Debian Information Resources on the Net

Discussion:

http://www.linuks.mine.nu/debian-faq-wiki/: Unofficial #debian Channel FAQ — documentation for the freenode.net IRC network (e.g., irc.debian.org), including many good general-interest Debian tidbits.
http://lists.debian.org/ Debian Mailing Lists — dozens of e-mail discussion lists for various Debian topics
http://debianplanet.org/: Debian Planet — a Drupal-based news/comment site.
http://www.debian-gnu.com/: Debian/GNU Postnuked Site — a PostNuke-based news/comment site.
http://www.debianhelp.org/: DebianHelp — a PostNuke-based news/comment and wiki site for HOWTO construction and mutual assistance.
http://wiki.debian.net/ Debian Wiki — a public wiki for and by Debian developers & users.
http://www.debianuniverse.com/phpBB2/: The Debian Universe Forums — Web-based bulletin boards concerned both with improvment of the on-line book of that name and with mutual assistance.

News / Information:

http://www.debian.org/: Official Debian Main Site — home base for Debian, in general.
http://www.debian.org/security/: Debian Security Team — security advisories and package sources.
http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/: Debian Weekly News — concise and informative; essential reading.
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/: Debian Bug Tracking System — Debian's famous, completely public bugs database.
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/: Debian FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions for both developers and users.

Developer Resources:

http://www.debian.org/devel/: Developers' Corner — central link farm for Debian developers.
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/: Debian Policy Manual — structure and contents of Debian archive, design issues of the OS, and technical requirements packages must satisfy.
http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/index.en.html: Developer's Reference — recommended procedures and available resources for Debian developers.
http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/index.en.html: New Maintainer's Guide — tutorial on building Debian packages, with working examples.
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/packaging-tutorial/packaging-tutorial.pdf: Lucas Nussbaum's Packaging Tutorial is far more focussed and less verbose than the New Maintainer's Guide, and is recommended to consult first.
http://mentors.debian.net/: Debian Mentors Project — relatively easy way to get your packages adopted, either in preparation for official developer status or not.
http://alioth.debian.org/: Alioth is a GForge instance for Debian developers.
http://www.docbook.org/wiki/moin.cgi/DebianGnuLinuxPackages DebianGnuLinuxPackages information — how to get a DocBook XML or SGML toolchain configured on Debian.
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/: Debian-Installer Project — new ncurses-based installer routine being beta-tested for use in Debian "sarge" and later.
http://web.archive.org/web/20060909213529/http://www-jcsu.jesus.cam.ac.uk/jcn/documentation/html-only/packaging.html: Producing Debian Packages the Easy Way — brief article by the Jesus College Network (Cambridge Univ., UK) staff. Recommended starting point.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/: checkinstall — easy command-line tool for making personal .deb packages from source code
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-debpkg.html: Create Debian Linux Packages — IBM DeveloperWorks article by freelance author Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier.
http://www.isotton.com/debian/docs/repository-howto/repository-howto.html: Repository HOWTO — how to build and operate a Debian package repository.

Linux Kernels on Debian:

http://myrddin.org/howto/debian-kernel-recompile.html: Recompiling a Kernel the Debian Way — brief runthrough of Debian kernel construction by Anton Winter.
http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=532: Building a Custom kernel for Debian HOWTO Version 1.0 &mdash article by Andrew Casey. Short but detailed, with screenshots (of all things).
http://myrddin.org/howto/debian-nvidia.html: Installing NVidia Kernel Modules on Debian — rebuilding Debian kernels to add proprietary NVidia video drivers and GLX code, and configure XFree86 support, by Anton Winter.
http://sourcepole.ch/sources/tips/make-kpkg/debian-official-kpkgs.txt: Building Your Own "Official" Kernel Source Packages: note detailing the Debian make-kpkg utility's additional functions when used on Debian-provided kernel-source-* packages, instead of kernel.org ones, by Arthur Korn.
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.en.html: Debian and the Kernel — Debian FAQ chapter covering kernel issues.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2949: The Very Verbose Guide to Updating and Compiling Your Debian Kernel — very detailed Debian kernel walkthrough, by Clinton De Young.
http://www.debianuniverse.com/readonline/chapter/21: Compiling Kernels the Debian Way — New-user-friendly but concise walkthrough of the Debian enhanced toolset for managing kernel compilation, by Jonathan Oxer, with helpful comments by various readers.
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html: Creating Custom Kernels with Debian's Kernel-Package System — detailed article for new users, by Kevin McKinley
http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=541&page=1: Installing and Configuring ALSA Sound Modules in Debian HOWTO — compiling and installing ALSA kernel modules, then setting up the ALSA Debian script so that modules are automatically loaded and unloaded, and your mixer levels are saved and restored on boot-up.
http://www.d.kth.se/~d98-jas/debian/debian-install-alsa.txt: Debian ALSA Install HOWTO — alternate ALSA-configuration and installation HOWTO, by Jon Åslund.
http://www.tux.org/~tbr/debiankernelpkg/: Compiling a Linux Kernel Using Debian's kernel-package — brief rundown by Ted Ruegsegger.

Home / Desktop User Documentation:

http://cafecomputer.com/guide/users-guide.en.html: Debian Desktop User's Guide — an update for Debian "woody" of the Progeny User's Guide.
http://bogmog.sourceforge.net/: Debian Home Network Documentation Project — documentation for the home user (no longer maintained, but still useful), by Frank Schubert and Andreas Gohr.
http://www.linuks.mine.nu/workstation/: [Debian] Linux as a Workstation — exceptional collection of tips and information by Gürkan Sengün.
http://www.debianuniverse.com/: The Debian Universe — a book being written by Jonathan Oxer with input from the on-line Debian user/developer community.
http://www.tux.org/~tbr/sound-debian/: Configuring Sound in Debian GNU/Linux — article by Ted Ruegsegger.

Unofficial Package Repositories:

http://www.apt-get.org/: Unofficial APT Repositories — central information site for all unofficial repositories, run by Mike Markley.
http://www.backports.org/: Backports.org — collection of leading-edge package backports to the Debian-stable branch, run by Norbert Tretkowski.

Miscellany:

http://davidpashley.com/debian-kde/faq.html: Debian KDE FAQ by David Pashley.
http://people.debian.org/~branden/xsf/xsf.html: X Strike Force — information about the state of Debian XFree86 pacakges, by Branden Robinson.
http://tinyplanet.ca/projects/debian/html/: Painless Debian GNU/Linux — overview Debian article by Stephen van Egmond.
http://www.aboutdebian.com/: AboutDebianLinux — a collection of HOWTOs, guides, and futher resource references.
http://myrddin.org/howto/debian-grub.html: Switching from LILO to GRUB the Debian Way — brief HOWTO by Anton Winter.
http://www.linuxorbit.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=539: GRUB in Debian HOWTO — detailed GRUB HOWTO by Dan McCombs
http://wwwcmc.pharm.uu.nl/gillies/debian/: Debian Hints — collection of Debian system-construction / administration hints by Malcolm Gillies.
http://www.wiggy.net/debian/developer-securing/: debian.org Compromise - Developer Cleanup Info — information about the 19 November 2003 security compromise of some Debian servers, and some very shrewd long-term security lessons, by Wichert Akkerman.