Residing in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Daniel Robbins is the Chief Architect Gentoo Linux (http://www.gentoo.org*,) an advanced ports-based Linux for ia32, PowerPC, Sparc and Sparc64 systems.  He currently writes articles, tutorials and tips for the IBM developerWorks Linux Zone and has also served as a contributing author for several books, including Samba Unleashed and SuSE Linux Unleashed. Daniel enjoys spending time with his wife, Mary, and his daughter, Hadassah. You can contact Daniel at drobbins@gentoo.org

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