Google "Linux Documentation Project" (with quotes)....lots of entries ....
On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 17:17, Tim Werner wrote: > Someone posted a documentation question earlier and got a pretty good > answer, but I'm still trying to figure out the best way to find things out. > > I guess I'm a little spoiled by MSDN. For instance, if I want to know about > file permissions, it would be Really Neat if there were a tool I could run > and enter "file permissions" into a search box, and get a list of matching > pages. > > I remember there used to be something called the Linux Documentation > Project. I'm sure they must still be working on it, but even years ago > there were more Howto's than you could shake a stick at. I kind of expected > there to be a really cool downloadable manual by now. Maybe it's out there > and I just haven't found it yet. > > I get the impression that the Mandrake people are holding out for some > bucks, figuring people who won't pay for the OS might pay for the docs. > That's fine if that's what they want to do, but there must be a mother lode > of vanilla linux info out there somewhere. The stuff I downloaded from the > Mandrake site was OK but a little disorganized and obviously incomplete. > > Could someone maybe give a road map as to where the Good Documentation is, > and how to get it installed on one's machine? Or could some of you give > some of your own tips on how you look things up? It can't all be word of > mouth. > > --------------------------------------------- > Introducing NetZero Long Distance > 1st month Free! > Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Erik Linux User 288105 ================= Bill who? Micro what?
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