Newbie Resources
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First thing to learn is that Google is indeed your friend. Here is a link to Google's special Linux search: | First thing to learn is that Google is indeed your friend. Here is a link to Google's special Linux search: | ||
[http://www.google.com/linux http://www.google.com/linux] Google the Linux way. | [http://www.google.com/linux http://www.google.com/linux] Google the Linux way. | ||
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| + | One of the first things to learn is how to ask questions that will return useful information. This guide should be viewed before posting questions to forums, newsgroups, mailing lists, etc. [http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html] | ||
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| + | The author of the above, Eric S. Raymond has some other FAQs and HOWTOs at [http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/ http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/] | ||
Revision as of 21:55, 12 October 2006
Newbie Resources
Here are some links that may be of particular interest to those who are new to Linux and the Open Source community and want to learn more.
First thing to learn is that Google is indeed your friend. Here is a link to Google's special Linux search: http://www.google.com/linux Google the Linux way.
One of the first things to learn is how to ask questions that will return useful information. This guide should be viewed before posting questions to forums, newsgroups, mailing lists, etc. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
The author of the above, Eric S. Raymond has some other FAQs and HOWTOs at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/
