Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the following people and organizations for their contributions to the Linux From Scratch Project.

Current Project Team Members

  • Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Linux-From-Scratch initiator, LFS Project organizer.

  • Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Project Co-Leader, LFS General Package maintainer, LFS Book editor.

  • Craig Colton <meerkats@bellsouth.net> -- LFS, ALFS, BLFS and Hints Project logo creator.

  • Nathan Coulson <nathan@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS-Bootscripts maintainer.

  • Jeroen Coumans <jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Website developer, FAQ maintainer.

  • Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Quality Assurance Team leader, BLFS Book editor.

  • Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Book Editor (XML).

  • Alex Groenewoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Book editor.

  • Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> -- CVS maintainer, BLFS Book creator, former LFS Book editor.

  • James Iwanek <iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org> -- System Administration Team member.

  • Nicholas Leippe <nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Wiki maintainer.

  • Anderson Lizardo <lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Website backend scripts creator and maintainer.

  • Bill Maltby <bill@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Project organizer.

  • Alexander Patrakov <alexander@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Book Editor (internationalization/localization).

  • Scot Mc Pherson <scot@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS NNTP gateway maintainer.

  • Ryan Oliver <ryan@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Testing Team leader, Toolchain maintainer, co-creator of PLFS.

  • James Robertson <jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Bugzilla maintainer, Wiki developer, LFS Book editor.

  • Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org> -- Toolchain maintainer, Former LFS Book editor, co-creator of PLFS.

  • Tushar Teredesai <tushar@linuxfromscratch.org> -- BLFS Book editor, Hints and Patches Projects maintainer.

  • Jeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Book editor, Bugzilla maintainer, LFS-Bootscripts Maintainer, LFS Server co-admin.

  • Zack Winkles <winkie@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Book editor (Emerging Technologies), LFS-Bootscripts co-maintainer.

  • 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.

Translators

Mirror Maintainers

North American Mirrors

  • Scott Kveton <scott@osuosl.org> -- lfs.oregonstate.edu mirror

  • Mikhail Pastukhov <miha@xuy.biz> -- lfs.130th.net mirror.

  • Frank Mancuso <crash4o4@gameover.com> -- lfs.crash404.com mirror.

  • William Astle <lost@l-w.net> -- ca.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Jeremy Polen <jpolen@rackspace.com> -- us2.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Tim Jackson <tim@idge.net> -- linuxfromscratch.idge.net mirror.

  • Jeremy Utley <jeremy@linux-phreak.net> -- lfs.linux-phreak.net mirror.

South American Mirrors

European Mirrors

  • Barna Koczka <barna@siker.hu> -- hu.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • UK Mirror Service -- linuxfromscratch.mirror.ac.uk mirror.

  • Martin Voss <Martin.Voss@ada.de> -- lfs.linux-matrix.net mirror.

  • Unknown -- mirror.vtx.ch mirror

  • Guido Passet <guido@primerelay.net> -- nl.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Bastiaan Jacques <baafie@planet.nl> -- lfs.pagefault.net mirror

  • Roel Neefs <lfs-mirror@linuxfromscratch.rave.org> -- linuxfromscratch.rave.org mirror.

  • Justin Knierim <justin@jrknierim.de> -- www.lfs-matrix.de mirror

  • Stephan Brendel <stevie@stevie20.de> -- lfs.netservice-neuss.de mirror.

  • Unknown -- linuxfromscratch.je-zi.de mirror

  • Unknown -- linuxfromscratch.tuxcenter.net mirror

  • Hagen Herrschaft <hrx@hrxnet.de> -- de.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Antonin Sprinzl <Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at> -- at.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Fredrik Danerklint <fredan-lfs@fredan.org> -- se.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Parisian sysadmins <archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr> -- www2.fr.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Alexander Velin <velin@zadnik.org> -- bg.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Dirk Webster <dirk@securewebservices.co.uk> -- lfs.securewebservices.co.uk mirror

  • Thomas Skyt <thomas@sofagang.dk> -- dk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Simon Nicoll <sime@dot-sime.com> -- uk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

Asian Mirrors

  • Pui Yong <pyng@spam.averse.net> -- sg.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

  • Stuart Harris <stuart@althalus.me.uk> -- lfs.mirror.intermedia.com.sg mirror

  • Unknown -- lfs.mirror.if.itb.ac.id mirror

Australian Mirrors

  • Jason Andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au> -- au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.

Donators

  • Dean Benson <dean@vipersoft.co.uk> for several monetary contributions.

  • DREAMWVR.COM for their past sponsorship of donating various resources to the LFS and related sub projects.

  • Hagen Herrschaft <hrx@hrxnet.de> for donating a 2.2 GHz P4 system, now running under the name of lorien.

  • O'Reilly for donating books on SQL and PHP.

  • VA Software who, on behalf of Linux.com, donated a VA Linux 420 (former StartX SP2) workstation.

  • Mark Stone for donating shadowfax, 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 belgarath.

  • Jesse Tie-Ten-Quee <highos@linuxfromscratch.org> for donating a Yamaha CDRW 8824E CD-writer.

  • 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.

Former Team Members and Contributors

  • Timothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Book editor, Hints Project maintainer.

  • Robert Briggs for originally donating the linuxfromscratch.org and linuxfromscratch.com domain names.

  • Ian Chilton <ian@ichilton.co.uk> for maintaining the Hints project.

  • Marc Heerdink <gimli@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS Book editor.

  • Seth W. Klein <sklein@linuxfromscratch.org> -- LFS FAQ creator.

  • Garrett LeSage <garrett@linuxart.com> -- Original LFS banner creator.

  • Simon Perreault <nomis80@videotron.ca> -- Hints Project maintainer.

  • Geert Poels <Geert.Poels@skynet.be> -- Original BLFS banner creator; based on the LFS banner by Garrett LeSage.

  • Frank Skettino <bkenoah@oswd.org> for the initial design of the old website -- have a look at http://www.oswd.org/.

  • Jesse Tie-Ten-Quee <highos@linuxfromscratch.org> for temporarily hosting the linuxfromscratch.org server, answering countless questions on IRC and having a great deal of patience.