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+.. Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost
+.. Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+.. file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+============================
+ |(logo)|__ Getting Started
+============================
+
+.. |(logo)| image:: ../../boost.png
+   :alt: Boost
+   :class: boost-logo
+
+__ ../../index.htm
+
+.. Admonition:: Use the latest version of this Getting Started guide
+
+  The `Boost website version of this Getting Started guide`_ may
+  have updated information, such as the location of additional installers
+  or improved installation procedures, so you might want use that version
+  if you've got an Internet connection available.
+
+  .. _`Boost website version of this Getting Started guide`:
+       http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/index.html
+
+Welcome
+-------
+
+Welcome to the Boost libraries!  By the time you've completed this
+tutorial, you'll be at least somewhat comfortable with the contents
+of a Boost distribution and how to go about using it.  
+
+What's Here
+-----------
+
+This document is designed to be an *extremely* gentle introduction,
+so we included a fair amount of material that may already be very
+familiar to you.  To keep things simple, we also left out some
+information intermediate and advanced users will probably want.  At
+the end of this document, we'll refer you on to resources that can
+help you pursue these topics further.
+
+Preliminaries
+-------------
+
+We use one typographic convention that might not be immediately
+obvious: *italic* text in examples is meant as a descriptive
+placeholder for something else, usually information that you'll
+provide.  For example:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+   **$** echo "My name is *your name*\ "
+
+Here you're expected to imagine replacing the text “your name” with
+your actual name.
+
+Ready?
+------
+
+Let's go!
+
+.. footer::
+  .. class:: nextpage
+
+     | **Next:** `Getting Started on Microsoft Windows`__
+     | **or:** `Getting Started on Unix variants (e.g. Linux, MacOS)`__
+
+__ windows.html
+__ unix-variants.html
+