Linux文档计划(LDP)是一个由作家、校对和编辑组成的松散团体，他们一起工作以提供完整的 Linux操作系统文档。总协调人是Greg Hankins。
本手册是LDP分发的文档集之一，包括Linux用户指南，系统管理员指南， 网络管理员指南和核心Hacker指南。这些手册以LaTeX source, .dvi,和postscript格式， 通过匿名FTP从sunsite.unc.edu,目录/pub/Linux/docs/LDP提供。
我们鼓励任何愿意写和编辑的人加入我们，使Linux文档变得更好。如果你可以存取Internet 电子邮件，可以通过gregh@sunsite.unc.edu和Greg Hankins联系。
The LDP Rhyme
A wondrous thing,
and beautiful,
'tis to write,
a book.
I'd like to sing,
of the sweat,
the blood and tear,
which it also took.
It started back in,
nineteen-ninety-two,
when users whined,
"we can nothing do!"
They wanted to know,
what their problem was,
and how to fix it
(by yesterday).
We put the answers in,
a Linux f-a-q,
hoped to get away,
from any more writin'.
"That's too long,
it's hard to search,
and we don't read it,
any-which-way!"
Then a few of us,
joined together
(virtually, you know),
to start the LDP.
We started to write,
or plan, at least,
several books,
one for every need.
The start was fun,
a lot of talk,
an outline,
then a slew.
Then silence came,
the work began,
some wrote less,
others more.
A blank screen,
oh its horrible,
it sits there,
laughs in the face.
We still await,
the final day,
when everything,
will be done.
Until then,
all we have,
is a draft,
for you to comment on.