Q: Where
Is the Documentation?
A: Look in the following places, and the sites that
mirror them.
For a list of Linux FTP sites, refer to the answer for: Where
Are the Linux FTP Archives?.
If you don't have access to FTP, try the FTP-by-mail servers:
A complete list of HOWTO's is available in the HOWTO-INDEX
at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html.
The mini-HOWTO's are indexed at http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/mini.html.
In addition, translations are available from ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/translations/
and mirrors worldwide. The HOWTO's and other documentation have
been translated into the following languages:
- Chinese (zh)
- Croatian (hr)
- French (fr)
- German (de)
- Hellenic (el)
- Indonesian (id)
- Italian (it)
- Japanese (ja)
- Korean (ko)
- Polish (pl)
- Slovenian (sl)
- Spanish (es)
- Swedish (sv)
- Turkish (tr)
Additional documents are always in preparation. Please get
in touch with the coordinators if you are interested in writing
one. Contact and submission information is at http://tldp.org/mailinfo.html.
There is also a LDP HOWTO page at http://howto.tucows.org/.
The Guide Series produced by the Linux Documentation Project
is available from http://tldp.org.
Please read them if you are new to Unix and Linux.
And, of course, a number of people have written documentation
independently of the LDP:
Documentation for kernel developers is on-line: http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net.
To find out about Linux memory management, including performance
tuning, see Rik van Riel's Web page at http://humbolt.geo.uu.nl/Linux-MM/.
The Linux Consultants-Guide has a directory of Linux
consultants.
Gary's Encyclopedia lists over 4,000 Linux related links.
Its URL is http://members.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html.
There is also a FAQ specifically for the Red Hat Linux distribution,
at http://www.best.com/~aturner/RedHat-FAQ/faq_index.html.
Q: Where
Is the Linux Stuff on the World Wide Web?
A: In addition to the Linux Documentation Project Home
Page: http://tldp.org,
there are many pages that provide beginning and advanced information
about Linux.
These two pages provide a good starting point for general
Linux information: Linux International's Home Page, at http://www.li.org,
and the Linux Online's Linux Home Page at http://www.linux.org.
Both of these pages provide links to other sites, information
about general information, distributions, new software, documentation,
and news.
Documentation for kernel developers is on-line: http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net.
The tutorial, Unix is a Four Letter Word..., is located
at http://people.msoe.edu/~taylor/4ltrwrd/.
It is a general introduction to Unix operating systems and is
not Linux specific.
Additionally, here is a certainly incomplete list of Web pages
devoted to Linux:
Searching for Linux on Web Search Engines will provide
copious references to Linux Web sites. Try:
Google also has a Linux-specific section at http://www.google.com/linux/.
Further information about about Web search engines is in the
Web and Internet Search Engine Faq: http://www.infobasic.com/pagefaq.html.
Refer also to the answer for: What
Other FAQ's and Documentation Are There for Linux?.
Q: What News Groups Are
There for Linux?
A: Comp.os.linux.announce is the moderated announcements
group. You should read this if you intend to use Linux. It contains
information about software updates, new ports, user group meetings,
and commercial products. It is the only newsgroup that
may carry commercial postings. Submissions for that group should
be e-mailed to linux-announce@news.ornl.gov.
Comp.os.linux.announce is archived at: http://www.iki.fi/mjr/linux/cola.html,
and ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/comp.os.linux.announce/.
Also worth reading are the following other groups in the news:comp.os.linux
and news:alt.uu.comp.os.linux
hierarchies you may find many common problems too recent for
the documentation but are answered in the newsgroups.
Remember that Linux is POSIX compatible, and most all of the
material in the news:comp.unix
and news:comp.windows.x
groups will be relevant. Apart from
hardware considerations, and some obscure or very technical
low-level issues, you'll find that these groups are good places
to start.
Information about e-mail clients (MUA's), mail transfer agents
(MTA's), and other related software are in the comp.mail.*
groups, especially:
Questions and information about News reading software are
in:
Please read If
this Document Still Hasn't Answered Your Question....
before posting. Cross posting between different news:comp.os.linux groups is rarely a good
idea.
There may well be Linux groups local to your institution or
areacheck there first.
See also How To Get
Information without Usenet Access.
Other regional and local newsgroups also existyou may find
the traffic more manageable there:
A search of http://groups.google.com/
can provide an up-to-date list of News groups.
[Axel Boldt, Robert Kiesling]
Q: What Other FAQ's and
Documentation Are There for Linux?
A: There are a number of special interest FAQ's on
different subjects related to system administration and use,
and also on miscellaneous topics like Flying Saucer Attacks (the
music) and support for recovering sysadmins.
The official Usenet FAQ archives are: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/.
The Internet FAQ Consortium provides a searchable archive
at: http://www.faqs.org/.
The site also maintains a current archive of Internet Request
For Comment (RFC), Best Current Practices (BCP), and For Your
Information (FYI) documents.
Here are some FAQ's and documents that might be especially
useful, and their network addresses:
Q: How To Get
Information without Usenet Access
A: A digest of comp.os.linux.announce is available
by mailing the word "subscribe" (without the quotes)
as the body of a message to linux-announce-REQUEST@news-digests.mit.edu.
Subscribing to this list is a good idea, as it carries important
information and documentation about Linux.
Please remember to use the *-request addresses for your subscribe
and unsubscribe messages; mail to the other address is posted
to the news group.
Q: What
Mailing Lists Are There?
A: The Linux developers now mainly use the Majordomo
server at majordomo@vger.redhat.com.
Send a message with the word "lists" (without the quotes)
in the body to get a list of lists there. Add a line with the
word, "help," to get the standard Majordomo help file
that lists instructions for subscribing and unsubscribing to
the lists.
Currently, the kernel list is archived at: http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/,
and http://www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu/linux-kernel/archive/
Please do not post off-topic material to the mailing lists.
Most of them are used by Linux developers to talk about technical
issues and future developments. They are not intended for new
users' questions, advertisements, or public postings that are
not directly related to the mailing list's subject matter. Comp.os.linux.announce
is the place for all public announcements. This is a common Internet
policy. If you don't observe this guideline, there's a good chance
that you'll be flamed.
There is a linux-newbie list where, "no question is too
stupid." Unfortunately, it seems that few experienced users
read that list, and it has very low volume.
There are numerous Linux related mailing lists at http://www.onelist.com/. Go to the categories
page and choose "Linux." There are also mailing list
subscription links at: http://oslab.snu.ac.kr/~djshin/linux/mail-list/
The Mailing Lists Available in Usenet page is: http://paml.net/.
The list information is also on: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/, and is posted to the
groups: news.announce.newgroups, news.lists,
and news.groups, among others.
Q: Are
the News Groups Archived Anywhere?
Q:
Where Are Linux Legal Issues Discussed?
A: On the linux-legal mailing list, of course. You
can subscribe to it, as with many of the other Linux related
lists, by sending a message with the word "help" in
the body of the message to majordomo@vger.redhat.com.
Q: Where is Information
about Unmaintained Free Software Projects?
Q: What Online/Free
Periodicals Exist for Linux?
A: There are a number of recent additions to the list
of periodicals devoted to Linux and free software:
Please send additions to this list to the FAQ maintainer,
David Merrill, dmerrill@ibiblio.org.
Q: Where
Can I To Find Information About Security Related Issues?
