Copyright

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Hawkins, Scott.

Linux desk reference / by Scott Hawkins.-- 2nd.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-13-061989-2

1. Linux. 2. Operating systems (Computers) I. Title.

QA76.76.O63 H386 2001

005.4'32--dc21

2001031504

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Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to my grandmothers, Emma Louise Hawkins and Viola Knoll