Acknowledgments

Thank you to ace O'Reilly editor Michael Loukides, whose good taste, eagle editorial eye, patient endurance, and implacable insistence made this a much better book.

Thank you to ace technical reviewer Jenn Vesperman, and her attention to detail. Silly computers are completely literal, and must be fed precise input—thanks Jenn!

Many thanks to Akkana Peck, Jenn Vesperman, Paul Heinlein, and Peter Samuelson, whose contributions appear in this book. Heartfelt thanks to the gang at Linuxchix, including Jenn Vesperman (benevolent dictator of Linuxchix), Dancer Vesperman, Danamania (the camera does not lie), Colby, Evilpig, Almut Behrens, Andrew (Mandrake Guru), Hamster, Piglet, Val Henson (uppity rabble rouser), H. Peter Anvin (kernel guru and rabbit rouser), Rik Rose, Devdas Bhagat, David North (for comic relief), Telsa Gwynne, Maria Blackmore, Meredydd Luff, Kai MacTane, and Erinn Clark (for more uppity rabble-rousing). Linuxchix rawks!

I'm sure I missed some folks who patiently endured my endless pestering. Tell me who you are, and I'll fix it in the second edition.