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Linux sites

DistroWatch - Central tracker for all Linux distros.

The Linux Foundation - Not the source of Linux itself, but a foundation that supports the community.

Review Linux - Linux distro reviews, practically a cottage industry in itself.

On-Disk - They sell Linux distros, by the CD, DVD, or other media. Well, for a few dollars, you can save the hassle of burning them yourself.

Linux 4 Hope - An actual charity that takes old computers, refurbishes them, installs Linux on them, and gives them to the poor and underprivileged. Please spread the word.

Linux help

Linux is Not Windows - New to Linux? This is the most important thing you must read first. Take your time. Read it twice. Absorb it. The rest of these links are information; this link is wisdom.

The Linux Documentation Project - HOWTOs, guides, and FAQs.

Wikipedia Free Software Portal - The magic of Wikipedia has brought a whole new era to Linux documentation.

Tux.org - Help for brand new users.

Learn Unix in ten minutes (or so). - Linux is a free implementation of what was originally Unix.

Top Ten Frequently Asked Questions after the first week of using Linux - OK, where do you turn for advice in the second week?

Really Linux's Help Articles - A great collection of new-user tutorials, designed to help you get started fast.

Sucka.net - Collection of guides and tutorials geared to Ubuntu.

ExampleNOW - Type a command, get example usages of that command.

Linux blogs

Linus' Blog - The Big Penguin Himself!

All About Linux - The original Linux blog.

Raiden's Realm - Linux news and help.

A Binary World - Eric's own Linux geek site. Eric was one of the first inspirations for my own site, and I've looked up to him many times, so give him some respect, hey?

Linux and Things - Another old hand who's been blogging longer than this site's been up.

devChix - There are too such things as female programmers.

Happy Linux Thoughts - One user's experience.

Linux Haxor - You never saw a geekier Linux site where you're challenged to dive into the guts of the system and get your hands dirty. Video tutorials make it a snap

Bash Cures Cancer - Tips for using the most powerful command line in the history of computing.

Philosophical Geekess - An Ubuntu-user's perspective.

Jamie Zawinski's blog - Even though ol' JWZ barely touches Linux these days, he still keeps a hand in technology between running the world's hippest 'Frisco nightclub. He's the Grand Old Hacker behind such creations as the Mozilla webbrowser and XScreenSaver, so he gets a pass here even if all he blogs about now are funny pictures and who played at his club last night.

Minor Emacs Wizardry - An Emacs hacker shares magic spells. Great tips 'n' tricks for the greatest open-source embedded operating system with an editor tacked on the side.

Linux-Blog.com - The one, true classic, still kicking after all these years, but on a new template. In spite of the domain squatters!

Off the Wall - Bruce Byfield's blog. One of the grand masters of FOSS commentary.

Into.the.Void - Lots of Admin/Security level Linux hacking.

Open... - How did I go this long without remembering Glyn Moody?

Echoes - The title and URL say 'Pink Floyd fanblog', but this is actually a Linux blog all the way.

Catonmat - Another Linux-geek gem, and author of 'Awk One-Liners Explained'.

FOSSForce - One of the more militant FOSS advocacy sites, for those of you that are disappointed in my not carrying on that losing battle myself.