Guides: http://linuxreviews.org/beginner/ - Beginner's guide, helpful to understand the file system and basic commands. http://tips.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/08/1651225&tid=50 - Ten Tips for new Ubuntu users News Stories and Links http://linux.slashdot.org/ - Slashdot.org Linux section http://digg.com/linux_unix (requires login) - Linux on Digg http://distrowatch.com/ - News and links to different Linux distros. Software download http://sourceforge.net/ - Open source software projects and downloads http://www.linuxiso.org/ - News and info on Linux ISOs for download Tweaking http://www.kde-look.org/ - KDE-Look - Customize your KDE desktop. http://www.speedguide.net/faq_in_q.php?category=89&qid=130 - Tweaking TCP/IP in Linux Please reply with helpful links and we'll keep them Sticky for beginners.
Strangely enough, both those yahoo and google have been very helpful to me, as I've foomatic'd and lndir'd my way through installing and reinstalling Linux. I'm gonna look at that "Linux for Dummies" link, since it's right up my alley. All my tidbits so far are in the other Linux threads. Not a link per se, but go to the website of the flavor of Linux you're installing, and read the user forums there, as well as the faqs and guides. Since I've been using Kubuntu, I've found many answers to my questions (such as the fact that Kubuntu doesn't HAVE lndir, which I found out AFTER reinstalling Linux today in the vain hope I just messed up the previous install) in the Kubuntu forums.
LinuxISO.com down at the moment, but a good site for ISO links and reviews/suggestions when it's back up.
Re: New to Linux? (please contribute helpful links) Distrowatch is a great site for learning about different linux distros along with where to download them. http://distrowatch.com/
Great site for anything to do with Linux and gaming http://www.linux-gamers.net/ Same as KDE look, but for gnome http://www.gnome-look.org/ Super Karamba, great little app, kind of like the precursor to Yahoo Widgets. Allows for use of OSX like app bar in KDE http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ssuperkaramba.html Automatix, best single app for Ubuntu yet. It allows the easy install of drivers, codecs, and many other useful things. http://www.getautomatix.com/ TLDP! The Linux Documentation Project. It's slowed down a little lately, but is still a great resource on pretty much anything linux. http://tldp.org/ I'll think up more.
Full NTFS read/write support for Ubuntu (Dapper and Edgy) HOWTO: NTFS with read/write support using ntfs-3g (easy method) - Ubuntu Forums
The program Automatix is great for ubuntu Flash Player 9 working on Edgy Amd64 with nspluginwrapper - Ubuntu Forums Don't forget baryl
linux wm and desktop enviroment more on gnome, kde isnt a looker anymore, version 1 was nice but since its gotten rough edges. docs on animations in progress bars and some sites on gtk apps that run in Xwindows how to enable XGL info on cairo etc,. I dont touch suse knoppix anything that is a distro that includes anything more than libs for QT. Knoppix would help because of QTParted but ubuntu live has Parted software as well.
