Links to GNU/Linux Websites and Books
Alphabetical Directory of Linux Commands - O`Reilly
LinuxCommand.org - SuperMan pages
Linux Man pages - Searchable
GNU Bash Manual - gzip archives
TCP and UDP port numbers - wikipedia
Tutorials
Bash Guide for beginners - Machtelt Garrels
The Linix Documentation Project
Justlinux.com - Newbie help pages
bash tips - Configure the bash terminal
Bash FAQ - From channel #bash on the freenode IRC
Bash pitfalls - GreyCat's wiki
Bash programming - GNU Lamp
Linux cheat sheet (PDF) - Anthony Barker
Linux-tutorial.info - Knowledge Base and Tutorial
Unix/Linux/BSD Toolbox - concise summary of commands
Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide - Mendel Cooper
Administration shell scripts - Dawid Michalczyk
grymoire.com - Advanced stuff
Speaking UNIX - Tutorials from IBM
LinuxCommand - Shell Scripting tutorial
UbuntuGuide - Getting started guide
UNIX FAQ
Recommended Books
Linux in a Nutshell 5th Edition July 05
A command reference for Linux, find the command syntax you need. Also UNIX in a Nutshell, Fourth edition by Arnold Robbins
the standard desktop reference.
Essential System Administration, Third Edition Aug 2002 by Æleen Frisch
Describes Unix tools in the context of a system administrator's job. More than just covering syntax, tools and concepts, this book shows how to use administrative tools intelligently and efficiently.
Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
by Mark G. Sobell
Effectively two books in one - a tutorial on concepts and techniques, plus a command reference.
Clear explanations and useful knowledge.
965 pages
Red Hat Fedora 5 Unleashed
by Paul Hudson, Andrew Hudson
A great foundation to Linux Fedora 5, includes a DVD with the full distro.
Covers: Introduction &installation, an overview of the applications available, System administration, Fedora as a server (web, file/print etc) Programming and Housekeeping - each chapter includes a reference section with links to relevant web resources.
1104 pages. Also Fedora 6 arriving Dec 06/Jan07
UNIX Power Tools by Jerry D Peak, Tim O'Reilly et al
Useful tricks and techniques, each chapter describes the different ways of performing a task. e.g. the page on 'Wildcards' has 10 ways to select a group of files - only two of which involve the grep command.
1200 pages
Unix Shell Programming, Third Edition (Paperback)
by Stephen Kochan, Patrick Wood
Detailed coverage of shell programming: regular expressions, the kernel and utilities.
OS Downloads
Bash V3.0 released July 2004
Solaris 10 from Sun (free)
Gentoo.org
RedHat Linux
Linux.Dell.com (Red Hat)
Novell SuSE linux
Linspire [Lindows]
Live CDs & Wikipedia Live CDs
UbuntuLinux.org - Free & easy
Apps & Utilities
Freshmeat.net - Huge open source download site
GNU FTP Sites - GNU programs and Manuals
pc-tools.net - Utilities
Ack - a tool like grep, aimed at programmers with large trees of heterogeneous source code.
Audacity - CD Ripper, Sound editor
AutoFsck - Configure boot disc checks (Ubuntu)
Dar - Disk Archive/backup
Evolution - email with Exchange compatibility
AntiWord - Cross-platform MS Word reader.
thttpd - HTTP Web Server
ImgSeek - Photo collection manager and viewer
Easy Tag - Tag editor for MP3, Ogg Vorbis files
Filelight - Graphical view of the filesystem
Fanout - Run a command on multiple machines
Git - Version control
GNU Parted | Partimage - partition managers
Grip - CD Ripper (Gnome)
Gftp multithreaded ftp
htop - an interactive process viewer for Linux
k3b.org - The CD/DVD Kreator for Linux
KNode newsreader - for K desktop
Knoda - Database
Lame - audio apps
Macromedia Flash Player
Pan newsreader - runs on Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Windows, and most flavors of Unix
Partition Image - Ghost
KMyFirewall Easy Firewall | Firewall Builder | Shoreline Firewall | GuardDog | Firestarter
Linux Security Auditing Tool
OCS Inventory - Open Source System Management
xTraceroute - graphical version of traceroute
e2Undel - Undelete
VLC Media Player
MPlayer - DVD and media player
VNC for Linux (x86)
xmms - Winamp clone for Linux
Yahoo Messenger
Discussion & Newsgroups
comp.unix.shell - Shell scripting
comp.os.linux.* - General linux
Linux Questions.org
SS64 - Discussion Forum
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