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The '''Linux Documentation Project''' (LDP) is ana dormant all-volunteer project that maintains a large collection of [[GNU]] and [[Linux]]-related documentation and publishes the collection online.<ref name="paul">Library{{cite Trendsjournal –|last=Jones March|first=Paul 22,|author-link=Paul 2005Jones -(computer technologist) |date=2005-03-22 |title=Strategies and technologiesTechnologies of sharingSharing in contributorContributor-runRun archives.-Archives Jones, Paul [http|url=https://goliathwww.ecnextideals.comillinois.edu/coms2handle/gi_0199-44545752142/Strategies-and-technologies-of-sharing.html],1750 part|journal=[[Library 1,Trends]] retrieved|volume=53 2008|issn=0024-092594 |access-29date=2019-12-10 |number=}}</ref> It began as a way for [[Hacker (programmer subculture)|hacker]]s to share their [[documentation]] with each other and with their users, and for users to share documentation with each other. Its documents tend to be oriented towards [[experienced user]]s such as professional system administrators, but it also contains tutorials for beginners.

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The '''Linux Documentation Project''' (LDP) is an all-volunteer project that maintains a large collection of [[GNU]] and [[Linux]]-related documentation and publishes the collection online.<ref name=paul>Library Trends – March 22, 2005 - Strategies and technologies of sharing in contributor-run archives.- Jones, Paul [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4454575/Strategies-and-technologies-of-sharing.html], part 1, retrieved 2008-09-29</ref> It began as a way for [[Hacker (programmer subculture)|hacker]]s to share their [[documentation]] with each other and with their users, and for users to share documentation with each other. Its documents tend to be oriented towards [[experienced user]]s such as professional system administrators, but it also contains tutorials for beginners.

== History ==

The LDP originally began as an [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]] site in 1992, but it went on the [[World Wide Web]] at [[Ibiblio|MetaLab]] in 1993.<ref name=paul/> It is believed to have been the first Linux related website ever.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

Today, the LDP serves over 475 documents contributed by even more authors. About a dozen of them are book length, and most of those are available in print from major technical publishers including [[O'Reilly Media|O'Reilly]].

In 2008, LDP started ''The LDP Wiki''; the [[wiki]] has since gone offline with the last entry dating to 2016.<ref>{{cite web

On 1 September 2008, LDP started a [http://wiki.tldp.org wiki] to allow a better interaction with the authors and the users, with a plan to convert documentation to the wiki format<ref>{{Cite web|title = Manifesto for 2010|url = http://wiki.tldp.org/draft01|website = wiki.tldp.org|accessdate = 2015-12-28}}</ref> and a list of pages to be ported.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Page_Status - The Linux Documentation Project|url = http://wiki.tldp.org/Page_Status|website = wiki.tldp.org|accessdate = 2015-12-28}}</ref>

| url = http://wiki.tldp.org/RecentChanges

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| date = 2016-01-29

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| archive-date=2 May 2024

| website = The Linux Documentation Project Wiki

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{{as of|2025|post=,}} the most recent update to an LDP guide was in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web

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| title = Linux Documentation Project Guides

| access-date = 4 April 2025

| date = 6 March 2014

| website = Linux Documentation Project

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== Content ==

The LDP publishes many [[HowTo]] documents, which instruct a user on the specific steps to take to achieve a desired goal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Linux Documentation Project |url=https://www.linux.com/ldp-index |publisher=Linux.com |accessdate=13 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204081408/http://www.linux.com/ldp-index |archive-date= 4 February 2013 |df= }}</ref> These goals are sometimes very specific, such as configuring a particular modem, and sometimes very broad, such as how to administer a [[computer network|network]] for an [[internet service provider|ISP]].

The LDP published many "HOWTO" documents that instruct a user on the specific steps to take to achieve a desired goal.<ref>{{cite web

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| url=https://www.linux.com/tutorials/linux-documentation-project/

| website=[[Linux.com]]

| date=2009-03-20

| access-date = 2019-12-10}}</ref>

These goals are sometimes very specific, such as configuring a particular modem, and sometimes very broad, such as how to administer a [[computer network|network]] for an [[internet service provider|ISP]].

Very broad topics arewere covered in the guides, which are book-length documents, usually on broad subjects such as security or networking.

The LDP also publishespublished Frequently Asked Question ([[FAQ]]) lists, man pages and other documents, as well as two [[webzine]]s, the [[Linux Gazette]] and [[Linux Focus]].

Much of the LDP collection is licensed under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]] (GFDL). Many other licenses are also used, as long as they are freely distributable. Current policy recommends the GFDL.

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* [httphttps://www.tldp.org/ The Linux Documentation Project]

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* [http://www.nyx.net/~sgjoen/The_LDP_HOWTO_Generator_ng.html TLDP HowTo Generator].

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