Linux Useful Websites

Linux Useful Websites

For beginners to get started:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opensource

This is an online encyclopedia that contains useful information for beginners as well as developers.

Www.linux.org
This contains the information about latest kernel releases, User groups, Open source projects, etc.,

http://lowfatlinux.com
This has a complete collection of tutorials available for beginners as well as developers. This serves as a single place where you can find a lot of information.

http://www.linuxlinks.com
This site catagorizes the users and provide useful links to each catagory of users. People who needs links for a specific domain in linux platform may find this useful.

http://www.linuxforums.org
This is s forum developed by knowledged linux developers.It has answers for almost all the questions related to Linux.

http://www.linux.com/
This site provides various useful linu tutorials.
For people who have Basic knowledge and want to enhance themselves:

www.codeplex.com
This is a site managed by Microsoft. It serves as a storage site that contains various Open source projects to service developer communities.

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
This page is the home of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS).
This site provides useful information about the archtecture of linux file system.

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/cli.html
Learn the basics for staying alive at the Linux command line. If you're very new to
the Linux CLI, these tutorials should provide you with the basic command line skills,
as well as teach you some neat command line tricks.

http://oreilly.com/linux/command­directory/
This directory of Linux commands.

http://www.techtutorials.info/lcommands.html
If you need some more links to learn linux commands, then you can find them here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_management_system
This is the wikipedia page that describes package management in Linux.
Where to get Linux Distros :
Here we provide some of the sites where you can find links for downloading linux
distributions and other Open Source Softwares.

•linuxiso.org

•distrowatch.com

•http://www.livecdlist.com/

•http://www.linuxisotorrent.com/

For further details and day­to­day helps :

www.fsdaily.com ­

Free Software News Daily


www.linuxtoday.com – Linux News for All

www.linuxhomenetworking.com – Linux help for Professionals, Students and Hobbyiest.

Www.lxer.com – Linux News

http://shots.osdir.com/

Contains screen shots for various Distributions.

http://www.linux.org/apps/all/GUI/Window_Managers.html
Contains descriptions about various window managers in linux.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/

This is online Linux journal.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/
a Friendly and active linux community forum for all questions.

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/

Provide the readers with a quick summary of each week's most relevant Linux security headline. Vulnerabilities affect nearly every vendor virtually every week, so be sure to read through to find the updates your distributor have made available.

http://www.yolinux.com/
This Linux site is dedicated to providing tutorials, help, documentation, on­line training,guides and links for Linux users.
Linux / Open Source Softwares / Projects :

http://sourceforge.net/
It is a complete collection of Open source softwares. It also provides details about ongoing projects and provides a way to participate or contribute in Open source Projects.

http://freshmeat.net/

Another site like Source forge.net
http://www.tigris.org

http://www.sarovar.org

For Linux Gammers:

Here we Provide a list of sitesthat offer attractive games in Linux platform.
•http://www.transgaming.com/

•http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/sf/m/mo/morphix/

•http://unix.schluting.com/morphix/?M=D

•http://www.au.xemacs.org/pub/gamesknoppix/

•http://tuxgamers.altervista.org/Llgp.php

•http://www.linuxgames.com/

•www.happypenguin.com

•www.linux­gamers.net

•http://freshmeat.net/projects/wine/

Other Open Source Forums :

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site. Almost all the open Source Operating systems have their own Forums .Some of the very popular forums are :
•www.ubuntuforums.org

•www.debianforums.org

•www.forums.debian.net

•www.forums.opensuse.org

•www.linuxforums.org

•www.fedoraforum.org

For Further learning :

•http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/

The Free and Open Source Learning Centre (FOSSLC).It provides conferences, webcasts,online videos, and workshops teaching skills with open source software.

•http://www.linux­tutorial.info/

To have an in depth introduction about linux.
•http://www.runlinux.net/

Contains chapterwise tutorial on linux.
•http://www.linuxjournal.com/

This site contains various How To's for linux learner's benefit.
•http://www.linuxlearningcentre.com/

This site contains information about various linux certification cources.
•http://www.oss­watch.ac.uk/resources/odm.xml

Gives introduction and How­to's for developing Open source softwares.
•http://opensource.mit.edu/

It is an Open Source community for free exchange of information.
•http://www.theopensourcecommunity.com/

This is a site that provides info about the current news and various open source
softwares.
•http://tldp.org/

The LDP website consists of two parts: the first part is a collection of documents,
mostly the famous "HOWTO"s, but also some Guides.
•http://grok­code.com/108/6­easy­ways­to­get­started­programming­open­source/

Here are 6 easy tips for getting started with F/OSS.
•http://savannah.gnu.org/

The central point for development, maintenance and distribution of official GNU
software.
•https://launchpad.net/

This is a software collaboration project that provides Bugtracking, code osting, code reviews, Ubuntu Package building and hosting, mailing list etc.,
•www.ilugc.org

This is the site of Indian Linux User Group Chennai. It provides a mailing list to which we can join and participate in various discussions about linux and Open source softwares.
•www.jayafossclub.org

Tutorial sites :

http://www.devshed.com
Open Source Web Development Tutorials

http://www.howtoforge.com
HowtoForge provides user­friendly Linux tutorials about almost every topic.

http://www.opensourcetutorials.com
Open source Development Tutorials such as PHP, Perl, Python, Client side Coding..
.
http://www.developertutorials.com
Tutorial for web Developers and other Application Development.

http://w3schools.com

Full web Building Tutorials

www.nptel.iitm.ac.in

Open Courseware from IIT's

http://ocw.mit.edu

Open Courseware from MIT