This chapter provides an overview of the &debian; Project and &debian-gnu;. If you already know about the &debian; Project's history and the &debian-gnu; 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; &what-is-debian-installer.xml; &getting-newest-inst.xml; &getting-newest-doc.xml; &doc-organization.xml; &about-copyright.xml;