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+# IPFire 2.x - The Open Source Firewall
+
+# What is IPFire?
+
+IPFire is a hardened, versatile, state-of-the-art Open Source firewall based on
+Linux. Its ease of use, high performance in any scenario and extensibility make
+it usable for everyone. For a full list of features have a look [here](https://www.ipfire.org/features).
+
+This repository contains the source code of IPFire 2.x which is used to build
+the whole distribution from scratch, since IPFire is not based on any other
+distribution.
+
+# Where can I get IPFire?
+
+Just head over to https://www.ipfire.org/download
+
+# How do I use this software?
+
+We have a long and detailed wiki located [here](https://wiki.ipfire.org/) which
+should answers most of your questions.
+
+# But I have some questions left. Where can I get support?
+
+You can ask your question at our community located [here](https://community.ipfire.org/).
+A complete list of our support channels can be found [here](https://www.ipfire.org/support).
+
+# How can I contribute?
+
+We have another document for this. Please look [here](doc/CONTRIBUTING.md).