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years”), the past 18 years of which have been spent using, programming, and admiring the Unix operating system Jon works for Compaq Computer Corporation, where he is helping to shape Compaq’s strategy with respect to Linux Previously, Jon was the department head of computer science at Hartford State Technical College, where his students lovingly (he hopes) gave him the nickname “maddog” as he tried to teach them operating system design, compiler theory, and how to live an honorable life While working for Digital Equipment Corporation in May of 1994, “maddog” met Linus Torvalds, and was intelligent enough (his critics say “maddog” was just lucky) to recognize the potential of the Linux operating system Linux changed his life, mostly by providing him with 22-hour workdays Since “maddog” has started working with Linux, however, he has also started meeting more girls (in particular, his two godchildren) You can usually find Jon speaking at various Linux conferences and events (“maddog” just barks), and he has also been known to travel long distances to speak to local Linux user groups Paul G Sery is a systems administrator employed by Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico He is a member of the Computer Support Unit, Special Projects, which specializes in managing and troubleshooting Unix and Linux systems When he’s not beating his head against stubborn computers, Paul and his wife, Lidia, enjoy riding their tandem bicycle through the Rio Grande valley They also enjoy traveling throughout Mexico Paul is the author of Linux Network Toolkit and the coauthor of several other books He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico Dedication Jon ‘maddog’ Hall: To Mom & Pop™, whose aversion to things electronic is well known, and who can still call their son Jon rather than maddog Paul G Sery: To my wife, Lidia Maura Vazquez de Sery Authors’ Acknowledgments I want to thank my wife, Lidia, for her patience, support, and good advice, all of which have made writing this book possible Without her, I would still be the pocket-protector-wearing, busted-eyeglasses-fixed-with-tape-looking, “Star Trek”-costume-watching, wrinkled-shirt-suffering, spaghetti-in-the-potover-the-sink-eating, Saturday-night-hacking sorry sorta guy Well, I was never into “Star Trek,” and I am pecking at this keyboard on Saturday night, but my beautiful wife sure has made me a better man I want to thank the staff at Wiley Publishing, who make this book possible and provide outstanding support Terri Varveris and Rebecca Whitney provided constant and essential assistance And, I also want to thank Anne Hamilton and Laura Lewin, who gave me the chance to write in general and this book in particular Both showed great confidence in and patience with me I am very grateful and wish them success in their ventures I want to acknowledge a total lack of assistance in writing this book from my dog, the infamous Oso Maloso: eater of many things 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(GNOME), 116 Thunderbird Email, 134 tilde (~) cd command operator, 331 time clock, adding to GNOME Panel, 122 clock utility, 179 file time stamp, updating manually, 333 setting, 40, 44, 316 xclock utility, 131, 243 zone, 40, 148, 316 Tools➪Internet Configuration Wizard, 66 Tools menu (OpenOffice), 171 Tools➪Spell Check➪AutoSpellCheck (OpenOffice), 171 Tools➪Spell Check➪Check (OpenOffice), 171 Torvalds, Linus (Linux founder), 12, 164 touch command, 333 TransGaming WineX software, 186 transparency, 12 Trash icon (GNOME), 115, 129 Tripwire software, 256 trust, intermachine, 242 tty device, 67, 69 tucows Web site, 180 Tux (Linux penguin), 13 Tux Racer game, 133 •U• Uniform Resource Locator (URL), 289 Universal DSL, 81 Universal Serial Bus See USB UnOfficial SELinux FAQ Web site, 261 Updating System dialog box, 220 Upgrading & Fixing PCs For Dummies, 6th Edition (Rathbone), 64 upgrading Fedora Core, 31 URL (Uniform Resource Locator), 289 USB (Universal Serial Bus) CD-ROM, 320 drive, adding, 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