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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jang, Michael
 Linux Patch Management : keeping Linux systems up to date / Michael Jang.
    p. cm.
 Includes index.
 ISBN 0-13-236675-4
 1. Linux. 2. Operating systems (Computers) 3. Computer security. 4. Software maintenance. I. Title.
 QA76.76.O63J368 2006
 005.4'32dc22
                                  2005028070

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Dedication

My dear Nancy, I miss you. I wish you were still here on this earth with us. This world is less without you. I do my best to carry your spirit with me. I will always love you.

My dear Donna, thank you for finding me. Thank you for marrying me. I love you with all my heart. I will love you forever. "Where you lead, I will follow." I thank your dearly departed Randy and my dearly departed Nancy for helping us find each other.

To the young widowed of the world, we will always grieve for our dearly departed mates. However, we can find happiness again.