1. Initial constraints: Many Big Documents

A full Linux distribution represents:

about 5 CDs full of installable applications;

those applications range from text editors to Internet servers;

and are available in a few dozen different languages from Afrikaans to Vietnamese.

The documentation that accompanies the various Mandrakelinux distributions:

An Installation Guide

A User Guide

A Reference Manual

System and network services documentation

All that in seven languages totalizing more than 4000 pages of documentation.