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 <title>The Linux Distribution HOWTO
 <author>Eric S. Raymond &lt;esr@thyrsus.com&gt;
-<date>v6.8, 8 February 2000
+<date>v6.9, 8 June 2000
 
 <abstract>
 This document is intended to help new users choose a Linux distribution,
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ distributions available on CD-ROM and accessible to Linux novices.
 	As a result, the three-tier structure of primary distribution
 	builders, value-added repackagers, and bottom-feeding CD shovellers
 	that used to define the market has nearly collapsed.  To be
-	competitive in 1997, a Linux outfit (whether commercial or
-	noncommercial) has to offer reasonable support and behave like a
-	primary distribution builder, whether it's really one or not. So
-	as long as you look for a recent freeze date, it is pretty hard to
-	get stuck with a dud distribution these days.
+	competitive in the third millennium, a Linux outfit (whether
+	commercial or noncommercial) has to offer reasonable support and
+	behave like a primary distribution builder, whether it's really one
+	or not. So as long as you look for a recent freeze date, it is
+	pretty hard to get stuck with a dud distribution these days.
 
 <sect1>Editorial Recommendations<label id=opinions>
 <p>
@@ -164,15 +164,16 @@ distributions available on CD-ROM and accessible to Linux novices.
 	used Yggdrasil, and I recommended it over commercial System V
 	versions for its superior documentation, large collection of
 	applications, and enlightened policy of sending free releases to
-	freeware authors and dedicating part of the price of each CD-ROM to
+	open-source authors and dedicating part of the price of each CD-ROM to
 	financially supporting free software.  But Yggdrasil hasn't issued
 	a new release since 1995 and they've been left behind by the
 	market.
 
-	I now run Red Hat Linux and am quite satisfied with it.  Red Hat's
-	RPM technology currently gives it, IMO, a technical edge over any
-	other vendor.  They've made most of the right moves at the right
-	times and I consider them the current market leader.
+	I now run Red Hat Linux and am quite satisfied with it. They have
+        successfully created a de-facto standard in distribution packaging
+	with RPM (now also used by SuSE and Mandrake, among others). They've
+	made most of the right moves at the right times and I consider them
+	the current market leader.
 
 	If you're ideologically wedded to using a non-commercial distribution,
 	Debian seems to me to be the clear choice, the only one left with
@@ -341,9 +342,10 @@ distributions available on CD-ROM and accessible to Linux novices.
 	are made about every three months, the ftp archives are updated
 	daily.  
 
-	For more information about Debian Linux, please refer to the
-	files at <url url="ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/"> or visit our
-	World Wide Web page at <url url="http://www.debian.org/">.
+	For more information about Debian Linux, please refer to the files
+	at <url url="ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/"> or visit our World
+	Wide Web page at <url url="http://www.debian.org/">.  There is also
+	a book, "Running Debian GNU/Linux", from O'Reilly & Associates.
 
 	If you're interested in joining this project you are invited to
 	subscribe to either debian-user@lists.debian.org or
@@ -919,6 +921,70 @@ distributions available on CD-ROM and accessible to Linux novices.
 	1 November 1999
 </descrip>
 
+<sect1>Turbo Linux
+<p><descrip>
+	TurboLinux, Inc.<newline>
+	2000 Sierra Point Parkway<newline>
+	Suite 401<newline>
+	Brisbane, CA 94005<newline>
+
+	Net: <htmlurl url="mailto:info@turbolinux.com" name="info@turbolinux.com"> (orders) <newline>
+	WWW: <url url="http://www.turbolinux.com"> <newline>
+	FTP: <url url="ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/"> <newline>
+	Vox: (650)-244-7777
+	Fax: 650-244-7766
+
+<tag/Provider's Description:/
+	TurboLinux makes a suite of high-performance Linux products for the
+	workstation and server markets. Our products are available from our
+	Web site, at more than 3,000 retail stores in North America and
+	from our value-added reseller partners around the world. Our products:
+
+	<descrip>
+	<tag/Workstation 6.0/
+	TurboLinux Workstation 6.0 is your high-performance choice for
+	Linux on the desktop.  The powerful office productivity suite
+	StarOffice gives you full Microsoft Office compatibility and
+	Netscape gets you quickly online for e-mail and Web surfing.
+  
+	<tag/Server 6.0/
+	TurboLinux Server 6.0, completely re-engineered as a secure,
+	high-performance backend server for business workgroups in the
+	enterprise, now includes robust e-commerce software for
+	business-to-business transactions.
+  
+	<tag/TurboCluster Server 4.0/
+	Build affordable, scalable and available server clusters (25+
+	cluster nodes!) with TurboCluster Server 4.0, voted Best Web
+	Solution by the editors of Linux Journal.  TurboCluster Server,
+	also named Corporate IT Best Product winner for enterprise-class
+	customers at the IT 2000 Sydney computer show, integrates
+	seamlessly into your existing IT environment to cluster Solaris and
+	Windows NT server nodes as well as Linux..
+
+	<tag/enFuzion 6.0>
+	Turn your existing network into a supercomputer! Based on a simple
+	but powerful concept called parametric execution, enFuzion turns
+	your existing computer network into a high speed, fault tolerant,
+	highly available supercomputer.
+	</descrip>
+
+<tag/Ordering:/
+	See <url url="http://www.turbolinux.com/products/">
+	TurboLinux is also offered in retail stores and many online stores.
+
+<tag/Last Freeze Date:/
+	Workstation 6.0 - January 3.<newline>
+	Server 6.0 - January 3.<newline>
+	TurboCluster Server - October 4.<newline>
+
+	Estimated update frequency can vary from 2 weeks to 3 months
+	depending on the product.
+
+<tag/Entry last modified:/
+	22 Mar 2000.
+</descrip>
+
 <sect>Submissions To This Document<label id="submissions">
 <p>
 	I encourage anyone and everyone who maintains a Linux distribution
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LDP/howto/linuxdoc/HOWTO-INDEX.sgml

@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ How to setup a server and configure clients for diskless operation from
 a network.
 
 <item><htmlurl url="Distribution-HOWTO.html" name="Distribution-HOWTO">,
-<BF/The Linux Distribution HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: February 2000/. 
+<BF/The Linux Distribution HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: June 2000/. 
 Intended to help new users choose a Linux distribution, and to
 help experienced users track the state of the Linux market.
 
@@ -277,12 +277,15 @@ help experienced users track the state of the Linux market.
 <BF/DNS HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: February 1999/.
 How to become a totally "small time" DNS admin.
 
-<item><htmlurl url="DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html" name="DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO">,<BF>From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO</BF> <p><em/Updated: February 1999/.
+<item><htmlurl url="DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html" name="DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO">,
+<BF>From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO</BF> <p><em/Updated: February 1999/.
 Written for all the DOS and Windows users who have decided to switch 
 to Linux.
 
 <item><htmlurl url="DOSEMU-HOWTO.html" name="DOSEMU-HOWTO">,
 <BF/The dosemu HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: March 1997/.
+DOSEMU stands for DOS Emulation, and is an application that enables the
+Linux OS to run many DOS programs.
 
 <item><htmlurl url="Ecology-HOWTO.html" name="Ecology-HOWTO">,
 <BF/Linux Ecology HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: March 2000/.