First I want to thank Ian Murdock for writing the History section. His perspectives on those early years have helped latecomers like Dwarf understand the founding principles upon which Debian is based.
While Dwarf wrote much of the remainder of the book from his own experience, his fellow developers have always been willing to help resolve his ignorance. Without the fabulous mind-share of the development community, this book could never have been written.
This release includes graphic snapshots of the actual screens presented by the current installation. These shots could not have been taken without the use of VMware Workstation software. VMware's support of this free software effort has included the donation of license to use it's MultipleWorlds technology without fee. Dwarf is grateful for the quality of the presentation these screen shots bring to this book, and wishes to thank VMware for all their help in making this possible.
Dwarf also wishes to thank Peter S Galbraith for making this book available as the Debian package dwarfs-debian-guide, and Anthony Fok for his patches to the layout, and for catching several typos.