A long time ago, I came across a series of articles by accident. I think it started with “How to Ask Questions the Smart Way” and I enjoyed his readings, so I printed them for offline reading. I came across these printouts recently while cleaning so I decided to look up Eric and see if these articles were still online. They were, and they’ve been updated heavily in the last 8 years.
This archive is the work of Eric Raymond, and you should refer to his original site for the latest versions: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/
Additionally, there’s a lot of Linux documentation/howto’s
- How to become a hacker
- <a title=”A Brief History of Hackerdom” href=”http://www.marles.ca/rob/the-eric-raymond-archive/a-brief-history-of-hackerdom/”>A brief history of Hackerdom</a>
- <a title=”Revenge of the Hackers” href=”http://www.marles.ca/rob/the-eric-raymond-archive/revenge-of-the-hackers/”>Revenge of the Hackers</a>
- So you want to be a wizard? (The Loginataka)
- How to ask Smart Questions
- The Unix Koans of Master Foo