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-The Linux Documentation Project is
.. wait for it
.. a project to document Linux!
+[
The Linux Documentation Project | http://www
.tldp
.org/] is the most official source of things like HowTo documents
. The NewZealandLinuxMirrors page lists some TLDP mirrors; DunLug run one
.
-It
is the most official source
of things like
HowTo documents.
+ The Linux Documentation Project
is working on developing free, high quality documentation for
the GNU/Linux operating system. The overall goal
of the LDP is to collaborate in all of the issues of Linux documentation. This includes the creation of "
HowTo~s" and "Guides". We hope to establish a system of documentation for Linux that will be easy to use and search. This includes the integration of the manual pages, info docs, HOWTOs, and other
documents.
-From their website:
+ LDP's goal is to create the canonical set of free Linux documentation. While online (and downloadable) documentation can be frequently updated in order to stay on top of the many changes in the Linux world, we also like to see the same docs included on CDs and printed in books.
-The Linux Documentation Project
is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system
. The overall goal of the LDP
is to collaborate
in all of the issues of Linux documentation. This includes the creation of "[HowTo]s" and "Guides"
. We hope to establish a system of documentation for Linux
that will be easy
to use and search
. This includes the integration of the manual pages
, info docs, HOWTOs, and
other documents
.
+
The LDP
is essentially a loose team of volunteers with minimal central organization
. Anyone who would like to help
is welcome
to join
in this effort
. We feel
that working together informally and discussing projects on our mailing lists is the best way
to go
. When we disagree on things
, we try to reason with each
other until we reach an informed consensus
.
-LDP's goal is to create
the canonical set of free Linux documentation
. While online (
and downloadable) documentation
can be frequently updated in order to stay on top of the many changes in the Linux world
, we also like to see the same docs included on CDs
and printed in books.
-
-The LDP is essentially a loose team of volunteers with minimal central organization. Anyone who would like to help is welcome to join in this effort. We feel
that working together informally and discussing projects on our mailing lists is
the best way to go
. When we disagree on things
, we try to reason with each other until we reach an informed consensus.
-
-You can find
the LDP at http://www.tldp.org/. The NewZealandLinuxMirrors page lists some TLDP mirrors; [DunLug] run one
.
+The
LDP does not maintain all
the manual pages, in particular they do not maintain manual pages for non-standardised user commands
. Standardised user commands __must__ compily with the with the standard
and so
can be maintained centrally
, but most commands are non-standardised
and it's very important
that the manual pages reflect the command
. For this reason
, such manual pages are maintained and distributed alongside
the commands
.