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Help requests related to X: Xorg, desktop environments (Gnome, KDE , LXDE, Xfce, etc), window managers, etc

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Help requests related to Linux networking: setup, configuration, internet connection sharing, iptables, etc

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Request help with Linux kernel compilation, theory, programming, or other kernel related issues

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Help requests for Wine - open source software that allows many Windows applications to run on Linux / Unix

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