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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.
For translations of LDP works and documentation in languages other
than English, have a look at the
"Non-English Linux Info" links
page.
Additional documentation (HOWTOs, FAQs, etc) can be found
here.
You can search the LDP documents from our search
page.
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Linux Documentation Project Guides:
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Linux Kernel Internals
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.
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LDP Author Guide
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.
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Securing and Optimizing Linux: Red Hat Edition
This book addresses unanswered questions about Linux security and
optimization in the marketplace. It is intended for a technical
audience and discusses how to install a Red Hat Linux Server with
all the necessary security and optimization for a high performance
Linux-specific machine. It covers (in detail) several ways to configure
security and optimization.
Due to a many requests from Linux users, this update includes:
a backup section, firewall security approach, Sendmail section,
Kernel security and improvement, FTP chrooted configuration and many
other changes. This document is indispensable for people that want
to get all the advantages, security, and the optimization out of a Linux
Server.
Additional changes to this version include- OpenSSH has been added,
Sendmail 8.10.1, the book is now compatible with Red Hat Linux 6.2.
The firewall rules has been reviewed for easy use, more securities
tips added, and how to use the new "sysctl.conf" file of RH 6.2.
More information:
http://www.openna.com/books/book.php
This book can be purchased from bookstores,
more information can be found here.
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The Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Second Edition
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.
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Antares-RAID-sparcLinux HOWTO
A "guide-like" HOWTO which describes how to install,
configure, and maintain a hardware RAID built around the 5070 SBUS
host based RAID controller by Antares Microsystems. Other topics
of discussion include RAID levels, the 5070 controller GUI, and
5070 command line. A complete command reference for the 5070's K9
kernel and Bourne-like shell is included.
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Rute Users Tutorial and Exposition
Rute is a beginners guide to Linux and Unix-like systems. It is designed
as a dependency consistent tutorial document. This means you
can (and should) read it from beginning to end in consecutive order.
Rute also satisfies the requirements for course notes for a Linux
training course.
An online HTML copy is available
from the Rute home site.
Rute has been a year in the writing and is now about two thirds
complete.
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Linux Administrator's Security Guide
To quote from the book: "Remember: security is not a solution;
it is a way of life".
More information:
http://www.securityportal.com/lasg/
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Linux System Administration Made Easy
The Linux Administration Made Easy (LAME) guide attempts to
describe day-to-day administration and maintenance issues commonly
faced by Linux system administrators.
This book can be purchased from bookstores, more information can be found
here.
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Linux + Windows HOWTO
A "guide-like" HOWTO aimed at assisting those
who wish to use the features of both Windows and Linux on the
same host. This document is written in such a way as to address
the needs of a variety of different users.
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The Linux System Administrators' Guide
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.
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The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
This document is for people who want to write kernel modules.
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Installation and Getting Started Guide
This book is for personal computer users who want to install and use Linux.
The book assumes that you have basic knowledge about personal computers
and operating systems like MS-DOS, but no previous knowledge of Linux or
UNIX.
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The Linux Kernel
The kernel is at the heart of the operating system. This book is a guide
to how the kernel fits together, how it works; a tour of the kernel.
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The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide
This is an archived instance, complete with discussion threads (no posting
or replying however)
older, unmaintained, but still pertinent guides:
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The Linux Network Administrators' Guide
This guide supplements the System Administrators' Guide and cover
all of the diverse issues of networking under Linux, from UUCP to
serial connections to TCP/IP. Many Linux users won't have access
to such a network, so this information is in a separate manual.
It contains an intro to TCP/IP and UUCP (for those who have never
used such networks before, lots of background information),
TCP/IP, UUCP, SLIP, and DNS configuration, configuration of mail
systems such as sendmail and Smail, setting up NNTP and news, and
NFS.
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The Linux Programmer's Guide
The Linux Programmer's Guide is meant to do what the name implies
-- It is to help Linux programmers understand the peculiarities
of Linux. By its nature, this also means that it should be useful
when porting programs from other operating systems to Linux.
Therefore, this guide must describe the system calls and the
major kernel changes which have effects on older programs like
serial I/O and networking.
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The Linux Users' Guide
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beta-1
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Larry Greenfield
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December 1996
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- other
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This book covers all of the user-end aspects of Linux, from
sitting down at the first login session to using complex tools
such as gcc, emacs, and so on. It assumes no previous Unix
experience, so not only will it serve as an introduction to
Linux, but to Unix in general as well. This manual won't cover
system administrator tasks (i.e. anything that needs to be done
as root) - it's for the J. Random User who has a working Linux
system sitting in front of them.
Below is a table of translated guides that are available from
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/LDP/.
Additional translations of LDP works and translated
documentation not listed here may be found on the
"Non-English Linux Info" page.
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de = German, en = English, es = Spanish, fr = French, it = Italian,
ja = Japanese,
pl = Polish, pt = Portuguese, ru = Russian, sl = Slovenian
Uppercase letters indicate that this is the document's original
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Joshua Drake,
poet@linuxports.com
Greg Ferguson,
gferg@sgi.com
Last Modified: August 30, 2000
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