Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Linux and open source have a growing documentation problem. Powerful features are shipping, but many go undocumented for years and without documentation, adoption stalls. In this video, we look at Linux’s new FS mount API, which existed for over six years before proper man page documentation finally arrived. How many other projects are facing the same issue, and what does this mean for the future of Linux and open source?

Let’s explore where things went wrong—and how the community can fix it.
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manpages.debian.org/testing/manpages-dev/fsopen.2.en.html

00:00 - Linux Docs Problem
01:47 - Linux Suffers
04:17 - Storyline about API docs missing
07:26 - How other projects suffered
08:23 - Introducing Markup
10:23 - What is Groff?
11:58 - Groff Advanced
13:32 - Groff to Markup Project
15:21 - Thanks & What can be done..

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