<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ - General information about the FAQ</title> </head> <body> <p><a name="ch-faqinfo"></a></p> <hr> <p> [ <a href="ch-nexttime.en.html">previous</a> ] [ <a href="index.en.html#contents">Contents</a> ] [ <a href="ch-basic_defs.en.html">1</a> ] [ <a href="ch-getting.en.html">2</a> ] [ <a href="ch-compat.en.html">3</a> ] [ <a href="ch-software.en.html">4</a> ] [ <a href="ch-ftparchives.en.html">5</a> ] [ <a href="ch-pkg_basics.en.html">6</a> ] [ <a href="ch-pkgtools.en.html">7</a> ] [ <a href="ch-uptodate.en.html">8</a> ] [ <a href="ch-kernel.en.html">9</a> ] [ <a href="ch-customizing.en.html">10</a> ] [ <a href="ch-support.en.html">11</a> ] [ <a href="ch-contributing.en.html">12</a> ] [ <a href="ch-redistrib.en.html">13</a> ] [ <a href="ch-nexttime.en.html">14</a> ] [ 15 ] [ <a href="index.en.html">next</a> ] </p> <hr> <h1> The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ <br>Chapter 15 - General information about the FAQ </h1> <hr> <h2><a name="s-authors"></a>15.1 Authors</h2> <p> The first edition of this FAQ was made and maintained by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) and Chuck Stickelman. Authors of the rewritten Debian GNU/Linux FAQ are Susan G. Kleinmann and Sven Rudolph. After them, the FAQ was maintained by Santiago Vila and, later, by Josip Rodin. The current maintainer is Javier Fernandez-Sanguino. </p> <p> Parts of the information came from: </p> <ul> <li> <p> The Debian-1.1 release announcement, by <code><a href="http://www.perens.com/">Bruce Perens</a></code>. </p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <p> The Linux FAQ, by <code><a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/">Ian Jackson</a></code>. </p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <p> <code><a href="http://lists.debian.org/">Debian Mailing Lists Archives</a></code>, </p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <p> the dpkg programmers' manual and the Debian Policy manual (see <a href="ch-support.en.html#s-debiandocs">What other documentation exists on and for a Debian system?, Section 11.1</a>) </p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <p> many developers, volunteers, and beta testers, and </p> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <p> the flaky memories of its authors. :-) </p> </li> </ul> <p> The authors would like to thank all those who helped make this document possible. </p> <p> All warranties are disclaimed. All trademarks are property of their respective trademark owners. </p> <hr> <h2><a name="s-feedback"></a>15.2 Feedback</h2> <p> Comments and additions to this document are always welcome. Please send e-mail to <code><a href="mailto:doc-debian@packages.debian.org">doc-debian@packages.debian.org</a></code>, or submit a wishlist bug report against the <code><code><a href="http://bugs.debian.org/doc-debian">doc-debian</a></code></code> package. </p> <hr> <h2><a name="s-latest"></a>15.3 Availability</h2> <p> The latest version of this document can be viewed on the Debian WWW pages at <code><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/">http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/</a></code>. </p> <p> It is also available for download in plain text, HTML, PostScript and PDF formats at <code><a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#faq">http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#faq</a></code>. Also, there are several translations there. </p> <p> The original SGML files used to create this document are also available in <code>doc-debian</code>'s source package, or in CVS at: <samp>:pserver:anonymous@cvs.debian.org:/cvs/debian-doc/ddp/manuals.sgml/faq</samp> </p> <hr> <h2><a name="s-docformat"></a>15.4 Document format</h2> <p> This document was written using the DebianDoc SGML DTD (rewritten from LinuxDoc SGML). DebianDoc SGML systems enables us to create files in a variety of formats from one source, e.g. this document can be viewed as HTML, plain text, TeX DVI, PostScript, PDF, or GNU info. </p> <p> Conversion utilities for DebianDoc SGML are available in Debian package <code>debiandoc-sgml</code>. </p> <hr> <p> [ <a href="ch-nexttime.en.html">previous</a> ] [ <a href="index.en.html#contents">Contents</a> ] [ <a href="ch-basic_defs.en.html">1</a> ] [ <a href="ch-getting.en.html">2</a> ] [ <a href="ch-compat.en.html">3</a> ] [ <a href="ch-software.en.html">4</a> ] [ <a href="ch-ftparchives.en.html">5</a> ] [ <a href="ch-pkg_basics.en.html">6</a> ] [ <a href="ch-pkgtools.en.html">7</a> ] [ <a href="ch-uptodate.en.html">8</a> ] [ <a href="ch-kernel.en.html">9</a> ] [ <a href="ch-customizing.en.html">10</a> ] [ <a href="ch-support.en.html">11</a> ] [ <a href="ch-contributing.en.html">12</a> ] [ <a href="ch-redistrib.en.html">13</a> ] [ <a href="ch-nexttime.en.html">14</a> ] [ 15 ] [ <a href="index.en.html">next</a> ] </p> <hr> <p> The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ </p> <address> version 3.1.5, 17 January 2007<br> <br> Authors are listed at <a href="ch-faqinfo.en.html#s-authors">Debian FAQ Authors</a><br> <br> </address> <hr> </body> </html>