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Documentation

Linux documentation has also been developed over the Internet. Much of the documentation currently available for Linux can be downloaded from Internet FTP sites. A special Linux project called the Linux Documentation Project (LDP), headed by Matt Welsh, has developed a complete set of Linux manuals. The documentation is available at the LDP home site at www.tldp.org. Linux documents provided by the LDP are listed in Table 1-8, along with their Internet sites.

Table 1-8: Linux Documentation Project

Sites

Web Sites

www.tldp.org

LDP Web site

Guides

Document Format

Linux Installation and Getting Started Guide

DVI, PostScript, LaTeX, PDF, and HTML

Linux User's Guide

DVI, PostScript, HTML, LaTeX, and PDF

Linux System Administrator's Guide

PostScript, PDF, LaTeX, and HTML

Linux Network Administrator's Guide

DVI, PostScript, PDF, and HTML

Linux Programmer's Guide

DVI, PostScript, PDF, LaTeX, and HTML

The Linux Kernel

HTML, LaTeX, DVI, and PostScript

Linux Kernel Hacker's Guide

DVI, PostScript, and HTML

Linux HOWTOs

HTML, PostScript, SGML, and DVI

Linux FAQs

HTML, PostScript, and DVI

Linux Man Pages

Man page format

Most of the standard Linux software and documentation currently available is already included on your Red Hat DVD-ROM. HOW-TO documents are all accessible in HTML format, so you can view them easily with your Web browser. In the future, though, you may need to access Linux Internet sites directly for current information and software.

An extensive number of mirrors are maintained for the Linux Documentation Project. You can link to any of them through a variety of sources, such as the LDP home site, www.tldp.org, and www.linuxjournal.org. The documentation includes a user's guide, an introduction, and administration guides. These are available in text, PostScript, or Web page format. Table 1-8 lists these guides. You can also find briefer explanations, in what are referred to as HOW-TO documents.

In addition to Web sites, Linux Usenet newsgroups are also available. Through your Internet connection, you can access Linux newsgroups to read the comments of other Linux users and to post messages of your own. Several Linux newsgroups exist, each beginning with comp.os.linux. One of particular interest to the beginner is comp.os.linux.help, where you can post questions. Table 1-9 lists some of the Usenet Linux newsgroups you can check out, particularly for posting questions.

Table 1-9: Usenet Newsgroups

Newsgroup

Title

comp.os.linux.announce

Announcements of Linux developments

comp.os.linux.development.apps

For programmers developing Linux applications

comp.os.linux.development.system

For programmers working on the Linux operating system

comp.os.linux.hardware

Linux hardware specifications

comp.os.linux.admin

System administration questions

comp.os.linux.misc

Special questions and issues

comp.os.linux.setup

Installation problems

comp.os.linux.answers

Answers to command problems

comp.os.linux.help

Questions and answers for particular problems

comp.os.linux.networking

Linux network questions and issues

linux.dev.group

Numerous development newsgroups beginning with linux.dev, such as linux.dev.admin and linux.dev.doc



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