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+# Froxlor
+
+The server administration software for your needs.
+Developed by experienced server administrators, this panel simplifies the effort of managing your hosting platform.
+
+## Installation
+
+### Fast install
+1. Ensure that your webserver serves /var/www
+2. Extract froxlor into /var/www
+3. Point your browser to http://[ip-of-webserver]/froxlor
+4. Follow the installer
+5. Login as administrator
+6. Adjust "Server > Settings" according to your needs
+7. Choose your distribution under "Server > Configuration"
+8. Follow the steps for your services
+9. Have fun!
+
+### Detailed installation
+http://redmine.froxlor.org/projects/froxlor/wiki/Installationtarball
+
+## Help
+
+You may find help in the following places:
+
+### IRC
+
+froxlor may be found on freenode.net, channel #froxlor:
+irc://chat.freenode.net/froxlor
+
+### Forum
+
+The community is located on http://forum.froxlor.org
+
+### Wiki
+
+More documentation may be found in the froxlor - wiki:
+http://redmine.froxlor.org/projects/froxlor/wiki
+
+## License
+
+May be found in COPYING
+
+## Downloads
+
+### Tarball
+http://files.froxlor.org/releases/froxlor-latest.tar.gz [MD5](http://files.froxlor.org/releases/froxlor-latest.tar.gz.md5) [SHA1](http://files.froxlor.org/releases/froxlor-latest.tar.gz.sha1)
+
+### Debian repository
+
+[HowTo](http://redmine.froxlor.org/projects/froxlor/wiki/Installationdebian)
+
+/etc/apt/sources.list.d/froxlor.list
+> deb http://debian.froxlor.org [squeeze|wheezy] main
+
+### Gentoo repository
+
+[HowTo](http://redmine.froxlor.org/projects/froxlor/wiki/Installationgentoo)
+
+http://files.froxlor.org/gentoo/repositories.xml