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 - updated the Turkish language with the translated strings by Mehmet Kaya
 - modified the setup_ubuntu.sh file removing a deprecated package
+- added a Linux man page, courtesy of Romain Porte
 
 14.07.2021
 
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+.TH FLATCAM "1" "April 2021" "flatcam-beta" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+flatcam-beta \- PCB CAM software
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B flatcam-beta
+[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.PP
+FlatCAM lets you take your designs to a CNC router. You can open Gerber,
+Excellon or G-code, edit it or create from scatch, and output G-Code.
+Isolation routing is one of many tasks that FlatCAM is perfect for.
+.PP
+.TP
+\fB\-h, \-?, \-\-help\fP
+show a help message and exit
+.PP
+
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to <https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/issues>