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\title{1.108.2\\Find Linux documentation on the Internet\\Weight 3}
\author[Nick Urbanik]{Nick Urbanik \texttt{nicku@nicku.org} \\
 {\tiny This document Licensed under GPL---see section~\ref{sec:license}}}%
\subtitle{Linux Professional Institute Certification --- 102}%
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\section{Context}
\label{sec:context}

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  \frametitle{Topic 108 Documentation [8]}%
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    \item[1.108.1] Use and manage local system documentation [4]
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    \item[1.108.2] \textbf{\uline{Find Linux documentation on the Internet [3]}}
    \item[1.108.5] Notify users on system-related issues [1]
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\section{Objective}

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  Candidates should be able to find and use Linux documentation. This
  objective includes using Linux documentation at sources such as the
  Linux Documentation Project (LDP), vendor and third-party websites,
  newsgroups, newsgroup archives, and mailing lists.
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\section{Main Internet Sources}
\label{sec:main-internet-sources}

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  \frametitle{Main Internet Sources}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item \alert{The Linux Documentation Project}: \red{\url{http://tldp.org/}} provides
    these documents in many formats:
    \begin{description}
    \item[HOWTOs] about a large number of topics
      \begin{itemize}
      \item Of variable quality and currency
      \end{itemize}
    \item[Guides:] free online books
    \item[FAQs:] frequently asked questions, with answers
    \end{description}
  \item Search using \alert{Google}: \url{http://www.google.com/}
  \item \alert{Google Groups} in \violet{\url{http://groups.google.com/}}, and
  \item Usenet: \red{\url{news://comp.os.linux.*}}
    \begin{itemize}
    \item Free 1 GB/month feed currently available from
      \url{http://yottanews.com/}
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
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\section{Usenet}
\label{sec:usenet}

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  \frametitle{comp.os.linux.* Usenet groups}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Can browse these from
    \url{http://groups.google.com.au/groups/dir?lnk=gh&hl=en&sel=33583540}
  \item Can use a newsreader like Pan or Gnus (in Emacs) to browse a
    news server
  \end{itemize}
  \begin{multicols}{2}
    \begin{itemize}
    \item comp.os.linux
    \item comp.os.linux.admin
    \item comp.os.linux.advocacy
    \item comp.os.linux.alpha
    \item comp.os.linux.announce
    \item comp.os.linux.answers
    \item \makebox[0.7\width][l]{comp.os.linux.development}
    %\item comp.os.linux.development.apps
    %\item comp.os.linux.development.system
    \item comp.os.linux.embedded
    \item comp.os.linux.hardware
    \item comp.os.linux.help
    \item comp.os.linux.m68k
    \item \alert{comp.os.linux.misc}
    \item comp.os.linux.network
    \item \blue{comp.os.linux.networking}
    \item comp.os.linux.portable
    \item comp.os.linux.powerpc
    \item comp.os.linux.questions
    \item comp.os.linux.redhat
    \item comp.os.linux.security
    \item comp.os.linux.setup
    \item comp.os.linux.x
    \item comp.os.linux.xbox
    \end{itemize}
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  \frametitle{Distribution Documentation}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Red Hat provides plenty of very high quality online books and
    documentation.  These URLs are current 26~Oct 2005:
    \url{http://www.redhat.com/docs/},
    \url{http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/}.  After you
    have read the \emph{Red Hat Enterprise Linux Step by Step Guide},
    I particularly recommend the \emph{Red Hat Enterprise Linux
      Introduction to System Administration}, and the \emph{Red Hat
      Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide}\@.  Reading
    previous versions of these provided enough background for me to
    earn my RHCE.
  \item Ubuntu: \url{http://wiki.ubuntu.com/}
  \item Debian volunteers have created much useful documentation at
    \url{http://www.au.debian.org/doc/}
    \begin{itemize}
    \item Read \url{http://www.au.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/}
      about APT
    \end{itemize}
  \item Gentoo has some great documentation: \url{http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/}
  \end{itemize}    
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\section{Mailing Lists}
\label{sec:mailing-lists}
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  \frametitle{Mailing Lists}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item A \emph{mailing list} is a discussion group over email
    \begin{itemize}
    \item Mostly have a narrow technical focus
    \item a great way to get help from an expert on the subject.
    \end{itemize}
  \item You \emph{subscribe} to a mailing list by:
    \begin{itemize}
    \item Send email to the list server, or fill in a simple web form
    \item The list server sends you an email
    \item You reply to that email
    \end{itemize}
  \item Any subscribed user can send an email to the list
    \begin{itemize}
    \item All subscribed users will receive that email
    \item Set one mail folder for each list
    \item Set your email software to filter all list email into the
      right folder, to keep list email separate from your personal
      email.
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
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  \frametitle{Mailing Lists --- Examples}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Red Hat and Fedora lists:
    \url{http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo}
  \item the Apache lists:
    \url{http://httpd.apache.org/lists.html}
  \item the Samba lists:
    \url{http://lists.samba.org/}, plus many others
    (I subscribe to about 40!)
  \end{itemize}
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\section{Asking Questions on a Mailing List}
\label{sec:asking-questions-the-smart-way}

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  \frametitle{Asking Questions on a Mailing List}%
  Before sending questions to a mailing list, read Eric Raymond's
  \emph{How To Ask Questions The Smart Way}:
  \url{http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html}.  Summary:
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  \item Choose your forum carefully
  \item Web and IRC forums directed towards newbies often give the quickest response
  \item As a second step, use project mailing lists
  \item Use meaningful, specific subject headers
  \item Make it easy to reply
  \item Write in clear, grammatical, correctly-spelled language
  \item Send questions in formats that are easy to understand
  \item Be precise and informative about your problem
  \item Volume is not precision
  \item Don't claim that you have found a bug
  \item Grovelling is not a substitute for doing your homework
  \item Describe the problem's symptoms, not your guesses
  \item Describe your problem's symptoms in chronological order
  \item Describe the goal, not the step
  \item Don't ask people to reply by private email
  \item Be explicit about the question you have
  \item Don't post homework questions
  \item Prune pointless queries
  \item Don't flag your question as Urgent, even if it is for you
  \item Courtesy never hurts, and sometimes helps
  \item Follow up with a brief note on the solution
  \end{itemize}
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\section{Online Magazines}
\label{sec:online-magazines}

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  \frametitle{Online Magazines}%
  Some online magazines include:
  \begin{itemize}
  \item LWN.net: \url{http://lwn.net/} Run by Jon Corbet, co-author of
    the O'Reilly book, \emph{Linux Device Drivers}.  LWN.net is,
    together with the Linux Kernel Mailing List, the best source of
    information relating to the kernel.
  \item Alan Cox's Portaloo:
    \url{http://www.linux.org.uk/Portaloo.cs} This site is
    surprisingly useful; it collects the headlines from about 25 web
    sites with technical news, so that you can review the headlines
    from all the sites, and click on any headline that looks
    interesting.  This takes you directly to the story.  It saves me a
    lot of time.
  \item Apache Week: \url{http://www.apacheweek.com/}
    % \item Perl Month: \url{http://www.perlmonth.com/}
  \item NewsForge: \url{http://www.newsforge.com/}
  \item LinuxGazette: \url{http://linuxgazette.net/}
    \begin{itemize}
    \item note that the staff have moved from their original site at
      \url{http://linuxgazette.com/}
    \end{itemize}
  \item Linux Magazine: \url{http://www.linux-mag.com/}
  \item Linux Today: \url{http://linuxtoday.com/}
  \end{itemize}
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  Slashdot.org: \url{http://slashdot.org/}: ``News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters.''
  \begin{itemize}
  \item A new news story posted about every hour or two
  \item Read the story
  \item I usually read the \alert{front page} of Slashdot every day or
    two
  \item Don't waste \emph{too} much time reading the comments, unless you
    have a spare lifetime.
    \begin{itemize}
    \item There are a lot of adolescents with a
      lot of time on their hands who contribute thousands of
      not-very useful comment here.
    \item Welcome to the troll wars!
    \item The moderation system ensures
      that mainly the early posters get moderated highly, and not
      necessarily for the merit of what they say!
    \item a vast number of readers/posters.
    \end{itemize}
  \end{itemize}
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\section{License of this Document}
\label{sec:license}


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  \frametitle{License Of This Document}%
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  Copyright \copyright\ 2005 Nick Urbanik <nicku@nicku.org>.
  \par
  Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies or
  modified versions of this document provided that this copyright
  notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies under
  the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
  Software Foundation---either version 2 of the License or (at your
  option) any later version.
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