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Welcome to the all new Linux Forum Links Sticky Thread.

Eggs old links sticky had a fair number of old or dead links so I've started to revamp it.

To submit a link, or report a broken link, either PM one of the following forum moderators or post it in the forums:

• Ned Slider
• Spankin Partier

Previous forum stickies are listed below so they're still easy to locate.

Previous Stickies

Eggs Useful Links
Fedora dual boot problems
PC Perspective Distro

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Linux Distro's

What is a Distro

A Linux distro (or distribution) is simply the Linux kernel packaged together with a set of other useful linux software. A modern Linux distro typically comes on one or more CDs (or DVDs) and is downloaded as an ISO image to be burned to a CD (or DVD) and contains a selection of modern applications covering everything for internet tools such as web browsers and e-mail applications, a full office suit of applications right through to server software. The main deviation from this is the recent introduction of Linux LiveCD's, such as knoppix, that are bootable Linux CD's that allow the user to boot and run Linux purely from the CD without having to install the OS onto their hard disk.

Which distro should I use

We quite simply can't answer that. There are so many different distro's aimed at so many different target users and none of us are able to try them all, and we all have our own personal favorites that you may or may not like. We can give some generic advice though. Generally, LiveCD distro's are ideal for first time users who just wish to quickly try out Linux for the first time and get a feel for it as they do not require installing to your hard disk. There are many, but knoppix is probably the best well known, has good hardware detection and good support so is an excellent place to start. Next up are the main class of distro's, which you should progress on to when you're ready to try an install (dual boot or stand alone); the more popular distro's are listed below. Gentoo Linux is probably the main exception in that it's design goal is to provide a totally customizable system but the install process is for more advanced users. If you really want to jump straight in at the deep end then Gentoo won't disappoint you. The best advice is to try a few, but when choosing try to consider factors such as it's intended target users, intended usage and availability of help (yes, you will need help at some point).

Meridian's Linux distros for beginners

To help assist new users decide which distro to choose, Meridian has written some reviews of various distros and can be read here: Linux distros for beginners

Arch Linux

Main site: http://www.archlinux.org/
Download: http://www.archlinux.org/download/
Community: http://bbs.archlinux.org/
Current version: Arch Linux 2007.08-2

CentOS (Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone)

Main site: http://www.centos.org/
Download: http://www.centos.org/modules/tinyco...ndex.php?id=13
Community: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/
Current version: CentOS 5

Debian

Main site: http://www.debian.org/
Download: http://www.debian.org/distrib/
Community: http://www.debianhelp.org/
Current version: Debian 4.0

Fedora (Red Hat)

Main site: http://fedora.redhat.com/
Download: http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html
Community: http://fedoraforum.org/forum/index.php?
Current version: Fedora Core 9

Gentoo

Main site: http://www.gentoo.org/
Download: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml
Community: http://forums.gentoo.org/
Current version: Gentoo Linux 2007.0

GNULinEx

Main site: http://www.linex.org/ or http://www.gnulinex.net/
Download: http://apt.linex.org/linex2006-rc2.iso
Community: ?
Primary Language: Spanish
Current version: 2006-rc2

Kanotix (Debian sid based)

Main site: http://kanotix.com/
Download: http://kanotix.com/downloads.html
Community: http://forum.kanotix.net/
Current version: Kanotix 2007-RC7

Knoppix LiveCD

Main site: http://www.knoppix.org/
Download: http://www.knoppix.org/
Community: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/
Current version: Knoppix 5.3.1

Linux Mint

Main site: http://linuxmint.com/
Download: http://linuxmint.com/download.php
Community: http://www.linuxmint.com/getinvolved.php
Current version: Linux Mint 4.0 'Daryna'

Mandriva (formerly Mandrake)

Main site: http://www.mandriva.com/
Download: http://www.mandrivalinux.com/en/ftp.php3
Community: http://forum.mandrakeclub.com/
Current version: Mandriva Linux 2008

Mepis (Debian based)

Main site: http://mepis.org
Download: http://www.mepis.org/node/1462
Community: http://www.mepislovers.org or http://www.mepis.org/forum
Current version: SimplyMepis 7.0

PCLinuxOS

Main site: http://www.pclinuxonline.com
Download: http://www.pclinuxos.com/page.php?7
Community: http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php
Current version: PCLinuxOS 2007

Slackware

Main site: http://www.slackware.com/
Download: http://www.slackware.com/getslack/
Community: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...php?forumid=14
Current version: Slackware 12.1

SuSE (Novel)

Main site: http://www.opensuse.org/
Download: http://en.opensuse.org/Download
Community: http://slforums.typo3-factory.net/index.php? and http://www.suseforums.net/
Current version: OpenSuSE 10.3

Ubuntu (Debian based)

Main site: http://ubuntu.com
Download: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
Community: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ and http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/FrontPage
Current version: Ubuntu 8.04

Yoper

Main site: http://www.yoper.com/
Download: http://www.yoper.com/download.html
Community: http://www.yoper.com/forum2/
Current version: YOPER Linux 3.1

Generic Sites

http://www.linuxiso.org/
http://distrowatch.com/
The Linux LiveCD List

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Help, HOWTO's and FAQ's


General

http://web.telia.com/~u46503923/bons...linux_FAQ.html - Bonso's Newbie FAQ

http://www.faqs.org/docs/lnag/ - Linux Newbie Administrators Guide

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.p...3&page=1&pp=30 - Linux FAQ

http://tldp.org/ - The Linux Documentation Project. A central repository of FAQ's, HOWTO's and guides for Linux.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/ - Red Hat Linux Manuals in pdf and html format. Still a great resource, especially for Fedora users. Well written and easy to read.

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork...wto/index.html - IBM's Linux resources.

http://www.linuxlinks.com/ - A Portal of links for all things Linux


Linux Commands

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/cli.html - If you're a linux newbie, go take this tutorial now!

http://www.unixguide.net/linux/linuxshortcuts.shtml - Linux shortcuts and commands

http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/ - Alphabetical directory of Linux commands

http://www.scottklarr.com/topic/115/...te-collection/ - Ultimate Linux cheat sheet collection


Recommended Linux Books

Red Hat Linux Bible (Christopher Negus, published Wiley) - Great reference for beginners and advanced users alike.

Running Linux 4th Edn. (Welsh et al., published O'Reilly) - A little long in the tooth now, but still a great book for the old school.


Kernel

http://www.kernel.org/ - Official Linux kernel

http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/K...ild-HOWTO.html - Compile kernel guide

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=170 - Another compile kernel guide


Hardware

http://linux.yyz.us/sata/ - Linux and SATA

http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html - Linux and SATA RAID


Software

http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html - Linux to Windows software equivalents list

Security Related

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=432469 - IPTables Tutorial

http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=433216 - Securing SSH

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################Where To Get ISOs######################################
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--Ftp Links to CD images--
http://www.linuxiso.org/
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/ftp.php3
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp...ages=&x=60&y=8
http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/
http://www.knoppix.net/get.php
http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1462
http://www.yoper.com/download.html
http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml
http://www.archlinux.org/download.php
http://alphageek.dyndns.org/linux/sl...-mirrors.shtml

*Many distributions also maintain torrents, which tend to download more reliably that ftp

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--Linux Google--
http://www.google.com/linux

--Great Starts for Begineers--
http://www.linuxquestions.org/
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/index.php -- A very large Linux Bulletin Board
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Main_Page -- Great wiki site for beginners

--Distro News and Links--
http://distrowatch.com/

--The Linux Documentation Project--
http://www.tldp.org/

--The linux kernel homepage--
http://kernel.org/

--A Nice Kernel Guide--
http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/K...ild-HOWTO.html

--The Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard--
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

--Laptops Support--
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/
http://tuxmobil.org/

--Wireless Support--
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/p...p/Installation

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################Software for Linux#####################################
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--Sites with software--
http://sourceforge.net/ -- Many linux projects are hosted by sourceforge
http://freshmeat.net/ -- Hosts projects
http://rpm.pbone.net/ -- A search engine for RPMs

--Desktop Enviroments/Window Managers--
http://www.kde.org/
http://www.gnome.org/
http://www.xfce.org/
http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/
http://icculus.org/openbox/
http://www.fvwm.org/
http://enlightenment.org/pages/main.html
http://rox.sourceforge.net/rox_session.html

--Desktop Enhancements--
http://www.kde-look.org/ -- The source for all things KDE and QT
http://www.gnome-look.org/ -- Source for all things GTK and Gnome
http://themes.freshmeat.net/

--Windows/Linux Software Equivalents--
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html

--Popular Linux Software--
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ -- Firefox: web browser
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ -- Gaim: instant messaging
http://www.openoffice.org/ -- OpenOffice: office suite
http://www.k3b.org/ -- k3b: CD/DVD burning
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/ -- Thunderbird: mail client
http://www.gimp.org/ -- The GIMP: image creation/manipulation
http://www.xmms.org/ -- XMMS: audio player
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html -- Mplayer: video player
http://www.cups.org/ -- Common Unix Printing System: print server
http://www.apache.org/ -- Apache: web server
http://www.mythtv.org/ -- MythTV: watch/record tv
http://anjuta.sourceforge.net/ -- C/C++ IDE
http://www.xchat.org/ -- XChat: IRC Client
http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org/ -- gDesklets: desktop eyecandy
http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ -- Super Karamba: KDE-only desktop eyecandy
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...m/gkrellm.html -- GKrellM: system monitoring tool

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--Mandrake Linux--
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en-us/ -- Main site
http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?act=idx -- Mandrake Users Forums
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/walte...rpm-howto.html -- Urpmi info
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ -- An easy tool for configuring urpmi
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome -- Mandrake Wiki

--Fedora Core--
http://fedora.redhat.com/ -- Main site
http://www.fedorafaq.org/ -- Great Fedora FAQ
http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware -- Howto install software in Fedora

--SUSE Linux--
***Note: SUSE is going the way of RedHat and becoming Enterprise software***
http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/ -- Main Site
http://susefaq.sourceforge.net/howto/rpm.html -- A guide for rpms
http://slforums.typo3-factory.net/index.php? -- SUSE specific forums


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****************Debian(apt) Based Distributions***********************
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--Debian--
www.debian.org/ -- Main Site
http://www.debian.org/doc/ -- Debian's Offical Documentation Page
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap.../index.en.html -- Offical Debian Apt howto
http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianWikiTopics -- Debain Wiki

--Knoppix--
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html -- Main Site
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/ -- Knoppix Forums

--Simply MEPIS--
http://www.mepis.org/ -- Main Site
http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1324 -- MEPIS apt-get guide
http://www.mepis.org/book/view/1083?...9da0f522f3b95b -- MEPIS howto page
http://www.mepis.org/forum -- Offical Mepis forums

--Yoper--
http://www.yoper.com/ -- Main Site
http://www.yoper.com/forum2/index.php -- Forums
http://www.yoper.com/yoperwiki/index.php/Main_Page -- Yoper Wiki



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****************Other Distributions***********************************
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--Gentoo Linux--
http://www.gentoo.org/ -- Main Site
http://forums.gentoo.org/ -- Offical Gentoo Forums
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...?part=0&chap=0 -- Gentoo Handbook
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handboo...?part=2&chap=0 -- Working with Portage
http://gentoo-wiki.com/Main_Page -- Gentoo Wiki

--Slackware--
http://www.slackware.com/ -- Main Site
http://www.slackware.com/config/packages.php -- Slackware pkgtool

--Arch Linux--
http://archlinux.org/ -- Main Site
http://bbs.archlinux.org/ -- Offical Arch Forums
http://wiki2.archlinux.org/ -- Arch Wiki

...Ned added Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard link