Linux Basics: Useful Beginner Information

[gold_finger]

This isn't really a tutorial, but seemed like the right place to put it.  (Valtam -- go ahead and move post if think it belongs somewhere else.)  Thought might be nice to have a handy list of information sources covering some of the basics in one place.  To Everyone -- feel free to add good sites you've found that might be especially helpful to beginners.

Linux Basics:  Useful Beginner Information

General:

Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide
A free downloadable book that is a good beginner overview for Linux.  It's the fifth book down the list on this page:  Linux Documentation Project Guides.

Find Quality Apps that Run on Linux

Desktop Environments for Linux

Linux-Bible  (Added 7/22/14 from post by NewYorker.)

Linux Beginner Search Engine


Various Mix of Tutorials:

Free Linux Tutorials

Ubuntu-related Tutorials

Linux Tutorials:  Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide


Command Line Basics:

Introduction to the Command Line

LINUX: Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition

Linux Shortcuts and Commands


The Linux File System:

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Linux File Systems Explained


Partitioning Drives & Mounting Partitions:

Guide to disks and disk partitions in Linux

Guide to Partitioning

GParted partitioning software - Full tutorial

How to Move Home Directory to a Separate Partition After Installation.

Mounting Partitions Automatically

Mounting Windows Partitions

Mounting USB Drives

Fstab

HowTo: Using Bind to Remount Part of a Partition


Grub2 Bootloader Information:

GRUB 2 bootloader - Full tutorial

Grub2

How to Fix/Reinstall Grub from a Live DVD/USB

Boot-Repair Utility


Networking:

Linux Home Networking

Networking Guide

Samba Documentation

Set-up NFS


Miscellaneous:

GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline

All the Best Linux Cheat Sheets

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows/Philosophy

Linux is Not Windows



EDIT 7/22/2014:  removed The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide from list -- seems to no longer work properly as pointed out by Dookus.  Added Linux-Bible to the list after seeing post by NewYorker.

EDIT 3/29/15:  as noted by N4RPS, Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide site is working again, so added back on to the list.

[Scott(0)]

+1, excellent info.  ~Scott

[Valtam]

Fantastic resource, give this guy some rep points folks

[gold_finger]

Thanks Scott(0) & Valtam.

These are things I've collected over time that I wish I had when I first started out, so thought they would be handy for newcomers.

[N4RPS]

Hello!

The efforts people put forward here are an excellent expression of the concept of the Linux community at its best!

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[AL13N]

Wow!  Thank You.  Bookmarked this page and Thanked.

[Valtam]

Stickied.

[rob lederhilger]

Nice info!

[edo3]

Great resources, really important thing to have. Both for first time linux users and as a little refresher for the pros.

[Colin23erk]

Thank You for the benefit of your experience being passed on to us "ancient" newbies so we can learn new tricks  .

Colin