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<chapter id="wrap-up">
<title>Project Wrap Up</title>
<sect1>
<title>Celebrating Accomplishments</title>
<para>As the Pocket Linux Project draws to a close we should take a moment
to celebrate all of our accomplishments. Some of the highlights are listed
below:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>We have built a system, from source code only, that fully
implements all of the commands described in the Filesystem Hierarchy
Standard requirements for a root filesystem.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>We have learned how to use Internet resources to locate and
download the source code needed to build a GNU/Linux system.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>We have written basic system startup and shutdown scripts and
configured them to execute in the proper runlevels.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>We have included support for multiple users on virtual consoles
and implemented permissions on system files.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>But most importantly, we have learned some good design
techniques and project management skills that will enable us to tackle
any future projects with ease and confidence.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<title>Planning Next Steps</title>
<para>The Pocket Linux system is nearly overflowing, so there really is no
more room to expand the current root diskette to support any additional
commands and features. This leaves us with a few choices of where to go
next. We can:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Find a way to expand the current system just enough to host a
small application. (For more information about hosting applications
with Pocket Linux, see Appendix A)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Remove multi-user capability and some of the less often used
commands from the root disk, replacing them with utilities like tar
and gzip that would be useful for a rescue/restore diskset.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Use the techniques we have learned to design and build an entire
GNU/Linux system and install it on a more spacious hard disk
partition. (For more infomation about building a larger system, check
out the GNU/Linux System Architect Toolkit at: <ulink
url="http://architect.sourceforge.net/">http://architect.sourceforge.net/</ulink>.)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Which ever path is chosen, we can move forward confidently, armed
with the knowledge we need to be successful in our endeavors.</para>
</sect1>
</chapter>