OPEN SOURCE RESOURCES
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First Page for Linux Newcomers
• http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Docs
• Articles/Read Linux Advantages in 2 minute
Linux is Not Windows
• 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-pidgin.html
• 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-better-than-
windows
• 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
Linux Tool ??
• List of Linux tools equivalent of Windows
• http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_softwar
e
• 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-applications/
• 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-
audio.html
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/04/convrsion-from-one-audio-format-
to.html
• 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-openofficeorg.html
• Downloading Youtube Videos
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/04/downloading-videos-from-youtube.html
• Converting jpg Files To pdf Using Imagemagick
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/10/converting-jpg-files-into-pdf.html
Interesting
• Interesting Distros
• Damn Small Linux
• GoboLinux
• Interesting Project
• ServerAtSchool Project
• Tango Project
• http://autopackage.org/ a Package management system
• 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
• A lot of nice posts
• 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 howtos 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 howto
• General: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/linux-kernel/55612-mini-howto-
compile-linux-kernel-2-6-a.html
• 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.html
• 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-application-
on.html
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-ssl.html
• Removing SSL Certificate Expiry Error
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/removing-ssl-certificate-error-in.html
• Mounting Windows Drives
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/mounting-windows-drives-in-ubuntu-
910.html
• Deactivating Password Request In Ubuntu 9.10
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/01/deactivating-password-request-for.html
• 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-acronym-
that.html
• Installing Oracle
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/08/oracle-on-ubuntu.html
• Installing Avast Antivirus
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/01/varsha-my-experience-with-antivirus-
in.html
• Removing Old Kernels
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/10/removing-old-kernels-in-ubuntu.html
• Restoring Empty Applications Menu
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/10/restoring-empty-applications-menu-
in.html
• Installing KDE Packages
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2010/03/installing-kde-packages-in-ubuntu-
910.html
• 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-in.html
• Removing User Account With The Corresponding Home
• http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/2009/08/removing-user-account-in-ubuntu.html
• Ubuntu 9.10 Wireless WIFI Connection Problem
• http://www.openpeta.com/index.php/solved-ubuntu-9-10-wireless-wifi-connection-
problem/
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
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
Good Books
• 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/
Programming
• Beginning Linux Programming By Neil Matthew & Richard Stones, 4th edition
• This books is very useful in term of programming aspects. From Bash, C++, GTK,
QT, MySql, to Device Drivers knowledge is provided.
• Some books are on 10.10.4.1 also. Have a look there.
FOSS History
• Free as in Freedom, Richard Stallman's - Crusade for Free Software By Sam Williams 0-
596-00287-4
• Free as in Freedom: is a book about the life of Richard Stallman. Williams conducted
several interviews with Stallman during the writing of the book as well as
interviewing some of Stallman's class mates, and his mother. Read it online --
http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/
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
SOURCES FROM
http://www.lug-iitd.org/Nice_Linux_Links , here is the latest page -
http://lug-iitd.org/FOSS_Tutorials_and_Videos , I wish you can contribute
