December 2005
Beginner
974 pages
31h 50m
English
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World Wide Web Sites
This section lists just a few of the thousands of Linux web sites on the Internet, broken down into somewhat arbitrary categories. Due to the dynamic nature of the Web, some of these sites may no longer be active and many new ones will undoubtedly exist by the time you read this.
General Documentation
These sites offer online documentation , articles about Linux, or information geared to specific areas of Linux.
Web site | Description |
|---|---|
A web site with a number of free online books, some of which are Linux-related, such as KDE 2.0 Development | |
A site of news and forums | |
Linux Enterprise Computing site | |
Linux on Laptops site | |
Linux Focus, a free online magazine | |
Linux Gazette, a monthly online magazine | |
Web site for Linux Journal magazine | |
The web site for Linux Magazine | |
Linux Questions, a very popular and information-rich site | |
Main site for the Linux Documentation Project |
Open Source Projects
Listed here are web sites for some of the more popular open source and free software projects.
Web site | Description |
|---|---|
Freedesktop.org, a project supported by several vendors to harmonize desktop projects and provide new functionality in common | |
The KDE Office Suite project | |
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