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- Get [**commercial support**]({{ "commercial-support.html" | relative_url }})
  - Setup assistance
  - Custom feature implementation

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- Read the **GNU Octave Manual**
  - [Web version]({{ site.docs_url }})
  - [PDF version]({{ "octave.pdf" | relative_url }})
  - Type `doc` inside Octave

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- Browse the [Octave Wiki]({{ site.wiki_url }})
  - Read [Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)]({{ site.faq_url }})

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- Contact the **user community**
  > The Octave 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.

  - [**Discourse**]({{ site.discourse_url }}) &mdash;
    the main chat portal for Octave users and developers.
  - **IRC**: Chat with users and developers on the
    [Freenode `{{ site.irc_channel }}` channel](https://webchat.freenode.net/#octave).
  - Browse the
    [**mailing list archives**](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-octave/).