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Debian Related Stuff

Personally Created

My personal "Debian Doc /Documentation/Installation/Configuration/".
How to set up a Debian mirror.
How to recompile a Debian package, using "pine" as an example.
How to create a Debian package repository.

External Links

Debian Sarge is released! - Check out these release notes, which also hold the important "How to upgrade" information.
Debian Java in Sarge.
Wikipedia on Debian - what is Debian?
LWN: Debian on AMD64.
The Debian GNU/Linux AMD64 HOW-TO.
Wiki-FAQ on Debian-AMD64.
Wiki on Debian-AMD64.
debian-administration.org.
Debian Advantages HOWTO.
Great resource for info on Installing, updating and administrating Debian.
debianforum.de.
debianhelp.org.
Another great (german) Debian-FAQ.
The Debian Maintenance Howto ... great too.
The Debian Euro Howto.
The (german) Debian GNU/Linux Anwenderhandbuch.
The (quick) Debian Reference.
Securing Debian Manual.
Debian packages marked "security".
volatile.debian.net - "fast moving packages" repository for Debian stable.
Debian Package Tracking System.
A Debian review with lot's of hints: Debian GNU/Linux - Not Just Another Pretty Face - Part 1 and Part 2.
The Very Verbose Debian 3.0 Installation Walkthrough.
A (German) FAQ 'round Debian's dpkg and co. (including the difference in pinning between "apt-get install package/tree" and "apt-get -f tree install package").
Debian Repository HOWTO and the Debian Package Repository HOWTO - what it is and how set one up.
How I Downgraded Testing to Stable.
Howto create your first Debian package. Here is the "official" approach. Here is a Debian Package Howto by IBM developerWorks. Here's How to make deb packages.
apt-get.org - unofficial APT repositories.
backports.org - unofficial backports for Debian Stable of more current package versions (based on Testing and Unstable).
#debian faq wiki on irc.debian.org.
Debian Package Browser.
Why package X is not in Debian Testing yet?
Small (&40MB) Woody install CD's with XFS-support designed for a network install (but probabely without "internal ISDN"-support).
debian-unofficial.org.
Who's using Debian?.
Install Debian using floppy disks - or boot from one with Smart BootManager and run the CD-Installation.
Some Debian Tips.
The Debian Universe "is a book that is evolving and developing", all about Debian, of course.
Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) FAQ - "... how we judge whether some piece of software is free".
Debian Karma - listing the package-maintainers' Karmas.
Install Debian on AIC79XX-based Systems - which includes replacing the default Debian kernel for the install procedure.
Migrating to Linux Kernel 2.6 in Debian.
Preliminary Sarge Installation Manual - describing stuff such as debootstrap (to install a chroot'ed new Debian installation from an already running one) and more.
SNS Debian Woody Installer (aka "Hilux") - Debian Woody based on 2.4.26 with support for XFS, LVM, RAID, etc.
Debian From Scratch.
apt-build - Optimize Debian packages for your system.
Unofficial Release Related Info and Links.
Debian GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide.

Some useful Debian packages

shorewall - Shoreline Firewall (Shorewall)
fwbuilder - Firewall administration tool GUI

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