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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?

8 of 29 comments (clear)

  1. well, you missed out the ubuntu sites by ArwynH · · Score: 2, Informative
    Very useful for begginers...
  2. Slashdot has really gone down hill :( by p2sam · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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

    http://www.linuxquestions.org/

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  5. 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.

  6. 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...

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

    Well...

  8. BSD? by LukaFox · · Score: 2, Funny

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