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The '''Linux Documentation Project''' (LDP) isused to be an all-volunteer project that maintains a large collection of [[GNU]] and [[Linux]]-related documentation and publishes the collection online.<ref name=paul>{{cite journal

| url=https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/1750

| title=Strategies and Technologies of Sharing in Contributor-Run Archives

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| date=2009-05-15

| website = wiki.tldp.org

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

| date=2014-10-08

| website = wiki.tldp.org

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

Presently (as of July 2020), the LDP is no longer active; the last entry under "Recent Changes" dates from 2016-01-29<ref>{{cite web

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

| title = RecentChanges - The Linux Documentation Project

| accessdate = 2020-07-24

| date = 2016-01-29

}}</ref>,

the last guide inserted from Mar 2014<ref>{{cite web

| url = https://www.tldp.org/guides.html

| title = The Linux Documentation Project: Guides

| accessdate = 2020-07-24

| date = 2014-03-06

}}</ref>.

== Content ==

The LDP publishespublished 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/tutorials/linux-documentation-project/

| publisher=[[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.