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<article>
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    <articleinfo>
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        <title>Welcome to CentOS =RELEASE=</title>
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        <corpauthor>
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        <ulink url="http://www.centos.org/">
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        <inlinemediaobject>
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        <imageobject>
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        </inlinemediaobject>
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        </ulink>
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        </corpauthor>
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        <copyright>
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            <year>=COPYRIGHT_YEAR_LAST=</year>
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            <holder>The CentOS Project</holder>
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        </copyright>
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        <legalnotice>
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        <para>
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            CentOS =RELEASE= comes with no guarantees or warranties of
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            any sorts, either written or implied.  The Distribution is
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            released as 
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            url="file:///usr/share/doc/centos-release-=MAJOR_RELEASE=/GPL">GPL</ulink>
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            work.  Individual packages in the distribution come with
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            their own licences.
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        </para>
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        </legalnotice>
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    </articleinfo>
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    <sect1>
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    <title>What is CentOS?</title>
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    <para>
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        <ulink url="http://www.centos.org/">CentOS</ulink> is an
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        Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources
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        freely provided to the public by a prominent North American
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        Enterprise Linux vendor.  CentOS conforms fully with the
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        upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100%
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        binary compatible.  (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove
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        upstream vendor branding and artwork.)
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    </para>
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    <para>
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        CentOS is developed by a small but growing team of core
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        developers. In turn the core developers are supported by an
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        active user community including system administrators, network
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        administrators, enterprise users, managers, core Linux
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        contributors and Linux enthusiasts from around the world.
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    </para>
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    </sect1>
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    <sect1>
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    <title>Advantages</title>
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    <para>
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        CentOS has numerous advantages including: an active and
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        growing user community, quickly rebuilt, tested, and QA'ed
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        errata packages, an extensive 
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        url="http://http//www.centos.org//modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=15">mirror
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        network</ulink>, developers who are contactable and responsive
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        reliable Enterprise Linux class distribution, multiple free
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        support avenues.
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    </para>
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    </sect1>
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    <sect1>
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    <title>Support</title>
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    <para>
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        The following free support avenues are available:
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    </para>
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    <itemizedlist>
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    <listitem>
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    <para>
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        <ulink url="http://www.centos.org/">The CentOS Website</ulink>
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    </para>
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    </listitem>
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    <listitem>
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    <para>
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        <ulink url="http://wiki.centos.org/">The CentOS Wiki</ulink>
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        (includes a dynamic 
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        url="http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ">FAQ</ulink>)
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    </para>
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    </listitem>
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    <listitem>
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    <para>
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        url="http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=8">The
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        CentOS IRC Chat</ulink>
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    </para>
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    </listitem>
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    <listitem>
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    <para>
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        <ulink url="http://lists.centos.org/">The CentOS Mailing
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        List</ulink>
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    </para>
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    </listitem>
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    <listitem>
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    <para>
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        <ulink url="http://forums.centos.org/">The CentOS Forums</ulink>
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    </para>
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    </listitem>
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    </itemizedlist>
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    </sect1>
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</article>