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<title>Gentoo Handbook</title>

<author title="Author">
  <mail link="swift@gentoo.org">Sven Vermeulen</mail>
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<abstract>
The Gentoo Handbook is an effort to centralise documentation into a coherent
handbook. Information that cannot be inserted coherently is not taken into
account.
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<version>0.22</version>
<date>2005-01-04</date>

<chapter>
<title>The Gentoo Linux 2004.3 Handbooks</title>
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The Gentoo Linux 2004.3 Handbook is available in the following languages:
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<uri link="/doc/da/handbook">Danish</uri> | 
<uri link="/doc/de/handbook">German</uri> |
<uri link="/doc/en/handbook">English</uri> | 
<uri link="/doc/fr/handbook">French</uri> | 
<uri link="/doc/id/handbook">Indonesian</uri> |
<uri link="/doc/it/handbook">Italian</uri> |
<uri link="/doc/ja/handbook">Japanese</uri> |
<uri link="/doc/pl/handbook">Polish</uri> | 
<uri link="/doc/ro/handbook">Romanian</uri> |
<uri link="/doc/es/handbook">Spanish</uri> |
<uri link="/doc/zh_tw/handbook">Traditional Chinese</uri>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<p>
Welcome to the Gentoo Linux 2004.3 Handbooks. These handbooks are released
together with the Gentoo Linux releases and contain the necessary installation
instructions to install Gentoo Linux 2004.3 without an internet connection.
</p>

<p>
However, if you want to install Gentoo Linux using the latest versions of all
available packages, please use the Installation Instructions in the <uri
link="/doc/en/handbook/index.xml">Gentoo Linux Handbook</uri> for your
architecture.
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<title>View the Handbook</title>
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  <th>Format</th>
  <th>Description</th>
  <th>Links</th>
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  <ti>HTML</ti>
  <ti>One page per chapter, perfect for online viewing</ti>
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    <uri link="handbook-x86.xml">x86</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-sparc.xml">sparc</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-amd64.xml">amd64</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-ppc.xml">ppc</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-hppa.xml">hppa</uri>
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  <ti>HTML</ti>
  <ti>All in one page</ti>
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    <uri link="handbook-x86.xml?full=1">x86</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-sparc.xml?full=1">sparc</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-amd64.xml?full=1">amd64</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-ppc.xml?full=1">ppc</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-hppa.xml?full=1">hppa</uri>
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<tr>
  <ti>HTML</ti>
  <ti>All in one page, printable version</ti>
  <ti>
    <uri link="handbook-x86.xml?style=printable&amp;full=1">x86</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-sparc.xml?style=printable&amp;full=1">sparc</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-amd64.xml?style=printable&amp;full=1">amd64</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-ppc.xml?style=printable&amp;full=1">ppc</uri>, 
    <uri link="handbook-hppa.xml?style=printable&amp;full=1">hppa</uri>
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