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diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ReleaseNotes.txt
index f980502501..0efa80764a 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.txt
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Intel(R) Platform Innovation Framework for EFI
 EFI Development Kit II (EDK II) 
 Root Package 1.00
-2006-07-13
+2006-07-18
 
 Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its 
 subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
@@ -192,6 +192,21 @@ many other POSIX-compliant host operating environments. To compile the custom
 gcc tool chain, you need the following tools on your host computer: bash, gcc, 
 gmake, curl (or wget).
 
+Only the MdePkg and EdkModulePkg are currently supported by gcc builds. Other
+builds, such as the EdkNt32Pkg, will not compile with gcc.
+
+----------------------------
+A Word on compiling on Linux
+----------------------------
+
+In order to compile on Linux, you will need to have the e2fsprogs-dev package
+installed.  Check your distribution for the rpm, deb or other package format.
+This package contains the uuid library and header that are used by some of the
+host tools.
+
+If you are running on x86_64 Linux, then you should install a 64 bit version of
+the Java JDK. The version that was used was jdk-1_5_0_07-linux-amd64-rpm.bin.
+It may be downloaded from sun.com.
 
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 Notes on Documentation
@@ -325,10 +340,10 @@ To exit the Nt32 emulation platform, type 
 command prompt.  Alternatively, from the graphical interface, select the Boot
 Maintenance Manager's “Reset System” command.
 
-      NOTE: When creating a new platform, the Platform Name should be restricted
-      to a single word, containing alphanumeric characters, with special characters,
-      underscore, dash and the period character also allowed.  Space characters and
-      other special characters are not allowed.
+      NOTE: When creating a new platform, the Platform Name is restricted
+      to a single word containing alphanumeric characters, underscore, dash, 
+      and period.  The space character and other special characters are 
+      not allowed.
 
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 Notes on Symbolic Debug