NAME

     LDP - Intro to the Linux Documentation Project,  with  help,
     guides and documents


SYNOPSIS

     The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) provides a variety  of
     free documentation resources including guides, FAQs, HOWTOs,
     and man-pages to the Linux community.



AUTHORS

     The various documents in the LDP archives are maintained  by
     individual  authors, and are listed in the beginning of each
     HOWTO. If you have any questions or inputs to a document  we
     encourage you to contact the authors directly.



WEB PAGES

     The LDP now has its own dedicated web site as do many of the
     various translations projects which are linked from the main
     LDP web site at http://www.LinuxDoc.org/



MAILING LISTS

     LDP has a  number  of  mailing  lists,  mostly  of  use  for
     authors:

     <ldp-announce@lists.LinuxDoc.org>
          Announcements from the LDP project

     <ldp-discuss@lists.LinuxDoc.org>
          General discussion on the LDP project

     To join these lists send a mail with a body  of  "subscribe"
     to        <ldp-announce-request@lists.LinuxDoc.org>       or
     <ldp-discuss-request@lists.LinuxDoc.org> respectively. These
     mailing lists are also archived at the LinuxDoc site.



FILES

     Most distributions include the HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs in the
     installation
     /usr/doc/             (most documentation is here)
     /usr/doc/HOWTO/       (HOWTO files)
     /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/  (mini-HOWTO files)


SEE ALSO

     man(1), info(1)

     info pages as read with emacs(1) or info(1).



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