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Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - gold_finger - 04-23-2014
This isn't really a tutorial, but seemed like the right place to put it. (Valtam -- go ahead and move post if think it belongs somewhere else.) Thought might be nice to have a handy list of information sources covering some of the basics in one place. To Everyone -- feel free to add good sites you've found that might be especially helpful to beginners.
Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
General:
Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide
A free downloadable book that is a good beginner overview for Linux. It's the fifth book down the list on this page: Linux Documentation Project Guides.
Find Quality Apps that Run on Linux
Desktop Environments for Linux
Linux-Bible (Added 7/22/14 from post by NewYorker.)
Linux Beginner Search Engine
Various Mix of Tutorials:
Free Linux Tutorials
Ubuntu-related Tutorials
Linux Tutorials: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide
Command Line Basics:
Introduction to the Command Line
LINUX: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition
Linux Shortcuts and Commands
The Linux File System:
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Linux File Systems Explained
Partitioning Drives & Mounting Partitions:
Guide to disks and disk partitions in Linux
Guide to Partitioning
GParted partitioning software - Full tutorial
How to Move Home Directory to a Separate Partition After Installation.
Mounting Partitions Automatically
Mounting Windows Partitions
Mounting USB Drives
Fstab
HowTo: Using Bind to Remount Part of a Partition
Grub2 Bootloader Information:
GRUB 2 bootloader - Full tutorial
Grub2
How to Fix/Reinstall Grub from a Live DVD/USB
Boot-Repair Utility
Networking:
Linux Home Networking
Networking Guide
Samba Documentation
Set-up NFS
Miscellaneous:
GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline
All the Best Linux Cheat Sheets
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows/Philosophy
Linux is Not Windows
EDIT 7/22/2014: removed The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide from list -- seems to no longer work properly as pointed out by Dookus. Added Linux-Bible to the list after seeing post by NewYorker.
EDIT 3/29/15: as noted by N4RPS, Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide site is working again, so added back on to the list.
Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - Scott(0) - 04-23-2014
+1, excellent info. ~Scott
Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - Valtam - 04-24-2014
Fantastic resource, give this guy some rep points folks
Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - gold_finger - 04-24-2014
Thanks Scott(0) & Valtam.
These are things I've collected over time that I wish I had when I first started out, so thought they would be handy for newcomers.
Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - N4RPS - 04-24-2014
Hello!
The efforts people put forward here are an excellent expression of the concept of the Linux community at its best!
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - AL13N - 04-24-2014
Wow! Thank You. Bookmarked this page and Thanked.
Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - Valtam - 04-24-2014
Stickied.
Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - rob lederhilger - 05-23-2014
Nice info!
Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - edo3 - 06-10-2014
Great resources, really important thing to have. Both for first time linux users and as a little refresher for the pros.
Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information - Colin23erk - 06-19-2014
Thank You for the benefit of your experience being passed on to us "ancient" newbies so we can learn new tricks .
Colin