Linux Resources

Linux resources

New to Linux? Need to find appropriate drivers or programs to do everyday tasks? Read on...

Note that this list is by no means complete. Additions and suggestions are welcome

The topics discussed in the open-source dealt with only issues and some features but it was never exhaustive
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Introductory information
- Linux general info

Picking the distribution that suits your needs
- Linux.org
- DistroWatch

Drivers you may need:

Graphics cards

- ATI Linux Drivers: 32bit - 64bit

- NVIDIA Linux Drivers: 32bit - 64bit

Sound

- The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) project

Modem drivers

Linux Winmodem Support

USB devices (including ADSL modems, scanners, printers, keyboards etc etc)

- The Linux-USB project
- Linux-USB device overview

Network drivers
-Linux network drivers

Printer drivers
- Linux printing

Hardware monitoring
- lm_sensors

Wireless networking
-NdisWrapper
- linux-wlan

Plus, you can find many, many more driver resources here:
*www.linux-drivers.org/

Programs you may need:

Instant messaging
- Gaim
Internet browsers
- Firefox
- Opera
Office applications (equivalent to Word, Excel etc)
- OpenOffice
Image editing
- The GIMP
Music playback
- X Multimedia System (XMMS)
- Beep Media Player (BMP)
Sound software
- Audacity
- Sound and midi software for Linux
Video Editing
- Cinerella
Misc
- Cedega (play Windows games under Linux - formerly known as winex)
- The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux
- Find RPMs in rpmfind and rpmseek

Documentation
- Read the man pages first! Type "man command"
- The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP)