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The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
<br>Chapter 15 - General information about the FAQ
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<h2><a name="s-authors"></a>15.1 Authors</h2>
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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.
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Parts of the information came from:
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The Debian-1.1 release announcement, by <code><a
href="http://www.perens.com/">Bruce Perens</a></code>.
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The Linux FAQ, by <code><a
href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/">Ian Jackson</a></code>.
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<code><a href="http://lists.debian.org/">Debian Mailing Lists
Archives</a></code>,
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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>)
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many developers, volunteers, and beta testers, and
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the flaky memories of its authors. :-)
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The authors would like to thank all those who helped make this document
possible.
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All warranties are disclaimed. All trademarks are property of their respective
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<h2><a name="s-feedback"></a>15.2 Feedback</h2>
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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.
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<h2><a name="s-latest"></a>15.3 Availability</h2>
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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>.
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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.
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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>
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<h2><a name="s-docformat"></a>15.4 Document format</h2>
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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.
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Conversion utilities for DebianDoc SGML are available in Debian package
<code>debiandoc-sgml</code>.
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