Linux Resources |
| Where can I find general Linux information? |
| | There are a lot of wonderful Linux sites on the net. Check dmoz for a list. We can specifically recommend OSDN's Linux.com. If you're looking for dead-trees information, visit O'Reilly Associates' Linux Center — they publish some of the best computer books in existence. Note that we do not recommend http://www.linux.org/ (more info). |
| What's a good source for Linux news? |
| | Again, there's lot's out there. We'll recommend a few. For your daily fix, check out Linux Today. On a slower time scale, there's the excellent print magazines Linux Journal and Linux Magazine. But if you've only got time to follow one news source, make it Linux Weekly News. It comes out every Thursday, and provides a summary of and intelligent commentary on the happenings of the past week. |
| Where can I find Linux documentation? |
| | At The Linux Documentation Project, of course. Make sure to check out the HOWTOs. Also, the Google search engine has a special Linux-specific search. And of course, dmoz provides a nice list of other places to look. |
| Where else can I find Linux help online? |
| | The bu.linux newsgroup is a great unofficial forum for Linux discussion, and a good place to go with problems. (Sorry — available from the BU network only.) You may also want to check out the comp.os.linux.* hierarchy. There are also quite a few mailing lists, and of course there are IRC channels (with varying degrees of helpfulness). |
| Where can I get software that will run on my Linux box? |
| | First, check to make sure that it isn't available as a part of BU Linux. Failing that, check Freshmeat, a very comprehensive index of Linux software. (It's amazing how many new entries there are every day.) FreshRPMs (an unrelated site) also provides many nice multimedia packages in RPM form. If you find something you want that we're not including in our distribution, please tell us, and we'll consider adding it. |
| What other resources do you recommend? |
| | If you're interested in following the latest kernel development, Kernelnewbies.org is great. And of course, while it's certainly not Linux specific, Slashdot is always interesting. |
| What do I need to know about security? |
| | Glad you asked. This topic is so important that we've devote an entire section of this web page to it. Please check it out. |
