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<H2><A NAME="s15">15. Administrivia</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss15.1">15.1 Copyright</A>
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<P>This document is copyright (c) 1999, 2000 Greg O'Keefe. You are welcome
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to use, copy, distribute or modify it, without charge, under the terms of the
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<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public Licence</A>.
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Please acknowledge me if you use all or part of this in another document.
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<H2><A NAME="ss15.2">15.2 Homepage</A>
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<P>The lastest version of this document lives at
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<A HREF="http://learning.taslug.org.au/power2bash">From Powerup To Bash Prompt</A>
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<H2><A NAME="ss15.3">15.3 Feedback</A>
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<P>I would like to hear any comments, criticisms and suggestions for improvement
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that you have. Please send them to me
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<A HREF="mailto:gcokeefe@postoffice.utas.edu.au">Greg O'Keefe</A><P>
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<H2><A NAME="acknowledge"></A> <A NAME="ss15.4">15.4 Acknowledgements</A>
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<P>Product names are trademarks of the respective holders, and are hereby
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considered properly acknowledged.
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<P>There are some people I want to say thanks to, for helping to make this happen.
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<DT><B>Everyone on the learning@TasLUG mailing list</B><DD><P>Thanks for reading all my mails and asking interesting questions.
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You can join this list by sending a message to
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<A HREF="mailto:majordomo@taslug.org.au">majordomo</A> with
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<PRE>
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subscribe learning
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in the message body.
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<DT><B>Michael Emery</B><DD><P>For reminding me about Unios.
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<DT><B>Tim Little</B><DD><P>For some good clues about <CODE>/etc/passwd</CODE>
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<DT><B>sPaKr on #linux in efnet</B><DD><P>Who sussed out that syslogd needs <CODE>/etc/services</CODE>,
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and introduced me to the phrase ``rolling your own'' to
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describe building a system from source code.
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<DT><B>Alex Aitkin</B><DD><P>For bringing Vico and his ``verum ipsum factum''
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(understanding arises through making) to my attention.
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<DT><B>Dennis Scott</B><DD><P>For correcting my hexidecimal arithmetic.
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<DT><B>jdd</B><DD><P>For pointing out some typos.
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<DT><B>David Leadbeater</B><DD><P>For contributing some ``ramblings'' about the kernel deamons.
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<H2><A NAME="ss15.5">15.5 Change History</A>
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<H3>0.6 -> 0.7</H3>
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<LI>more emphasis on explanation, less on how to build a system,
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building info gathered together in a separate section
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and the system built is trimmed down,
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direct readers to Gerard Beekmans' ``Linux From Scratch'' doc
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for serious building</LI>
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<LI>added some ramblings contributed by David Leadbeater</LI>
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<LI>fixed a couple of url's, added link to unios download at
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learning.taslug.org.au/resources</LI>
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<LI>tested and fixed url's</LI>
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<LI>generally rewrite, tidy up</LI>
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<H3>0.5 -> 0.6</H3>
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<LI>added change history</LI>
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<LI>added some todos</LI>
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<H2><A NAME="ss15.6">15.6 TODO</A>
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</H2>
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<LI>explain kernel modules, depmod, modprobe, insmod and all that
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(I'll have to find out first!)</LI>
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<LI>mention the /proc filesystem, potential for exercises here</LI>
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<LI>convert to docbook sgml</LI>
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<LI>add more exercises, perhaps a whole section on larger exercises,
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like creating a minimal system file by file from a distro
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install.</LI>
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