Online Information Sources

Extensive online resources are available on almost any Linux topic. The tables in this chapter list sites where you can obtain software, display documentation, and read articles on the latest developments. Many Linux Web sites provide news, articles, and information about Linux. Several, such as www.linuxjournal.com and www.linuxgazette.com, are based on popular Linux magazines. Others, such as www.linux.com, www.linuxworld.com, and www.linux.org, operate as Web portals for Linux. Some specialize in a particular area, such as linuxheadquarters.com for guides on Linux software and www.linuxgames.com for the latest games ported for Linux. Currently, many Linux Web sites provide news, information, and articles on Linux developments, as well as documentation, software links, and other resources. These are listed in Table 1-7.

Table 1-7: Linux Information and News Sites

URL	Internet Site
www.tldp.org	Web site for the Linux Documentation Project
www.lwn.net	Linux Weekly News
www.linux.com	Linux.com
www.linuxtoday.com	Linux Today
www.linuxplanet.com	LinuxPlanet
www.linuxfocus.org	Linux Focus
www.linuxworld.com	Linux World
www.linuxjournal.com	Linux Journal
www.linuxgazette.com	Linux Gazette
www.linuxmagazine.com	Linux Magazine
www.linux.org	Linux Online
www.li.org	Linux International Web site
www.linux.org.uk	Linux European Web site
linuxheadquarters.com	Linux guides and software
slashdot.org	Linux forum
www.opensource.org	Open source information

Distribution FTP and Web sites, such as www.redhat.com and ftp.redhat.com, provide extensive Linux documentation and software. The www.gnome.org site holds software and documentation for the GNOME desktop, while apps.kde.com holds software and documentation for the KDE desktop. The tables in this chapter list many of the available sites. You can find other sites through resource pages that hold links to other Web sites— for example, the Linux Web site on the World Wide Web at www.tldp.org/links.html.