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17 | (12) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (2) |
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20 | (1) |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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An urgent plea for feedback |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (3) |
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The Debian project in a nutshell |
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29 | (38) |
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30 | (4) |
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34 | (10) |
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37 | (2) |
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Free beer and free speech |
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39 | (4) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (11) |
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Organisation of the project |
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46 | (4) |
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Social aspects of the community |
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50 | (2) |
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Social aspects of the group of developers |
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52 | (5) |
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Helping the Debian project |
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57 | (8) |
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Contributing to the project |
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58 | (4) |
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Becoming a Debian developer |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (2) |
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Installing Debian the right way |
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67 | (36) |
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68 | (3) |
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Features of the new installer |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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The minimalistic approach to installation |
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71 | (25) |
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Installing the base system |
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72 | (22) |
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Configuring the base system |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (7) |
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An overview of X in Debian |
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97 | (1) |
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Integrating automatic hardware detection |
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98 | (1) |
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Dealing with unsupported hardware |
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99 | (1) |
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Customising the X session |
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100 | (3) |
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Debian releases and archives |
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103 | (22) |
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Structure of the Debian archive |
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105 | (3) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (4) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (5) |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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The *-proposed-updates archives |
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116 | (1) |
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The backports.org archive |
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116 | (2) |
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The apt-get.org directory |
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118 | (1) |
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Christian Marillat's multimedia archive |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (6) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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The Debian package management system |
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125 | (146) |
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125 | (3) |
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Introducing Debian packages |
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128 | (7) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (1) |
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Anatomy of binary packages |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (1) |
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Dealing with packages: dpkg |
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135 | (28) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (2) |
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Configuration file handling |
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141 | (3) |
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Interacting with the package database |
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144 | (7) |
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151 | (2) |
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Overriding dpkg's sanity and policy checks |
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153 | (3) |
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Dealing with errors in packages |
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156 | (3) |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (4) |
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163 | (35) |
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164 | (4) |
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168 | (2) |
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170 | (5) |
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Searching the APT database |
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175 | (2) |
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Inquiring about package dependencies |
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177 | (2) |
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Deinstalling and purging packages |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (3) |
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Enacting requests with APT |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (1) |
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Resolving problems with APT |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (9) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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Package management compared |
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199 | (3) |
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Power from within: the Debian policy |
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202 | (18) |
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The sacred configuration files |
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205 | (2) |
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Mediating between packages |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (5) |
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The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard |
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214 | (3) |
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217 | (2) |
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219 | (1) |
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debconf: configuration of Debian packages |
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220 | (12) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (2) |
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Using a remote database back-end |
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227 | (3) |
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Problems and shortcomings |
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230 | (2) |
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232 | (7) |
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232 | (6) |
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238 | (1) |
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Integrating non-Debian software |
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239 | (4) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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Miscellaneous package tools |
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243 | (14) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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Keeping a clean system: debfoster |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (4) |
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Mirroring the Debian archive: debmirror |
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253 | (1) |
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Enhanced queries of the package database |
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254 | (2) |
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Package popularity contest |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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257 | (14) |
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258 | (1) |
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Anatomy of the kernel packages |
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259 | (7) |
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Sources, headers, and documentation |
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266 | (1) |
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Kernel modules and patches |
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267 | (4) |
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Debian system administration |
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271 | (86) |
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272 | (9) |
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Using directories instead of configuration files |
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272 | (2) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (2) |
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278 | (3) |
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281 | (10) |
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281 | (3) |
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User and group management |
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284 | (6) |
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PAM -- Pluggable Authentication Modules |
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290 | (1) |
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System initialisation and automatic processes |
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291 | (16) |
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The system initialisation process |
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292 | (13) |
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Regular maintenance processes |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (7) |
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309 | (6) |
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kmod, the kernel autoloader |
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315 | (1) |
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Loading modules during startup |
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316 | (1) |
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Configuring kernel parameters |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (6) |
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Monitoring logs with logcheck |
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321 | (2) |
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Network configuration management |
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323 | (29) |
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Network configuration with ifupdown |
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323 | (15) |
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Using DHCP to obtain a network address |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (3) |
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342 | (7) |
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Integrating PCMCIA network cards |
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349 | (1) |
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Integrating wireless network interfaces |
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350 | (1) |
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Miscellaneous network options |
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351 | (1) |
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Administering inetd, the Internet superserver |
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352 | (2) |
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Integrated management tools |
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354 | (2) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (1) |
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System administration resources |
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356 | (1) |
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Security of the Debian system |
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357 | (24) |
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Handling security problems |
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359 | (4) |
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363 | (3) |
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366 | (2) |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (12) |
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Manual verification of package integrity |
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371 | (2) |
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373 | (4) |
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377 | (4) |
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381 | (50) |
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Building kernel packages with make-kpkg |
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382 | (12) |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (2) |
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388 | (3) |
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Cross-compiling for other architectures |
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391 | (2) |
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393 | (1) |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (12) |
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Pinning releases with APT |
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395 | (6) |
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Selecting target releases |
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401 | (2) |
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Extending APT's internal cache |
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403 | (1) |
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Mixing releases and security updates |
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404 | (2) |
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aptitude and multiple releases |
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406 | (1) |
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Alternative approaches to installing a Debian system |
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406 | (25) |
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Bootstrapping an installation |
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407 | (14) |
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Booting the installation from the network (PXE) |
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421 | (2) |
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Customising the installer |
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423 | (1) |
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424 | (2) |
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FAI: Fully automatic installations |
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426 | (5) |
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431 | (82) |
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432 | (4) |
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Debianising with the package maintainer tools |
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436 | (46) |
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A closer look at source packages |
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437 | (2) |
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Investigating the upstream source tree |
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439 | (2) |
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441 | (3) |
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444 | (1) |
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Jumpstarting with dh_make |
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445 | (4) |
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449 | (2) |
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Modifying the debian/* files |
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451 | (4) |
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455 | (3) |
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458 | (2) |
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Splitting and updating a package |
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460 | (5) |
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465 | (8) |
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473 | (2) |
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475 | (2) |
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Signing the package files |
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477 | (1) |
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478 | (1) |
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Automating the package build |
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479 | (3) |
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482 | (7) |
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Anatomy of a personal repository |
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482 | (2) |
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484 | (2) |
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Automated repository management |
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486 | (3) |
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Advanced package concepts |
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489 | (12) |
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489 | (1) |
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490 | (8) |
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498 | (3) |
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501 | (3) |
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501 | (2) |
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503 | (1) |
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Automating clean builds with pbuilder |
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504 | (9) |
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Setting up a base tarball |
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505 | (1) |
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Building packages with pbuilder |
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506 | (2) |
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Using pbuilder to set up test systems |
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508 | (2) |
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Mounting host directories inside the chroot |
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510 | (1) |
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510 | (3) |
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Documentation and resources |
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513 | (44) |
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514 | (1) |
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514 | (6) |
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Official documentation and manuals |
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515 | (2) |
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517 | (1) |
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517 | (3) |
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520 | (1) |
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521 | (9) |
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521 | (6) |
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527 | (1) |
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IRC -- Internet Relay Chat |
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528 | (2) |
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530 | (2) |
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532 | (25) |
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533 | (1) |
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Querying bugs from the command line |
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534 | (2) |
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536 | (2) |
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538 | (1) |
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539 | (5) |
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Mail traffic following a bug report |
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544 | (1) |
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545 | (3) |
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Bugs against pseudo-packages |
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548 | (4) |
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Subscribing to a package's bug reports |
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552 | (1) |
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553 | (4) |
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557 | (38) |
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A. Debian flavours and other Debian-based operating systems |
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559 | (10) |
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A.1 CDDs -- Custom Debian Distributions |
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560 | (1) |
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561 | (1) |
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562 | (1) |
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563 | (1) |
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564 | (1) |
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564 | (1) |
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565 | (1) |
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565 | (1) |
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565 | (1) |
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566 | (1) |
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566 | (3) |
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B. When is Debian the right choice? |
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569 | (4) |
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B.1 You should run Debian if... |
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569 | (2) |
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B.2 You should probably choose something else, if... |
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571 | (2) |
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573 | (14) |
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C.1 Important GPG keys related to Debian |
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573 | (1) |
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C.1.1 Official Debian archive signing keys |
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574 | (1) |
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C.1.2 Other relevant signing keys |
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575 | (2) |
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C.2 Setting up the filesystems |
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577 | (1) |
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C.2.1 A sensible partition table |
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577 | (1) |
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C.2.2 Supported filesystems |
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578 | (1) |
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579 | (1) |
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C.4 Configuring a local packet filter |
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580 | (2) |
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C.5 Dual-booting with other operating systems |
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582 | (1) |
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C.5.1 Chain-loading other bootloaders |
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583 | (1) |
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C.5.2 Dealing with Windows peculiarities |
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583 | (4) |
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D. The Debian Linux Manifesto |
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587 | (4) |
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E. Debian Social Contract |
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591 | (4) |
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E.1 The current Social Contract |
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592 | (1) |
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E.2 The future Social Contract |
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593 | (2) |
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F. The Debian Free Software Guidelines |
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