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<p>Here are backgrounds of this document.</p>
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<p>The Linux system is a very powerful computing platform for a networked computer. However, learning how to use all its capabilities is not easy. Setting up the LPR printer with non-PostScript printer was a good example of stumble points. (There are no issues anymore since newer installations use new CUPS system.)</p>
<p>There is a complete, detailed map called the "SOURCE CODE". This is very accurate but very hard to understand. There are also references called HOWTO and mini-HOWTO. They are easier to understand but tend to give too much
detail and lose the big picture. I sometimes have a problem finding the right section in a long HOWTO when I need a few commands to invoke.</p>
<p>I hope this "Debian Reference (version 2)" provides a good starting direction for people in the Debian maze.</p>
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<p>Debian Reference was initiated by Osamu Aoki <osamu at debian dot org> as a personal system administration memo. Many contents came from the knowledge I gained from <a class="ulink" href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/">the debian-user mailing list</a> and other Debian resources.</p>
<p>Following a suggestion from Josip Rodin, who was very active with the <a class="ulink" href="http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp">Debian Documentation Project (DDP)</a>, "Debian Reference (version 1, 2001-2007)" was created as a part of DDP documents.</p>
<p>After 6 years, Osamu realized that the original "Debian Reference (version 1)" was outdated and started to rewrite many contents. New "Debian Reference (version 2)" is released in 2008.</p>
<p>The tutorial contents can trace its origin and its inspiration in followings.</p>
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"<a class="ulink" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/linux-doc-project/users-guide/user-beta-1.pdf.gz">Linux User's Guide</a>" by Larry Greenfield (December 1996)
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"<a class="ulink" href="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-tutorial/">Debian Tutorial</a>" by Havoc Pennington. (11 December, 1998)
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partially written by Oliver Elphick, Ole Tetlie, James Treacy, Craig Sawyer, and Ivan E. Moore II
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"<a class="ulink" href="http://archive.debian.net/woody/debian-guide">Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage</a>" by John Goerzen and Ossama Othman (1999)
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<p>The package and archive description can trace some of their origin and their inspiration in following.</p>
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"<a class="ulink" href="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/">Debian FAQ</a>" (March 2002 version, when this was maintained by Josip Rodin)
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<p>The other contents can trace some of their origin and their inspiration in following.</p>
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"<a class="ulink" href="http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=debian-reference&searchon=sourcenames&exact=1&suite=all&section=all">Debian Reference</a> (version 1)" by Osamu Aoki (2001–2007)
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<p>The previous "Debian Reference (version 1)" was created with many contributors.</p>
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the major contents contribution on network configuration topics by Thomas Hood
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significant contents contribution on X and VCS related topics by Brian Nelson
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the help on the build scripts and many content corrections by Jens Seidel
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extensive proofreading by David Sewell
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<p>Many manual pages and info pages on the Debian system were used as the primary references to write this document. To the extent Osamu Aoki considered within the <a class="ulink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use">fair use</a>, many parts of them, especially command definitions, were used as phrase pieces after careful editorial efforts to fit them into the style and the objective of this document.</p>
<p>The gdb debugger description was expanded using <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.debian.org/HowToGetABacktrace">Debian wiki contents on backtrace</a> with consent by Ari Pollak, Loïc Minier, and Dafydd Harries.</p>
<p>Contents of "Debian Reference (version 2)" are mostly my own work except as mentioned above. These has been updated by the contributors too.</p>
<p>The author, Osamu Aoki, thanks all those who helped make this document possible.</p>
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