Baque</ulink>
&lt;baque@cict.fr&gt; -- lfs.cict.fr mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:stevie@stevie20.de">Stephan Brendel</ulink>
&lt;stevie@stevie20.de&gt; -- lfs.netservice-neuss.de
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink>
&lt;ian@ichilton.co.uk&gt; -- us.linuxfromscratch.org, linuxfromscratch.co.uk
mirrors.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:fredan-lfs@fredan.org">Fredrik
Danerklint</ulink> &lt;fredan-lfs@fredan.org&gt; -- se.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:pgpkeys@aeternamtech.com">David D.W.
Downey</ulink> &lt;pgpkeys@aeternamtech.com&gt; -- lfs.learnbyexample.com
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br">Eduardo B.
Fonseca</ulink> &lt;ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br&gt; -- br.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen Herrschaft</ulink>
&lt;hrx@hrxnet.de&gt; -- de.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tim@idge.net">Tim Jackson</ulink>
&lt;tim@idge.net&gt; -- linuxfromscratch.idge.net mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:barna@siker.hu">Barna Koczka</ulink>
&lt;barna@siker.hu&gt; -- hu.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lfs-mirror@linuxfromscratch.rave.org">Roel 
Neefs</ulink> -- linuxfromscratch.rave.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sime@dot-sime.com">Simon Nicoll</ulink>
&lt;sime@dot-sime.com&gt; -- uk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ervin@activalink.net">Ervin S.
Odisho</ulink> &lt;ervin@activalink.net&gt; -- lfs.activalink.net
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:guido@primerelay.net">Guido Passet</ulink>
&lt;guido@primerelay.net&gt; -- nl.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:miha@xuy.biz">Mikhail Pastukhov</ulink>
&lt;miha@xuy.biz&gt; -- lfs.130th.net mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jpolen@rackspace.com">Jeremy Polen</ulink>
&lt;jpolen@rackspace.com&gt; -- us2.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.mirror.ac.uk">UK Mirror Service</ulink> 
-- linuxfromscratch.mirror.co.uk mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:thomas@sofagang.dk">Thomas Skyt</ulink>
&lt;thomas@sofagang.dk&gt; -- dk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at">Antonin
Sprinzl</ulink> &lt;Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at&gt; -- at.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dag@stenstad.net">Dag Stenstad</ulink> 
&lt;dag@stenstad.net&gt; for providing no.linuxfromscratch.org and <ulink 
url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink> for running 
it.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr">Parisian
sysadmins</ulink> &lt;archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr&gt; --
www2.fr.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse
Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for providing and
running the linuxfromscratch.org server.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:velin@zadnik.org">Alexander Velin</ulink>
&lt;velin@zadnik.org&gt; -- bg.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Martin.Voss@ada.de">Martin Voss</ulink>
&lt;Martin.Voss@ada.de&gt; -- lfs.linux-matrix.net mirror.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:pyng@spam.averse.net">Pui Yong</ulink>
&lt;pyng@spam.averse.net&gt; -- sg.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Donators</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dean@vipersoft.co.uk">Dean Benson</ulink>
&lt;dean@vipersoft.co.uk&gt; for several monetary
contributions.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.dreamwvr.com">DREAMWVR.COM</ulink> for 
their past sponsorship of donating various resources to the LFS and related 
sub projects.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen Herrschaft</ulink>
&lt;hrx@hrxnet.de&gt; for donating a 2.2 GHz P4 system, now running under the
name of <emphasis>lorien</emphasis>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.oreilly.com">O'Reilly</ulink> for 
donating books on SQL and PHP.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.vasoftware.com">VA Software</ulink> 
who, on behalf of <ulink url="http://www.linux.com">Linux.com</ulink>, donated 
a VA Linux 420 (former StartX SP2) workstation.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:strider@linux.com">Mark Stone</ulink> for 
donating <emphasis>shadowfax</emphasis>, the first linuxfromscratch.org
server, a 750 MHz P3 with 512 MB RAM and two 9 GB SCSI drives. When the server
moved it was renamed to <emphasis>belgarath</emphasis>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse
Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for donating a Yamaha
CDRW 8824E CD-writer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS mailing lists who are
making this book better by giving their suggestions, submitting bug reports,
and throwing in their criticism.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Former Team Members and Contributors</title>

<itemizedlist>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:timothy@linuxfromscratch.org">Timothy
Bauscher</ulink> &lt;timothy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book editor, Hints
Project maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>Robert Briggs for originally donating the
<emphasis>linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis> and
<emphasis>linuxfromscratch.com</emphasis> domain names.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink>
&lt;ian@ichilton.co.uk&gt; for maintaining the Hints project.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gimli@linuxfromscratch.org">Marc
Heerdink</ulink> &lt;gimli@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
editor.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sklein@linuxfromscratch.org">Seth W.
Klein</ulink> &lt;sklein@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS FAQ
creator.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:garrett@linuxart.com">Garrett
LeSage</ulink> &lt;garrett@linuxart.com&gt; -- Original LFS banner
creator.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nomis80@videotron.ca">Simon
Perreault</ulink> &lt;nomis80@videotron.ca&gt; -- Hints Project
maintainer.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Geert.Poels@skynet.be">Geert Poels</ulink>
&lt;Geert.Poels@skynet.be&gt; -- Original BLFS banner creator; based on the
LFS banner by Garrett LeSage.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bkenoah@oswd.org">Frank Skettino</ulink>
&lt;bkenoah@oswd.org&gt; for the initial design of the old website -- have a
look at <ulink url="http://www.oswd.org/"/>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse
Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for answering
countless questions on IRC and having a great deal of patience.</para></listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</sect2>

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