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Slackware Linux Essentials

Slackware Linux Essentials

Second Edition

Slackware Linux Essentials, Second Edition
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Lead Author, Second Edition: Alan Hicks. Editors, Second Edition: Murray Stokely and FuKang Chen. Authors, First Edition: Chris Lumens, David Cantrell, and Logan Johnson. Print History:
June, 2000 May, 2005 First Edition Second Edition

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