Getting Started

GNU/Linux being the snowballing phenomenon it is, there are literally a billion
sites on the web which have something to do with GNU/Linux in one way or the other
(including this one). Consequently, drawing up a comprehensive collection of
GNU/Linux links is a self-defeating exercise. Thus, the sites below are merely
listed to get you, a new or potential GNU/Linux user, started.

Where it all started:

• The Free Software Foundation
  
• The GNU Project
  
• The BSD Endeavour
  
• Opensource.org

Where you should start:

• Linux.org/
  
• Linux.com/
  
• The Linux Documentation Project
  
• Linux Newbie's Page
  
• Linuxtopia
  

News sites:

• Slashdot
  
• Linux Today
  
• Linux World
  
• Linux Weekly News
  
• Linux Power
  
• 32 Bits Online

E-zines

• The Linux Gazette
  
• Linux Focus
  
• Ext2 Mag
  
• Daemon News

Humour

• Segfault
• M*******t Linux!

Which distribution should I use ?

• Slackware
  
• Red Hat
  
• Debian GNU/Linux
  
• Caldera
  
• SuSE
  
• Mandrake Linux
  
• TurboLinux
  
• ASP Linux
  
• IndiX Linux
  ... and many more.
  

What, no applications ?

• Freshmeat
  
• Linux Apps


• Penguin Apps
  

User Environments

• XFree86 - the X Window System implementation.
  
• GNOME - the GNU Network Object Model Environment.
  
• KDE - the K Desktop Environment.
  
• XFCE
  
• Enlightenment
  
• Assorted window managers for X.

• Themes
  

From other ILUG's and LUG members sites:

• Configuring SIS cards - Rajesh Fowrkar's writeup on
  configuring any SIS card. Hope this will help many people.
  
• Hyderabad LUG webpage having a writeup on configuring
  internet and Answering machine. Might be a bit outdated but will provide a start for those require it.