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title: 'Documentation'
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<div class="alert alert-info">
  <strong>Looking for the Gentoo Handbook?</strong>
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    Our most referred to piece of documentation is the Gentoo Handbook.
    It describes the installation process of a new Gentoo system in detail.
    Click the button on the right to directly start reading it.
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<p>
  Most of our documentation is available on the <a href="//wiki.gentoo.org">Gentoo Wiki</a>:
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        <h3 class="panel-title">Finding Documentation on the <a href="//wiki.gentoo.org">Gentoo Wiki</a></h3>
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        If you know what you are looking for, you can simply search for one or more keywords:
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        Or, browse the Wiki contents using these categories:
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          <a href="//wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Category:Core_system" title="Category:Core system" class="list-group-item"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-terminal"></i> Core System</a>
          <a href="//wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Category:Software" title="Category:Software" class="list-group-item"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-floppy-o"></i> Software</a>
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          <a href="//wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Category:Desktop" title="Category:Desktop" class="list-group-item"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-desktop"></i> Desktop</a>
          <a href="//wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Category:Server_and_Security" title="Category:Server and Security" class="list-group-item"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-database"></i> Server and Security</a>
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        <strong>Did you know?</strong>
        Our documentation team maintains a list of <a href="//wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Documentation/Overview">featured Wiki articles</a> that are worth a read.
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<h2>Developer Documentation</h2>

<p>
  In addition to the documentation available on the Wiki, we also offer documentation resources geared towards Gentoo development:
</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://devmanual.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Development Guide</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-reference/index.html">eclass Reference</a></li>
</ul>