From LQWiki

Documentation is any document that provides information about the configuring, running, troubleshooting, fixing or general using an application or piece of hardware.

Look for GNU/Linux documentation:

• in man pages via the man command
• at the given project's web page, in their documentation area
• in Howto documents -- howto's are easily obtainable from The Linux Documentation Project or by googling (Google) for them.
• using the info command (to view the texinfo manual, if there is one)
• here at the LinuxQuestions.org Wiki
• by searching relevant newsgroups' and mailing lists' archives
• by searching the LinuxQuestions.org[1] forum archives[2]
• on your own system in /usr/share/doc and elsewhere

When writing your own documentation, please keep the 3 C's in mind:

• Make it Correct,
• Concise, and
• Complete.

Of course, keeping your docs up to date and also understandable by your intended victims^h^h^h^h^h^h^h users goes without saying. :)

See also

• FAQ
• commands
• Linux books
• Linux media documentation

External links

• The Linux Documentation Project (tldp.org)
• Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition (rute.2038bug.com)
• IBM Developerworks (www-128.ibm.com)

  A lot of stuff to check, even in the Unix section.

• www.howtoforge.com (www.howtoforge.com)
• Open Books (www.oreilly.com)

• www.debianadmin.org (www.debianadmin.com)

  Very good articles. Active.

• en.wikibooks.org (en.wikibooks.org)

  Should be watched closely. Example, some books for the Newbies :

  • Linux_For_Newbies
  • Knowing_Knoppix

• Yolinux's tutorials (www.yolinux.com)
• Doctor Bob's low fat Linux (www.lowfatlinux.com)

  An ordered resource of lessons to learn Linux basics, the Unix way.

• tuxfiles -- Linux help (www.tuxfiles.org)
• 20 Must Read HOWTOs and Guides for Linux (www.foogazi.com)