welcome to hdw - linux
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hdw-linux is mainly a collection of shell scripts automating the process of 
building a linux distribution from scratch. after setting up an appropriate 
toolchain a minimal bases system is build. in case of not crosscompiling target
specific software is rebuild by doing a chroot to the prepared base system.

additionaly the scripts may help building packages on your working system. file
and dependency lists are generated after each build. this allows easy and clean
removement of installed software also caring for dependencies. the tool used for
that is called hdw-get which aims to be a simple packet manager of the hdw 
distributions.

the intention is to get a scaleable build system and to provide a toolkit
especially for developing on embedded/foreign - architecture systems. to put it
in a nutshell, hdw is a 'build from scratch' distribution. as i started my linux
experiences trying to automate lfs running aross rocklinux (one of the best
dsitro and 'hacker/s' i ever met) be prepared to hit a mixture of the lfs build
methods and a rock-like script structure (though not far as advanced as
rocklinux).

files in doc/ directory
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README 		- this file
BUILD		- instructions how to build hdw-linux (you want to read this!)
INSTALL		- instructions how to install hdw-linux (read this one too!)
TODO		- developer's todo list
CHANGELOG 	- changes made to the hdw-linux tree
Developers	- file keeping all the hdw-linux developers
VERSION		- containing the current version number
License		- the GPL -- GNU Public License
CROSSBUILD	- some instructions on crossbuilding hdw-linux
FAI		- instructions how to set up an fully automated instll server

getting hdw - linux
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have a look at:
http://www.hackdaworld.dyndns.org/hdw-linux/

hdw - linux community
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there is an irc server, so you can join our channel and get help online, or 
just talk with other users.

irc server: irc.hackdaworld.dyndns.org
channel: #hackdaworld

there is a mailing list, join it sending an email to 
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with the subject: subscribe hackdaworld


regards,
hdw - linux staff