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NAME="INTRO">1. Introduction</H1
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>This document describes a by-product of a project, in which a large
number of Linux based workstations were provided. Although a
kiosk-mode patch exists for KDE 1, this document assumes KDE 2 and the
patches apply to KDE version 2.1.1(2).
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> This document is copyrighted (c) 2001 Peter Kruse and Roland
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> No liability for the contents of this documents can be accepted.
Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk.
As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors
and inaccuracies, that may of course be damaging to your system.
Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely,
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> You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system
before major installation and backups at regular intervals.
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> This document and the patches are available at
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> <TT
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> for giving useful
tips, and proof-reading this HOWTO
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> for first-time testing
the instructions given here
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> Please send any comments, corrections or additions to one of the authors.
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