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#### <i class="fas fa-book"></i> Read the **GNU Octave Manual**

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- [<i class="fas fa-globe-americas"></i> Web version]({{ site.docs_url }})
- [<i class="fas fa-file-pdf"></i> PDF version]({{ "octave.pdf" | relative_url }})
- Type `doc` inside Octave
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#### <i class="fab fa-wikipedia-w"></i> [Octave Wiki]({{ site.wiki_url }})

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Find [Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]({{ site.faq_url }})
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#### <i class="fas fa-users"></i> User community

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The Octave user community is a loosely organized association of **volunteers**.
Your interactions with the community will be better if you have the
[right expectations about the support options]({{ "support-expectations.html" | relative_url }})
available to you.
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- [<i class="fab fa-discourse"></i> **Discourse**]({{ site.discourse_url }}) --
  the major communication platform for Octave users and developers.
- <i class="far fa-comments"></i> **IRC**: Chat with users and developers on the
  [Libera `#octave` channel](https://web.libera.chat/#octave).
- <i class="far fa-envelope"></i> Browse the old
  [**mailing list archives**](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-octave/).
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#### <i class="fas fa-comment-dollar"></i> [Commercial support]({{ "commercial-support.html" | relative_url }})

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- Setup assistance
- Custom feature implementation
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