Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Mark Shuttleworth, Jane Silber, and Billy Cina for all their efforts to get this book out into the world for both new and veteran Ubuntu users. Thanks also to Victor Ferns, director of Canonical, Ltd., for his attention to the project. Many people at Canonical, including Iain Farrell, Kat Kinnie, Julian Hubbard, Ivanka Majic, Cezzaine Haigh, James Troup, and Marcus Haslam, provided immeasurable assistance in the production of this book.

We reached into the Ubuntu community for a top group of reviewers, each of whom greatly contributed to the strength of the manuscript, including Ashley Rose, Allen Dye, Isabelle Duchatelle, Jim Kielman, and Joe Barker. Our thanks extend back to this group of reviewers and information sources for help with the previous editions: Alan Pope, Jorge O. Castro, Jonathan Riddell, Oliver Grawet, Dennis Kaarsemaker, Matthew East, Quim Gil, Dinko Korunic, Abhay Kumar, Jaldhar Vyas, Richard Weideman, and Scott Ritchie.

And finally, we appreciate the efforts of the Prentice Hall team, including Debra Williams Cauley, Kim Arney, Linda Begley, Richard Evans, Kim Boedigheimer, Mark Taub, John Fuller, and Elizabeth Ryan.