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NAME="INTRO">1. Introduction</H1
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>This document describes a by-product of a project, in which a large
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number of Linux based workstations were provided. Although a
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kiosk-mode patch exists for KDE 1, this document assumes KDE 2 and the
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patches apply to KDE version 2.1.1(2).
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NAME="COPYRIGHT">1.1. Copyright Information</H2
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> This document is copyrighted (c) 2001 Peter Kruse and Roland
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Fehrenbacher and is distributed under the terms of the Linux
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Documentation Project (LDP) license, stated below.
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> Unless otherwise stated, Linux HOWTO documents are
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copyrighted by their respective authors. Linux HOWTO documents may
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physical or electronic, as long as this copyright notice is
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retained on all copies. Commercial redistribution is allowed and
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encouraged; however, the authors would like to be notified of any
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such distributions.
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> All translations, derivative works, or aggregate works
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incorporating any Linux HOWTO documents must be covered under this
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copyright notice. That is, you may not produce a derivative work
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from a HOWTO and impose additional restrictions on its
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distribution. Exceptions to these rules may be granted under
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certain conditions; please contact the Linux HOWTO coordinator at
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the address given below.
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> In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this
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information through as many channels as possible. However, we do
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wish to retain copyright on the HOWTO documents, and would like to
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be notified of any plans to redistribute the HOWTOs.
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> If you have any questions, please contact
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HREF="mailto:linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu"
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>linux-howto@metalab.unc.edu</A
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NAME="DISCLAIMER">1.2. Disclaimer</H2
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> No liability for the contents of this documents can be accepted.
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Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk.
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As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors
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and inaccuracies, that may of course be damaging to your system.
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Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely,
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the authors do not take any responsibility for that.
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> All copyrights are held by their by their respective owners, unless
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specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document
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should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark
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or service mark.
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</P
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> Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen
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as endorsements.
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</P
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> You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system
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before major installation and backups at regular intervals.
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</P
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NAME="NEWVERSIONS">1.3. New Versions</H2
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> This document and the patches are available at
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<A
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HREF="http://www.brigadoon.de/peter/kde"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.brigadoon.de/peter/kde</A
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>.
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NAME="CREDITS">1.4. Credits</H2
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> <TT
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CLASS="EMAIL"
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><<A
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HREF="mailto:Werner.Westerkamp (at) lbbw.de"
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>Werner.Westerkamp (at) lbbw.de</A
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> for giving useful
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tips, and proof-reading this HOWTO
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> <TT
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CLASS="EMAIL"
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HREF="mailto:remalone (at) sympatico.ca"
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>remalone (at) sympatico.ca</A
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> for first-time testing
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the instructions given here
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NAME="FEEDBACK">1.5. Feedback</H2
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> Please send any comments, corrections or additions to one of the authors.
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