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. Here is the Linux Documentation
Project Manifesto and
Copyright License for LDP works.
Translations of LDP works (languages other than English) can be found on the "Non-English Linux Info" links page.
Additional documentation (HOWTOs, FAQs, etc) can be found here.
Older and unmaintained (but still pertinent) guides can be found here.
Search the LDP documents from the LDP search page.
| Current / Maintained Guides |
| version: | 0.1 |
| author: | Binh Nguyen, <linuxfilesystem(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)au> |
| last update: | July 2003 |
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A Linux Dictionary...
| version: | 1.6 |
| author: | Machtelt Garrels, <tille(at)coresequence.com> |
| last update: | July 2003 |
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This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter. For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. We hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.
| version: | 1.9 |
| author: |
Mendel Cooper,
<thegrendel@theriver.com> |
| last update: | June 2003 |
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This document is both a tutorial and a reference on shell scripting with Bash. It assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, but progresses rapidly toward an intermediate/advanced level of instruction. The exercises and heavily-commented examples invite active reader participation. Still, it is a work in progress. The intention is to add much supplementary material in future updates to this document, as it evolves into a comprehensive book that matches or surpasses any of the shell scripting manuals in print.
| version: | 1.2 |
| author: | David Horton, <dhorton(at)megsinet.net> |
| last update: | May, 2003 |
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The Pocket Linux Guide is for anyone interested in learning the techniques of building a GNU/Linux system from source code. The guide is structured as a project that builds a small diskette-based GNU/Linux system called Pocket Linux. Each chapter explores a small piece of the overall system explaining how it works, why it is needed and how to build it. After completing the Pocket Linux project, readers should possess an enhanced knowledge of what makes GNU/Linux systems work as well as the confidence to explore larger, more complex source-code-only projects.
| version: | 2.16.3 |
| author: |
Matthew P. Barnson,
<mbarnson@sisna.com> |
| last update: | April 2003 |
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This document is intended to be the comprehensive guide to the installation, administration, maintenance, and use of the Bugzilla bug-tracking system.
| version: | 1.0 |
| author: | Subhasish Ghosh |
| last update: | April 2003 |
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Explains how three different operating systems can be installed and configured on the same hard disk of a computer. The reader may choose from: Microsoft Windows 95/98(Second Edition)/Millennium edition(ME)/NT/2K/XP + FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE/OpenBSD 3.2-RELEASE + Linux. Only Intel architecture multi-booting is discussed and GNU GRUB is the boot-loader of choice.
| version: | 2.4 |
| authors: | Peter Jay Salzman and Ori Pomerantz |
| last update: | April 2003 |
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A guide to programming Linux kernel modules.
| version: | 2.0.0 |
| authors: |
Christine Lorenz, IBM Joy Goodreau, IBM Kylie Smith, IBM |
| last update: | March, 2003 |
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This book is designed to address user's questions about Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) and provide a context for using EVMS. For additional information about EVMS or to ask questions specific to your distribution, the EVMS mailing lists are an excellent resource. You can view the list archives or subscribe to the lists from the EVMS Project web site.
| version: | 0.5 |
| author: | Binh Nguyen, <linuxfilesystem(at)yahoo.com.au> |
| last update: | March, 2003 |
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This document outlines the set of requirements and guidelines for file and directory placement under the Linux operating system according to those of the FSSTND v2.2 final (May 23, 2001) and also its actual implementation on an arbitrary system. It is meant to be accessible to all members of the Linux community, be distribution independent and is intended discuss the impact of the FSSTND and how it has managed to increase the efficiency of support interoperability of applications, system administration tools, development tools, and scripts as well as greater uniformity of documentation for these systems.
| version: | 3.15 |
| authors: |
Mark F. Komarinski,
<mkomarinski@valinux.com> Jorge Godoy, <godoy@metalab.unc.edu> David C. Merrill, <david@lupercalia.net> |
| last update: | December 2002 |
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Lists the tools, procedures, and hints to get LDP authors up to speed and writing.
There are many ways to contribute to the Linux movement without actually writing code. One of the most important is writing documentation, allowing each person to share their knowledge with thousands of others around the world. This Guide is designed to help you get familiar with how the LDP works, and what tools you'll need to write your own HOWTO.
| version: | 8.0 |
| author: | Joshua Drake |
| last update: | November 2002 |
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Replacement for the Consultants-HOWTO. A listing of companies providing commercial Linux related support. For further information, see http://www.linuxports.com.
| version: | 4.0 |
| author: |
Gerard Beekmans,
<gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> |
| last update: | October 2002 |
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Derived from the popular Linux-From-Scratch-HOWTO, this book describes the process of creating your own Linux system from scratch from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing but the sources of software that are needed.
More information can be found at http://linuxfromscratch.org.
| author: |
Tigran Aivazian,
<tigran@veritas.com> |
| last update: | August 2002 |
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An introduction to the Linux 2.4 kernel. The author is working as senior Linux kernel engineer at VERITAS Software Ltd and wrote this book for the purpose of supporting the short training course/lectures he gave on this subject, internally at VERITAS.
| version: | 2.0 |
| author: | Gerhard Mourani, <gmourani@openna.com> |
| last update: | July 2002 |
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Mastering security with Linux and getting the maximum out of your system have never been easier. Securing & Optimizing Linux: The Ultimate Solution (v2.0) has been written and achieved with tightening security to an incomparable level in mind. One of its main features is the easy path from beginning to end in a smooth manner, step by step for beginners as well as for experts.
More information: http://www.openna.com/products/books/sol/solus.php.
| version: | 1.3 |
| author: | Gerhard Mourani, <gmourani@openna.com> |
| last update: | August 2000 |
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| version: | 1.3 |
| author: |
Jennifer Jobst,
<jobst@us.ibm.com> |
| last update: | July 2002 |
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This document helps Emacspeak users become familiar with Emacs as an audio desktop and provides tutorials on many common tasks and the Emacs applications available to perform those tasks.
| version: | 2.0 |
| author: |
Shie Erlich,
<shie@myrealbox.com> |
| last update: | June 2002 |
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This guide describes a work in progress, to port Linux to a custom PowerPC-based board. This means making the operating system work on unfamiliar hardware. Anyone, who is on the same track might benefit from reading this paper, as it highlights the pitfalls and problematic points along the way.
| version: | 1.2 |
| author: | Michael Stutz, <stutz@dsl.org> |
| last update: | January 2002 |
| available formats: |
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Over 1,500 time-saving recipes and hints for busy modern computer users.
| version: | 0.7 |
| authors: | Lars Wirzenius, Joanna Oja, and Stephen Stafford |
| last update: | November 2001 |
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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.
Also visit the System
Administrators' Guide Homepage.
| version: | 1.1 |
| authors: | Olaf Kirch and Terry Dawson |
| last update: | March 2000 |
| ISBN: | 1-56592-400-2 |
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This book was written to provide a single reference for network administration in a Linux environment. Beginners and experienced users alike should find the information they need to cover nearly all important administration activities required to manage a Linux network configuration. The possible range of topics to cover is nearly limitless, so of course it has been impossible to include everything there is to say on all subjects. We've tried to cover the most important and common ones. We've found that beginners to Linux networking, even those with no prior exposure to Unix-like operating systems, have found this book good enough to help them successfully get their Linux network configurations up and running and get them ready to learn more.
Removed at the request of the author (book is now more "dynamic"). Please access the Linux Administrator's Security Guide at the following location: http://www.seifried.org/lasg/
| version: | 1.06 |
| author: | Steve Frampton |
| last update: | November 1999 |
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The Linux Administration Made Easy (LAME) guide attempts to describe day-to-day administration and maintenance issues commonly faced by Linux system administrators.