Debian JP (Japanese) Packages for Debian 2.0 (Hamm-JP) released!

August 28th, 1998

The Debian JP Project has officially released Debian JP Packages for Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 Hamm-JP for the i386 and FM-TOWNS architectures.

It can be obtained from:

For further site information please visit http://www.debian.or.jp/Link.html.

What is Hamm-JP?

Hamm-JP is a set of add-on packages for Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 Hamm. It completely conforms to the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), which guarantee Hamm-JP to be 100% free software.

Hamm-JP is comprised of over 210 precompiled binary packages, including:

X Windows System with TrueType font support
Libc6 featuring improved multibyte character support
Manual pager with Japanese support
X Windows System with TrueType font support
and many more!

Also it contains a lot of free software from Japan such as

Ruby, a newly-developed object-oriented script language
Kinput2, the Kanji input method for X11
MagicPoint(mgp), an X11 based presentation tool
and more!

You can easily enhance your Debian system by installing Hamm-JP!

Although at this time Hamm-JP is released as an independent add-on, in the future all of Debian JP products will be contributed to Debian GNU/Linux itself. Some packages have already become part of the standard Debian distribution.

Hamm-JP is primarily compiled for Japanese Debian users, but most packages are very useful for non-Japanese speakers as well.

Debian documentation written in or translated into Japanese is also available on the Debian JP web site http://www.debian.or.jp/.

About Debian-JP

The Debian JP project consists of Debian users and developers in Japan whose goals include

developing a Japanized installer for Debian GNU/Linux,
assembling Japanized or Japanese-made software into Debian packages, and
making Debian GNU/Linux widely used in Japan.

About Debian

Debian GNU/Linux is a free distribution of the Linux based operating system. It is maintained and updated through the work of many users who volunteer their time and effort.

Linux kernel based operating systems are POSIX based, freely distributable, and includes features such as true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, proper memory management, TCP/IP networking, and other features consistent with Unix-type systems. It is used by individuals and organizations worldwide.

Contact Information

For further information regarding the Debian projects, please visit the Debian web sites.

 
 Debian JP Project   http://www.debian.or.jp/
 Debian Project      https://www.debian.org/

For more information regarding the Debian JP release, please contact

 Debian JP Project Leader
     Yoshiaki Yanagihara <yochi@debian.or.jp>
                         <yochi@debian.org>

For further information regarding Debian, please send email to press@debian.org or visit the Debian homepage at https://www.debian.org/.

Credits

Thanks to Keita Maehara <maehara@debian.or.jp> for this announcement.

Translations were done by:

Motoyasu Kojima <mkojima@kt.rim.or.jp>
Masayuki Hatta <masayuki_hatta@geocities.co.jp>
the Debian JP Documentation Group

Debian would like to thank all of the people who made the release of Hamm-JP possible, and all others affiliated with the Debian JP project for their work.