Going Further: Where to Find Support and Documentation

Once you have GNU/Linux installed, how do you learn more?

• online help: "man", "apropos" commands, CDROM manual
• Books, Periodicals
  • http://linuxjournal.com/
  • http://linuxmagazine.com/
• other people
  • Linux User Groups, like Boston Linux Users: http://www.blu.org
• for the adventurous: in the source code!
  • http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net
  • http://lxr.linux.no/source

On the Internet:

• online courses: http://www.linux.org/lessons
• websites like these:
  • The Linux Documentation Project: http://www.tldp.org
    • Linux Gazette
    • Guides http://www.tldp.org/guides.html including:
      • User's Guide
      • Programmer's Guide
      • System Administrator's Guide
      • Network Administrator's Guide
  • Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/faq.html
  • HOWTO descriptions: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/
  • Linux Software Map: http://lsm.execpc.com/lsm
• commercial companies
  • http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux
  • http://www.sun.com/software/linux
  • http://www.redhat.com
• mailing lists, discussion boards
  • http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic
  • http://linuxnewbie.org
• USENET netnews: comp.os.linux.* newsgroups
• your favorite search engine
• IRC chatrooms

-- EdF - 02 Apr 2003