Re: A new game
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Due to the fact that we receive a lot of similar requests, we were
forced to set up an automatic reply mechanism to reduce our workload
and to actually be able to answer real requests again. It would
simply cost us too much time to answer each mail manually - and this
would keep us from important tasks. This means that we won't reply to
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properly. We will, however, take a short glance at every mail and
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The Debian Project
The Debian Project is a worldwide association that produces the
Debian distribution, the free operating system (OS) for your
computer. Debian is kernel independent. It currently uses the
Linux kernel but work is in progress to provide Debian for other
kernels, including the Hurd and BSD. A detailed explanation is
found on <http://www.debian.org/>.
The new Release
The current stable release of Debian GNU/Linux is version 3.0. It
was released in July 2002. Since the beginning of 2002 development
has been proceeding on the next version of the entire distribution,
codenamed `sarge', which will be released as Debian 3.1.
Requests for freebies
The Debian Project is not a company nor does it produce any CD sets
or hardware. We only produce a software distribution. We also help
people distributing Debian GNU/Linux by providing properly created
CD images at <http://www.debian.org/CD/>.
As a result of this, we are unable to provide you with freebies for
shows or free CD boxes for reviewing. Please check out the vendors
page at <http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors> and ask a vendor near to
you. Chances are good that they can help. You're also invited to
fetch the CD images and write your own official CD set.
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the best and most free distribution Debian GNU/Linux:
<http://www.debian.org/logos/>
<http://www.debian.org/banners/>
<http://www.debian.org/misc/>
<http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~rgmerk/prespage.html>
<http://www.debian.org/events/material>
<http://www.infodrom.north.de/Debian/demo/>
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