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>The Linux FAQ</TITLE
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TITLE="Introduction"
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NAME="AEN2"
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>The Linux FAQ</H1
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CLASS="author"
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NAME="AEN4"
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>David C. Merrill</A
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CLASS="affiliation"
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>david -AT- lupercalia.net</P
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>2003-09-19<BR></P
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>Revision History</B
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>Revision 1.20</TD
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>2001-12-04</TD
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>Revised by: rk</TD
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>Revision 2.0</TD
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>2002-04-25</TD
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>Revised by: dcm</TD
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>Some reorganization and markup changes.</TD
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>Revision 2.1</TD
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>2003-05-19</TD
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>Revised by: dcm</TD
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>Fairly complete reorganization and conversion to WikiText.</TD
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>Revision 2.1.1</TD
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>2003-09-19</TD
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>Revised by: dcm</TD
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>Minor corrections.</TD
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>Revision 2.1.2</TD
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>2004-02-28</TD
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>Revised by: dcm</TD
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>Minor corrections.</TD
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NAME="AEN38"
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>This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions for Linux,
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the Free/Open Source UNIX-like operating system kernel that runs on many
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modern computer systems.
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><HR></DIV
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>Table of Contents</B
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>1. <A
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HREF="intro.html"
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>Introduction</A
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><DD
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>1.1. <A
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HREF="intro.html#about-the-faq"
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>About the FAQ</A
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>1.2. <A
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HREF="intro.html#feedback"
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>Asking Questions and Sending Comments</A
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>1.3. <A
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HREF="intro.html#authorship-and-acknowledgments"
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>Authorship and Acknowledgments</A
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>1.4. <A
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HREF="intro.html#copyright"
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>Copyright and License</A
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>1.5. <A
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HREF="intro.html#disclaimer"
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>Disclaimer</A
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>2. <A
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HREF="general.html"
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>General Information</A
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><DT
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>3. <A
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HREF="kernel.html"
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>The Linux Kernel</A
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>4. <A
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HREF="disk-drives.html"
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>Disk Drives</A
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><DT
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>5. <A
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HREF="partitions.html"
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>Partitions And Filesystems</A
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><DT
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>6. <A
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HREF="system-libraries.html"
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>System Libraries</A
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><DT
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>7. <A
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HREF="linux-distributions.html"
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>Linux Distributions</A
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>8. <A
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>Booting the OS</A
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>9. <A
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>Application Software Management</A
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>10. <A
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>Directory And File Management</A
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>11. <A
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>Connecting To A Network</A
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>12. <A
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HREF="troubleshooting.html"
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>Troubleshooting</A
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>13. <A
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>Software Development</A
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>14. <A
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HREF="common-problems.html"
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>Solutions to Common Problems</A
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>15. <A
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HREF="tips.html"
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>Tips And Tricks</A
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>16. <A
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HREF="x-windows.html"
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>The X Window System</A
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>17. <A
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HREF="error-messages.html"
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>Frequently Encountered Error Messages</A
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>18. <A
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HREF="online-resources.html"
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>Online Resources</A
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>19. <A
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>How To Get Further Assistance</A
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>19.1. <A
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HREF="further-assistance.html#still-havent-answered"
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>If this Document Still Hasn't Answered Your Question....</A
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>19.2. <A
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HREF="further-assistance.html#what-in-request-help"
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>What to Put in a Request for Help</A
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>19.3. <A
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HREF="further-assistance.html#mail-someone-about-problem"
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>How To Email Someone about Your Problem</A
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>A. <A
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>GNU Free Documentation License</A
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>A.1. <A
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>0. PREAMBLE</A
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>1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A
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>A.3. <A
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>2. VERBATIM COPYING</A
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HREF="three-dot-copying-in-quantity.html"
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>3. COPYING IN QUANTITY</A
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>A.5. <A
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>4. MODIFICATIONS</A
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>A.6. <A
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>5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A
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>A.7. <A
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>6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A
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>A.8. <A
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>7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A
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>A.9. <A
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>8. TRANSLATION</A
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>9. TERMINATION</A
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>10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A
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>A.12. <A
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>Addendum</A
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