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Clarify reference to Linux distro packages
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packages. Alternatively, the term "distribution package" can be used to
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refer to a specific file that contains a certain version of a project.
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Note that in the Linux world, "distribution package" refers to a package
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provided by the system package manager, which is a different meaning.
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Note that in the Linux world, a "distribution package",
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most commonly abbreviated as "distro package" or just "package",
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is something provided by the system package manager of the `Linux distribution <distro_>`_,
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which is a different meaning.
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What's an import package?
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.. _distro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution
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.. _PyPI: https://pypi.org
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.. _Pillow: https://pypi.org/project/Pillow
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.. _attrs: https://pypi.org/project/attrs

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