improve phrasing Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer <a.laute...@proxmox.com> --- v2 -> v3: rebased on current master
v1 -> v2: applied suggestions from oguz [0] [0] https://pve.proxmox.com/pipermail/pve-devel/2019-September/038966.html sysadmin.adoc | 38 ++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/sysadmin.adoc b/sysadmin.adoc index e045610..86b61f0 100644 --- a/sysadmin.adoc +++ b/sysadmin.adoc @@ -5,31 +5,21 @@ ifndef::manvolnum[] :pve-toplevel: endif::manvolnum[] -{pve} is based on the famous https://www.debian.org/[Debian] Linux -distribution. That means that you have access to the whole world of -Debian packages, and the base system is well documented. The +The following sections will focus on common virtualization tasks and explain the +{pve} specifics regarding the administration and management of the host machine. + +{pve} is based on https://www.debian.org/[Debian GNU/Linux] with additional +repositories to provide the {pve} related packages. This means that the full +range of Debian packages is available including security updates and bug fixes. +{pve} provides it's own Linux kernel based on the Ubuntu kernel. It has all the +necessary virtualization and container features enabled and includes +https://zfsonlinux.org[ZFS] and several extra hardware drivers. + +For other topics not included in the following sections, please refer to the +Debian documentation. The https://debian-handbook.info/download/stable/debian-handbook.pdf[Debian -Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a -comprehensive introduction to the Debian operating system (see -xref:Hertzog13[]). - -A standard {pve} installation uses the default repositories from -Debian, so you get bug fixes and security updates through that -channel. In addition, we provide our own package repository to roll -out all {pve} related packages. This includes updates to some -Debian packages when necessary. - -We also deliver a specially optimized Linux kernel, where we enable all -required virtualization and container features. That kernel includes -drivers for http://zfsonlinux.org/[ZFS], and several hardware drivers. -For example, we ship Intel network card drivers to support their -newest hardware. - -The following sections will concentrate on virtualization related -topics. They either explain things which are different on {pve}, or -tasks which are commonly used on {pve}. For other topics, please refer -to the standard Debian documentation. - +Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a comprehensive +introduction to the Debian operating system (see xref:Hertzog13[]). ifdef::wiki[] -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@pve.proxmox.com https://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel
