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<appendix id="About-the-Author">
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<title>About the Author</title>
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<para>
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Binh Nguyen was born, 26 March 1983, Melbourne, Victoria. He studied
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at St Josephs Marist Brothers College, North Fitzroy until receiving a
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scholarship to St Kevin's College, Toorak in 1998.
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</para>
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<para>
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He is currently a university undergraduate studying computer science
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and physics at the University of Melbourne. His main interests in each
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area are in Operating Systems and Quantum Mechanics respectively.
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</para>
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<para>
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His background is strongly biased towards science and mathematics.
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Nonetheless, he does have an appreciation for the arts, humanities
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and sport. A reasonably proficient musician (flute), he is currently
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pondering whether he should complete his musical studies to obtain a
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diploma so that he can teach. In high school, he was a member of the
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athletics, basketball, football, cricket and swimming squads. He speaks
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english predominately but is also able to communicate in vietnamese and
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french. When younger he also possessed the ability to communicate in
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chinese and italian.
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</para>
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<para>
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Although brought up as a buddhist and studying at catholic/christian
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schools all his life as well as studying scripture during his final year of
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high school he considers himself an atheist.
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</para>
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<para>
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At this moment in time, he works part-time as a (commercial)
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researcher/developer on Linux related projects with his current
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focus being on software distribution mechanisms.
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</para>
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<para>
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Two of his technical documents have been incorporated into the
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Linux Documentation Project ("Linux Dictionary" and "Linux Filesystem
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Hierarchy", www.tldp.org/guides.html). Furthermore, they are being
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used as reference books in at least five universities around the world
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(University of Southern Queensland (Australia), Universidad Michoacana (Mexico),
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong), Universidade de Sao Paolo (Brazil)
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and Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)).</para>
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<para>
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He has published articles at linux.com, linmagau.org, desktoplinux.com,
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newsforge.com, linuxtoday.com, linux.org, pclinuxonline.com,
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tuxreports.com, etc.... and likes to keep in touch with the latest developments
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in science and technology.
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</para>
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</appendix>
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.0/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY About-the-Author SYSTEM "About-the-Author.xml">
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<!ENTITY Contributors SYSTEM "Contributors.xml">
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<!ENTITY Disclaimer SYSTEM "Disclaimer.xml">
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<!ENTITY Feedback SYSTEM "Feedback.xml">
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</chapter>
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&About-the-Author;
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&Contributors;
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&Disclaimer;
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&Feedback;
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<appendix id="About-the-Author">
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<title>About the Author</title>
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<para>
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Binh Nguyen was born, 26 March 1983, Melbourne, Victoria. He studied
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at St Josephs Marist Brothers College, North Fitzroy until receiving a
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scholarship to St Kevin's College, Toorak in 1998.
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</para>
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<para>
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He is currently a university undergraduate studying computer science
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and physics at the University of Melbourne. His main interests in each
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area are in Operating Systems and Quantum Mechanics respectively.
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</para>
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<para>
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His background is strongly biased towards science and mathematics.
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Nonetheless, he does have an appreciation for the arts, humanities
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and sport. A reasonably proficient musician (flute), he is currently
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pondering whether he should complete his musical studies to obtain a
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diploma so that he can teach. In high school, he was a member of the
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athletics, basketball, football, cricket and swimming squads. He speaks
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english predominately but is also able to communicate in vietnamese and
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french. When younger he also possessed the ability to communicate in
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chinese and italian.
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</para>
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<para>
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Although brought up as a buddhist and studying at catholic/christian
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schools all his life as well as studying scripture during his final year of
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high school he considers himself an atheist.
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</para>
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<para>
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At this moment in time, he works part-time as a (commercial)
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researcher/developer on Linux related projects with his current
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focus being on software distribution mechanisms.
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</para>
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<para>
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Two of his technical documents have been incorporated into the
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Linux Documentation Project ("Linux Dictionary" and "Linux Filesystem
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Hierarchy", www.tldp.org/guides.html). Furthermore, they are being
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used as reference books in at least five universities around the world
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(University of Southern Queensland (Australia), Universidad Michoacana (Mexico),
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong), Universidade de Sao Paolo (Brazil)
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and Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)).</para>
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<para>
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He has published articles at linux.com, linmagau.org, desktoplinux.com,
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newsforge.com, linuxtoday.com, linux.org, pclinuxonline.com,
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tuxreports.com, etc.... and likes to keep in touch with the latest developments
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in science and technology.
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</para>
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</appendix>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://docbook.org/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
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"http://docbook.org/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY About-The-Author SYSTEM "About-the-Author.xml">
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<!ENTITY Contributors SYSTEM "Contributors.xml">
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<!ENTITY Disclaimer SYSTEM "Disclaimer.xml">
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<!ENTITY Feedback SYSTEM "Feedback.xml">
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&Glossary;
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&Signals;
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&Sources;
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&About-The-Author;
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&Contributors;
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&Disclaimer;
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&Feedback;
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