Thanks for this D. It is a great place to start. But since the original post asked about websites and such, I thought I'd post a simple list to help:
http://www.linux.org - The home of Linux, with some basic information and links on a multitude of Linux distributions and some documentation. There is even a generic "Getting Started with Linux - Beginner's Course" under the courses link. http://www.tldp.org - The Linux Documentation Project. - Pretty much the place for documentation on your favorite software. Great place to look for HowTo's. In fact, this is my FAVORITE place to start looking for any HowTo. I found the HowTo on building my first Beowulf cluster (long ago in RHL 5.1 land). http://www.justlinux.com/ - I've poked around in here before. You should be able to find some basics here as well. As for distros, the big "3" (at least in my book) are: http://fedora.redhat.com - Home of Fedora (Red Hat community based distro). I do run Fedora Core primarily. This is an RPM based distribution that is the "replacement" (term used loosely) for Red Hat consumer Linux. http://mandrake-linux.com - Home of Mandrake Linux. I've not tried Mandrake since 7.x so I'm not an authority on it, but I do know that quite a few of our fellow triluggers run Mandrake so you should be able to get excellent help here. This is also an RPM based distribution. http://debian.org - Home of Debian GNU/Linux. This distribution is a deb/apt based distribution. I've used this distribution quite often and have been pleased with it. But as it is a little different in configuration file location and is not RPM based it's not as easy for me to use than Fedora. There are a few that have been mentioned that are CD based, aka "Live CD"s, you just run them from the CD, no installation needed. I would recommend downloading one of these and playing with linux in general before you actually try installing one. Knoppix is one - It is debian based and uses KDE as the GUI. This site includes a "tutorial". http://www.knoppix.net/ The unofficial Fedora Live CD - ftp://ftp3.tnc.edu.tw/Fedora/live-cd/ - I haven't played with it, and I believe the primary language is Korean. Mandrake Move - A Mandrake Linux "Live CD". - http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3#move I hope this helps you get started in the wonderful world of Linux. ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. McLamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Linux Newbie Resources > Also from the Linux Documentation Project, check out the Introduction to Linux: > > http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html > > In my experience, this will give you enough information to start > asking yourself more questions about specific areas that interest you > so you can then research those questions. > > Good luck! > -- > > Cheers. > > D. McLamb > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
