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2 <title>Acknowledgments</title>
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5 <para>We would like to thank the following people and organizations for their
6 contributions toward the Linux From Scratch project:</para>
10 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:strider@linux.com">Mark Stone</ulink>
11 <mstone@linux.com> for donating the linuxfromscratch.org
12 server.</para></listitem>
14 <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.valinux.com">VA Linux
15 Systems</ulink> for providing rackspace and bandwidth for the
16 linuxfromscratch.org server.</para></listitem>
18 <listitem><para><ulink url="http://fredan.org">Fredrik Danerklint</ulink>
19 for running the se.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
21 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tim@idge.net">Tim Jackson</ulink>
22 <tim@idge.net> for running the linuxfromscratch.idge.net
23 mirror.</para></listitem>
25 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen Herrschaft</ulink>
26 <hrx@hrxnet.de> for running the de.linuxfromscratch.org
27 mirrors, and for his donation of a P4-2.2GHz system to the LFS
28 project.</para></listitem>
30 <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.mirror.ac.uk">UK Mirror
31 Service</ulink> for running the linuxfromscratch.mirror.ac.uk mirror.</para></listitem>
33 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:guido@primerelay.net">Guido
34 Passet</ulink> <guido@primerelay.net> for running the
35 www.nl.linuxfromscratch.org and ftp.snt.utwente.nl
36 mirrors.</para></listitem>
38 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:markh@linuxfromscratch.org">Mark
39 Hymers</ulink> <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> for being more than a
40 great help in editing this book.</para></listitem>
42 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:marc_heerdink@softhome.net">Marc
43 Heerdink</ulink> <marc_heerdink@softhome.net> for also being a great
44 help in editing this book.</para></listitem>
46 <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.dreamwvr.com/services">DREAMWVR.COM</ulink> for their ongoing sponsorship by donating various resources to the LFS and
47 related sub projects.</para></listitem>
49 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jan.niemann@tu.bs.de">Jan
50 Niemann</ulink> <jan.niemann@tu.bs.de> for running the
51 www.de.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
53 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:westermann@linux-provider.net">Torsten
54 Westermann</ulink> <westermann@linux-provider.net> for running the
55 lfs.linux-provider.net mirror.</para></listitem>
57 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian
58 Chilton</ulink> <ian@ichilton.co.uk> for running the
59 www.us.linuxfromscratch.org and www.linuxfromscratch.co.uk
60 mirrors.</para></listitem>
62 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dag@stenstad.net">Dag
63 Stenstad</ulink> <dag@stenstad.net> for providing the
64 www.no.linuxfromscratch.org mirror, and
65 <ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink>
66 <ian@ichilton.co.uk> for running it.</para></listitem>
68 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at">Antonin
69 Sprinzl</ulink> <Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at> for running the
70 www.at.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
72 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jason@dstc.edu.au">Jason
73 Andrade</ulink> <jason@dstc.edu.au> for running the
74 www.au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
76 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@wpi.edu">Ian
77 Cooper</ulink> <ian@wpi.edu> for running the
78 www.us2.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
80 <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.valinux.com">VA Linux
82 on behalf of <ulink url="http://www.linux.com">Linux.com</ulink>, donated
83 a VA Linux 420 (former StartX SP2) workstation
84 towards this project.</para></listitem>
86 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:johan@linuxfromscratch.org">Johan
87 Lenglet</ulink> <johan@linuxfromscratch.org> for leading the French
88 LFS translation project.</para></listitem>
90 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse
91 Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> <highos@linuxfromscratch.org> for donating a
92 Yamaha CDRW 8824E cd writer.</para></listitem>
94 <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.oreilly.com">O'Reilly</ulink> for
95 donating books on SQL and PHP.</para></listitem>
97 <listitem><para>Robert Briggs for donating the linuxfromscratch.org and
98 linuxfromscratch.com domain names.</para></listitem>
100 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bkenoah@oswd.org">Frank
101 Skettino</ulink> <bkenoah@oswd.org> at <ulink
102 url="http://www.oswd.org">OSWD</ulink> for coming up with the
103 initial design of the LFS website.</para></listitem>
105 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:garrett@linux.com">Garrett
106 LeSage</ulink> <garrett@linux.com> for creating the LFS
107 banner.</para></listitem>
109 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dean@vipersoft.co.uk">Dean
110 Benson</ulink> <dean@vipersoft.co.uk> for helping out financially
111 with setting up the LFS non-profit organization.</para></listitem>
113 <listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS mailinglists who are
114 making this book happen by giving their suggestions, testing the book
115 and submitting bug reports.</para></listitem>