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Welcome to the exciting world of
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Debian GNU/Linux!
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Intro
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=====
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This is one of the CD-ROMs of the
<a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian GNU/Linux</a>
distribution. Debian is a
very extensive collection of software. But it is more. It is a complete
Operating System (OS) for your computer. And it is
<A href="http://www.debian.org/intro/free">free</A>
(as in &quot;freedom&quot;).
<P>
An operating system is the set of basic programs
and utilities that make your computer run. At the core of an operating
system is the kernel. The kernel is the most fundamental program on the
computer, which does all the basic housekeeping and lets you start other
programs.
Debian is kernel independent. It currently uses the
<A href="http://www.linux.org/">Linux</A> kernel but work is
in progress to provide Debian for other kernels, using
<A href="http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html">the Hurd</A>.
Most of the basic operating system tools
come from the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/">GNU project</A>; hence the name
GNU/Linux.
<P>

Debian is available for various kinds of computers
(&quot;architectures&quot;), like
&quot;IBM-compatible&quot; PCs (<i>i386</i>),
Compaq's <i>Alpha</i>,
Motorola's 680x0 (<i>m68k</i>),
Sun's <i>Sparc</i>,
Motorola/IBM's <i>PowerPC</i>, and <i>(Strong)ARM</i> processors.
Check the <A href="http://www.debian.org/ports">ports</A> page
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About This CD
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This CD-ROM is labeled
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The programs on the Binary CDs are ordered by popularity. The Binary-1 CD
contains the most popular programs and the installation tools; it is possible
to install and run Debian with only the Binary-1 CD. The other CDs, up to
Binary-TOTALNUM, contain mostly special-interest programs.
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the source code of programs in the Debian OS.
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The source packages on the Source CDs are ordered by popularity, like
the programs on the Binary CDs. This means that the source code of the
programs on the Binary-DISKNUM CD can most likely be found on this CD
(though there may be some variation due to size issues).
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Installing
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 Because Debian is a complete Operating System, the installation procedure
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 <i>next to</i> your current OS, or as <i>only</i> OS on your computer.

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 <A href="install/doc/install.en.html">/install/doc/install.en.html</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </tt>
					(English version).
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 <A href="install/doc/">/install/doc</a></tt>
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 directory, along with various other documents.
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  For the impatient ones:
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  from there. 
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  If you are already running an older version of the Debian GNU/Linux
  Operating System, you may want to upgrade to version 2.2.
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  this CD in the
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Last-Minute Notes
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=================
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<LI>
It is possible to run a Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 system with a new Linux kernel 
version 2.4.x. For that, you may need to upgrade one or more software
packages to a newer version than available on this CD. Read
<a href="http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html">http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html</a>
for more information.
<BR>
Note that Debian does not officially recommend running a Linux kernel 2.4.x
at this moment.
<BR>&nbsp;
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<LI>
The K Desktop Environment (KDE) version 2 was not finished when Debian 2.2
was released, and is therefore not included. However, KDE2 packages
for Debian 2.2 are available for download at
<a href="http://kde.debian.net/">http://kde.debian.net</a>&nbsp;.
<BR>&nbsp;
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<LI>
At this moment, there are no Debian 2.2 packages available of the recently
released version 4.0 of XFree86 (the open-source implementation of the X Window
System). If you really need to run XFree86&nbsp;4, you have to (partially)
upgrade your system to the &quot;testing&quot; or &quot;unstable&quot;
distribution.
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to correct the <tt>seteuid</tt> problem with the fix from 2.2.16.
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More last-minutes notes for this CD may be available on
<a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/lastmin.html">http://cdimage.debian.org/lastmin.html</a>
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 After installing or upgrading, Debian's packaging system can use CD-ROMs,
 local collections, or networked servers (FTP, HTTP) to automatically
 install software from (<tt>.deb</tt> <i>packages</i>). This is done
 preferably with the `apt' and `dselect' programs. If you do not already
 know how to setup these, here is a brief explanation.
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 Once this is done, you can install packages from the commandline using
 <tt>apt-get</tt>. For example, if you want to install the packages
 `commprog' and `maxgame', you can give the command
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 `<tt>.deb</tt>' extension. `Apt' will figure this out itself. 

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 `<tt>Dselect</tt>' is also able to use `apt' to fetch the packages. To set
 up `<tt>dselect</tt>', choose [A]ccess in the main menu, and then select
 `apt'. The <tt>sources.list</tt> file should be okay already, so don't let
 the program make a new one. Then, after an [U]pdate, the configuration is
 ready. You can just keep using [S]elect and [I]nstall to install packages. 
 <P>
 See <tt>dselect</tt>'s online help screens for more information (use the
 `<tt>?</tt>' key).

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The package sections `non-free' and `non-US' contain packages that either
have a restrictive license, or can't be exported from the US (like `pgp'
or `ssh'). It may well be that this CD does not contain (all of) these
packages. You can get them from our FTP/HTTP mirror sites.

<P>
`Non-free' packages are on our "regular" mirrors, listed in
<a href="README.mirrors.html">README.mirrors.html</a> on this CD, or on
<a href="http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist">http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist</a> ("Full list of mirrors").

<P>
`Non-US' packages are on special mirrors outside the US, listed in
<a href="README.non-US">README.non-US</a> on this CD, or on
<a href="http://www.debian.org/misc/README.non-US">http://www.debian.org/misc/README.non-US</a>.

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CD Manufacturers
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You are completely free to manufacture and (re-)distribute CD-ROMs of the
Debian GNU/Linux Operating System, like this one. There is no charge from
us (but of course donations are always welcome). 

<P>

For all needed information, and contact addresses, please refer to
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<tt>&nbsp;
  <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/">http://cdimage.debian.org</a>
</tt>
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More Information
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There is much more information present on this CD. Besides the already
mentioned installation and upgrading procedures, this is the most
interesting:  <P>

<UL>
<LI>

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<A href="doc/FAQ/">Debian FAQ</a>

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The Binary-1 CD contains much more information about various aspects
of the Debian Operating System and the Debian organization.
 See the README on that CD for more info.

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<P>
Also on the Internet are many resources. To name a few:
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<LI>

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</LI>
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http://www.linuxdoc.org
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<A href="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">The Linux Documentation Project</a>

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<LI>

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<A href="http://www.linux.org/">General Linux homepage</a>

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<SMALL>See the Debian
<A href="http://www.debian.org/contact">contact page</A>

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(http://www.debian.org/contact)
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for information on contacting us.
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Last Modified: Wed Apr 18 19:09:34 CEST 2001

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