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Title: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: gold_finger on April 23, 2014, 08:05:28 AM
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 (http://www.tldp.org/guides.html).

Find Quality Apps that Run on Linux (http://linuxappfinder.com/)

Desktop Environments for Linux (http://www.renewablepcs.com/about-linux/kde-gnome-or-xfce)

Linux-Bible (http://linux-bible.com/)  (Added 7/22/14 from post by NewYorker.)

Linux Beginner Search Engine (https://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=017607476515012185699:b_owgx6xyi0)


Various Mix of Tutorials:

Free Linux Tutorials (http://www.guru99.com/unix-linux-tutorial.html)

Ubuntu-related Tutorials (http://www.noobslab.com/p/tutorials.html)

Linux Tutorials:  Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced (http://www.linux.org/)

Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide (http://linuxnewbieguide.org/)


Command Line Basics:

Introduction to the Command Line (http://en.flossmanuals.net/command-line/)

LINUX: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition (http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz)

Linux Shortcuts and Commands (http://www.unixguide.net/linux/linuxshortcuts.shtml)


The Linux File System:

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html)

Linux File Systems Explained (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemsExplained)


Partitioning Drives & Mounting Partitions:

Guide to disks and disk partitions in Linux (http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/09/18/guide-to-disks-and-disk-partitions-in-linux/)

Guide to Partitioning (http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-Guide-EN-Partitioning)

GParted partitioning software - Full tutorial (http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html)

How to Move Home Directory to a Separate Partition After Installation. (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving)

Mounting Partitions Automatically (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions)

Mounting Windows Partitions (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions)

Mounting USB Drives (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mount/USB)

Fstab (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab)

HowTo: Using Bind to Remount Part of a Partition (http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=74321)


Grub2 Bootloader Information:

GRUB 2 bootloader - Full tutorial (http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html)

Grub2 (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2)

How to Fix/Reinstall Grub from a Live DVD/USB (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#via_the_LiveCD_terminal)

Boot-Repair Utility (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair)


Networking:

Linux Home Networking (http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)

Networking Guide (http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-Guide-EN-Networking)

Samba Documentation (https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/)

Set-up NFS (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo)


Miscellaneous:

GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline (http://futurist.se/gldt/)

All the Best Linux Cheat Sheets (http://www.nixtutor.com/linux/all-the-best-linux-cheat-sheets/)

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html)

 SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows/Philosophy (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows/Philosophy)

Linux is Not Windows (http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm)



EDIT 7/22/2014:  removed The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide (http://linuxnewbieguide.org/) 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.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Scott on April 23, 2014, 11:26:07 AM
+1, excellent info.  ~Scott
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Jerry on April 23, 2014, 11:52:04 PM
Fantastic resource, give this guy some rep points folks :)
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: gold_finger on April 24, 2014, 12:36:12 AM
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.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: N4RPS on April 24, 2014, 01:11:00 AM
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
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: AL13N on April 24, 2014, 02:48:53 PM
Wow!  Thank You.  Bookmarked this page and Thanked.

Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Jerry on April 24, 2014, 07:23:27 PM
Stickied.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: rob lederhilger on May 23, 2014, 02:18:45 PM
Nice info!
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: edo3 on June 10, 2014, 04:31:56 PM
Great resources, really important thing to have. Both for first time linux users and as a little refresher for the pros.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Colin23erk on June 19, 2014, 06:41:22 AM
Thank You for the benefit of your experience being passed on to us "ancient" newbies so we can learn new tricks  .

Colin
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: dscott on July 10, 2014, 12:46:54 PM
I am using Linuxlite 1.0.2 and love it very much.  It replaced win xp very well.  I am considering upgrading to LL 2.0.  How do I go about that?  Do just install over 1.0.2?  Is it any better than 1.0.2?  I am thinking maybe I should just stay with what I have since it works so well.  I would appreciate any help you may provide.
Thanks,
dscott
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Wirezfree on July 10, 2014, 04:07:08 PM
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


Personally I think more so here...
because of the aims of LL and it's target audience. kudos to Valtam & team.

I have been on many.. many.. many linux forums
It was the great folks on here that help me decide to stick with LL

Not forgetting ++ To gold_finger...  :)

Dave
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: N4RPS on July 14, 2014, 03:21:35 AM
Hello, dscott!

UIAM, Linux Lite 1.0.2 will continue to be supported through the end of the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS life cycle (April 2017), so if you want to keep using it a while longer, you should be OK. You can always download the 2.0 ISO, cook up a LiveCD/USB from it, and try it out to see whether or not what you think about it compels you to move up.

Sadly, at this time, there is no upgrade path from 1.0.X versions to 2.0. Therefore, you'll have to start over with 2.0 from a fresh install. Actually,  I'm surprised that the current Windows/( )ubuntu upgrade options don't cause massive damage and grief to those who choose them by making a mess of everything...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob
 
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: NewYorker on July 15, 2014, 05:16:51 AM
Here is another useful site for learning Linux: Linux tutorial (http://linux-bible.com). The site doesn't specifically covers Linux Lite but most of the stuff is similar.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Dookus on July 21, 2014, 08:21:53 AM
Thanks for that.

Sadly some pages load to a welcome page then all links are dead, may need updating.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: gold_finger on July 22, 2014, 10:49:13 AM
Thanks for pointing that out.  The only one that seems to no longer work is http://linuxnewbieguide.org/ (http://linuxnewbieguide.org/).  Will remove it from list.

Did you have problems with any others?  The rest seemed to be okay as far as I could tell.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: lemongarden on March 26, 2015, 07:54:59 AM
Very nice guide .
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: N4RPS on March 29, 2015, 02:45:31 AM
Hello!

GF, the http://linuxnewbieguide.org/ (http://linuxnewbieguide.org/) link appears to be working again...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: gold_finger on March 29, 2015, 12:29:51 PM
Thanks N4RPS -- will add it back now.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: torreydale on August 06, 2015, 09:35:22 AM
The link on GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline (http://futurist.se/gldt/) doesn't appear to be relevant anymore.  The most recent timeline is 12.10.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: gold_finger on December 03, 2015, 09:20:40 PM
Sorry torreydale -- little late seeing your post here.

Yes, it looks like they stopped updating the graph; but I think I'll keep the link anyway because it's kind of interesting.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: sweetloraine on April 09, 2017, 01:01:24 PM
This is excellent!

But (there is always a "but") a desperately needed Tutorial is from the Windows user perspective.

Windows Users are use to a lot of operations that are convoluted in Linux. For instance,I am about to install Virtual Box Guest Additions. Navigate to the folder and get root. This is foreign to a Windows user,but lets say the Windows user managed it. I know a ".run" file is equivalent to an ".exe" file. I should be able to click on it and have the program run. Nope. But is even more disconcerting is there is not error message saying you don't have permission-which a Windows user expects with most Linux commands(copy/paste,play a video,etc).
Clicking on a ".run" file brings up a text editor 
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: bitsnpcs on April 09, 2017, 07:13:39 PM
Some files you can right click and select "make executable" , I am unsure if .run files are one of these types of files.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Moltke on October 24, 2017, 10:40:20 PM
First of all great post! But, I just checked and This one link's not working http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
This site is quite outdated https://linuxappfinder.com  May I suggest this one? https://www.linux-apps.com It's up to date, apps are rated by user's "score" and there's even an app for people to install on their systems.
I'd like to suggest this one to be added to the list too http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/tutorial/77-Linux-commands-and-utilities-youll-actually-use  some people might find it useful. :)
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: trinidad on October 31, 2017, 01:02:17 PM
I did not test all the links but I rely on the two below more than any others, and I find Ubuntu Q&A and the Debian user forum narcissistic and annoying. That said, the LL forum is the best new user oriented forum on the web. Stack Exchange is informative once you understand the way they operate though in some sections links are not permanent. People new to Linux will find die.net easy to use because of the search box.

https://linux.die.net/man/
https://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals

TC
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Moltke on October 31, 2017, 08:20:05 PM
Few weeks ago I realized I lost a project I was working on back in 2015 :( It was sort of a "wiki" with information I gathered from trying some Distros; 19 is the number of distros I tried,  so many hours of work lost  >:(. I ran some benchmarks and compared results between one and another just for reference and meant for personal use, however, I did consider the idea of uploading it to the web ::). I could only find some pages but most of it is now lost. I'd had sworn I backed it up but unfortunately I didn't. I mentioned this because in those pages there are quite a few links I used and relied on when I did my research, so I thought of sharing these links and who knows, maybe some of you might find them useful:

https://imagej.nih.gov/rsb/linux-sites.html Linux sites, a site who compiles links on other sites regarding linux.

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ The Linux Foundation website. The Linux Foundation serves as a vendor-neutral home for Linux and generates original content that advances the understanding of the Linux platform. It also fosters innovation by hosting collaboration events among the Linux technical community, application developers, industry, and end users to solve pressing issues facing Linux and open source. Through the Linux Foundation's community programs, end users, developers, and industry members collaborate on technical, legal, diversity, and promotional issues. In order for Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds and other key kernel developers to remain independent, the Linux Foundation sponsors them so they can work full-time on improving Linux.

https://www.linux.com/ A site which describes itself as "News for the Open Source Professional"

http://www.tecmint.com/ Tecmint: A Linux HowTOs, Tutorials & Guides website.

https://kernelnewbies.org/ Kernelnewbies is a community of aspiring Linux kernel developers who work to improve their Kernels and more experienced developers willing to share their knowledge.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ Linux questions is a community-driven, self-help web site for Linux users started in 2000 by Jeremy Garcia with no focus on any specific distro but on Linux in general. However, it does have a dedicated BSD and Solaris section. It's one of the most popular free software community sites and is usually reputed for helpfulness.

http://www.linux-magazine.com/ Linux magazine is an international magazine for Linux software enthusiasts and professionals. There's plenty of information available on its website regarding Linux.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=home Phoronix  is a technology website that offers insights regarding the development of the Linux kernel, product reviews, interviews, and news regarding free and open-source software by monitoring the Linux kernel mailing list or interviews.

http://www.tldp.org/ The Linux documentation project, is an all-volunteer project that maintains a large collection of GNU and Linux-related documentation and publishes the collection online. It began as a way for hackers to share their documentation with each other and with their users, and for users to share documentation with each other. Its documents tend to be oriented towards experienced users such as professional system administrators, but it also contains tutorials for beginners.

http://stallman.org/ This is the personal web site of Richard Stallman. Who as I guess some of you must know is a software freedom activist and programmer and  launched the GNU Project in September 1983. As he claims himself "The views expressed here are my - his - personal views, not those of the Free Software Foundation or the GNU Project."

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ Full Circle Magazine is a free distribution Portable Document Format magazine. The magazine is an independent publication and is not affiliated with Canonical Ltd., the sponsors of the Ubuntu operating system. It relies on volunteer writers for most of its editorial content. The publication is aimed at users of the Ubuntu operating system and all its derivatives. It focuses on product reviews, community news, how-to articles, programming and troubleshooting tips.

http://www.linuxtoday.com/ Linux news is a site delivering well...news on Linux.

https://www.linuxinsider.com Linux Insider, Linux news and information from around the world.

Well, I hope you find something interesting/helpful among those links.

 
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Seeta K. Roopchandani on May 04, 2019, 03:58:24 PM
Hello,

If there are any youtube or video sessions regarding Linux Lite. Plaese, share... 
It is always nice to visually learn.
Title: Re: Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information
Post by: Prateek Jain on May 20, 2019, 01:14:57 PM
Check out the best Linux tutorials or courses recommended by experts.
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