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@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ the initial indexing.  After that, come back and checkout our docs:
 
   * [[Notmuch manual pages|manpages]]
   * [[General how-tos|howto]]
 
   * [[Notmuch manual pages|manpages]]
   * [[General how-tos|howto]]

-  * [[Available frontends|frontends]]

   * [[Searching]]
   * [[Excluding and deleting messages|excluding]]
   * [[Initial tagging|Initial_Tagging]]
   * [[Searching]]
   * [[Excluding and deleting messages|excluding]]
   * [[Initial tagging|Initial_Tagging]]


@@ -67,19 +66,36 @@ the initial indexing.  After that, come back and checkout our docs:
 Apart from the wiki, help is available via email and on IRC (see
 below).  Join the mailing list.  Read the archives.  Ask questions.
 
 Apart from the wiki, help is available via email and on IRC (see
 below).  Join the mailing list.  Read the archives.  Ask questions.
 

+## Email clients and front ends
+
+Notmuch ships with a powerful set of [[command-line tools|manpages]], an
+[[email client for Emacs|emacstips]], another
+[client for vim](http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch/blob/HEAD:/vim/README),
+and a [[Mutt integration script|notmuch-mutt]].
+
+There are also many other [[email clients and frontends|frontends]] based on
+Notmuch.
+

 ## Screenshots
 
 * [[Emacs UI screenshots|screenshots]]
 
 ## Screenshots
 
 * [[Emacs UI screenshots|screenshots]]
 

-## Packages
+## Obtaining Notmuch
+
+[Notmuch source releases](http://notmuchmail.org/releases/) are available as
+source tar balls.

 
 

-* [Debian](http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=notmuch)
+Notmuch is packaged for the following distributions:
+
+* [Debian](http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=notmuch) (Please use at
+  least the packages from squeeze-backports, squeeze packages are very
+  outdated!)

 * [Fedora](https://community.dev.fedoraproject.org/packages/notmuch)
 * [Gentoo](http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-mail/notmuch)
 * [Slackware](http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/office/notmuch/)
 * [Ubuntu](http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=notmuch)
 
 * [Fedora](https://community.dev.fedoraproject.org/packages/notmuch)
 * [Gentoo](http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-mail/notmuch)
 * [Slackware](http://slackbuilds.org/repository/13.37/office/notmuch/)
 * [Ubuntu](http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=notmuch)
 

-## Source code
+## Development

 
 All of the code for Notmuch is available as [free
 software](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html) released
 
 All of the code for Notmuch is available as [free
 software](http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html) released


@@ -89,17 +105,16 @@ versions can be checked out via git with this command:
 
         git clone git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch
 
 
         git clone git://notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch
 

-You can browse the [Notmuch code
-history](http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch) online. And finally,
-you can [subscribe to the `notmuch-commits`
-list](http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch-commits) to watch
-every commit made to notmuch and the notmuchmail.org web site.
-
-Source tar balls of notmuch releases can be downloaded
-[here](http://notmuchmail.org/releases/).
+You can browse the
+[Notmuch code history online](http://git.notmuchmail.org/git/notmuch). And
+finally, you can
+[subscribe to the `notmuch-commits` list](http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch-commits)
+to watch every commit made to notmuch and the notmuchmail.org web
+site.

 
 

-We have a [buildbot](http://buildbot.notmuchmail.org/grid)
-([configuration](https://github.com/tomprince/buildbot-configs/tree/notmuch)).
+We have a [buildbot](http://buildbot.notmuchmail.org/grid) (here's
+its
+[configuration](https://github.com/tomprince/buildbot-configs/tree/notmuch)).

 
 ## Bug-tracking and patches
 
 
 ## Bug-tracking and patches
 


@@ -110,22 +125,21 @@ when submitting patches.
 The tagging and filtering features of notmuch make it quite suitable
 for use as a bug- and patch-tracker. We are currently experimenting
 with using it for this purpose for notmuch development, using a
 The tagging and filtering features of notmuch make it quite suitable
 for use as a bug- and patch-tracker. We are currently experimenting
 with using it for this purpose for notmuch development, using a

-utility called [[nmbug]].
-
-The status of current patches can also be followed [[online|http://nmbug.tethera.net/status]].
+utility called [[nmbug]].  The status of current patches can also be
+followed [online](http://nmbug.tethera.net/status).

 
 ## Contact: Email & IRC
 
 Comments? Please feel free to email the notmuch mailing list:
 notmuch@notmuchmail.org (subscription is not required, but you can
 
 ## Contact: Email & IRC
 
 Comments? Please feel free to email the notmuch mailing list:
 notmuch@notmuchmail.org (subscription is not required, but you can

-subscribe to the [notmuch
-list](http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch) if you would
-like to). You can also browse the [online
-archives](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/) of the mailing
-list, read them as a [web forum
-(nabble)](http://notmuch.198994.n3.nabble.com/), or download an
-[mbox file](http://notmuchmail.org/archives/notmuch.mbox) of the entire
-mailing-list.
+also subscribe to the
+[notmuch mailing list](http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch)). You
+can also browse the
+[online list archives](http://notmuchmail.org/pipermail/notmuch/),
+read them as a
+[web forum (nabble)](http://notmuch.198994.n3.nabble.com/), or
+download an [mbox file](http://notmuchmail.org/archives/notmuch.mbox)
+of the entire mailing-list.

 
 The `mb2md` utility can be used to convert the archives to maildir
 format which is convenient for reading the archives within notmuch
 
 The `mb2md` utility can be used to convert the archives to maildir
 format which is convenient for reading the archives within notmuch