About the Author

Andrew Mallett has worked in the IT field for more years than he cares to mention, well, since 1986, and with Linux technologies in Red Hat Linux 7 since 1999. Not only does he have Linux skills and certification, he consults and teaches Linux and other technologies and has had a book published with Packt Publishing on Citrix. He has also been an active participant in support communities, and works as a volunteer sysop on the SUSE Linux instructor to help, support, and develop the official Novell SUSE curriculum worldwide.

Andrew currently works for his own company and can be contacted at http://theurbanpenguin.com and @theurbanpenguin on Twitter. Video courses on Linux that he has published can be found at http://www.pluralsight.com.

I would like to thank Say Mistage (available on Twitter at @sayomgwtf) for keeping me sane with all of her doodles and inspiration during the writing of this book. Let me say that there are a few people in this world who suffer that never should. These people are often the most inspirational and happy people you find. Say is one of those people who suffers a lot in life but never lets it show.