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A HOWTO Article, often called just a HOWTO, is an article that usually explains 'how to' use a certain piece of software but can be applied to almost anything including the preparation of fruit salads. While HOWTOs are in many ways tutorials for a specific task, they are not just tutorials as they tend to be much more in-depth, explaining some level of theory along the way, and in that a reader of a well-written HOWTO is more likely to glean some sort of general knowledge about the software in question. Furthermore, a HOWTO often assumes a higher level of basic knowledge on the topic in question.
There are many sources for HOWTO articles, one of the most famous being the Linux Documentation Project, a project to document features of Linux and GNU software.
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[edit] Physical Publishing of HOWTO Articles
Some HOWTOs have also been published in book-form by O'Reilly, like Olaf Kirch's Linux network admin HOWTO, and NET-HOWTO. The fact that the information is freely availvable online has not stopped the sale of the book-form.
Red Hat published a book entitled Doctor Linux that consisted entirely of HOWTOs available under free licenses, most of which was available under the GFDL. The book was popular enough that Red Hat made a profit from the sale of the book.[citation needed]
[edit] HOWTO Articles on the web
- The Linux Documentation Project HOWTOs - documentation for the Linux operating system.
- Debian NewbieDOC Articles - Debian GNU/Linux documentation for newbies by newbies (and not-so-newbies).
- Gentoo Wiki: many HOWTOs
- Linux.org HOWTOs - HOWTOs for Linux.
- Python HOWTOs - Documentation for Python coding.
- HowtoForge
- Wikihowto - A HOWTO site with a large quantity of Linux and computer related HOWTOs, and also includes all types of HOWTOs
[edit] Funny HOWTO Articles
Some HOWTO articles are written in an ironic sense, and document either non-existent procedures, or document procedures in a nonsensical and amusing fashion. Such articles are related in spirit to such projects as
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[edit] External links
- The Linux Documentation Project, a popular repository for HOWTO documents.
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