DDP Users' Manuals

Users' Frequently Asked Questions.

Installation instructions for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. The manual describes the installation process using the Debian Installer, the installation system for Debian that was first released with Sarge (Debian GNU/Linux 3.1).
Additional information related to the installation can be found in the Debian Installer FAQ and the Debian Installer wiki pages.

Versions of the installation guide for previous releases (and possibly the next release) of Debian are linked from the release page for those releases.

This document contains information on what's new in the current Debian GNU/Linux distribution and complete upgrading information for users of older Debian releases.

This Debian GNU/Linux reference covers many aspects of system administration through shell-command examples. Basic tutorials, tips, and other information are provided for topics including system installation, Debian package management, the Linux kernel under Debian, system tuning, building a gateway, text editors, CVS, programming, and GnuPG.

Previously known as "Quick Reference".

This manual tries to be a quick but complete source of information about the APT system and its features. It contains much information about the main uses of APT and many examples.

This document describes the issues related to Euro support in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system, and provides a guideline of how to properly configure a system and its applications for this purpose.

The purpose of this FAQ is to be a place to look for all kind of questions a developer or user might have regarding Java as far as Debian is concerned, it includes license issues, development packages available, and programs related to building a Free Software Java environment.

This manual describes the security of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system and within the Debian project. It starts with the process of securing and hardening the default Debian GNU/Linux installation (both manually and automatically), covers some of the common tasks involved in setting up a secure user and network environment, gives information on the security tools available, steps to take before and after a compromise and also describes how security is enforced in Debian by the security team. The document includes a step by step hardening guide and within the appendix there is detailed information on how to setup an intrusion detection system and a bridge firewall with Debian GNU/Linux.

The idea of this reference card is to provide new users of Debian GNU/Linux with the most important commands. Basic (or better) knowledge of computers, files, directories and the command line is required.