The Linux Documentation Project Turns 10

hta writes: "The Linux Documentation Project is happy to announce its 10-year anniversary! Once upon a time, there was a general consensus that Unix in general, and Linux in particular, lacked good documentation. Matt Welsh decided to do something about this, and wrote the first Linux HOWTO - the 'Installation HOWTO' - the first of what is now a huge collection of focused, solution-oriented documents. It became a movement just like Linux itself. More and more people joined in on the effort, tools were created, and documents were written, translated and published. Ten years later, it is no exaggeration to say this issue has been dealt with thoroughly."

"Today, TLDP is one of the largest Internet projects, where a few hundred people have written several hundred documents, ranging from small manual pages to in-depth guides that span over a hundred pages. The documentation covers nearly all aspects of Linux and is freely distributed, like Open Source software itself. In fact, many Linux distributions include the complete TLDP collection with the installation, helping both newcomers and more experienced users.

TLDP is fully multi-lingual. People volunteer their time to help with tools, reviews, translation, publishing and updates. This all requires work, and a core group of a few dozen aid the authors through a series of mailing lists. In addition, TLDP is pleased to acknowledge support from numerous companies over the years, including Red Hat and IBM.

TLDP continues to grow, in numbers of documents, supported languages and also new services, to better help an ever-increasing audience. To achieve this, TLDP is always looking for new volunteers to join, ranging from authors to programmers, to reviewers.

For more information, please visit http://www.tldp.org and read the LDP FAQ."

Comments

In other news...

[borgdows]

The RTFM expression turns 10 too!

finally...

[Anonymous Coward]

now maybe it will stop wetting the bed.

and now we have..

[joeldg]

ten years later..
the gentoo forums..

probably the best place to find a fanatical how-to on anything..

by fanatics, for fanatics :)

(we are all a little fanatical here)

People wonder...

[Chris_Stankowitz]

why linux can still be a great alternative for windows user. There TDLP equivelnt in the M$ world consist of Clippy!

Of course one must be willing to RTF-how-to.

So on this the 10th anniversary of the How-to, here is a little "up-yours-clippy" :)~

Re:People wonder...

[Shakrai]

"It looks like you are writing a HOWTO. How much would you like to charge people for your assistance?"

Thanks, Matt!

[theonetruekeebler]

If it weren't for the LDP, I never would have got that first machine running Slackware (kernel version 1.0.8) back in nineteen ninety mumble, on my Big Bad 486/50 with its Big Bad 20MB and Big Bad 1.08GB hard drive.

Now I'm proud to run a machine that's over twice as fast, with three times the memory! And I still use Matt Walsh's writings to get by. Three Cheers and a virtual beer!

10 Years of putting the F in RTFM!

[stratjakt]

Now blow out your candles and update your howtos damnit!

You haven't understood how to ask for help

[mijok]

The Linux Newbie Ask Question HowTo
Wrong way:
- How do I do <what you have a problem with> in Linux?
Answer:
- RTFM!!!
Right way:
- Linux sucks! Doing <what you have a problem with> is so easy in Windows, I'll switch back soon...
Answer:
- Don't switch! The solution to <what you have a problem with> is simple, just do this: <an elaborate, newbie-friendly answer>

Documentation Project?

[Anonymous Coward]

Linux has documentation??

Re:Thank goodness for these people

[Liselle]

It means that not only can I not re-complile a kernel, but my grasp of English sucks, too.