I would like to thank my wife, Claire, for making it possible for me to write this book. By this I don't just mean allowing me the time to work, but for supporting me every step of the way. Her love and support gave me the confidence to take on this project. And the edits she made to my writing helped to make this a much better book than it could have been without her.
Many thanks go to Andy Oram, my editor and co-worker. He graciously took on this project on short notice, provided me with quality feedback, and put up with the crazy schedule as the deadline approached.
Large portions of Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are based upon earlier material by Phil Lavigna; Chapter 9 is a condensed version of Sam Hiser's material that originally appeared in Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop (O'Reilly); and Chapter 10 was written by Breckin Loggins. My thanks to all three for their contributions. The excellent and timely feedback from my reviewers, Charles Stafford and Kevin Shockey, made this book more relevant and correct than it would have been otherwise. Any errors that remain are entirely my own.
Emily Quill was the production editor for this book and performed the copyedit. Without her work, this book would be an embarrassment to my high school English teacher. Thank you, Emily.
And, of course, my thanks to Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and everyone else who works on, supports, documents, and advocates free and open source software.
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