When my bookmark folder for the Linux category started to fill the whole screen, I knew it was time to share some of these gems I’ve saved over the years. I hope everybody interested in Linux, veteran and amateur alike, finds something here to like.

Packages

• Tux Finder - a package search tool, finds repositories for most Linux package platforms and architectures.
• Debian packages - It’s huge, it’s here.
• RPMfind - Darn near as big as Debian’s.
• Easy URPMI - Package mirror locator for Mandriva.
• Ibiblio’s FTP - Tarballs galore!
• And because Slackware packages are especially hard to find: Slackware Current, Slack-Builds, Alien Slackbuilds.

Distribution Shopping

• Distrowatch - Should be first base for any Linux user.
• Live CD News - Just Linux live CDs, that’s all!
• LinuxReview - Nothing but reviews.
• Distro Rankings - May the best distro win!

Help with Linux

• Linux Questions - Ask it here.
• Linux Documentation Project - The place where those little elves write all those man pages.
• Linux Library - A fast site with easy categories - find your answer in seconds.
• Linux-Topia - Lots of informative stuff.
• The Ultimate Linux Reference Guide for Newbies - Just one big cheat sheet!
• Tips for Linux Explorers - A huge walk-through that tames even the scariest subjects.

KDE, Gnome, or What?

• XWinMan - The most thorough site for Linux desktops.
• Window Manager/Desktop Environment Guide - Only the most common are covered here, but in more depth.

Linux Advocacy

• “Why Linux is Better”
• “Myths, lies, and facts about Linux”
• “Ten things you didn’t know about open source”
• “The FOSS business guide”

Linux Roots

• A Brief History of Tux - Your favorite mascot.
• Free Mascots - Who are the other mascots of free and open source software besides Tux?
• How to look like a Unix guru. - Doesn’t everybody want to?
• Rootless Root - The Unix Koans of the masters
• The daemon, the GNU, and the Penguin - How do they all relate? Groklaw hosts this classic book.

OK, my fingers got tired. I know somebody’s going to post something and ask “How could I leave this out?” Go ahead, you know you want to!

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