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      A useful collection of Linux tutorials, guides, and reviews, all archived here for easy reference purposes

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    9. Wireless Internet

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    15. Security

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    16. Miscellaneous

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      Linux help requests that don't fit into any of the other technical areas go in this forum

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    17. Wine

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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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