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2 Linux Resources On The Web2.1 Where do I get to know more about Linux? General: http://www.linux.org/
the mother of all Linux sites. Linux.org has a
class on Getting Started
with Linux on their site an excellent resource for newbies. This
class is focused on moving from other operating systems to Linux. The http://mandrakecampus.com/ has an excellent course for users of Linux Mandrake. They also have good coverage of the basics. Documentation:
The Linux Documentation Project at http://linuxdoc.org/ Take a look at
the Linux cookbook it has some great information on
using Linux for everyday work. Debian users can
check out Havoc Pennington's Debian tutorial
it's a bit old but still relevant. Slackware users can check out Linux packages. News: http://linuxtoday.com/, http://lwn.net/
(Linux Weekly News), and http://slashdot.org/ Software: http://linux.tucows.com/,http://freshmeat.net/,
and http://rpmfind.net/ Usenet:
There are various newsgroups that deal with
both Linux in general and specific distributions. Mail: There is a huge archive of mailing lists at http://geocrawler.com/ Search: Two excellent sites for searching on Linux related issues are http://www.1stlinuxsearch.com/ and http://www.google.com/linux These are just the tip of the iceberg, but should be enough to get you started. 2.2 Where do I get to know more about KDE? The best place to get information about KDE is at http://www.kde.org and by checking out the documentation. In most Linux distributions this is in a sub folder under /usr/doc(note in some of the newer distros this has been moved to /usr/share/doc). You might also want to check out the usenet group comp.windows.x.kde 2.3 Where do I get to know more about GNOME? Start at the top http://gnome.org For a very polished and easy to
install version go to www.ximian.com 2.4 What about books on Linux? Get at least a couple of books. I highly recommend Linux in a nutshell. The other book should probably be about the distribution you are going to use. For example the RedHat Bible, Slackware Linux Unleashed, Learning Debian GNU/Linux, or Sams Teach Yourself Mandrake Linux in 24 Hours 2.5 What about this UNIX thing I keep hearing about? Online: Unix Introductory course offered here (http://wks.uts.ohio-state.edu/unix_course/unix.html) and the FAQ for comp.unix.questions located here (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/). (and after having seen that you will laugh at the size of this FAQ :0) SAMS publishing has an online
version of
Unix Unleashed ( it's a bit old but still a good read ). You can purchase it online at several stores The Linux Mall http://linuxmall.com Linux Central http://linuxcentral.com Cheapbytes http://cheapbytes.com eLinux http://www.elinux.com Or you can download an iso image and burn your own copy (this requires a CD_Burner) Linux iso http://linuxiso.org ( this
site not only has the iso's it has info on burning the images) (If your site is not listed and you would like it to be please send me an e-mail) tekmate@hotmail.com |
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