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+SoS
+===
+
+Sos is an extensible, portable, support data collection tool primarily aimed at Linux distributions and other UNIX-like operating systems.
+
+This project is hosted at:
+
+http://github.com/sosreport/sos
+For the latest version, to contribute, and for more information, please visit the project pages or join the mailing list.
+
+To clone the current master (development) branch run:
+
+.. code::
+
+    git clone git://github.com/sosreport/sos.git
+
+Reporting bugs
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Please report bugs via the mailing list or by opening an issue in the GitHub Issue Tracker
+
+Mailing list
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The sos-devel mailing list is used to discussi sos development and reviewing patches. User questions and general discussion are welcome too.
+
+Developers
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Patches can be submitted via the mailing list or as GitHub pull requests. If using GitHub please make sure your branch applies to the current master as a 'fast forward' merge (i.e. without creating a merge commit). Use the git rebase command to update your branch to the current master if necessary.
+
+Wiki documentation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+ How to write a plugin
+
+ How to write a policy
+
+ Plugin options
+
+To help get your changes merged quickly with as few revisions as possible please refer to the `Contributor Guidelines <https://github.com/sosreport/sos/wiki/Contribution-Guidelines>`_ when submitting patches or pull requests.
+
+Manual Installation
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. code::
+
+    to install locally (as root) ==> make install
+    to build an rpm ==> make rpm
+    to build a deb ==> make deb
+
+Pre-built Packaging
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Fedora/RHEL users install via yum:
+
+``yum install sos``
+
+Debian(Sid) users install via apt:
+
+``apt-get install sosreport``
+
+Ubuntu(Saucy 13.10 and above) users install via apt:
+
+``sudo apt-get install sosreport``
+
+API
+===
+
+Plugin Reference
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   plugins
+
+
+Core Reference
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   archive
+   reporting
+   utilities