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authorKlaatu <klaatu@member.fsf.org>2012-06-23 15:58:01 -0400
committerKlaatu <klaatu@member.fsf.org>2012-06-23 15:59:57 -0400
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parent4fd5956c533959bf1f018238a7d90ed57b989ddb (diff)
downloadslackbook-c6ce0009d5e53910afd2d5ea1fe357ffc6075fde.tar.xz
Wrote a printing chapter: CUPS config, printing.conf, lpr, pr
Fixed docbook markup in ch04, ch05, ch01 As per TODO file, added content about more and less in ch04
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diff --git a/chapter_01.xml b/chapter_01.xml
index 9736ed7..df94f0a 100644
--- a/chapter_01.xml
+++ b/chapter_01.xml
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"/usr/share/xml/docbook/xml-dtd-4.5/docbookx.dtd">
-<chapter>
+<chapter id="ch_intro">
<title>Introduction to Slackware</title>
-<section>
+<section id="intro_why-slackware">
<title>Why Use Slackware?</title>
<para>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ as well.
</section>
-<section>
+<section id="intro_comparisons">
<title>Differences Compared to Other Linux Distributions</title>
<para>
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ much easier to do whatever you want with your operating system.
<para>
Also, you may hear users of other distributions say that Slackware has
no package management system. This is completely and obviously false.
-Slackware has always had package management (see Chapter 16 for more
-information). What it does not have is automatic dependency resolution -
-Slackware's package tools trade dependency management for simplicity,
-ease-of-use, and reliability.
+Slackware has always had package management (see <xref
+linkend="ch_pkg"/> for more information). What it does not have is
+automatic dependency resolution - Slackware's package tools trade
+dependency management for simplicity, ease-of-use, and reliability.
</para>
</section>
-<section>
+<section id="intro_licensing">
<title>Licensing</title>
<para>
@@ -69,16 +69,17 @@ you different permissions regarding their use or distribution.
<para>
Probably the most popular license in use within the Free Software
-community is the GNU General Public License. The GPL was created by
-the Free Software Foundation, which actively works to create and distribute
-software that guarantees the freedoms which they believe are basic rights.
-In fact, this is the very group that coined the term "Free Software."
-The GPL imposes no restrictions on the use of software. In fact, you don't
-even have to accept the terms of the license in order to use the software,
-but you are not allowed to distribute the software or any changes to it
-without abiding by the terms of the license agreement. A large number of
-software projects shipped with Slackware, from the Linux kernel itself to
-the Samba project, are released under the terms of the GPL.
+community is the GNU General Public License. The GPL was created by
+the <ulink url="http://fsf.org">Free Software Foundation</ulink>,
+which actively works to create and distribute software that guarantees
+the freedoms which they believe are basic rights. In fact, this is
+the very group that coined the term "Free Software." The GPL imposes
+no restrictions on the use of software. In fact, you don't even have
+to accept the terms of the license in order to use the software, but
+you are not allowed to distribute the software or any changes to it
+without abiding by the terms of the license agreement. A large number
+of software projects shipped with Slackware, from the Linux kernel
+itself to the Samba project, are released under the terms of the GPL.
</para>
<para>