The links are provided below. If you need as a pdf, download the pdf attachment.
First Page for Linux Newbies
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Docs
Articles/Read Linux Advantages in 2 minutes
Linux is Not Windows
http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm
How to Ask Questions
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Pidgin Tutorials
Configuring Google Talk on Pidgin
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/01/configuring-google-talk-on-pid...
Twitter On Pidgin
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/twitter-on-pidgin.html
Facebook Chat On Pidgin
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/facebook-chat-on-pidgin.html
Why Linux ?
101 reasons why Linux is better than windows
http://cityblogger.com/archives/2007/01/24/101-reasons-why-linux-is-bett...
Why Linux is Better
http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/
GNU/Linux Screenshots
http://linuxscreenshots.org/os/
GNU/Linux Primer
http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/gnulinux-primer/
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_A_General_Introduction/Linux
List of Linux tools equivalent of Windows
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows...
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
The Linux Alternative Project:
http://www.linuxalt.com/
http://www.software.technozz.com/
http://alternativeto.net/
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/
http://linuxappfinder.com/
Top 100 of the best useful OpenSource Aapplications
http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applica...
Top games in Linux
http://whdb.com/2008/top-25-linux-games-for-2008/
http://gamesuy.blogspot.com/2007/12/top-10-free-linux-3d-games.html
http://rangit.com/software/top-8-linux-games-of-2007/
Educational Linux Software For Children
http://www.foogazi.com/2008/03/25/educational-linux-software-for-children/
Free GRE Tool for gnome
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~arvindn/gretools/
Screen-capture apps
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Apps/screen-capture.html
Converting Between Different Audio Formats
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/03/converting-between-different-a...
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/04/convrsion-from-one-audio-forma...
Offline Thesaurus, Artha
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/08/thesaurus-on-ubuntu-904.html
GNOME Dictionary
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/02/dictionary-in-ubuntu-81.html
Converting Between Document Formats
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/04/conversion-between-openofficeo...
Downloading Youtube Videos
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/04/downloading-videos-from-youtub...
Converting jpg Files To pdf Using Imagemagick
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/10/converting-jpg-files-into-pdf....
Package management system
http://autopackage.org/
Richard Stallman's Essays
http://lug-iitd.org/images/a/a5/Rms-essays.pdf
Wikipedia to pdf converter
http://dash-of-pepper.com/wikitype/
Latex for Devanagari Documentation
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Devanagari-Documents-in-Lyx-Using-Xelatex
Hardware support for Linux
http://hardware4linux.info/
Linux Help
http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com
http://www.debianhelp.org
A List of Useful Linux Commands
http://www.unixguide.net/linux/linuxshortcuts.shtml
Quick Reference Cards
http://www.digilife.be/quickreferences/quickrefs.htm
Debian Documentation (has many useful manuals)
http://www.debian.org/doc
Top 100 Linux Web Sites
http://www.linux-mag.com/id/522
Tutorials
Latex, NS, Octave and other tutorials:
http://www.rennes.enst-bretagne.fr/~gbertran/pages/tutorials_latex.html
Open Office tutorials
http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/index.html
Some quick how to's:
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com
Tutorials at LUG Manipal
http://wiki.lugmanipal.org/Tutorials
Debian newbie doc (help for using debian)
http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Debian_newbie_help_documentation
Unix/Linux tutorials for beginners
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
http://www.math.utah.edu/lab/unix/unix-commands.htm
http://www.elated.com/articles/useful-unix-commands/
http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~kevin/unix-tutorial/toc.html
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~wjk/UnixIntro/
http://www.unixtutorial.org
http://en.flossmanuals.net/
http://www.cgi101.com/help/unixhelp.html
OpenCV Tutorial
http://www.cs.iit.edu/~agam/cs512/lect-notes/opencv-intro/opencv-intro.html
Linux kernel compilation how to
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-kernel/55612-mini-howto-compile-l...
Debian:
http://www.howtoforge.com/howto_linux_kernel_2.6_compile_debian
Gentoo:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Compile_a_Kernel_Manually
Programming Videos
http://showmedo.com/
How to
http://www.makeuseof.com/service/linux/
Giving sudo Privileges To A User
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/11/giving-sudo-privileges-to-user...
Recovering Filesystem
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/getting-back-gui-in-linux.html
GMail As Default Mail Application
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/09/gmail-as-default-mail-applicat...
Kernel
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/compiling-linux-kernel-26.html
Producing Open Source Software
http://producingoss.com/en/producingoss.html
Ubuntu Requesting Free Ubuntu CD's
https://shipit.ubuntu.com/
Syncing System Time With Network Time
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/please-refer-to-post-removing-...
Removing SSL Certificate Expiry Error
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/removing-ssl-certificate-error...
Mounting Windows Drives
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/mounting-windows-drives-in-ubu...
Deactivating Password Request In Ubuntu 9.10
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/01/deactivating-password-request-...
Tata Indicom USB Modem In Ubuntu 9.10
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/12/tata-indicom-usb-modem-on-ubuntu-
910.html
Installing LAMP
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/08/insight-into-lamp-lamp-is-acro...
Installing Oracle
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/08/oracle-on-ubuntu.html
Removing Old Kernels
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/10/removing-old-kernels-in-ubuntu...
Restoring Empty Applications Menu
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/10/restoring-empty-applications-m...
Installing KDE Packages
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/03/installing-kde-packages-in-ubu...
Rectifying apt-get GPG Error
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/11/rectifying-apt-get-gpg-error.html
Playing Youtube Videos
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/08/getting-youtube-videos-to-play...
Removing User Account With The Corresponding Home
http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/08/removing-user-account-in-ubunt...
Ubuntu 9.10 Wireless WIFI Connection Problem
http://www.openpeta.com/index.php/solved-ubuntu-9-10-wireless-wifi-conne...
Full How Help
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Karmic
http://www.howtoforge.com/howtos/linux/ubuntu
http://linux.dipin.info/
http://tux-n00b.blogspot.com/
http://www.webupd8.org/
http://embraceubuntu.com/
FOSS research papers
http://opensource.mit.edu/online_papers.php?lim=1000
FOSS lessons
http://beta.selfplatform.eu/lessonsview?ssid=23899
Update sites for various Eclipse plugins
C++ Plugin
http://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/callisto
Eclox Plugin (Doxygen in Eclipse)
http://download.gna.org/eclox/update
Links For Downloading Free E-Books
http://bookboon.com/uk/student
http://www.download-zzz.com/
http://www.esnips.com/
http://flazx.com/
http://www.freebookcentre.net/
http://www.getfreeebooks.com/
http://www.pdf-search-engine.com/
Hongkiat- 20 Best Websites To Download free E-Books
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books/
Kid-Zone
http://softwareforkids.wordpress.com/
Off topic - Open source hardware
http://f-cpu.seul.org/new/VHDL-HOWTO.f-cpu
http://www.cyber-labo.co.jp/vmodel_en.html
http://www.gmvhdl.com/hc11core.html
http://www.opencores.org
http://www.fpga4fun.com
http://www.design-reuse.com/download/sip/
http://www.ipcore.cn
http://www.ht-lab.com/freecores/cpu8086/cpu86.html
Linux Useful Websites
For beginners to get started:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opensource
This is an online encyclopedia that contains useful information for beginners as well as
developers.
Www.linux.org
This contains the information about latest kernel releases, User groups, Open source
projects, etc.,
http://lowfatlinux.com
This has a complete collection of tutorials available for beginners as well as developers. This
serves as a single place where you can find a lot of information.
http://www.linuxlinks.com
This site catagorizes the users and provide useful links to each catagory of users. People who
needs links for a specific domain in linux platform may find this useful.
http://www.linuxforums.org
This is s forum developed by knowledged linux developers.It has answers for almost all the
questions related to Linux.
http://www.linux.com/
This site provides various useful linu tutorials.
For people who have Basic knowledge and want to enhance
themselves:
www.codeplex.com
This is a site managed by Microsoft. It serves as a storage site that contains various Open
source projects to service developer communities.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
This page is the home of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS).
This site provides useful information about the archtecture of linux file system.
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/cli.html
Learn the basics for staying alive at the Linux command line. If you're very new to the Linux
CLI, these tutorials should provide you with the basic command line skills, as well as teach you
some neat command line tricks.
http://oreilly.com/linux/commanddirectory/
This directory of Linux commands.
http://www.techtutorials.info/lcommands.html
If you need some more links to learn linux commands, then you can find them here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_management_system
This is the wikipedia page that describes package management in Linux.
Where to get Linux Distros :
Here we provide some of the sites where you can find links for downloading linux
distributions and other Open Source Softwares.
•linuxiso.org
•distrowatch.com
•http://www.livecdlist.com/
•http://www.linuxisotorrent.com/
For further details and daytoday helps :
www.fsdaily.com Free Software News Daily
www.linuxtoday.com – Linux News for All
www.linuxhomenetworking.com – Linux help for Professionals, Students and Hobbyiest.
Www.lxer.com – Linux News
http://shots.osdir.com/
Contains screen shots for various Distributions.
http://www.linux.org/apps/all/GUI/Window_Managers.html
Contains descriptions about various window managers in linux.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/
This is online Linux journal.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/
a Friendly and active linux community forum for all questions.
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/
Provide the readers with a quick summary of each week's most relevant Linux security
headline. Vulnerabilities affect nearly every vendor virtually every week, so be sure to read through
to find the updates your distributor have made available.
http://www.yolinux.com/
This Linux site is dedicated to providing tutorials, help, documentation, online training,
guides and links for Linux users.
Linux / Open Source Softwares / Projects :
http://sourceforge.net/
It is a complete collection of Open source softwares. It also provides details about ongoing
projects and provides a way to participate or contribute in Open source Projects.
http://freshmeat.net/
Another site like Source forge.net
http://www.tigris.org
http://www.sarovar.org
For Linux Gammers:
Here we Provide a list of sitesthat offer attractive games in Linux platform.
•http://www.transgaming.com/
•http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/sf/m/mo/morphix/
•http://unix.schluting.com/morphix/?M=D
•http://www.au.xemacs.org/pub/gamesknoppix/
•http://tuxgamers.altervista.org/Llgp.php
•http://www.linuxgames.com/
•www.happypenguin.com
• www.linuxgamers.net
•http://freshmeat.net/projects/wine/
Other Open Source Forums :
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site. Almost all the open
Source Operating systems have their own Forums .Some of the very popular forums are :
•www.ubuntuforums.org
•www.debianforums.org
•www.forums.debian.net
•www.forums.opensuse.org
•www.linuxforums.org
•www.fedoraforum.org
For Further learning :
•http://www.fosslc.org/drupal/
The Free and Open Source Learning Centre (FOSSLC).It provides conferences, webcasts,
online videos, and workshops teaching skills with open source software.
•http://www.linuxtutorial.info/
To have an in depth introduction about linux.
•http://www.runlinux.net/
Contains chapterwise tutorial on linux.
•http://www.linuxjournal.com/
This site contains various How To's for linux learner's benefit.
•http://www.linuxlearningcentre.com/
This site contains information about various linux certification cources.
•http://www.osswatch.ac.uk/resources/odm.xml
Gives introduction and Howto's for developing Open source softwares.
•http://opensource.mit.edu/
It is an Open Source community for free exchange of information.
•http://www.theopensourcecommunity.com/
This is a site that provides info about the current news and various open source
softwares.
•http://tldp.org/
The LDP website consists of two parts: the first part is a collection of documents,
mostly the famous "HOWTO"s, but also some Guides.
•http://grokcode.com/108/6easywaystogetstartedprogrammingopensource/
Here are 6 easy tips for getting started with F/OSS.
•http://savannah.gnu.org/
The central point for development, maintenance and distribution of official GNU
software.
•https://launchpad.net/
This is a software collaboration project that provides Bugtracking, code osting, code
reviews, Ubuntu Package building and hosting, mailing list etc.,
•www.ilugc.org
This is the site of Indian Linux User Group Chennai. It provides a mailing list to which we
can join and participate in various discussions about linux and Open source softwares.
•www.jayafossclub.org
Tutorial sites :
http://www.devshed.com
Open Source Web Development Tutorials
http://www.howtoforge.com
HowtoForge provides userfriendly Linux tutorials about almost every topic.
http://www.opensourcetutorials.com
Open source Development Tutorials such as PHP, Perl, Python, Client side Coding...
http://www.developertutorials.com
Tutorial for web Developers and other Application Development.
http://w3schools.com
Full web Building Tutorials
www.nptel.iitm.ac.in
Open Courseware from IIT's
http://ocw.mit.edu
Open Courseware from MIT
