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Import of Cross-LFS Book

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10
11 <title>What Now?</title>
12
13 <para>Thank you for reading this LFS book. We hope that you have
14 found this book helpful and have learned more about the system
15 creation process.</para>
16
17 <para>Now that the LFS system is installed, you may be wondering
18 <quote>What next?</quote> To answer that question, we have compiled
19 a list of resources for you.</para>
20
21 <itemizedlist>
22
23 <listitem>
24 <para>Maintenance</para>
25
26 <para>Bugs and security notices are reported regularly for all software.
27 Since an LFS system is compiled from source, it is up to you to keep
28 abreast of such reports. There are several online resources that track
29 such reports, some of which are shown below:</para>
30
31 <itemizedlist>
32
33 <listitem>
34 <para>Freshmeat.net (<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/"/>)</para>
35
36 <para>Freshmeat can notify you (via email) of new versions of
37 packages installed on your system.</para>
38 </listitem>
39
40 <listitem>
41 <para><ulink url="http://www.cert.org/">CERT</ulink> (Computer
42 Emergency Response Team)</para>
43
44 <para>CERT has a mailing list that publishes security alerts
45 concerning various operating systems and applications.
46 Subscription information is available at <ulink
47 url="http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html"/>.</para>
48 </listitem>
49
50 <listitem>
51 <para>Bugtraq</para>
52
53 <para>Bugtraq is a full-disclosure computer security mailing list.
54 It publishes newly discovered security issues, and occasionally
55 potential fixes for them. Subscription information is available at
56 <ulink url="http://www.securityfocus.com/archive"/>.</para>
57 </listitem>
58
59 </itemizedlist>
60
61 </listitem>
62
63 <listitem>
64 <para>Beyond Linux From Scratch</para>
65
66 <para>The Beyond Linux From Scratch book covers installation
67 procedures for a wide range of software beyond the scope of the LFS
68 Book. The BLFS project is located at <ulink url="&blfs-root;"/>.</para>
69 </listitem>
70
71 <listitem>
72 <para>LFS Hints</para>
73
74 <para>The LFS Hints are a collection of educational documents
75 submitted by volunteers in the LFS community. The hints are available
76 at <ulink url="&hints-index;"/>.</para>
77 </listitem>
78
79 <listitem>
80 <para>Mailing lists</para>
81
82 <para>There are several LFS mailing lists you may subscribe to if you
83 are in need of help, want to stay current with the latest developments,
84 want to contribute to the project, and more. See <xref
85 linkend="ch-intro-maillists"/> for more
86 information.</para>
87 </listitem>
88
89 <listitem>
90 <para>The Linux Documentation Project</para>
91
92 <para>The goal of The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is to
93 collaborate on all of the issues of Linux documentation. The TLDP features
94 a large collection of HOWTOs, guides, and man pages. It is located at
95 <ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/"/>.</para>
96 </listitem>
97
98 </itemizedlist>
99
100</sect1>
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