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>8. Further Information</A
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> <I
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>A HOWTO cannot describe everything, some times the user
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has to venture out on th enet to get more information or just
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updates. Here is the place to tell where and how. Again examples
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from the Multi Disk HOWTO, replace as needed.</I
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> There is wealth
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of information one should go through when setting up a major system,
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for instance for a news or general Internet service provider. The
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FAQs in the following groups are useful:
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><A
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NAME="NEWSGROUPS"
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>8.1. News groups</A
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>Some of the most interesting news groups are:
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> <A
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HREF="news:comp.arch.storage"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Storage</A
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> <A
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HREF="news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage"
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>PC storage</A
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</P
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><LI
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> <A
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HREF="news:alt.filesystems.afs"
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>AFS</A
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>.
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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> <A
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HREF="news:comp.periphs.scsi"
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TARGET="_top"
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>SCSI</A
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>.
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</P
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> <A
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HREF="news:comp.os.linux.setup"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Linux setup</A
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> Most newsgroups have their own FAQ that are designed to answer most
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of your questions, as the name Frequently Asked Questions indicate.
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Fresh versions should be posted regularly to the relevant newsgroups.
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If you cannot find it in your news spool you could go directly to the
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>FAQ main archive FTP site</A
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The WWW versions can be browsed at the
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<A
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>FAQ
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main archive WWW site</A
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>.
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><P
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> Some FAQs have their own home site, of particular interest:
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><LI
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> <A
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>SCSI FAQ</A
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>
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and
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><LI
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> <A
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HREF="http://alumni.caltech.edu/~rdv/comp_arch_storage/FAQ-1.html"
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>comp.arch.storage FAQ</A
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> These are low-noise channels mainly for developers. Think twice
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before asking questions there as noise delays the development.
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Some relevant lists are <TT
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CLASS="EMAIL"
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><<A
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>linux-raid</A
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>,
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<TT
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CLASS="EMAIL"
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><<A
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>linux-scsi</A
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> and <TT
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><<A
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>linux-ext2fs</A
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>. Many
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of the most useful mailing lists run on the <TT
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>vger.rutgers.edu</TT
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> server but this is
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notoriously overloaded, so try to find a mirror. There are some
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lists mirrored at <A
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>The Redhat
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Home Page</A
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>. Many lists are also accessible at <A
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>linuxhq</A
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>, and the
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rest of the web site contains useful information as well.
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> If you want to find out more about the lists available you can send
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a message with the line <B
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>lists</B
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> to the list server
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at <TT
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>majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu</A
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>.
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If you need help on how to use the mail server just send the line
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<B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>help</B
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> to the same address. Due to the
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popularity of this server it is likely it takes a bit to time before
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you get a reply or even get messages after you send a
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<B
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CLASS="COMMAND"
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>subscribe</B
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> command.
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</P
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><P
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> There is also a number of other majordomo list servers that can
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be of interest such as the EATA driver list
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(<TT
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><<A
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>)
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and the Intelligent IO list <TT
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</P
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><P
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> Mailing lists are in a state of flux but you can find links to a
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number of interesting lists from the
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<A
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HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/"
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>Linux Documentation
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Homepage</A
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>8.3. HOWTO</A
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> These are intended as the primary starting points to get the
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background information as well as show you how to solve a
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specific problem. Some relevant HOWTOs are
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<TT
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>Bootdisk</TT
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<TT
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>Installation</TT
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<TT
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>SCSI</TT
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<TT
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>UMSDOS</TT
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>LDP archive</A
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>at
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Metalab (formerly known as Sunsite).
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><P
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> There is a a new HOWTO out that deals with setting up a DPT RAID
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system, check out the
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<A
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HREF="http://www.ram.org/computing/linux/dpt_raid.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>DPT RAID
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HOWTO homepage</A
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> In most distributions of Linux there is a document directory
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installed, have a look in the <TT
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directory. where most packages store their main documentation and
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README files etc. Also you will here find the HOWTO archive
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(<TT
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>/usr/doc/HOWTO</TT
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>) of ready formatted HOWTOs
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and also the mini-HOWTO archive
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(<TT
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>/usr/doc/HOWTO/mini</TT
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>) of plain text
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documents.
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> Many of the configuration files mentioned earlier can be found in
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the <TT
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>/etc</TT
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> directory. In particular you will
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want to work with the <TT
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>/etc/fstab</TT
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> file that
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sets up the mounting of partitions and possibly also
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<TT
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>/etc/raidtab</TT
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> file that is used for the
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<TT
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> system to set up RAID.
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> The kernel source in <TT
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course, the ultimate documentation. In other words, <SPAN
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>"use
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the source, Luke"</SPAN
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>. It should also be pointed out that the
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kernel comes not only with source code which is even commented
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(well, partially at least) but also an informative
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>/usr/src/linux/Documentation</TT
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about to ask any questions about the kernel you should read this
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first, it will save you and many others a lot of time and
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possibly embarrassment.
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> Also have a look in your system log file
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(<TT
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>/var/log/messages</TT
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>) to see what is going on
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and in particular how the booting went if too much scrolled off
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your screen. Using <B
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>tail -f /var/log/messages</B
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in a separate window or screen will give you a continuous update
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of what is going on in your system.
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> You can also take advantage of the <TT
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file system that is a window into the inner workings of your
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system. Use <B
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>cat</B
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> rather than
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<B
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> to view the files as they are reported as
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> There are a huge number of informative web sites available. By
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their very nature they change quickly so do not be surprised
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if these links become quickly outdated.
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> A good starting point is of course the
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<A
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> home page, an information central for
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documentation, project pages and much more.
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