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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 1983, Melbourne, Australia. 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.
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He has degrees in human resourcing, computer science, philosophy,
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international health and is studying for degrees in business management
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and perhaps law and marketing.
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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. He speaks English predominately but is also able to
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communicate in Vietnamese and French. When younger he also possessed
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the ability to communicate in Chinese and Italian.
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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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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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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", <ulink url="www.tldp.org/guides.html">
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www.tldp.org/guides.html</ulink>). Furthermore, they are being
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used as reference books in at least ten universities around the world
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(University of Southern Queensland (Australia),
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Universidad Michoacana (Mexico),
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong),
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Universidade de Sao Paolo (Brazil),
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University of Southern California (United States of America),
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University of Wales Swansea (United Kingdom),
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University of Ulster (Ireland),
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Universität Duisburg-Essen (Germany),
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain),
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Insituto Superior Miguel Torga (Portugal),
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and Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)). As well as this, he is also a
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Development Lead and Project Administrator of the "Computer Dictionary
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Project" <ulink url="http://computerdictionary.tsf.org.za/dictionary/index.html">
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http://computerdictionary.tsf.org.za/dictionary/index.html</ulink>
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which is being supported by the Shuttleworth Foundation.
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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 has a keen interest in the latest innovations
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in science and technology.
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</para>
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The author's homepage is at,
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<ulink url="http://dtbnguyen.googlepages.com/">
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http://dtbnguyen.googlepages.com/</ulink>
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</para>
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</appendix>
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