Copyright

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The official Ubuntu book / Benjamin Mako Hill ... [et al.].
       p.cm.
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    ISBN 0-13-243594-2 (pbk.:alk.paper)    1. Ubuntu (Electronic resource)
  2.  Operating systems (Computers) I.  Hill, Benjamin Mako,1980
  QA76.76.O63O34348 2006
  005.4'3dc22
                                                              2006016172

Copyright © 2007 Canonical, Ltd.

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First printing, August 2006

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the Ubuntu Community. Without your tireless hard work and commitment none of this would be possible.