
                      The Linux Distribution HOWTO 
                                       
:Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
: [1]wjwu@ms8.hinet.net

   v6.3, 8 May 1999. : 12 Aug 1999
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   ļԤһµ user ѡһֺʵ Linux ׼, 
   Ҳһо user ղ˽ Linux гֿ. ļ
   еƽ̨ Linux ׼һб, Եֻ
   δ CD-ROM Ƭȡÿ Intel ƽ̨ʹõҪӢ
   ϵ(English-language) Linux ׼, ˰ѧν Linux ֮
   .
     _________________________________________________________________
   
1. 

     * 1.1 ļ°汾
     * 1.2 ı䶯
     * 1.3 Linux гŹ
     * 1.4 ߵҸ
       
2. ҷ׼

     * 2.1 Caldera OpenLinux
     * 2.2 Debian Linux Distribution
     * 2.3 Linux Pro
     * 2.4 Red Hat Linux
     * 2.5 Trans-Ameritech Linuxware
     * 2.6 Slackware
     * 2.7 S.u.S.E.
       
3. Աļ᰸

     * 3.1 ᰸ݵ
     * 3.2 
     * 3.3 ᰸ָԭ
       
4. й

     * 4.1 ʹ
     * 4.2 л
     _________________________________________________________________
   
1. 

   ߵĻ:
          Linux ǳͻ, ䷢׼طչ
          ٵظ. רͳӢİ淢׼Խ֮, Ψ
          ӹʱ, дԭڱļ°ʱԲ估޶. 
          ԭټ Linux Ļؼƻ, ڴڻֿ
          ʵѶϢ, ԽµѶλ, ܲ
          ָ, лл!
          
          ²гʱļҪ:
          
          + ԭ˺ܶĸ, лӢ֮, λи
            򿴷Ÿ֪, ʤм!
          + ԭҲ, ǬͲ, ͬҲ
            ָ. ҲһЩַἰƴĵ.
          + ҽ½ԭϵ, 걸ʱһƳİ
            .
          + Ը׼Ѷһ "ѶϢ" ڸ׼˵
            , 춶ȡӰԭİĽṹ.
          + лиЭκ, ڴ˱ʾֿл!
            
   :
          ûһֻԵһʽɢ Linux ׼. 仰˵, кܶ
          ȿɾ FTP վ̨Ҳɽʹķʽȡõ
          ׼.
          
          ļĿԹʽڵӢϵ Linux ׼
          һ̵ժҪ˵, ҲṩѰҸѶָ. ڴ
          ֮ǰһ Marco Budde άĵ Distribution HOWTO, 
          Ѿʧ. ǲ֪Ӣļϵ֮⻹ϵ
          ׼.
          
          ֳѶ˵Ǻ; Ϊоٳ
           Linux ׼. ˵춿ԭʼ (open source
          software) ı, κ˿ǵİװκεĸı䲢
          ʽܹʹΪ `һַ׼(a distribution)'. һ
          ʱҸطԱʾ. ҲʾΪ `available on
          CD'. Ϊ Linux ׼Ķ. ΪڶС
          ׼ṩһЩ͵ķ׼ǾͲ, в
          Ǻ޿ȡ֮.
          
          ֳѶ˵Ǻ; оٳ⻹
           Linux ׼. 뵽ĳ CD-ROM 汾ķ׼
          ûе, 뿴ӽ [2]Աļ᰸ ڵβԻ
          ʱصѶ. ǼҽòӾͿɵ.
          
          ҲԴеطȡøķ׼б(Ȼÿһ
          Ѷúܷḻ). [3]Linux HQ Distributions List.
          
          :  ޷ Եر֤ļϵһЩѶ, ۸Ͷ
          ϸȫȻ. Ⱥ˶ÿһ䶯ΧԻ
          еһЩƻ, ȻѡߵҳȡµѶ. , 
          , Linux 幫˾ κεı֤.
          
          ĵı༭ֿɱ HOWTO Ĵ󲿷, Ҳдһ
          Ще Linux г״. ǵЩ
          Ļ,  [4]༭Ҹ СȡЩѶϢ.
          
          :  (esr) ûкκε Linux вϵ, Ϊ
          ׫дۻѵƷ(һ Red Hat ˾͵ T-shirt),
          Ҳûнκһҷߵı.
          
1.1 ļ°汾

   Ľ comp.os.linux.answers ·Ⱥ沢ÿ¸һ. 
   ҲһЩ Linux FTP վ̨ռ浵,  metalab.unc.edu վ̨
   pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO.
   
   ͬҲɾȫѶַ鿴 HOWTO µİ汾.
   [5]http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Distribution-HOWTO.html.
   
    HOWTO κԿʱдŸ (Eric S.
   Raymond), esr@snark.thyrsus.com. ⸶ҹʷ ҪΪ
   ѡһ׼ĸһЩһԵ. ûʱ
   Щ, Ҿ֪İѡ׼صκ
   йҲο.
   
1.2 ı䶯

   Yggdrasil Plug-And-Play and Craftworks Linux ƺҲͣҵ.
   DOSLINUX ҲΪרҵʶֹͬͣӪҵ.
   
1.3 Linux гŹ

   ڵ(Ԫ 1993 ), ·һ Linux ׼
   Ƭһش. 춵ʱûкܷĴý嵼װĹ
   бúܳʧܵķǺܳ.
   
    CD-ROM  CD ƬԽԽ, һʺϴʹ弰
   ҵϵͳ봢ýøΪ. һȫСҵģʽ幤ҵ
   ҵ Linux CD-ROM гн, ǲ𽥵 Linux 
   ̨(ΪЩʵʵĽǮΪг֧Ԯʽ). Debian
   Ψһķҵ԰汾 Linux ׼, ͸
   shovelware ƺӹ㷺شƹ㿪.
   
   ھ󲿷Թʽе׼( Slackware, Yggdrasil and Red
   Hat) ȻɴЩ˾չŵԼվ̨ FTP ķʽȡͬķ
   . йȡװҾҲĻ, Щ׼֧
   Ԯиѡռ(ҲɾԵȡһЩõѶļ). ɴ
   ַ
   [6]http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO.html Ѱ
    the Linux Installation HOWTO Եõйذװϸ˵.
   
    Intel ƽִ̨е Linux 淢׼䶨Լ $20 Ԫ, 
   ߵܶԼΪ $50 Ԫ (򵽸߼ֵĶ). 
   ķṩԤԼĽ׷, ԤԼڼڵĸԽ
    CD λɱ( cost-per-CD ).
   
   ܼƷʼɺͼ۸ѹһ(һǳгµĲƷ
   ڴ). ߽֧ĽǮҪ(top-drawer)ԭ
    CD ׼; ڽװЩ鷳²ŻñȽ
   .
   
   һѡǱǰҪ򵥵ö.  1995-1996  Linux г
   һ̭, ЩʲѵľʧһʲʱһЩҵ
   չ¶ͷǳΪ쵼. һ;ҵķ׼̭֮
   ӵļ, ˵, ֻ Debian ⳡ֮.
   
   ˵, ǰг֯ṹ (three-tier
   structure) ԭʼ׼(primary distribution builders), Ӽֵ
   (value-added) ٰװ߼ͼ۹Ӧ(bottom-feeding) CD Ƭ
   shoveller Ѿһʲ.  1997 ʹԼо, 
   Ҫ Linux 䱸(ǷΪҵǷҵ), Ҫһ
   ׼ṩΧڵ֧Ԯͱ, ǷĿ. ֻҪ
   һİ汾, ĿǰҲ򲻵òʹһѵ׼
   ൱.
   
1.4 ߵҸ

   һ½ᵽĶһЩʵ. ڱ½ҪҵĿ(
   ҵǷмֵ -- ǵҸľ). ָõ
   ϶Լ޿ȡ, ҽܵ˵
   ܵƫΪĸӦҪ.
   
   ڴ 1993 굽 1995 , Yggdrasil һʼ Linux CD ҵе
   ̳ -- ˵, ˹гģҲڵʱΪ˱׼.
   ϰʹ Yggdrasil, ҽΪļԽõ
   System V 汾, 㷺ռӦ, ͼķѰ汾д߼
   ׳ÿ׹岿ݵĽǮΪ巢չ֧ԮĿ. 
   Yggdrasil Դ 1995 ûٷµİ汾г.
   
   ʹ Red Hat Linux ϵͳ⼫.  Red Hat ˾ RPM 
   , IMO, ˿ƼķâԽķ. ʵʱ
   ˴󲿷ݺ˵жЩʹΪг쵼.
   
   ִҪʹһҵ汾ķ׼, Debian ˵ƺһ
   ǵѡ, Ҫעļ֧Ԯһص.
   
   Щ۵㵱ȻܽͳΪһı֤; ͬ Linux ķ׼ǿ
   ԲͬҪѻ, ϵͳɽһЩ׼
   (ҵκǲһ, رҪʹ DOS ѰһɵΪ˫
   ؿ DOS ķ׼).
   
   , ҵ׼Ǽ. Ķĵͬʱ, Red Hat  Debian ľ
   ѾɸΪ, ͼʢ¾߼ȡ.
   
2. ҷ׼

   еЩ׼Կɴ CD-ROM Ƭȡ(һЩҵ׼·
   ٿϵͳ(network-archive snapshots). ·ϵ׼󲿷ݶ
   ѵȡ(ҵ׼ȡ÷ʽ֧Ԯ). ˵
   ·а汾(pre-existing network release)ٰƷ(re-packagings),
   ˵ЩԶƷ(custom-assembled).
   
   ׼Ӣĸ˳Խ֮:
   
2.1 Caldera OpenLinux

   ׼:
          Caldera, Inc.
          633 South 550 East
          Provo, Utah 84606
          Net: [7]info@caldera.com
          WWW: [8]http://www.caldera.com
          FTP: [9]ftp://ftp.caldera.com
          Vox: (801)-377-7678
          Fax: (801)-377-8752
          
   Ӧ߼:
          Caldera ˾ڷ OpenLinux Lite, OpenLinux Base 
          OpenLinux Standard ɵһ׼ܹ(three-tiered)ϵ
          Ʒ-- OpenLinux 1.2.
          
          OpenLinux Lite  OpenLinux ϵвƷһȡõ汾(
          ںһ90ڵ Caldera ʽ --Ȩ汾
           Base  Standard Ʒϵ). OpenLinux Lite ɴ
          Caldera ˾ ftp վ̨, ǸЩ˷Ѷ CD Ƭȡ.
          ҲƳɿͼ鼮Ʒһȶ
          ҵ.
          
          OpenLinux Base  Lite plus ںһеĶ, һ
          , װװ Linux ҵϵͳ, ʽ, ·
          û(client) ŷ(server)Ԫҵڲ·߹
          . OpenLinux Base  Netscape Navigator 걸˵
          .
          
           Base plus ɵ OpenLinux Standard ˸? 
          ļ˼(high-end), ҵԪ(
          Netscape FastTrack ·ŷ, ƽ Netscape Navigator ·
          ༭ HTML ļĹ, ADABAS D Ͽ, StarOffice 칫
          ׼, Caldera OpenDOS  NetWare ŷ˳ʽ).
          
           OpenLinux 1.2 汾ڽԿ׵Ļ.
          
          ʹ Caldera OpenLinux ʱᷢһںȫǿ㹦, 
          ĸ˵ϼһǿ UNIX վ! ʹһ
          Linux ĳʽ(kernel), OpenLinux ṩȽЩǧԪɱ
          ϵͳиٶȼѵȶ. Open Linux Ҳṩ:
          
          + Ķ๤ֱִܿͬ༭ӰͼӦ; 
            ѵϵͳ, ԭ.
          + Linux 2.0 ĺĳʽ·ṩ (super-fast)
            TCP/IP ȡ, ӵ豸װøʹϵͳԴ
            Ч.
          + ڴ󲿷ݵϵͳ߱ѡʽ(menu-based choices)ӲԶ
            (auto-detection)ͼʾĿٰװʽʹڰװʱ, 
            ָϾ߱ʾ, Ҳṩ step-by-step ͼĲ˵
            .
            
          û Linux ϵͳܹ߱һ̬߼ͼν༭
          ɵһȫ, ʽ(integrated desktop)Ľ. ǿ
          Ϸ(drag-and-drop)ǧƵͼʾ趨
          ׵Ԥ̬(pre-configured)Ĺ. ṩ
          һĵطܿٵĴȡϲĳʽ. Desktop ṩ
          еĹ:
          
          + Drag-and-drop launching of programs with data files.
          + һԵͼֱ༭.
          + 춴ȡǿϵͳ̬(array).
          + õͼ(icon bar), Զ漰ƫ趨.
          + ʹϷŻԻǿ󵵰.
            
   ʽ:
          ɽɾ߱ PGP Կ׷ email, ɵ绰, ͨʼ
          . Ķϸοַ
          [10]http://www.calderasystems.com/purchase/
          
   ֧Ԯ:
          Caldera Ψһṩ E-Mail 绰֧Ԯ Linux ׼.
          OpenLinux Base(ֻṩ E-mail) Standard(绰 E-mail)ʹ
          ߿ɵõȫ֧Ԯ(Standard ʹ305
          ѵĵ绰ѯʵķ).  Lite Ʒûκεļ֧Ԯ
          .
          
          OpenLinux Base  Standard ߱Ȩ汾 Caldera Desktop,
          ʹ޵.  OpenLinux Lite һ 90
           Desktop 汾.
          
   °汾:
          May 1998 (?)
          
   ¼޶:
          13 August 1998
          
   ѶϢ:
          OpenLinux µķа汾Ϊ OpenLinux 2.2 , ĺĳʽ
          kernel 2.2.x, ʹ glibc 2.1ʽ, X server  XFree86
          3.3.3.1, Ҵһµͼλװ--Lizard(LInux wiZARD):
          ԶϵͳӲ, 趨ʱԶִʵĹ. 汾
          ųһȫܵҵϵͳ, ˶˶๤ԼӰװ, 
          ϵͳ滷ȫͼλʹ߽(GUI).
          
          ɫ, λ:
          Caldera ˾: [11]http://www.caldera.com/
          
          + ڰװ Caldera ˾з PartitionMagic (ŵָ
            )  BootMagic (ҵϵͳ).
          + 칫װ Staroffice 5.0 ˰, Corel  WordPerfect
            8 ذ, 810վϢʾ,  OpenLinux 2.3 ʱ
             ApplixWare Office Suite 4.4.2 , ĿԴ!
          + · Netscape Communicator 4.51 
          + Desktop Ҫ KDE 1.1
            
          OpenLinux ڹ(ʲ߻ƷҵȺ˾)ȡôл
          ĴȨ, 726շ OpenLinux 2.2 İ, ɫܺ
          Ӣİ, ͬĵطҪ CLE( Linux 찲װ׼
          0.8 )Ļ׼. ϸѶɵѡַȡ.
          : [12]http://www.shinewave.com.tw/
          ˶Ϲ˾: [13]http://www.cynix.com.tw/
          CLE վ: [14]http://cle.linux.org.tw/CLE/
          
2.2 Debian Linux Distribution

   ׼:
          Software in the Public Interest, Inc. PO Box 1326
          Boston, Ma. 02117 USA
          Net: [15]info@debian.org
          WWW: [16]http://www.debian.org
          FTP: [17]ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian
          
   Ӧ߼:
          Debian Linux һȺ־Ը߾һƷʷҵ
          汾 Linux ׼. Debian Linux 2.0 ǿڸ˵ִеһ
          걸 Unix (Unix-compatible)ҵϵͳ. ҵϵͳʹ
           ELF ִе libc6 ʽ( Debian ǰһ汾-- ʹ
          libc5). Ŀǰ, Debian Linux  IBM PC ܹ (386/486/Pentium)
          Ժ m68k ִ, ŵ 2.1 ʱ Sparc  Alpha ִ
          . ֧Ԯ ARM, PPC  UltraSparc ports İ汾ڷչ.
          
          Debian Linux һķ׼, Ҫʽ
          ԭʼ뼰ϵͳɵ°װе. 
          (shadow passwords)֧Ԯǿе, Ȼ1.1ʱǽ
          ʵ. Ե׼Ҳͬͨ, ЩԴٳ Debian
          Linux Ϊһȫλ(well-rounded)ҵϵͳ.
          
          Debian Linux ĺô, ȷض׼
          ԼԵķչ. Ψһһ͸·Ϻܶĸ干ͬչ
          Linux ׼, ּǺ Linux ԭʼҵϵͳľ
          һ. ж400׼άڳ1500׼ϽάĹ
           Debian Linux . ͸ Debian ʹȺ(Debian
          community)ܽһĳʽ׷ϵͳ̵ user 춻ر
          bugs ȫϵҪٵĴ. °汾׼Ҳܿط
          ֪ ftp վ̨ĵϿ(ftp archives).
          
          Debian Linux һлķ׼. (Snap-shot)汾Լÿ
          ¾ͷһ,  ftp վ̨ĵϿÿ.
          
          øй Debian Linux Ѷ, οվһЩļ
          
          [18]ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/ ȫѶ
          ҳ
          [19]http://www.debian.org/.
          
          ԲμչƻȤ, (subject line) "
          help" ۼһ mail 
          debian-user-request@lists.debian.org (ֱؼĵ
          debian-devel-request ) debian-user@lists.debian.org 
          debian-devel@lists.debian.org .
          
   ·ȡλַ:
          Debian Linux  FTP վ̨ȡ
          [20]ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ ӽӳվ
          ̨(mirror) [21]ӳվ̨ .
          
   °汾:
          24 July 1998 (2.0)
          
   ¼޶:
          13 Aug 1998
          
   ѶϢ:
          Debian GNU/Linux һΪϿԭʼ(Open Source
          Software)  Linux ׼, ䷢Դɫڴ׸.
          199939ƳΪ slink 2.1, ҪɫΪ֧Ԯ
          Sparc  Alpha ƽ̨, ĳʽΪ kernel 2.0.x, ʹ glibc 2.1
          C ʽ. Ԥ2.2ʱ֧Ԯ ARM  PowerPC(PPC) ƽ̨, ϵͳ
          ĳʽΪ kernel 2.2.x.
          
          Ҳ͸ַùٷĹ, µİ汾Ϊ
          Debian GNU/Linux 2.1r2 (4Ƭһset  CD ), ַ:
          [22]http://www.infomagic.com/
          
2.3 Linux Pro

   ׼:
          WorkGroup Solutions, Inc.
          P.O. Box 460190
          Aurora, CO 80046-0190
          Vox: (303)-699-7470
          Fax: (303)-699-2793
          Net: [23]info@wgs.com (orders)
          FTP: [24]ftp://ftp.wgs.com/pub2/wgs
          
   Ӧ߼:
          WGS ˾ Linux Pro CD (character)ǲͬге
          з׼. ǻҫͶ Linux ҵг. κ
           Linux Ⱥ, Ұ Linux Ϊһ"
          ҵϵͳ"ֻһ"ͨҵϵͳ".
          
          WGS ˾ Linux Pro Ҫ "ȶ(Stable)" Linux CD 
          Ƭ, ֮Ϊѵ Linux 
          . ޶һЩһЩҪĸ. CDƬ
          ͨ°, ׾˵"µܲ(the
          latest is not always the greatest)". ַһ, ǲ
          ֧ԮЭҲṩ֧Ԯ. ˻ WGS Linux Pro 
          Ϊһ Linux ׼. ѡԵ, Ҫ CD
          Ƭ, ǻӦһЩӵ CD , ں°
          Linux ( tsx-11, metalab,  Red Hat վе).
          ʵЩӵ CD ƬϿ͸ҷߵ Linux Ʒ
          ܻκεĶ. ҲϵЩӵ CD Ƭڼ
          ʹʹ. ͬĵЩеص Linux 
          õһȽʱ, ᷢǲƷߵļ۸Ƿǳ. 
          һѡ(Ѱ Linux Pro+)һרҵԲƷں Linux ļ
          ƻ(the Linux documentation project)ϵӡˢֲ.
          
          ڵİ汾 4.0a ; kernel is 1.2.13 with installable 2.0.x
          on the CD.
          
   ·ȡλַ:
          ַ [25]http://www.wgs.com ȡ WGS Ʒб, 
          CD ƬϵõµѶ.
          
   ʽ:
          ɴȫ׼߼̴ WGS Linux Pro CD Ƭ,
          Ҳɴǵվٵȡ.
          
          ɽɵ绰, , ʼ, һżǹ˽
          Ѷ. ǽػشκε. ǽͨ,
          ÿ, Discover ´￨ú˿ɵĶ.
          
   Ӽ:
          ǵ FTP վиȫѶ.
          
          (WGS ˾)  Linux  FlagShip зѵʼʱ
          ͨѶ(E-mail newsletter), ɵʼķʽ
          Ƕ.
          
          Ǳ Motif, FlagShip, (A line of books)
          Ʒʹľӵʵ, ߿ɸǢѯ!
          
   °汾:
          1 October 1996.
          
   ¼޶:
          13 March 1997
          
   ༭ע:
          Ƕ׼ "Red Hat 3.03 plus". [ע:]
          Linux Pro Ǽܹ Red Hat Linux 3.0.3 .
          
   ѶϢ:
          WGS ˾ Linux Pro plus ڳ 4.1a 汾,  Linux Pro Ϊ
          4.0a 汾. ʵ WGS ҳĻ solution, һ
          ᵽ FlagShip (4.4 ), һ development language.
          ƪҳһȤĺͼ꾡Ѷ. һ
          WEBworx, һ web server. Ϊ Linux Pro ׼
          Ǻ, ԾǰѰ.
          
2.4 Red Hat Linux

   ׼:
          Red Hat Software
          3201 Yorktown Rd, Suite 123 DeKalb Center
          Durham, NC 27713
          Vox: (800) 546-7274 or (919) 572-6500
          Fax: (919) 572-6726
          Net: [26]redhat@redhat.com
          WWW: [27]http://www.redhat.com
          FTP: [28]ftp://ftp.redhat.com
          
   Ӧ߼:
          Red Hat 6.0 Ǽܹںĳʽ 2.2 汾֮ϲҿִ Intel,
          Sparc  Alpha ƽ̨ķ׼.
          
          ĸµİװ Red Hat Ϊʷװװ Linux 
          ׼. ǵͼͰװģʽڴ󲿷ݵİװʱֱӽ뵽 X
          Ӵ״̬. ǵĿƬָ׵ҵʵĿѡ, 
          ɴڵ·̬Ѷ XF86config ѶϢ, 
          ̬ TCP/IP  X Window system! ǵ FTP װʽɽ3
          Ƭӳ(image)м򵥵İװ--Զŵİװ
          . ,  PCMCIA װõ֧ԮҲױȵ-- Red Hat
          װıʼ͵ʱװ͵һļ.
          
          ֻҪװһ Red Hat Linux ͲװĶ!
          µ RPM װϵͳһܵļΪµ Red
          Hat 汾ʱ°װϵͳ--Ӳָ, ñ
          еĵеͷʹ.
          
   ʽ:
          ֱӴ Red Hat ˾ʹ󲿷ݵ Linux زƷߴȡ. 
          Ǣ Red Hat ˾ȡϸĶϸ(͸ Red Hat ˾վȡ
          ϵĶ).  Intel ƽִ̨а汾ۼΪ $49.95 
          Ԫ,  Sparc  Alpha ƽִ̨еİ汾Ϊ $99.95 Ԫ.
          
   °汾:
          10 Mar 1999
          
   ¼޶:
          7 Jun 1999.
          
   ༭ע:
          ׼ RPM ,  the Red Hat Package
          Manager ļ. Ĺ൱ǿעĿ; Ǭ
          ذװ(cleanly install)װ(de-install)Ӧ弰ҵϵͳ
          Ԫ, ĳʽҵϵͳ.  Debian Linux  RPM 
          еķ׼.
          
   ѶϢ:
          (Titanic)ŴҶ? ֪гЧ105̨
           Red Hat Linux 4.1 Alpha Լ200̨ SGI 50̨
          NT ɵ? Сñȷʵкܶŵ, ĵȻװõ
          RPM .  Red Hat Linux 6.0  RPM ѳ3.0, X server
          Ϊ XFree86 3.3.3.1,  glibc Ϊ 2.1 , ʹõĺĳʽΪ kernel
          2.2.5 汾, ֧ԮԳʽ(SMP)شĸ, ǰ
          (5.2)ΪҪɫΪ:
          
          + װм(shadow password)Ĺ, ϵͳȫ
            .
          + װн X Window System 趨ĵٽ, ʾ
            趨޷Ҳɰװɹ, 춵һοʱ趨.
          + ͬʱṩ KDE  GNOME Եͼ滷 user ѡ.
            
           Red Hat ҳһĹȥķӸоýΪ, ҿ
          . ַΪ:
          [29]http://www.redhat.com
          
          ڹС(֣ԭ) CLE չСڷչ Linux Ļ
          Ĺ, CLE  Chinese Linux Extensions (찲װ׼)
          д, һЩسʽ rpm , Ͻ Red Hat
          Linux ֮ϵһ׼. Ŀǰѷչ Red Hat Linux 6.0 +
          CLE 0.8 Ľ׶, Ӧкܶʹ׼. ҿɵѡ
          CLE ַȡøѶȡ׼ image , ĵ
          , ɴӴַΪ Linux ĻһĽһѶ.
          CLE ַ: [30]http://cle.linux.org.tw/CLE/
          
2.5 Trans-Ameritech Linuxware

   ׼:
          Trans-Ameritech
          2342A Walsh Avenue
          Santa Clara, CA 95051
          Net: [31]info@trans-am.com
          WWW: http://www.trans-am.com
          Vox: (408)-727-3883
          Fax: (408)-727-3882
          BBS: (408)-980-9840
          
   Ӧ߼:
          Trans-Ameritech ˾1997ͷ10  Linux İ汾. ䷢
          չ˵, Trans-Ameritech ѾΪʹü춰װ
          ı׼, ʹһ(first-time)ʹõ user , LinuxWare Ʒϵ
          е CD-ROM Ƭ˵ͬʹ. ׼Ǹе
          (flexible)춰װĲϵͳ, ʹЩѧϰ Unix ϵͳȤļ
          Ա, ѧͥ˵ʹ.
          
          + µ Linux ʹ߽ܴ CD ƬжӴװ
            ʽ(Windows-based set up program)ļֵ.
          + ܶӵĺ֧ԮͬϵͳܹԽӲͻĿ. Ƕ
            ϵͳװĲǺõ.
          + ܶϵ˵ļ֧ԮٵĲѯ, ԭʼ, dvi 
            ps ʽڵ Linux ļƻ (Linux Documentation Project) 
            .
            
          ׼ܶ, ʾ:
          
          + ΢ Windows Ӵִܹе X ̬ʽ
          +  C/C++,Pascal  Ada һ Fortran ת
          + TCP/IP ·߹, UUCP,SLIP,CSLIP,PPP
          + ԶԪ뼰ԭʼȡ FTP,Telnet,News and E-mail ·
            ȡ
          + ๤ն˻ģʽ X Ӵ(X-Window) ϵͳ
          +  Gnu  international (ʻ)汾 ispell ƴּ
            (spell-cheker)
          + ͨѶӦ: term , minicom  Seyon (X-Window ִܹ
            ͨѶ)
          + ༭: elvis(vi Ʒ), joe, jove  Emacs
          + ҳʽ PostScript (clone) ghostscript ʽ
          +  GNU Smalltalk Ժ X Ӵ Smalltalk 
          + TCL/Tk (߱ Motif-like  X Ӵǿ)
          + ʹʦ尮ʹõ
          + Interviews ʽ, ļ (Word-processor)ͻͼ
            ʽ (drawing program)
          + Ű: TeX, LaTeX, xdvi, dvips, Metafont, groff
          + гṦܵ Andrew ýֱ༭
          + FAX ( class 1 ǿ class 2 ϵ fax modems 
            շ)
          + DOOM Ϸ(һ game ϲϷ)
            
          еԭʼԿɴ CD Ƭȡ. õԭʼ뾭Խѹ
          ̬ڲֱӴ CD Ƭȡ.
          
          ѽѹ Linux ϵͳΪŵռѶϢ(disk space
          conversation)ο൱õ. ֱӴ CD Ƭִ
          ! һܴĿ¼˵ڶ
          (manpages).
          
          ѽѹ FreeBSD  NetBSD ԭʼнṩ hacker Ĳο˵
          .
          
          ǵ׼˵Ǹ UNIX רʹ, ˵ṩ
          Windows  DOS ʹҪһ׵;.
          
   ʽ:
          ʼվȡ [32]order@trans-am.com
          ڵİ汾 LinuxWare 2.5 , ۸ $19.95 Ԫ.
          
          һ׼Ķ: LinuxWare 2.5 , Supplement 5 
          Supplement 4 (Ultimate LinuxWare Bundle) Ǯ $30 Ԫ.
          
          ÿ (VISA, MC, AmEx, Discovery), ָ, 
          Ч޼ʼĵַ.
          
          Ϊ: һ CD-ROM ׼ Ultimate LinuxWare
          Bundle  $5 Ԫ(first class US mail).
          
          ⵥһ CD-ROM ׼ $8 Ԫ ,  bundle  $12 
          Ԫ.
          
          "տ(COD)" ʽֻ $4.50 Ԫ. ڼḣ
          (California)ľټ 7.75% Ӫҵ˰.
          
          궩ķ (һ 4 η)  $80 Ԫټ S&H ļ㷽ʽ(ע
          :һεĶĴλƷ). : ĵļǮ: $80 
          Ԫ + $5 Ԫx4= $100 Ԫ. ŷ޺ձȹ $80 Ԫ + $8 
          Ԫx4 = $112 Ԫ.
          
   Ӽ:
          иһ,  E-mail λַϵ:
          info@trans-am.com  order@trans-am.com.
          
   °汾:
          January 1997 (Supplement 5)
          
   ¼޶:
          13 August 1998
          
   ѶϢ:
          ڶǰߴδ"˵"д׼, 7׼Ϊİ
          , ̼Ѱʱ FreeBSD  NetBSD 
          мԨԴ. վ [33]http://www.trans-am.com/
          ɷֵ:
          
          + °汾Ϊ LinuxWare 2.5
          + ׼, ֱΪ Supplement 3, Supplement 4 
            Supplement 5, Ըɫ, λ߿ǰ鿴.
            
2.6 Slackware

   ׼:
          Walnut Creek CDROM
          4041 Pike Lane, Suite D
          Concord, CA 94520
          Net: [34]info@cdrom.com (information), [35]order@cdrom.com
          (orders), [36]support@cdrom.com (support).
          
   Ӧ߼:
          Ftp.cdrom.com  Slackware Linux  "".  Slackware
          Linux CDROM ƬĹٷ. ڵķ׼汾Ϊ
          Slackware 96 Ƭװ CD ׼. ǽ kernel ĳʽ
          2.0.34 汾֮ϵĹ׼.
          
          Slackware Linux Ǳƿһ3.5CD-ROM 
          386/486 ִ, ȫɫ Linux ҵϵͳ.
          
   ·ȡλַ:
          WWW: [37]http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/slack96.htm
          FTP: [38]ftp:ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware
          
   ʽ:
           Walnut Creek ˾ CD-ROM Ƭװÿ $39.95 Ԫ.
          
   °汾:
          July 1998 (3.5)
          
   ¼޶:
          13 August 1998.
          
   ѶϢ:
          Slackware Linux ׼1999522Ƴµİ汾 4.0 ,
          ʹõĺĳʽΪ 2.2.6 ,  C ʽʹ libc 5.4.46 Ҳ
          ṩ glibc-2.0.7 pre6֧Ԯ, Ϊڶ Linux ʹ÷
          ׼, ѱ Red Hat ׷Ϲȥ, ȱ
          鷳, bug , ҲѵȲ֮ϣڴ˰汾
          , Ͼڹںܶ Linux user & hacker Ǵʼ.
          
          Slackware Linux Ĺٷվڴ: [39]http://www.slackware.com/
          
2.7 S.u.S.E.

   ׼:
          S.u.S.E., Inc.
          458 Santa Clara Ave
          Oakland CA 94610 USA
          Net: [40]info@suse.com
          WWW: [41]http://www.suse.com
          FTP: [42]ftp://ftp.suse.com
          Vox: +1-510-835-7873 Fax: +1-510-835-7875 fax
          
   Ӧ߼:
          S.u.S.E. Linux ׼ֵרҸײʹ߽ṩݵ
          Խ Linux  UNIX ֮. ӵеԴ, CD-ROM 
          Ƭװʱѡʽװʽ(menu-driven installation), ׼Ŀ
          Ƭ, 400ҳʹ˵鼰 S.u.S.E.Լϵͳ,
          YaST, ÿ˿ٵɰװʹ Linux ϵͳʹ֮ް.
          
          , S.u.S.E. ṩ X ŷʽ( X servers) һϵе֧Ԯ, 
          ֧Ԯµʾ. Щŷʽɺ XFree86 (tm) С鹲ͬЭ
          з. ɴַõϸ˵:
          [43]http://www.suse.de/XSuSE.
          
           S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 ¹:
          
          + Kernel ĳʽ 2.0.35 
          + KDE ϻ 1.0 
          + GIMP Ӱ 1.0 
          + SaX (SuSE ǿ͵XF86̬)
            
          ɫ:
          
          + ҵϵͳг875׼, 4ƬCDаԭ
            ʼ뼰õĵϵͳ(live file system)
          + 400ҳʹ˵
          + RPM װʽ׼,TGZ װʽ׼ʹ
          +  System V (boot concept)䵵ϵͳ
            ׼(file system standard)
          + ̬·, ISDN, e-mail , ӡ X Window System İװ
            ʵù--"YaST"
          + ֧Ԯʾ S.u.S.E. X ŷʽ (X servers)
          + ϵͳ,ʹ߼ȺĹ
          + ӴԱԶ̬
          + ϵͳļ
          + ֱӴ CD-ROM ƬDOSָϻ Demo չʾ
            
   ʽ:
          ɴ [44]ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/SuSE-Linux ش˷׼. 
          Ҳɽ绰, ȫѶϰȫݵĶ, ʵݵķ
          ʽȡ֧Ԯ CD-ROM. Ǯ $49.95 Ԫ, ҪȻǾ
          ķʽÿ汾 $34.95 Ԫ. ʹö LSUE520 
          Ӣİ汾׼.
          
          ͬķʽ: Ҳ $129.95 Ԫȡ OSF Motif 2.1 汾(Ҫ
          ļǮ; : LMEA210)
          
   ֧Ԯ:
          ÿݵ S.u.S.E. Linux ׼60ѵİװ֧Ԯ.
          ҳҵһЩǢѯѶ.
          
   °汾:
          δ.
          
   ¼޶:
          13 Aug 1998 (5.3)
          
   ѶϢ:
          S.u.S.E. Linux ׼ĸٶǺܿ, ԼǰƳ
          Լķ׼(дSlackware Distribution)ԭƳ
          6.1(199954շ), 812ոƳ°汾 --6.2, 
          ɫ:
          
          + ĳʽ kernel 2.2.10 
          + XFree86 3.3.4 
          + ʹ2.1 glibc ʽ
          + KDE ϻ 1.1.1 
          + ṩ450ҳʹֲ, 6Ƭ CD Ƭ bootdisk
            
          ȡøΪϸѶ, ȫѶַ:
          [45]http://www.suse.com
          
3. Աļ᰸

   ҹάһ Linux ׼ʹ, ǵķѶṩ
   ļ. Ǽ׼ĸȤζ, ҲѵĹ. ļںܶ
   ط鵵(뿴һ½ھ˽)
   
3.1 ᰸ݵ

   Ƕе᰸Ȥ:
   
     * ɾ FTP վ̨, UUCP, ʹķʽȡõһ Linux 
       . ǵ˼Ǿκεһ `׼'ͿһͷͿ
       һõ Linux ϵͳ.
     * ͸ʹʽ򵽵ĸײƷԴڵ׼. 
       ׼Ǿ FTP վ̨ȡʱ, ʾҵõĿ.
       ֻܾʹķʽȡõĻ, ǱʾҵԵһЩ, 
       Motif һЩֲ Linux ҵϵͳҵ.
     * κοɾʹʽõ Linux  Ʒ,  Linux 
       鼮ļ, T-shirts ͸ʽþ. ע: ǹĵ
       Щ, Ƶ-- һй Linux ׼ HOWTO , һ
       ϲ Linux Ŀ¼. ԷκҪ۵ĶΪ (a) 
       õ, (b) дļ (c) ǳȤ, ĻŰе
       .
       
   ΪЩ񼰽ײԲƷṩ᰸ĿܴĻ, ҽΪЩĿһ
   ݷʽ HOWTO(separate HOWTO).
   
3.2 

   ҪһѶϢ¼(entry) HOWTO ʱ, еıʾʽĸ
   esr@snark.thyrsus.com. ʽһɲ(machine-parsable); 
   εѶϢΧκϣĳ, ϣÿݵ¼ܱ 50
   ¼.
   
   (Name):
          ׼
          
   ׼(Distributor):
          ˾ƻ˵ȵ/˭ڽά׼. Ӧð
          ʼַ, email , 绰ѶϢ, ԵĻҲṩȫѶ
          ϵĲοѶ.
          
   Ӧ߼(Provider's Description):
          ṩ׼. һ׼, һЩ
          ѶϢһӦ߱İ汾, װһ˵豸
          .
          
   ·ȡλַ(Internet Access):
          ·ȡ׼; ṩԵȫѶ
          FTP վַ.
          
   ʽ(Ordering):
          ׼õĻ, Ҫζ? ЩӦǮ, 
          Ѷķȵ.
          
   ֧Ԯ(Support):
          й֧ԮԼѶ.
          
   Ӽ(Miscellaneous):
          йصѶϢ.
          
   °汾(Last Freeze Date):
          ǰ汾ͣ. ҲԤµƵ.
          
3.3 ᰸ָԭ

   ĵ¼ѶϢ뾡ܵļ. ҪܶѶͷĻ, 
   ڴ׼ôҽ FTP  mail ķʽȡøѶ˵취; Щ
   ¼ѶϢν֧Ԯ׼кδѰѶ ָʾ .
   
   Ҫṩһϵ׼, Ϊÿһʹ ʽѶϢ
   ¼(separate entries)ʽ.
   
   ΪʹļҪ, зκβɵѶѶϢȵ߳, ҽ
   ޸ĵ¼ѶϢ. ݾͱһԱ䶯.
   
   һݷ׼ָ(Distribution-HOWTO)᰸ʱ, ͬ
   ʹݵ¼ѶϢĶȥ,  LDP 鼮
   . ˵,  Distribution-HOWTO ȡѶɳ鼮. 
   ϣҳ Distribution-HOWTO ֮ĵ¼ѶϢĶ
   ʱ, ֪.
   
4. й

4.1 ʹ

   [ע:] ԭ, ˶β
          This document is copyright 1997 by Eric S. Raymond. You may
          use, disseminate, and reproduce it freely, provided you:
          
          + Do not omit or alter this copyright notice.
          + Do not omit or alter or omit the version number and date.
          + Do not omit or alter the document's pointer to the current
            WWW version.
          + Clearly mark any consdensed, altered or versions as such.
            
          These restrictions are intended to protect potential readers
          from stale or mangled versions. If you think you have a good
          case for an exception, ask me.
          
4.2 л

   ļ Bill Riemers .  Matt Welsh άڶ汾.
    Erik Troan ά3.0İ汾.
   
    1995 Ԫ·ʱ, Eric Raymond(), ʱûзļ
   ʼչһݺж(now-discontinued) "PC-clone UNIX Software
   Buyer's Guide" ļͬʽļ FAQ, ļѺҪ
   System V 汾 UNIXes  BSD ҵϵͳ.
   
    1995 ·, Eric Ǣ Erik ̸йЭ춺ϲ˰汾
   .  1995 ³, Erik  Red Hat Software ˾ϰಢ (ϣ
   Ȥͻ) ļ. ˺ܶµѶµķ
   ׼ĵ¼ѶϢ.
   
   ,ļ˵һϵеĺɹ. Ե `we' һԱǩ
   ʱ, Ǳʾάṩ.  `I' ʱ, Ǿ,
   ˵--Eric.
   
   ڴ˺ܸ˵Ĵл Linux ʹ߼·ϵ(hackers), Ϊ
   ṩܶҪѶϢ.

References

   1. mailto:wjwu@ms8.hinet.net
   2. file://localhost/tmp/zh-sgmltools.2945/Distribution-HOWTO.txt.html#submissions
   3. http://www.linuxhq.com/dist-index.html
   4. file://localhost/tmp/zh-sgmltools.2945/Distribution-HOWTO.txt.html#opinions
   5. http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Distribution-HOWTO.html
   6. http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO.html
   7. mailto:info@caldera.com
   8. http://www.caldera.com/
   9. ftp://ftp.caldera.com/
  10. http://www.calderasystems.com/purchase/
  11. http://www.caldera.com/
  12. http://www.shinewave.com.tw/
  13. http://www.cynix.com.tw/
  14. http://cle.linux.org.tw/CLE/
  15. mailto:info@debian.org
  16. http://www.debian.org/
  17. ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian
  18. ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/
  19. http://www.debian.org/
  20. ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/
  21. http://www.debian.org/devel/incoming_mirrors/
  22. http://www.infomagic.com/
  23. mailto:info@wgs.com
  24. ftp://ftp.wgs.com/pub2/wgs
  25. http://www.wgs.com/
  26. mailto:redhat@redhat.com
  27. http://www.redhat.com/
  28. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/
  29. http://www.redhat.com/
  30. http://cle.linux.org.tw/CLE/
  31. mailto:info@trans-am.com
  32. mailto:order@trans-am.com
  33. http://www.trans-am.com/
  34. mailto:info@cdrom.com
  35. mailto:order@cdrom.com
  36. mailto:support@cdrom.com
  37. http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/slack96.htm
  38. ftp:ftp.cdrom.com/pub/linux/slackware
  39. http://www.slackware.com/
  40. mailto:info@suse.com
  41. http://www.suse.com/
  42. ftp://ftp.suse.com/
  43. http://www.suse.de/XSuSE
  44. ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/SuSE-Linux
  45. http://www.suse.com/
