Newbie Resources

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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. It is appropriate reading for computer users of all skill levels. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html The author, Eric S. Raymond also has some other FAQs and HOWTOs at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/ his emphasis in on bringing people to a high technical level and may contain information specific to IT professionals and people that want to become IT professionals.

If you haven't yet installed Linux or are looking to change to a different flavor of Linux this site has good up to date information on what is available. http://distrowatch.com/ Another great resource is http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/ with much Linux software available for download from their servers. You can also find documentation at http://tldp.org/ at a different URL but same folks. They are a collaboration of the center for the public domain and unc-ch with many free and open resources besides software. http://www.ibiblio.org/