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Finding Linux Documentation [1/2]
Nothing a newbie can do without documentation.
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On the Web
The Linux Documentation Project
The Linux Documentation Project
(LDP) is working on developing good, reliable documentation for the Linux operating system.
The overall goal of the LDP is to collaborate in taking care of all of the issues of Linux documentation, ranging from online
documentation (man pages, HTML, and so on) to printed manuals covering topics such as installing, using, and running Linux.
LDP also provides translations of its works in languages other English.
LDP Guides :
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The Linux Installation and Getting Started Guide
by Matt Welsh and others.
- The Linux Users' Guide
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by Larry Greenfieldby.
This book covers all of the user-end aspects of Linux, from
sitting down at the first login session to using complex tools such as
gcc, emacs, and so on. It assumes no previous Unix experience, so not only
will it serve as an introduction to Linux, but to Unix in general as well.
This manual won't cover system administrator tasks (i.e. anything that needs
to be done as root) - it's for the J. Random User who has a working Linux
system sitting in front of them.
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The Linux System Administrators' Guide
by Lars Wirzenius.
This is the third book in the main LDP series, and assumes knowledge
of everything in the Installation and Users' Guides. It will cover all of the
aspects of keeping the system running, handling user accounts, backups,
configuration of the system, installing and upgrading software, and more.
Whereas some of this information is in the Installation Guide (just to get the
system off the ground) this book should be much more complete.
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The Linux Network Administrators' Guide
by Olaf Kirch.
This guide supplements the System Administrators' Guide and cover all of
the diverse issues of networking under Linux, from UUCP to serial connections
to TCP/IP. Many Linux users won't have access to such a network, so this
information is in a separate manual. It contains an intro to TCP/IP and
UUCP (for those who have never used such networks before, lots of background
information), TCP/IP, UUCP, SLIP, and DNS configuration, configuration of mail
systems such as sendmail and Smail, setting up NNTP and news, and NFS.
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The Linux Programmer's Guide
by B. Scott Burkett, Sven Goldt, John D. Harper, Sven van der Meer and Matt Welsh.
All those guides, and many others, are freely available for download at
the LDP web page
LDP HOWTOs:
The Linux HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs are detailed "how to" documents on specific subjects. The
HOWTO INDEX
lists all HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs along with short descriptions.
You can get HOWTOs in:
LDP FAQs:
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