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18.1 Getting the Documentation That’s Right for You 273

Books – Linux for Dummies, by John “maddog” Hall, published by IDG; Using Linux, by

William H. Ball, published by Que; Running Linux, by Matt Welsh and Lar Kaufman, pub-

lished by O’Reilly & Associates; Red Hat Linux Secrets, by Naba Barkakati, published by

IDG.

Red Hat’s website – At our very own website (http://www.redhat.com), you’ll ﬁnd links

to the Linux Documentation Project (LDP), the Ofﬁcial Red Hat Linux 6.0 Installation Guide,

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), a database which can help you search for a Linux Users

Group near you, a knowledgebase of information and more. In short, you’ll ﬁnd a wealth of

information to help you get started.

Newsgroups – Linux users are second to none when it comes to helping new users under-

stand Linux. You can ﬁnd dozens of Linux-related newsgroups on the Usenet, but a quick

search through Deja News (http://www.dejanews.com)shows: linux.help; linux.redhat,

linux.redhat.digest, linux.redhat.misc and linux.redhat.rpm. Also, from the

Deja News website, you can frequently search for speciﬁc information from Linux newsgroups.

As you gain more experience using your Red Hat Linux system, you’ll probably ﬁnd that you’ll need

more in-depth information. Continue reading the next section to ﬁnd out more about the kinds of

documentation that will help you at that point.

18.1.2 Documentation for More Experienced Linux Users

If you’ve used other Linux distributions, you probably already have a basic grasp of the most fre-

quently used commands. You may have installed your own Linux system, and maybe you’ve even

downloaded and built software you found on the Internet. What sorts of information will you need?

Task-oriented information – Many times, you’ll ﬁnd that you’d like to conﬁgure your Red

Hat Linux system in a certain way, but you’re not sure where to begin. In this case, it’soften

a big help to see what others in similar circumstances have done. This is where the Linux

Documentation Project (also known as the LDP) can come in handy. Each of their HOWTOs

document a particular aspect of Linux, from low-level kernel esoterica, to using Linux in an

amateur radio station.

If you selected one of the various howto packages when you installed Red Hat Linux, you’ll

ﬁnd the HOWTOs on your system in /usr/doc/HOWTO.

18.1.3 Documentation for Linux Gurus

If you’re a long-time Red Hat Linux user, you probably already know that the following pretty much

says it all when it comes to documentation:

Use the Force – Read the source!

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