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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.
| Linux
Documentation Project Guides: |
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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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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
: DVI, PDF (gzipped / zipped), PostScript (gzipped / zipped),
and LaTeX source
- various
(non-English) translations
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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 language.
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Joshua Drake, poet@linuxports.com
Greg
Ferguson, gferg@sgi.com
Last Modified: June 8, 2000
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