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Linux and open-source documentation is a mess: Here's the solution
Simply telling someone to RTFM is not an answer when the manual is outdated, unreadable, or nonexistent. We need to improve the quality of our documentation, and the way to do that is simple.
eric1513/Getty ImagesWhen I was a wet-behind-the-ears Unix user and programmer, the go-to response to any tech question was RTFM, which stands for "Read the F… Fine Manual." Now, the Linux Mint Forums and community are great, but you need to do some serious digging to find the answer for your problem du jour. So, if you really want to help Linux or your favorite open-source project, arrange to pay real money to programmers or tech-savvy writers to write documentation.
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