Linux Documentation Project

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The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is a fully volunteer project that maintains a large collection of Linux- related documentation and publishes it online. It was launched as a documentation exchange platform between Linux hackers and the users of their programs. The documents are mostly aimed at experienced users (e.g. professional system administrators ), but they also include teaching material for beginners.

history

In the origins of 1992 the LDP was an FTP site, but MetaLab brought it to the World Wide Web in 1993. It could be the very first Linux-related website.

Today the LDP provides 475 documents that are written by even more authors. A good dozen of the documents are book-length, and most of them are actually provided as printed matter by mainly technical publishers (e.g. O'Reilly ).

Content

The LDP mainly publishes howto documents that bring the user closer to the various learning objectives step by step. The learning objectives are sometimes very specific (e.g. how to configure a particular modem), in other cases very comprehensive (e.g. how to manage an Internet service provider's network).

Particularly comprehensive topics are covered by manuals, book-length documents on general topics, e.g. B. Security or network technology.

The LDP also publishes FAQ lists, man pages and other documents, as well as two webzines : The Linux Gazette and the Linux Focus.

Much of the LDP collection is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). Many other licenses are also used as long as they allow free distribution. The current project route recommends the GFDL or the Open Publication License without exercising options A or B.

The Linux Network Administrators' Guide is one book in this series.

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