Helpful Links Found on the Main PCLOS Forum
PCLinuxOS-Help-General
Must Have Bookmarks for All Newbies.
Thread started by: smileeb
These bookmarks will make it easier for many newcomers to Linux. They cover a wide range of topics and vary from very basic to advanced. If you know of any other useful links that we haven't included, please post to the original thread or send them to PCLinuxOS Magazine.
PCLOS community
- Forum rules
- Howto request a package
- Wiki home
- Community Projects
- PCLinuxOS magazine
- PCLinuxOS fan site
- Graphics for Linux
General Linux sites
Linux Forums
Linux Books
- LinuxBasics.org help & info
- The LBook: An Introductory Guide to Linux Basics
- Free Linux Books
- The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide
Linux Guides
- Linux documentation project
- Huge list of HOWTOs
- Configuration files
- Hand hold tutorials
- Index of /pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
- Linux Tips
- Full list of help
- Help by category
- List of guides
- The Linux Tutorial
Command line
- Basic linux commands/Linux/docs/
- Unix/Linux commands
- Unix/Linux commands
- 'Linux in a nutshell' commands
- Manual for Linux commands
Common Linux subjects
- Grub bootloader
- LILO boot loader howto
- SMB How to share files & printers
- Understanding fstab
- File Permissions in Linux
- PCLinuxOS on pendrive
- Auto mount tutorial (advanced)
- Sudo manual
Native Linux SW
- Find Linux native apps
- Find Linux native apps
- Table of equivalent apps
- Vast collection of open source project
Windows SW under Wine
HW & drivers
- Linux Hardware Compatibility Lists & Linux Drivers
- Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO
- Hardware Database
- Memory, motherboard & disk drive vendor diagnostics
KDE sites & projects
OSS projects
OSS Organizations
Proprietary resources
ISO downloads
- PCLinuxOS version info & mirrors
- Latest bit torrents
- Bit torrents of PCLinuxOS & remasters
- The Linux Mirror Project / Distribution torrents
PCLinuxOS RPM repository & ISO mirrors
- http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/texstar/pclinuxos/"
- ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/metalab/distributions/texstar/
- ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/pclinuxos/pclinuxos/
- ftp.surfnet.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/texstar/pclinuxos/
- ftp.belnet.be/linux/pclinuxos/
Special repositories
Note: the links in this section must be placed into Synaptic, Settings -> Repositories. Click the New button and insert the information into the three boxes as shown. Be sure you do NOT leave these special repositories selected when performing a system upgrade/update.
