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>The Linux FAQ</TH
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>1. Introduction</H1
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>1.1. About the FAQ</H2
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>This document contains a collection of the answers to the most common questions
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people ask about Linux.
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>It is available as WikiText source, DocBook XML, an ASCII text file, an HTML World Wide
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Web page, Postscript, PDF, Plucker, and as a USENET news posting.
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Most of these programs are found in most Linux distributions.
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>The Usenet version is posted regularly to
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and <A
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><I
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>news:comp.os.linux.misc</I
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>. It is archived at
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TARGET="_top"
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>ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/os/linux/misc</I
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>The latest versions are available from the
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>Linux Documentation Project</I
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>1.2. Asking Questions and Sending Comments</H2
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>If you have any comments, or if you have a question about Linux that was not
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answered here, feel free to send it to the maintainer:
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david -AT- lupercalia.net.
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<EM
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>Place the letters FAQ in the subject of your message.</EM
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>I won't guarantee to answer all questions, but I'll answer as many as I can.
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Questions that I receive repeatedly will be added to the FAQ.
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If you wish to refer to a question in the FAQ, please
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include the title of the question in your email.
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</P
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><P
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>If you have an addition to the FAQ, by all means send it.
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Contributions may be in any format, but I prefer comments in English to patch files.
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Context diff is not my first language.
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</P
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>1.3. Authorship and Acknowledgments</H2
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>This FAQ is currently compiled and maintained by David Merrill,
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with assistance and comments from Linux users
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all over the world.
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Over the years it has passed through several hands, and I'd like to
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recognize all the folks who have worked on it.
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</P
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>In addition to those of us who have been official maintainers,
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the FAQ is full of individual contributions.
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The name of the contributor is listed along with the contribution.
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</P
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>The FAQ was maintained by Robert Kiesling until January, 2002
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</P
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>Freddy Contreras, <A
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><I
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>the_blur_oc@hotmail.com</I
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>,
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designed and GPL'd the Linux Frequently Asked Questions logos.
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</P
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>Special thanks are due to Matt Welsh, who moderated
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> and
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<A
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HREF="news:comp.os.linux.answers"
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>news:comp.os.linux.answers</I
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>, coordinated the
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HOWTO's and wrote substantial portions of many of them, Greg Hankins
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the former Linux Documentation Project HOWTO maintainer, Lars
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Wirzenius and Mikko Rauhala, the former and current moderators of
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>news:comp.os.linux.announce</I
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>,
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Marc-Michel Corsini, who wrote the original
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Linux FAQ, and Ian Jackson, the previous FAQ maintainer.
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Thanks also to Roman Maurer for his many updates and additions,
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especially with European Web sites, translations, and general miscellany.
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</P
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><P
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>Other contributors include:
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</P
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><LI
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>Doug Jensen <A
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>djen@ispwest.com</I
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>
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</P
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><P
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>Last but not least, thanks to Linus Torvalds and the other
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contributors to Linux for giving us something to talk about!
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</P
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>1.4. Copyright and License</H2
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>Copyright (c) 2001 Robert Kiesling.
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Copyright (c) 2002, 2003 David Merrill.
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</P
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>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
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Back-Cover Texts.
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A copy of the license is provided in the appendix, <A
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HREF="fdl.html"
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><I
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>GNU Free Documentation License</I
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</P
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>The maintainer would be happy to answer any questions regarding the copyright.
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</P
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><P
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>Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.
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Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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Other trademarks belong to their holders.
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</P
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>1.5. Disclaimer</H2
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>While every attempt has been made to provide accurate and helpful
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information, I make no promises or guarantees of any kind.
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Use this information at your own risk.
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