Chapter 5. Linux Documentation

Red Hat Linux 6 and the Gnome desktop combine to make an immensely rich, powerful, and complex operating environment. Although many of its features are intuitively easy to use, undoubtedly at some point you will need to find documentation.

There is good news and bad news regarding Gnome and Linux documentation. The goods news is that vast archives of information are available, covering almost any topic on which you are likely to want help.

The bad news is that this documentation is disorganized. It was written by many people all over the world, most of whom volunteered. It is not standard in form or content. There is no central mechanism for accessing all of it.

This chapter provides an overview of the various kinds of documentation that are available to you. I'll also show you some techniques for quickly uncovering the specific information that you need.