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Helpful Linux Links

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the handy-reference-tools dept.

jaa1180 writes "Over my years of using Linux, I have found a number of web pages for helpful information, useful tools, and various other links. I thought perhaps someone else would like to browse through the links. I am sure there are many more out there but I wanted to share what I have. The Linux community helped me a great deal when I was just starting to use linux almost six years ago. So I would like to give a bit back." What other handy links have people stumbled across?

29 comments

  1. well, you missed out the ubuntu sites by ArwynH · · Score: 2, Informative
    Very useful for begginers...
    1. Re:well, you missed out the ubuntu sites by jaa1180 · · Score: 1

      LOL, yea. I need to update them. I think some of the links are not working now. I use Ubuntu, love it after the fixes, and looking at Gentoo again.

    2. Re:well, you missed out the ubuntu sites by stevey · · Score: 1

      <plug> http://www.debian-administration.org </plug>

  2. Slashdot has really gone down hill :( by p2sam · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, we're sharing links now? What is this, the early nineties?

    1. Re:Slashdot has really gone down hill :( by slashflood · · Score: 1

      Parent is not a flamebait. Since when is a private list of links news, especially when we have del.icio.us and powerful search engines? The bigger part of the link list is about linux distributions, but one link to Distrowatch would have been sufficient. From now on every submitted article about a private link list could be accepted.

    2. Re:Slashdot has really gone down hill :( by ArwynH · · Score: 1
      Wow, we're sharing links now? What is this, the early nineties?
      Well... considering the well known fact that /.'s readership is mostly consisted of 14yr olds and we are now in 2005 I guess most of us were 5yrs old then and missed it last time round.
  3. Only x86? by Otter · · Score: 1
    Nothing in there about non-x86 architectures: penguinppc.org, linux-m68k.org, linux-mips.org.

    Also, as I'm now grinding through that huge 'emerge -uD world' when you switch a new Gentoo install from binary packages to -O5 superoptimized compiled, I don't think I can be accused of malice when I say that the Gentoo section isn't complete without a link to funroll-loops.org!

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    1. Re:Only x86? by fjf33 · · Score: 1

      O5? What compiler are you using that can do O5? gcc does O, O2, O3 and Os as far as I know.

    2. Re:Only x86? by fjf33 · · Score: 1

      I didn't realize you were being ironic. Too subtle for my American ears. Are you British?

  4. A good newbie guide by RootsLINUX · · Score: 2, Informative

    This guide helped me greatly when I started out with Linux: Linux Newbie Guide. I didn't see it on your list. Ahh, I remember back when I started out and I had no idea how to install a program in Linux. I was like "WTF, what's the equivalent of a .exe???". This guide showed me the light. :)

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  5. LQ? by uberjoe · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://www.linuxquestions.org/

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    1. Re:LQ? by Ashley+Bowers · · Score: 0

      Yoda very smart! and you to for posting the link to a great linux source!Was about to do the same thing but then seen you had already did!

  6. rsync by max+born · · Score: 2, Informative

    rsync is a much overlooked utility that allows secure file transfers/backups over a network (no mention of it at Linux-Backup.net). You can use it to backup whole file sets or just changes in file sets. I've used it to backup 3T/night over 4 subnets (NY, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco).

    I can't say enough about this utility. It's command line driven, very scriptable, has a slew of great options, and has made my job really easy.

  7. Um by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I don't know how these guys do it.

  8. forums by Beatbyte · · Score: 1

    you should look for forums for distributions you're interested in. they hold more information than you can possibly imagine.

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  9. It has been done already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Loads of Linux links:
    http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links/

    courtesy of some folks in my LUG

  10. Link-List Shmink-List by triso · · Score: 1

    Why bother checking a few sites for a problem when you can search them all with google.com before you can say, "Draco Malfoy."

  11. Should be obvious but isn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Google. You might think that it's obvious, but 90% of the people I've seen ask for help with Linux appear to have never heard of a magical thing called a "search engine". Google also have a specialised Linux search.

    1. Re:Should be obvious but isn't by Mr.+Freeman · · Score: 1

      How does Google know what content works for/is better for Linux?

      Now don't get me wrong I love Google, but if an image search for "AMD 64" turns up 50% pornography; I'm not sure how accurate this Linux search can be.

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    2. Re:Should be obvious but isn't by slashflood · · Score: 2, Informative

      Well...

    3. Re:Should be obvious but isn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You tease. There isn't any porn when you do a Google image search for "AMD 64". Unless you're into hardware pr0n ;-)

    4. Re:Should be obvious but isn't by jaa1180 · · Score: 1

      This is the reason for bookmarking sites we find. You search dogpile or google and just don't find what you are looking for. Then someone has a link on their site, you go to it, find the answer or whatever, and you bookmark it. Sooo, if I share my links with everyone, then perhaps I am able to help someone else out. Apperantly not everyone is of this attitude.

    5. Re:Should be obvious but isn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The obvious answer would be to quit using Google and try a search engine that actually delivers some relatively relevant results, pre-sorted and "clustered" results too. Might I be so bold as to suggest, insist even, that all y'all go to " http://clusty.com/ " and give a really great little search engine a try? Once one becomes accustomed to a decent search engine, Google tends to lose its charm rather quickly. Google is a fine hutch full of services, search just ain't one of the better, let alone good, ones.

      Then again, there's always " http://turbo10/ "

  12. Worse than a dupe by DrMorris · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is by far the worst story I ever saw on slashdot. And it even made it to the front page! Besides the fact that every sane person uses a search engine to find information on a specific problem and maintains his own link list, our friend should have at least checked his list for broken links...

    1. Re:Worse than a dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I have some bookmarks too...can I have a Slashdot story?

    2. Re:Worse than a dupe by ISayWeOnlyToBePolite · · Score: 1
      our friend should have at least checked his list for broken links...
      Not to mention duplicate entries. Check the submitters frontpage: http://www.avveduti.com/ I'm thinking this story was accepted as a prank.
  13. BSD? by LukaFox · · Score: 2, Funny

    I like how BSD is listed as the first GNU/Linux distribution.

  14. google by towsonu2003 · · Score: 1

    www.google.com/linux