Acknowledgments

Since I was hired by Red Hat, Inc. over three years ago, I have been exposed to the best Linux developers, testers, support professionals, and instructors in the world. I can't thank everyone individually, so instead I salute the culture of cooperation and excellence that serves to improve my own Linux skills every day. I don't speak well of Red Hat because I work there; I work there because Red Hat has earned its reputation as the leading force in Linux development.

That said, there are a few people at Red Hat I would like to acknowledge. Discussions with Victor Costea, Andrew Blum, and other Red Hat instructors have helped me adapt my ways of thinking about how people learn Linux. In my new role at Red Hat as a writer for the customer portal, my manager Sam Folk-Williams has allowed me to extend my skills into areas such as virtualization, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.

When we needed help to bring this book in on time, Christine Bresnahan was an excellent addition to the team. Christine wrote new material and updated content for the security chapters in this book, bringing her solid Linux teaching and writing skills to this project.

As for the people at Wiley, I particularly thank them for their patience. Mary James and Linda Harrison have gently guided me through a demanding schedule. Thanks to Richard Blum for his thorough technical editing…giving me an Ubuntu slant to this otherwise Red Hat–centric book. Thanks to Margot Maley Hutchison and Maureen Maloney from Waterside Productions for contracting the book for me with Wiley.

Finally, thanks to my wife, Sheree, for sharing her life with me and doing such a great job raising Seth and Caleb.

— Christoper Negus

Many thanks go to the fantastic team of people at John Wiley & Sons for their outstanding work on this project. Thanks to Mary James, the acquisitions editor, for offering me the opportunity to work on this book. Also thanks to Linda Harrison, the development editor, for keeping things on track and making this book more presentable. Thanks Linda for all your hard work and diligence. The technical editor, Rich Blum, did a wonderful job of double-checking all the work in the book, plus making suggestions to improve the content. Thanks to Nancy Rapoport, the copy editor, for her endless patience and diligence to make our work readable.

I would also like to thank Carole McClendon at Waterside Productions, Inc. for arranging this opportunity for me, and for helping me in my writing career. I would also like to thank my husband, Timothy, for his encouragement, patience, and willingness to listen, even when he has no idea what I'm talking about.

— Christine Bresnahan