About the Authors

SHASHANK SHARMA has contributed articles extensively to Linux.com and NewsForge. He conducts classes on various aspects of Linux at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.

Using Linux since 1997, Shashank has helped several newbies with his 1000-plus posts at the popular LinuxQuestions.org forum board. Interested in the workings of free/open source software licenses, he actively participates in the discussions on the Creative Commons mailing list. His blog on licensing (www.linuxlala.net/) is regularly linked to by major web sites such as IPcentral and LXer.

KEIR THOMAS is an award-winning author who has written several best-selling beginning-level Linux titles for Apress. A former computer magazine editor, he has been writing about computers, operating systems, and software for a decade. He has also edited many computing titles.