Re: concerning debian-reference and the necessity for the competitors

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 06:09:39PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > * debian-guide (package, not in CVS)
> "Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage" 
> > Unmaintained, is seems to overlap with debian-reference, does it have
> > anything to offer not in that document?
> 
> This was for potato and essentially alternative install-guide with some
> user reference.  Since John is active developer, I CC this message to
> John.

I'm not familiar with Debian-reference.  However, I can say that
debian-guide is not a reference work at all.  It also is not limited to
installation.  You can find it online all over the 'net; one place is

http://ceu.fi.udc.es/docs/debian-user-guide_1.0/

We talk about things like logging in, setting up accounts, working with the
shell, environment variables, man pages, processes, chmod/chown, etc.  It's
written in a more tutorial fashion, not an exhaustive reference.  The
section on X is very brief, and there is no discussion of apt.

This is now being developed collaboratively on some website whose location I
have forgotten.