<para>
  Jungle Monkey (JM) is a distributed file sharing program.  You join
  channels where people offer files for download.  You can offer your
  own files and create your own channels as well.  Once you download a
  file, others can connect to you to get that file.  You can also
  search for files.
</para>

<para>
  Jungle Monkey is part of a research project at the <ulink
  url="http://www.eecs.umich.edu">EECS Department</ulink> of the
  <ulink url="http://www.umich.edu">University of Michigan</ulink>.
  The current incarnation of Jungle Monkey began in the fall of 1999,
  but Jungle Monkey has existed in some form since the summer of
  1998. We're looking at End-to-End Multicast and other multicast
  issues.  See the <link linkend=faq>FAQ</link> for more information.
</para>

<para>
  Features:
  <itemizedlist>
    <listitem><para>Create your own file-sharing channels and offer files for download</></>
    <listitem><para>Browse other peoples channels and download their files</></>
    <listitem><para>Search for files</></>
    <listitem><para>Efficiently uses bandwidth by finding the closest client with the file you want</></>
  </itemizedlist>
</para>

<para>
  JM is for Unix and requires GTK/GLIB 1.2, GNet 1.0, and some other
  libraries.  If you have Gnome, you can enable basic Gnome support.
  (See <link linkend=install>Installation Guide</link> for more
  Information)
</para>

<caution>
  <para>
    <emphasis>JUNGLE MONKEY IS BETA SOFTWARE</emphasis>.  It is fairly
    stable and usable, but may still have lingering bugs.  Development
    will continue in the 0.1.X series that may break backward
    compatabilty with older Jungle Monkey clients.  We hope for a
    stable release (0.6?) in early Summer.
  </para>
</caution>

<para>
  Comments, questions, and bug reports should be sent to
  <email>jm@eecs.umich.edu</email>.  Please read the <link
  linkend=faq>FAQ</link> before asking questions.
</para>

<para>
  The Jungle Monkey homepage is at: <ulink
  url="http://www.junglemonkey.net">http://www.junglemonkey.net</ulink>
</para>

<para>                        
  Debian and Red Hat packages are available on the homepage.
</para>
