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+Third-party distributions of Django
+===================================
+
+Several third-party distributors are now providing versions of Django
+integrated with their package-management systems, which can make
+installation and upgrading much easier for users of Django -- usually,
+the integration includes the ability to automatically download and
+install all the necessary third-party software (like database
+adapters) Django requires.
+
+Typically, these packages are based on the latest stable release of
+Django (and we encourage third-party package maintainers to use the
+stable releases), so if you want to use the development version of
+Django you'll need to follow the instructions for `installing the
+development version`_ from our Subversion repository.
+
+.. _installing the development version: ../install/#installing-the-development-version
+
+Linux distributions
+===================
+
+Debian
+------
+
+A packaged version of Django is available for `Debian GNU/Linux`_, and
+can be installed from either the "testing" or the "unstable"
+repositories by typing ``apt-get install python-django``. The `current
+package in Debian`_ is based on Django 0.95.1.
+
+When you install this package, ``apt`` will recommend installing a
+database adapter; you should select and install the adapter for
+whichever database you plan to use with Django.
+
+.. _Debian GNU/Linux: http://www.debian.org/
+.. _current package in Debian: http://packages.debian.org/testing/python/python-django
+
+Ubuntu
+------
+
+The Debian ``python-django`` package is also available for `Ubuntu
+Linux`_, in the "universe" repository for Ubuntu 7.04 ("Feisty Fawn"),
+and so the `current Ubuntu package`_ is also based on Django 0.95.1
+and can be installed in the same fashion as on Debian.
+
+.. _Ubuntu Linux: http://www.ubuntu.com/
+.. _current Ubuntu package: http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/python/python-django
+
+Fedora
+------
+
+A Django package is available for `Fedora Linux`_, in the "Fedora
+Extras" repository. The `current Fedora package`_ is based on Django
+0.95.1, and can be installed by typing ``yum install Django``.
+
+.. _Fedora Linux: http://fedora.redhat.com/
+.. _current Fedora package: http://fedoraproject.org/extras/6/i386/repodata/repoview/Django-0-0.95.1-1.fc6.html
+
+Gentoo
+------
+
+A Django build is available for `Gentoo Linux`_, and is based on
+Django 0.95.1. The `current Gentoo build`_ can be installed by typing
+``emerge Django``.
+
+.. _Gentoo Linux: http://www.gentoo.org/
+.. _current Gentoo build: http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=dev-python;name=django
+
+For distributors
+================
+
+If you'd like to package Django for distribution, we'd be happy to
+help out; feel free to join the `django-developers mailing list`_ and
+introduce yourself. We also encourage all distributors to subscribe to
+the `django-announce mailing list`_, which is a low-traffic list for
+announcing new releases of Django and important bugfixes.
+
+.. _django-developers mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/
+.. _django-announce mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/django-announce/