“Linux software distributor VA Linux Systems, book publisher
O’Reilly and SGI Inc. Tuesday formed a partnership to bring the
Debian GNU/Linux operating system to the masses by packaging the
system into a CD-ROM book offering.
“The companies will donate all sales profits to Software in
the Public Interest, a Open Source project non-profit which
also supports the Debian project. Debian is a popular noncommercial
version of Linux used to develop over 2,500 free software packages,
which until now has only been available as an Internet
download.”