If you've found this HOWTO, it's quite possible that you are already familiar with The Linux Documentation Project. If not, take the time to check it out. It's a site you'll visit fairly often.

The Linux Documentation Project is an ongoing project whose charter is to improve the documentation for Linux itself and the open source applications running on Linux. The quality of the documentation varies but is steadily improving. Some of the documentation is very up-to-date and helpful, some is out-of-date by several versions, though even the out-of-date documentation often has very useful information in it. Check to see when the documentation was last updated and check to see what versions it says it covers. If it doesn't cover your version it will still probably have relevant information but you should try to find some more up-to-date documentation to supplement it.

The How-To documents are probably the most valuble of the documentation for the new Linux user. There are How-To documents on almost anything you can think of, even on how to write your own How-To. The best of them are documents that were written by people just like you who had a problem and once they solved it, they documented how they did it. Again, some of the How-To documents are kept up-to-date better than others. If you find that the one you need is out-of-date or needs improvement, please consider spending some time to get it up-to-date once you've solved your problem. You'll be doing a great favor for everyone else who encounters the same problem you did. Likewise, The Linux Documentation Project is always in need of more help, so if you can find time, think about correcting or adding to the documentation of the applications you use the most. It's a great way of giving something back to the community of people who have made Open Source Software so successful.