Acknowledgments

This book could not have been completed without the extreme patience and helpfulness of Jamie Cameron, the author of Webmin. Not only did he go to the trouble to create Webmin to start with, but he managed to fix every bug this author could find and explain every detail I could not figure out on my own during the course of writing the book. He also maintains a breakneck pace of development, which has only accelerated in the time that I've been using Webmin. The Webmin community could not hope for a more benevolent or productive leader.

Thanks also are due to the regulars on the Webmin users' and Webmin developers' mailing lists. Many patient individuals helped me learn the ropes of Webmin long ago. The fine users of Webmin have continued to provide support and assistance to me throughout the writing of this book by spotting the problems and complaining loudly. It is surely a better book because of the criticisms of every person who sent emails detailing my failings. It could be said that this book has been continuously edited by the Webmin community from the day of its first publication on the web. Of particular note for sharing their in-depth knowledge of Webmin, Perl, and Linux systems in general, are Ryan W. Maple and Tim Niemuller.

Much thanks are also due to members of the docbook-apps mailing list, where all of my SGML and DocBook questions were answered. The book would not be as nice to look at or read without the guidance of the kind individuals there. In particular, Norman Walsh deserves praise for his modular DocBook stylesheets and the prompt attention to my questions regarding them, and Sebastian Rahtz is due thanks for his JadeTeX and PDFJadeTeX macro package, as well as the great work he does in helping to compile the TeXLive CD, all of which were instrumental in producing the HTML, PostScript, and PDF variants of the book. There seems to be a small revolution in the world of open tools for publishing, and the folks involved in making all of these technologies possible are due my highest praise and appreciation. I couldn't have prepared a book for publication without their hard work on PDFJadeTeX, Jade and OpenJade, teTeX, and probably others that I don't even realize are involved in the process. My next book will be in XML DocBook, so I'm hopeful they will still be around to help me through the process.

Finally, the screenshots within this text have been made using the Swell Technology Webmin theme. The icons in this theme were created primarily by me, but with early assistance and guidance by Youngjin Hahn (aka Artwiz), a very talented young artist who is perhaps best known for his excellent icon and themes work at Themes.org [http://www.themes.org]. Other design elements, including the theme colors and titles, were created with the assistance from Charity Baessell, the webmistress and graphic designer at Swell Technology and of the PenguinFeet project. Thanks also go to Jamie for making Webmin themeable to start with. Not to say the original theme was ugly or anything . . . well, I'm just happy Webmin is themeable.

Note 

The latest version of the Swell Technology Webmin theme can be downloaded from the Open Source Projects page [http://www.swelltech.com/projects] at swelltech.com.



The Book of Webmin... or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love UNIX
The Book of Webmin: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love UNIX
ISBN: 1886411921
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 142
Authors: Joe Cooper

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