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Re: another intent of Release note for Unix-illiterates

Fernando <alegre@saturn.superlink.net> wrote:

> Here is another intent of Release note for Unix-illiterate people: 

I've suggested minor changes and grammatical corrections to this, but it's
mostly fine.

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Tired of the ever increasing demand for resources of major PC operating
systems, a group of some 200 volunteers have put together a new system
targeted at Internet power users. This system allows people to even use an
old 386 PC to take advantage of the capabilities of the Internet to the
full extent, going beyond the more common, but limited, uses of Web
browsing and e-mail reading. This capability usually requires computers
far more powerful than a simple PC and a big investment in server
software.  However, the new system scales to any hardware configuration
including the latest high-performance multiple-CPU machines.

This system is assembled by the Debian Project. As this is a
not-for-profit organisation, the software is freely available through the
Internet. Alternatively it can be bought for a small sum from one of the
many vendors who offer it on CD-ROM. The price of the CD-ROM versions is
usually just that which covers the costs of making and distributing the
CD-ROM. 

The system is based on 100% free software. All the vital features of a
modern operating system are freely available, including web servers, FTP
servers, email systems and the X-Windows user interface. The software is
written by computer professionals and computer students who wanted more
and better features than those offered by commercial PC software.  Among
them are the Free Software Foundation, another non-profit organization
which sponsors the GNU project.  This project is the source of a
considerable quantity of the freely distributable software in existence. 
Another key programmer is Linus Torvalds, a Finnish Computer Science
graduate who created the main basic component (the Linux kernel) while he
was a student. Each author keeps the copyright of the part they wrote but
licenses it in a way which allows free use and redistribution of the
program and its source code.  This licensing scheme is known as freeware,
as opposed to the public domain system in which authors relinquish their
copyright. 
 
All this software is currently available to anyone on the Internet,
usually distributed in separate files. But thanks to the new
organization "Software in the Public Interest" it can be found now as
one integrated system, in which all separate files have been made to
cooperate with each other. The name of this integrated system is Debian
GNU/Linux. There are other commercial Linux projects, but the main
distinguishing feature of the Debian system is that it is a very high
quality, professional system offered as a non-commercial product. 

As an example of the high quality of the Debian system, it was chosen as
a platform for some experiments onboard the US space shuttle. It is also
the favorite system of many computer network administrators around the
world because it makes critical Internet functions like web serving
simple, fast and highly customizable whilst providing the facilities to
limit access from unwanted pirates. Through its quality control and
security support Debian is one of the most secure (commercial or
non-commercial) systems available now.

Debian GNU/Linux turns your PC into a powerful workstation. Due to the low
resource usage of the operating system itself it provides more memory and
CPU cycles for user programs, while improving the reliablity of the
system. The use of the standard X Window System, found found on almost
every professional machine, brings to the PC programs for which you would
otherwise require an expensive workstation.

For more information on Debian GNU/Linux please
visit http://www.debian.org/

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