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== Sites == == Debian Support sites ==
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 * http://www.debian.org/support - Debian Support Home
 * http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/ - Debian Help For System admins,Tutorials,Howto's,Articles,news and useful opensource software
 * http://www.debian-administration.org/ - Community Debian System Administration Site
 * http://www.debianhelp.org/ - Debian Help Community Site
  * http://planet.debian.org/ - Planet Debian
 * http://www.debianguiden.dk/ - Danish Debian Guide
 * http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html - Debian Reference Manual
 * http://www.nabble.com/Debian-f24.html - Debian Forums
 * http://forums.debian.net/ - Debian.net Forums
 * http://www.debianforum.de - German Debian Forums
 * http://www.debianforum.dk - Danish Debian Forums
 * http://www.debianforum.nl - Dutch Debian Forums
 * http://www.spreaddebian.com - Spread the word about Debian

== External Package Repositories ==
 * http://apt-get.org/ - Package search engine, covers many inofficial repositories.
 * http://backports.org/ - Provides packages from Debian testing, recompiled (and sometimes adapted) to run on stable Debian releases.
 * http://volatile.debian.net/ - Provides updates for Debian releases of packages with fast-moving targets - for example virus scanners and spam filters.
 * Official Debian support
  * http://www.debian.org/support - support home
  * http://www.debian.org/doc/ - Debian documentation home
  * http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual - Installation manual
  * http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html - Debian Reference Manual
 * Debian forums
  * http://lists.debian.org/ - Mailinglists, main way of Debian communication
  * http://lists.debian.org/users.html - User mailinglists
  * http://forums.debian.net/ - Debian.net Forums
  * http://www.debianhelp.org/ - Debian Help Community Site
  * http://www.debianforum.de - German Debian Forums
  * http://www.debianforum.dk - Danish Debian Forums
  * http://www.nabble.com/Debian-f24.html - Debian Forums
 * Debian user resources (HOWTO's, articles, etc)
  * http://wiki.debian.org - Official wiki
  * http://www.debian-administration.org/ - Community Debian System Administration Site
  * http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/ - Tutorials and more
  * http://www.debianguiden.dk/ - Danish Debian Guide
  * http://www.debianforum.nl - Dutch Debian&Ubuntu Wiki, low content
 * Debian advocacy, inside information, etc
  * http://www.debian.org/News - Official news
  * http://planet.debian.org - Planet Debian, aggregating lots of Developer blogs
  * http://debianplanet.org - A Debian news site
  * http://www.spreaddebian.com - Spread the word about Debian
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== External Package Repositories ==
 * http://backports.org/ - Provides packages from Debian testing, recompiled (and sometimes adapted) to run on stable Debian releases.
 * http://apt-get.org/ - Package search engine, covers many inofficial repositories.
 * http://volatile.debian.net/ - Provides updates for Debian releases of packages with fast-moving targets - for example virus scanners and spam filters.

Debian has a large community of active developers and users. It is probably one of the largest free distributions - and has a very loyal following. Because of this, there are many further resources. Below is a list of many!

Debian Support sites

Books

External Package Repositories

  • http://backports.org/ - Provides packages from Debian testing, recompiled (and sometimes adapted) to run on stable Debian releases.

  • http://apt-get.org/ - Package search engine, covers many inofficial repositories.

  • http://volatile.debian.net/ - Provides updates for Debian releases of packages with fast-moving targets - for example virus scanners and spam filters.