Quote Originally Posted by TheFu View Post
The man pages ($ man man ) are completely awesome.
I disagree, I think they're almost uniformly awful. Most are badly written, too long, don't structure their information well, they're limited to text only, and are basically a relic of the dark ages. Part of the problem is that many programmers don't write that lucidly, and produce documents that are difficult to read. Or they just see writing documentation as a distasteful chore or and afterthought, and don't put much effort in.

Google yes, but man pages should be avoided like the plague. The only thing I ever find them useful for is if I need to use the command line and have to look up a switch.

There are better ways to store and structure information these days, such as wikis and Q&A sites like askubuntu.com.