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dev-manual: Some minor edits to Introduction chapter. 

(From yocto-docs rev: a9913d41b2bdf03abd2fe84149cb48b0d89940ba)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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set up your host development system and build an image, which you
find in the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;'>Yocto Project Quick Start</ulink>.
<note>
By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution.
However, you can create your own distribution by providing key
<link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>.
A good example is Angstrom, which has had a distribution
based on the Yocto Project since its inception.
Other examples include commercial distributions like
Wind River Linux, Mentor Embedded Linux, and ENEA Linux.
See the "<link linkend='creating-your-own-distribution'>Creating Your Own Distribution</link>"
section for more information.
</note>
</para>
<para>
@ -43,13 +32,25 @@
reconfigure the kernel, and develop an application using the
popular <trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark> IDE.
</para>
<note>
By default, using the Yocto Project creates a Poky distribution.
However, you can create your own distribution by providing key
<link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>.
A good example is Angstrom, which has had a distribution
based on the Yocto Project since its inception.
Other examples include commercial distributions like
Wind River Linux, Mentor Embedded Linux, and ENEA Linux.
See the "<link linkend='creating-your-own-distribution'>Creating Your Own Distribution</link>"
section for more information.
</note>
</section>
<section id='what-this-manual-provides'>
<title>What This Manual Provides</title>
<para>
The following list describes what you can get from this guide:
The following list describes what you can get from this manual:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Information that lets you get set
up to develop using the Yocto Project.</para></listitem>
@ -75,17 +76,17 @@
<para>
This manual will not give you the following:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Step-by-step instructions if those instructions exist in other Yocto
Project documentation.
<listitem><para><emphasis>Step-by-step instructions when those instructions exist in other Yocto
Project documentation:</emphasis>
For example, the Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide contains detailed
instructions on how to run the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;#installing-the-adt'>Installing the ADT and Toolchains</ulink>,
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;#installing-the-adt'>ADT Installer</ulink>,
which is used to set up a cross-development environment.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Reference material.
<listitem><para><emphasis>Reference material:</emphasis>
This type of material resides in an appropriate reference manual.
For example, system variables are documented in the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Detailed public information that is not specific to the Yocto Project.
<listitem><para><emphasis>Detailed public information that is not specific to the Yocto Project:</emphasis>
For example, exhaustive information on how to use Git is covered better through the
Internet than in this manual.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@ -109,7 +110,8 @@
with the Yocto Project and quickly begin building an image.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;'>Yocto Project Reference Manual</ulink>:</emphasis> This manual is a reference
guide to the OpenEmbedded build system known as "Poky."
guide to the OpenEmbedded build system, which is based on BitBake.
The build system is sometimes referred to as "Poky".
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_ADT_URL;'>Yocto Project Application Developer's Guide</ulink>:</emphasis>