This chapter provides an overview of the Debian Project and &debian;. If you already know about the Debian Project's history and the &debian; distribution, feel free to skip to the next chapter. &what-is-debian.xml; &what-is-linux.xml; &what-is-debian-linux.xml; &what-is-debian-hurd.xml; &getting-newest-inst.xml; &getting-newest-doc.xml; &doc-organization.xml; &about-copyright.xml;