Linux Tutorials from LinuxBasics.org
LinuxBasics.org bills itself as "The online community that helps people to get Linux installed and running." If you are completely new to Linux, you might want to take a look at the LBox, a way to try out linux in a virtual environment, without danger for your running system. This site also offers tutorials and links to sites that offer information needed to install and use Linux. They also run a friendly mailing-list and an IRC-channel for questions you will have when you start using Linux. Their tour through LBo will show you the key-features of the site.
One of the neat educational activities on LinuxBasic.org is
their free Linux course
called An
Introduction to Linux Basics for people who want to
learn how to install and administer the basics of a Linux computer
system. This class started on October 19, 2006, but
you
can still register and participate. Even advanced Linux users
can join the class, as they will be able to dig deeper into
some areas they always wanted to know more about. The
course uses LBook:
An Introductory Guide to Linux Basics as the couse book and
study guide, which I have detailed in an earlier
blog post today.
Here are the Linux
Tutorials from Linuxbasics.org,
categorized into
the following topical areas:
- Pre-Install - What you should know before installing Linux
- Installation - What you might encounter while you install Linux
- Using Linux - Basic Tasks and stuff
- Tuning harddrives
- Finding files
- Copy and Paste
- Filesystems for data-exchange
- Making a swapfile
- Configuring the boot-process
- Automating tasks with cron
- Installing Applications
- Thunderbird Tips
- Wireless on Desktop
- Command Line - Bash
- Quick Command List
- Hard and soft/symlinks & inodes
- Laptop Power Management and Battery
- Rescue Disk
- Advanced Skills - More basics on advanced stuff and weird things like networking.
- LBo-Server for Small Businesses
- Various
- Networking
- Virtual Computing
- A list of the most dangerous commands
- Security
