Debian update to the Linux Distribution HOWTO
In a fit of some sort of bizarre urge, I decided to update the Debian
entry in the "Linux Distribution HOWTO", which was getting long in the
tooth.
I hope none of the following changes are scandalous or unmerited. Let
me know if you want me to chop it down more, as well.
I include a patch to an ASCII representation of the entry, as well as
the ASCII representation.
Thanks.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
Debian GNU/Linux is the result of a volunteer effort to create a
high-quality non-commercial Linux distribution. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
is a complete and fully-functional Unix-compatible operating system
for the personal computer. It contains around 4000 packages, making
it by far the largest free software distribution.
Debian GNU/Linux is available for the IBM PC architecture
(386/486/Pentium), m68k, SPARC, Alpha, PowerPC, and ARM. Ports to
MIPS, HP PA-RISC, and Debian GNU/Hurd are underway.
Debian Linux is an easy-to-upgrade distribution that consists of
freely redistributable software from a number of different sources and
systems. Non-free packages may also obtained, making Debian a
well-rounded system.
The benefits of Debian Linux are its upgradability, well-defined
dependencies between packages, and its open development. It is the
only distribution of Linux that is being developed co-operatively by
many individuals through the Internet, in the same spirit as Linux and
other open-source operating systems. More than 500 package maintainers
are working on over 5000 packages and improving Debian GNU/Linux. A
sophisticated bug tracking system allows users to easily report bugs
and security concerns which are quickly dealt with by the Debian
community. A command-line tool, 'apt-get', can be used to dynamically
upgrade your system from the large Debian archive network.
Debian GNU/Linux is a very dynamic distribution, although does prefer
well-tested stability to having the very newest. Major releases
generally made about every year, although the Debian archives are
updated daily, and upgrading bits of the system is a common and
supported operation.
For more information about Debian Linux, please visit our World Wide
Web page at http://www.debian.org/. There is also a book, "Running
Debian GNU/Linux", from O'Reilly & Associates. If you're interested
in joining this project you are invited to subscribe to either
debian-user@lists.debian.org or debian-devel@lists.debian.org by
sending a mail to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org (or
debian-devel-request respectively) with the word "help" in the subject
line.
--- distro_howto.txt.orig Thu Jan 11 22:22:54 2001
+++ distro_howto.txt Thu Jan 11 22:45:09 2001
@@ -1,37 +1,39 @@
-Debian Linux is the result of a volunteer effort to create a
-high-quality non-commercial Linux distribution. Debian Linux 2.0 is a
-complete and fully-functional Unix-compatible operating system for the
-personal computer. The system uses ELF executables and libc6
-(unlikeprevious Debian versions, which used libc5). At present, Debian
-Linux is available for the IBM PC architecture (386/486/Pentium) and
-m68k, with versions for Sparc and Alpha promised for 2.1. ARM, PPC,
-and UltraSparc ports are underway.
+Debian GNU/Linux is the result of a volunteer effort to create a
+high-quality non-commercial Linux distribution. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
+is a complete and fully-functional Unix-compatible operating system
+for the personal computer. It contains around 4000 packages, making
+it by far the largest free software distribution.
-Debian Linux is an easy-to-upgrade distribution that mostly consists
-of freely redistributable software from a number of different sources
-and systems. Support for shadow passwords is available, although it
-should be considered experimental in the 1.1 release. Non-free
-packages may also obtained, making Debian a well-rounded system.
+Debian GNU/Linux is available for the IBM PC architecture
+(386/486/Pentium), m68k, SPARC, Alpha, PowerPC, and ARM. Ports to
+MIPS, HP PA-RISC, and Debian GNU/Hurd are underway.
+
+Debian Linux is an easy-to-upgrade distribution that consists of
+freely redistributable software from a number of different sources and
+systems. Non-free packages may also obtained, making Debian a
+well-rounded system.
The benefits of Debian Linux are its upgradability, well-defined
dependencies between packages, and its open development. It is the
only distribution of Linux that is being developed co-operatively by
many individuals through the Internet, in the same spirit as Linux and
-other open-source operating systems. More than 400 package maintainers
-are working on over 1500 packages and improving Debian Linux. A
+other open-source operating systems. More than 500 package maintainers
+are working on over 5000 packages and improving Debian GNU/Linux. A
sophisticated bug tracking system allows users to easily report bugs
and security concerns which are quickly dealt with by the Debian
-community. A new release of the package will soon occur on well-known
-ftp archives.
+community. A command-line tool, 'apt-get', can be used to dynamically
+upgrade your system from the large Debian archive network.
-Debian Linux is a very dynamic distribution. Snap-shot releases are
-made about every three months, the ftp archives are updated daily.
+Debian GNU/Linux is a very dynamic distribution, although does prefer
+well-tested stability to having the very newest. Major releases
+generally made about every year, although the Debian archives are
+updated daily, and upgrading bits of the system is a common and
+supported operation.
-For more information about Debian Linux, please refer to the files at
-ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/ or visit our World Wide Web page at
-http://www.debian.org/. There is also a book, "Running Debian
-GNU/Linux", from O'Reilly & Associates. If you're interested in
-joining this project you are invited to subscribe to either
+For more information about Debian Linux, please visit our World Wide
+Web page at http://www.debian.org/. There is also a book, "Running
+Debian GNU/Linux", from O'Reilly & Associates. If you're interested
+in joining this project you are invited to subscribe to either
debian-user@lists.debian.org or debian-devel@lists.debian.org by
sending a mail to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org (or
debian-devel-request respectively) with the word "help" in the subject
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