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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Introduction</A>
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<P>This HOWTO tries to define how parts of the<B> </B>Linux Kernel work,
what are the main functions and data structures used, and how the
"wheel spins". You can find the latest version of this document at
<A HREF="http://www.bertolinux.com">http://www.bertolinux.com</A> If you have suggestions to help make this document better, please
submit your ideas to me at the following address:
<A HREF="mailto:berto@bertolinux.com">berto@bertolinux.com</A>Code used within
this document refers to the Linux Kernel version 2.4.x, which is
the last stable kernel version at time of writing this HOWTO.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Copyright</A>
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<P>Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Roberto Arcomano. This document
is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version. This document is distributed in the hope that
it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details. You can get
a copy of the GNU GPL
<A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">here</A><P>
<H2><A NAME="ss1.3">1.3 Translations</A>
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<P>If you want to translate this document you are free to do so.
However, you will need to do the following:
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<LI>Check that another version of the document doesn't already exist
at your local LDP</LI>
<LI>Maintain all 'Introduction' sections (including 'Introduction',
'Copyright', 'Translations' , 'Credits').
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<P>Warning! You don't have to translate TXT or HTML file, you have
to modify LYX file, so that it is possible to convert it all other
formats (TXT, HTML, RIFF, etc.): to do that you can use "LyX" application
you download from
<A HREF="http://www.lyx.org">http://www.lyx.org</A>.
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<P>No need to ask me to translate! You just have to let me know
(if you want) about your translation.
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<P>Thank you for your translation!
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.4">1.4 Credits</A>
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<P>Thanks to
<A HREF="http://www.tldp.org">Linux Documentation Project</A> for publishing and uploading my document quickly.
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<P>Thanks to Klaas de Waal for his suggestions.
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