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Best Linux Howtos and Guides

By Peter Boyd on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 12:35 AM

    FIRST STEPS IN LINUX

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Here we will try to list links to the best Linux guides and Howtos that cover almost every topic of interest, from Security to multimedia, text editing, developing applications and more.

Of course using the word 'best' will be inaccurate because it all depends on the user's choice :D See this article for choosing your first Distro

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/18/picking_a_linux_distro/

 

Feel free to edit this document and add more sources.

 

We better start with the most important thing - Security

 

SECURITY

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    Linux Security for beginners -> http://www.linuxtopia.org/LinuxSecurity/

    Debian Security -> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/

    Advanced Linux security -> http://www.puschitz.com/SecuringLinux.shtml

    Ubuntu family security guides -> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Security

 

 

GETTING HELP OR HELPING OTHERS

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    How to ask Questions to get optimal answers-> http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html 

    General Linux help forum -> http://www.linuxquestions.org
    Remote Desktop Help -> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC This is an Ubuntu family article, but it applies to most of the other distributions too. If you have problems with direct connections to the VNC server, you may look in the article how to create a Reverse VNC connection

    Help men to more successfull instigation of woman in FOSS by addressing male privilages, sexism, taboos, prejudice, & gender role playing... In other words - Power to the Linux chix -> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/
    Use GParted to resize the Windows 7 or Vista partition -> http://www.thpc.info/how/use_gparted_to_resize_windows_7_vista_partition.html (thanks to larryM at thpc.info)
    Edit Grub's Boot Menu Options (the Menu.lst configuration file) -> http://www.thpc.info/how/edit_grub_menu.html (thanks to larryM at thpc.info)

    Thanks to Ramesh Kumar for this link -> http://www.debianadmin.com/

    Gnome gedit plugins page (with some other plugin howtos) -> http://live.gnome.org/Gedit/Plugins

    How to install Nagios from Repo Fedora/CentOS/SL -> http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-install-nagios-from-repo-fedoracentossl/
    How to set 24 hour clock to 12 clock in LXDE Mint -> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=43841 (Mint Forum: comes in handy for novice Linux users)
    http://tuxradar.com/content/newbies-guide-hacking-linux-kernel -> Kernel analysis and development
    http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-linux-kernel-works -> Read how the Kernel works and what's involved

 

NETWORKING

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    Setting up a Linux-Home server with VSFTPD Howto -> http://www.brennan.id.au/14-FTP_Server.html

 

VIDEO

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    Kdenlive (make your own videos) -> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Kdenlive/Quickstart

    Avidemux, Video converter and more -> http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php?id=start

 

AUDIO

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    Audacity (cross-platform digital audio editor and recording application) -> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
    Ardour:

        Simple Basic Howto for recording and editing audio -> http://quicktoots.linuxaudio.org/toots/ardour/Basic_editing_howto.html

        Advanced Tutorial for recording and editing audio -> http://arnout.engelen.eu/files/dev/linuxmusicians/ardourtutorial.html

 

GRAPHIC DESIGN

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    Gimp -> http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

 

APPLE DEVICES

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    Howto iPod & iPhone -> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9266?page=0,0

 

DEVELOPMENT

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    Secure programming guide -> http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO.html

    QT: How to learn programming with QT -> http://developer.qt.nokia.com/doc/qt-4.8/how-to-learn-qt.html#tutorials

    The Linux Command Line -> http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

    How to Use Terminal -> http://linuxcommand.org/index.php

    Another How To Use Command Line -> http://en.flossmanuals.net/command-line

    How To Use Bash -> http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/

    More on Bash Scripting -> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-bash.html
    Learning Python -> http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

    Programmer's Resource -> http://www.programmersheaven.com/
    Programmer's Resource -> http://www.freeprogrammingresources.com/
    Shared Library HowTo's -> http://man7.org/conf/lca2006/shared_libraries/index.html

 

 

ANDROID

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    Android Development tutorial/how to/reference material ->  http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2010/10/android-full-application-tutorial.html
    Android Development -> http://hackaday.com/2010/07/12/android-development-101-%E2%80%93-a-tutorial-series/
    Android Development -> http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html
    Android Development -> http://www.programforandroid.com/android-programming-tutorials/

 

 

HISTORY

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You like Linux, right? Of course you do, otherwise you wouldn't be here! You're using the system everyday and you probably know the ins and outs of it by now. However, do you know how it came to be, how it all got started and why? The history of Linux and everything connected to it represents a long and arduous journey in the realms of computer science, engineering, commerce, legality, culture, community and freedom.

 

Here are just a few resources that may help you to develop a sense of appreciation that you may never thought you had and to realize how and why you're here today.

 

    http://www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/

    https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/linux/

    http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-history.html
    http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ 

 

Videos:

 

    Revolution OS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDQeAh57dQ4
    The Code Linux - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=E3AC83328FF79C9C
    AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc4ROCJYbm0
    The Computer Chronicles: UNIX (1985) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7P16mYDIJw