This is the Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO and is intended to provide guidelines and ideas to assist with your Linux advocacy efforts.

This mini-HOWTO was inspired by Jon « maddog » Hall when he responded to a request for feedback on guidelines for advocating Linux during NetDay96 activities. He responded positively to the guidelines and observed that they were the basis of a list of « canons of conduct » that would benefit the Linux community.

This document is available in HTML form at http://www.datasync.com/~rogerspl/Advocacy-HOWTO.html.

Nat Makarevitch is in the process of translating this document into French.

Chie Nakatani has translated this document into Japanese.

The author and maintainer of the Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO is Paul L. Rogers .

Comments and proposed additions are welcome.

If you need to know more about the Linux Documentation Project or about Linux HOWTO’s, feel free to contact the supervisor Greg Hankins .

Greg Hankins will post this document to several national and international newsgroups on a monthly basis.