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README: Quick overview of ROCK Linux, ROCK Linux documentation and 
ROCK Linux URLs


ROCK Linux is a modern Linux Distribution with a powerful auto-build
process, mostly designed for skilled Linux/Unix Administrators and available
for multiple platforms. ROCK Linux is a small distribution, but it is not a
"mini distribution". It comes with over 200 packages including X11 and the
GNOME Desktop - but excluding menu driven configuration tools (most
professional users prefer configuration files), but a reasonably well
configured installation of ROCK Linux should be useful for any computer
user (even beginners). ROCK Linux is free under the terms of the GPL.

ROCK Linux is a Linux distribution developed by Clifford Wolf and others,
see the file ./Documentation/TEAM.

ROCK Linux is built by a few shell scripts. These scripts can download all 
necessary sourcecode from the Internet, compile the packages with optimizations
for your choice of processor, build the package files and (optionally) create 
a CD-ROM image.

The "ROCK Linux Sourcecode" (i.e. the shell scripts, patches, package
description, ..) can be found at:
http://www.rocklinux.org/

The binary distribution can be downloaded from mirrors listed on that site.
The version numbering is 'kernel-style'. Even numbered releases (like 1.4.0)
denotes a stable version, while odd numbered releases (like 1.3.12) are 
development releases.

Before doing anything, you should have a look at the files BUILD and INSTALL
in the ./Documentation/ directory. These files describe how to compile and
install ROCK Linux and the basics needed to administrate ROCK Linux.
The FAQ should answer a lot of the common questions.

If you want a more human introduction to ROCK Linux, please visit
http://www.rocklinux.org/projects/doc/GUIDE/  or  read  Guide/GUIDE.txt.

If you want to subscribe to the ROCK Linux mailing list, send an e-mail
to <minimalist@clifford.at> with the subject "subscribe rock-linux".

To view the changelog of the ROCK Linux project, please visit:
http://www.rocklinux.com/changelog/

If you find a bug, please read the FAQ first. If you're still convinced
it is a bug, please visit:
http://www.rocklinux.org/bugzilla/


 - Clifford Wolf  <http://www.clifford.at/, god@clifford.at>
