The Debian web site contains a large quantity of documentation about Debian. In particular, see the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ and the Debian Reference. An index of more Debian documentation is available from the Debian Documentation Project. The Debian community is self-supporting; to subscribe to one or more of the Debian mailing lists, see the Mail List Subscription page. Last, but not least, the Debian Mailing List Archives contain a wealth of information on Debian.

如果您想查閱某個程式的更詳細資料，應該先試試 man 程式名稱，或者 info 程式名稱。

在 /usr/share/doc 目錄裡有很多有用的文件，特別是 /usr/share/doc/HOWTO 和 /usr/share/doc/FAQ 裡有很多值得一讀的文章。如果您想回報臭蟲報告，請先查閱這些文件： /usr/share/doc/debian/bug*。針對某個程式，其有關於 Debian 的內容可以查閱文件： /usr/share/doc/(package name)/README.Debian。

在 GNU/Linux 世界裡，最常用的文件資料來源是：Linux 文件計劃。在這裡您可以找到有關於 GNU/Linux 系統關於各個部分非常有價值的 HOWTO 文件以及其他指引。

Linux is an implementation of Unix. The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) collects a number of HOWTOs and online books relating to Linux.

If you are new to Unix, you probably should go out and buy some books and do some reading. This list of Unix FAQs contains a number of UseNet documents which provide a nice historical reference.