Debian Resources

The Debian Project (http://www.debian.org/) provides a number of guides and mailing lists which cater for different audiences. Reference has however only been made to documentation which is complete and up to date. Interested readers should consequently refer to The Debian Documentation Project's web page (http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp/) for details of work in progress.

Debian Guides

Debian Developers' Reference

http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/developers-reference/

Debian FAQ-O-Matic

http://www.debian.org/cgi-bin/fom/

Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage

http://www.newriders.com/debian/html/noframes/

Debian New Maintainers' Guide

http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/

Debian Packaging Manual

http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/packaging.html/

Debian Policy Manual

http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/

dselect Documentation for Beginners

ftp://ftp.debian.org/dists/stable/main/disks-*/current/doc/dselect-beginner.*/

Debian Mailing Lists

There are a number of mailing lists for this Linux distribution but is a good place to direct your questions. To subscribe, type "subscribe" in the subject line and mail to

In order to find out about other mailing lists, take a look at mailing-lists/txt which is on the Aleph One CD in the Doc directory.

You can also refer to the section called Mailing Lists for details of ARM-specific lists.

Debian Help

You can similarly learn how to solve Debian-specific problems by pointing your browser to http://www.debianhelp.org/.