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Free Documentation Base - Docs.eu.org Online

Posted by timothy on from the expanding-the-knowledge-universe dept.

YannH writes "Docs.eu.org is a free documentation portal, trying to gather and to distribute computer science free documentation; we try to stay as open as possible on documentations we include. We gathered an amount of 500 Mo of documentation (linux, programming languages, free software philosophy, and so), some of them are standards that you can find everywhere, some other are more rarely referenced; hope this help. Enjoy :)"

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  1. Was this inspired by... by Sunlighter · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...the idea for Programmer How Tos?

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  2. CS Free by termos · · Score: 3, Funny

    [...] to gather and to distribute computer science free documentation.
    Finally some documentation that is free of computer science!

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  3. So, the time-tested question... by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you doing this to make the stuff:
    1.) Free as in beer 2.) Free as in speech 3.) Free as in nude beach 4.) Free as in Iraqis 5.) Free as in the Ubermensch 6.) Free as in yesterday's trash 7.) Free as in Cowboyneal's appreciation ???

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  4. Re:silly frenchmen by ion_ · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think o (octet) is more useful than B (byte). It won't be mixed up with b (bit) as easily, and it's always equal to 8 bits.

  5. Project Gnutemberg by d-Orb · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, the topic says it all :D. The Gnutemberg Free Documentation Database has links to a large(ish) number of documents written using Free (FDL and the like) licenses.

    The big plus of GFDD is that not only can you find programming manuals and so on, but also a number of course notes, such as "A Radically Modern Approach to Introductory Physics".

  6. Bits in a byte by yerricde · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can you give an example of a byte being something other than 8 bits?

    In the upper physical layer of many serial communications protocols, a byte is 10 bits (2 framing and 8 data). But because that's still 8-bit bytes in a sense, here are more examples: 9-bit bytes 6-bit bytes

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