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. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<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 [email protected] or [email protected] by sending a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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 [email protected] or [email protected] by sending a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or debian-devel-request respectively) with the word "help" in the subject
