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+An ``X-'' prefixed before a distribution set means that the XFree86
+3.1.1u1 base distribution, libraries, manual pages, SVGA server and a
+set of default fonts will be selected in addition to the set itself.
+
+If you select such a set, you will also be presented with a set of
+menus for customizing the selections to your desired X Window System
+setup.
+
+N.B. All references in this document to `complete source' mean the
+complete source tree minus any legally encumbered cryptography code.
+
+The current "canned" installations are as follows:
+
+Developer: Base ("bin") distribution, man pages, dictionary
+ files, profiling libraries and the complete source tree.
+
+
+Kern-Developer: As above, but with only kernel sources instead of
+ the complete source tree.
+
+
+User: The base distribution, man pages, dictionary files and
+ the FreeBSD 1.x and 2.0 compatibility sets.
+
+
+Minimal: Only the base distribution.
+
+
+Everything: The base distribution, man pages, dictionary files,
+ profiling libraries, the FreeBSD 1.x and the FreeBSD 2.0
+ compatibility libraries, the complete source tree,
+ games and your choice of XFree86 distribution components.
+ N.B. Still no cryptocraphy source code!
+
+
+Custom: Allows you to modify or create your distribution set on
+ a piece-by-piece basis.
+
+
+Reset: Clear all currently selected distributions.
+
+
+---
+
+When using Custom, most of the sub-distribution choices are fairly
+obvious, though two possible exceptions may be the "commerce" and
+"xperimnt" distributions:
+
+ * The "commerce" directory, as its name implies, is devoted to
+ commercial offerings. This includes commercial products released
+ under special arrangement, limited functionality demos, shareware
+ products (you like it, you buy it), etc.
+
+ At the time of this writing, there are unfortunately not enough
+ commercial offerings to justify a fully split distribution set,
+ so each product is available both as a subdirectory and as part
+ of one large archive file. If you select "commerce" from the
+ distributions submenus then you'll get the big file containing
+ the entire collection copied to your hard disk. Don't do this
+ unless you've got at least 10MB to devote to it!
+
+
+ * The "xperimnt" directory contains, not surprisingly, experimental
+ offerings. Unfinished (or work-in-progress) features, special
+ purpose drivers and packages, strange proof-of-concept stuff,
+ it's a mixed bag! Select this item on a distribution menu and
+ you'll get the whole collection (between 10 and 30MB).
+
+
+ If you're installing from CDROM then all of the commercial and
+ "experimental" offerings are also easily available in their
+ individual subdirectories and can be copied to hard disk at
+ any time.
+
+
+You may also notice that certain distributions, like "des" and "krb",
+are marked "NOT FOR EXPORT!" This is because it's illegal to
+export them from the United States (or any other country which
+considers encryption technology to be on its restricted export
+list). Since breaking this law only gets the _originating_ site
+(US!) in trouble, please do not load these distributions from U.S.
+servers!
+
+A number of "foreign" servers do exist for the benefit of
+non-U.S. sites, one of which is "skeleton.mikom.csir.co.za".
+
+Please get all such export restricted software from there
+if you are outside the U.S., thanks!