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Linux Documentation Documentation for Ubuntu: help.ubuntu.com Documentation for openSUSE: en.opensuse.org Documentation for Fedora: docs.fedoraproject.org Documentation for Trisquel: trisquel.info OMG! Ubuntu! Ubuntu daily: www.omgubuntu.co.uk Guide to Ubuntu: ubuntuguide.org Ubuntu forums: ubuntuforums.org openSUSE forums: forums.opensuse.org Linux howtos and tutorials: www.howtoforge.com LinuxHub: linuxhub.net Linux questions: www.linuxquestions.org Ubuntu tutorials: ubuntu-tutorials.com DistroWatch. Compare different Linux distributions: distrowatch.com Linux applications finder: linuxappfinder.com Swerdna Tutorials. Everything about openSUSE, Ubuntu, and Open Source: www.swerdna.org Dual Boot Dual boot Ubuntu & Windows: help.ubuntu.com Illustrated dual boot site ~herman546 Switching to Ubuntu from Windows: help.ubuntu.com How to migrate from Windows to Linux: en.opensuse.org Software equivalents Linux-Windows: wiki.linuxquestions.org Running software from other operating systems: help.ubuntu.com Wine community documentation: help.ubuntu.com Application compatibility with Wine: appdb.winehq.org Things you should do prior to installing: ~herman546 Help on partitioning your hard disk: ~herman546 Top ten things to do after installing Ubuntu: maketecheasier.com Boot Process BIOS, basic input/output system: en.wikipedia.org ~herman546 Grub boot loader: help.ubuntu.com ~herman546 How to install Grub from a live CD: ubuntuforums.org Recover grub2 via liveCD, install, configure,... wiki.ubuntu.com Grub2 basics. A guide for Grub2 users: ubuntuforums.org The Grub2 guide: help.ubuntu.com GRUB2: A Guide for Users kubuntuforums.net Dedicated Grub2 partition: kubuntuforums.net Booting from the Grub2 rescue mode prompt: help.ubuntu.com GAG boot loader en.wikipedia.org ~herman546 Master boot record: en.wikipedia.org ~herman546 How to understand /etc/fstab: www.tuxfiles.org How to edit 'fstab' as root in openSUSE: forums.opensuse.org Fix your Windows MBR with an Ubuntu live CD: www.arsgeek.com Boot from USB on older computers: help.ubuntu.com Network & Sharing TCP/IP port numbers: www.honeypots.net What is my external/internal IP address? www.computerhope.com whatismyipaddress.com forums.opensuse.org www.linuxquestions.org Find information about your computer system: www.computerhope.com How to determine the IP address of another computer or website? www.computerhope.com How to change your computer name in Ubuntu: ubuntuforums.org How to change workgroup name in Ubuntu: archangel-025.blogspot.com How to change openSUSE's computer name: www.liberiangeek.net forums.opensuse.org How to change Fedora's computer name: www.labtestproject.com Share files and folders with other computers: help.ubuntu.com Share folders on an NTFS drive: ubuntuforums.org Samba shares with system-config-samba (GUI): ubuntuguide.net Setting up samba: help.ubuntu.com Fix Windows share browsing issues (samba): ubuntuforums.org Set up Windows 7 to Share Resources on a Samba Network: opensuse.swerdna.org Set up a shared folder in OpenSUSE guest: forums.opensuse.org Swerdna Tutorials. OpenSUSE networking: opensuse.swerdna.org Mount a CIFS Network Share [Mapped Drive]: opensuse.swerdna.org Mount.cifs credentials not working (mount error 13): www.linuxquestions.org File Sharing Between Windows and Fedora: www.liberiangeek.net forums.fedoraforum.org Resolve Netbios hostname system-wide (wins): ubuntuforums.org OpenSSH Server: help.ubuntu.com How to fix "SSH name or server not known": www.linuxquestions.org Use Nautilus to browse remote folders with SSH: blog.chris.tylers.info linux.about.com How to permit SSH access only to specific users: knowledgelayer.softlayer.com www.ssh.com Access Remote GUI Programs Using SSH Forwarding: www.linuxjournal.com Protect your SSH server from brute-force attacks with DenyHosts: en.wikipedia.org ubuntuforums.org Connecting to SSH server through NAT: ubuntuforums.org How to install openSSH server on Windows XP: chinese-watercolor.com SSH for System Administrators: www.softpanorama.org Remote Host Identification error and solution: www.cyberciti.biz Creating an SSH reverse tunnel: linuxwave.blogspot.com SSH Tricks: polishlinux.org SSH Tunnels: Bypass (Almost) Any Firewall polishlinux.org Zeroconf/advertise SSH/SFTP hostname.local: help.ubuntu.com ubuntuforums.org forums.fedoraforum.org Can't ping hostname.local (enable mdns4 in nsswitch.conf): www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org avahi.org VNC, virtual network computing: help.ubuntu.com Vinagre, remote desktop viewer: help.ubuntu.com VNC servers: help.ubuntu.com VNC clients: help.ubuntu.com Fix error in network manager applet when upgrading from Hardy: bugs.launchpad.net Wireless Security - WPA1, WPA2, WPA-PSK, LEAP, etc. ubuntuforums.org Parental Network Control (Firestarter): ubuntuforums.org File Synchronization, Backup & Cloning Unison file synchronizer: www.cis.upenn.edu How to sync files with Unison: www.ubuntugeek.com Unison. User's manual www.cis.upenn.edu How to ignore file permissions: ubuntuforums.org How to speed up Unison: www.cis.upenn.edu How to use FTP: blog.mypapit.net How to back up your Ubuntu system with Sbackup: www.zolved.com Synchronize and back up your system with Grsync: www.debianadmin.com General introduction about using Clonezilla live: clonezilla.org Clonezilla, step-by-step examples: clonezilla.org Getting Clonezilla backups on Samba: clonezilla-sysresccd.hellug.gr Clonezilla-SysRescCD: clonezilla-sysresccd.hellug.gr Web Sites Free counters for your web: free-counter-web.com W3Counter. Global stats. Track your website's visitor activity: www.w3counter.com Recover Firefox Bookmarks: www.linuxreaders.com Firefox help & tutorials: en-us.www.mozilla.com Office Getting Started with OpenOffice: wiki.services.openoffice.org How to change the default page style: wiki.services.openoffice.org Extended PDF. Create PDF with hyperlinks, bookmarks and more: www.3bview.com Using OpenOffice.org Math: wiki.services.openoffice.org Spreadsheets with OpenOffice.org Calc: wiki.services.openoffice.org Fitting a regression line to the data with OpenOffice Calc spreadsheet: www.linuxtopia.org Show equations of trend lines and Rē in OpenOffice Calc: wiki.services.openoffice.org Presentations with OpenOffice.org Impress: wiki.services.openoffice.org Generating IPA characters in OpenOffice: ipa4linguists.pbworks.com ipa4linguists.pbworks.com Hardware Hardware information (Device manager): helpdeskgeek.com Get your system information with Sysinfo: www.ubuntugeek.com List hardware details on your computer: embraceubuntu.com ATI Radeon drivers installation: wiki.cchtml.com Download drivers CNET: download.cnet.com Phoronix, linux hardware reviews: www.phoronix.com Ubuntu hardware database: www.ubuntuhcl.org Virtualization Virtualbox. Share folders using Samba: ubuntuforums.org www.xente.mundo-r.com VirtualBox not working on Ubuntu Maverick: www.sysprobs.com ubuntuforums.org Fedora 15 & Gnome 3 on VirtualBox: www.sysprobs.com VirtualBox Help: help.ubuntu.com VirtualBox - Frequently Asked Questions forums.virtualbox.org How to install virtualbox on Ubuntu and run WindowsXP as virtual OS: linuxhub.net Share one VirtualBox OS with multiple Ubuntu users: ubuntuforums.org Enable file sharing in VirtualBox between Ubuntu(Host) & XP(Guest): www.youtube.com Install VirtualBox PUEL. Includes USB support: ubuntuforums.org Enable USB Support in VirtualBox: ubuntuforums.org www.youtube.com Access Windows-host shared folders from Ubuntu-guest: www.giannistsakiris.com ubuntuforums.org ubuntuforums.org Mount a Virtual Box .vdi as a logical drive in Ubuntu: ubuntuforums.org ubuntuforums.org ubuntuforums.org Troubleshooting Check NTFS drives from Linux: ubuntuforums.org How to restore panels in Ubuntu to defaults: www.watchingthenet.com Lock Down Gnome Panels: www.liberiangeek.net Blank screen when booting from liveCD: wwww.ubuntuforums.org Restore splash screen: ubuntuforums.org ubuntuguide.org Blank screen when logging out: bugs.launchpad.net Missing or corrupt hal.dll in WinXP: pcsupport.about.com How to fix "ntldr is missing" in WinXP: www.tinyempire.com |
Downloads, Installation, Upgrades Free software office. University of A Coruņa softwarelibre.udc.es Ubuntu Linux: www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu Development Releases (alpha+beta): www.ubuntu.com How to upgrade Ubuntu: www.ubuntu.com help.ubuntu.com openSUSE Linux: software.opensuse.org Upgrade openSUSE with zypper and YaST: en.opensuse.org Fedora Linux: fedoraproject.org Upgrade Fedora with Preupgrade and Yum: fedoraproject.org Trisquel GNU/Linux: trisquel.info Transmission, fast, easy and free bittorrent client: www.transmissionbt.com BitTorrent: www.bittorrent.com GAG, the graphical boot manager: gag.sourceforge.net aMule, P2P client: www.amule.org AVG anti-virus free edition: free.avg.com Avira AntiVir Personal - Free www.avira.com Open Office suite: www.openoffice.org Mozilla Firefox, web browser: www.mozilla.com Google Chrome, web browser: www.google.com KompoZer, web page authoring: www.kompozer.net Audacity, free audio editor & recorder: audacity.sourceforge.net VLC Media Player: www.videolan.org Avidemux, free video editor: fixounet.free.fr/avidemux PiTiVi, the video editor: www.pitivi.org Cinelerra, video editing: cinelerra.org cvs.cinelerra.org GIMP, image manipulation program: gimp.org Inkscape, vector graphics editor: www.inkscape.org Clonezilla: clonezilla.org VirtualBox: www.virtualbox.org FreeOTFE: www.freeotfe.org Truecrypt: www.truecrypt.org Realcrypt: packman.links2linux.org The Linux kernel archives: kernel.org Install software without an internet connection: help.ubuntu.com Applications can be installed automatically in Ubuntu through Applications → Software Center or System → Administration → Synaptic Package Manager. In openSUSE you can use YaST. Install/Remove software with YaST: en.opensuse.org Installing additional software on Fedora 15: www.howtoforge.com CD / DVD and ISO images What's an ISO image and what can be done with it? help.ubuntu.com How to download and burn an ISO of Ubuntu: www.psychocats.net How to burn an ISO image to CD: help.ubuntu.com ubuntu-tutorials.com How to create an ISO image from a CD: help.ubuntu.com ubuntuguide.org Edit and create a bootable ISO image: ubuntufriends.wordpress.com What's an MD5 Checksum en.wikipedia.org How to generate / check MD5 checksum of files: ubuntuguide.org Convert mds/mdf to ISO: mellowd.co.uk ubuntuforums.org Users & Accounts How to Remove (Hide) Users list at login Screen: www.ubuntugeek.com How to add a user to admin group: ubuntuforums.org What you may be used to: www.psychocats.net Enable/Disable autologin on openSUSE: forums.opensuse.org Ubuntu root access: www.easy-ubuntu-linux.com Managing users in Ubuntu: www.freesoftwaremagazine.com Unprivileged guest account: answers.launchpad.net Passwordless account: ubuntuforums.org ubuntucat.wordpress.com Understanding and Using File Permissions: help.ubuntu.com www.tuxfiles.org Default permissions of files with umask: ubuntuforums.org Making changes graphically: www.psychocats.net How to change a file's owner: www.tuxfiles.org Prevent users from changing background: ubuntuforums.org ubuntuforums.org Firewall & Security Uncomplicated firewall: help.ubuntu.com (GUI) help.ubuntu.com (CLI) Firestarter firewall for your Ubuntu desktop: www.ubuntugeek.com Firestarter firewall settings with Samba/Ubuntu: reformedmusings.wordpress.com Samba and Firestarter, the real story ubuntuforums.org How to Encrypt/Password Protect Pendrives: georgia.ubuntuforums.org www.computingunleashed.com Disk encryption in Linux kernel (cryptsetup / LUKS): en.wikipedia.org How to access cryptsetup encrypted drives from Windows: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeOTFE Realcrypt / Truecrypt on openSUSE: forums.opensuse.org How to reset / recover the ROOT password: www.susegeek.com Sound & Video How to set up and use a webcam in Ubuntu: help.ubuntu.com Webcams supporting Skype: wiki.ubuntu.com Third party repositories in Fedora: fedoraproject.org rpmfusion.org Restricted Formats in Ubuntu: help.ubuntu.com Enabling restricted formats in openSUSE: opensuse-community.org Install Adobe Flash Player on 64-bit OS: news.softpedia.com labs.adobe.com Enabling Flash plugin on Fedora: fedoraproject.org PiTiVi, the free video editor, documentation: www.pitivi.org en.flossmanuals.net VideoHelp guides: www.videohelp.com VideoHelp. Avidemux: www.videohelp.com Get started with Avidemux: www.videohelp.com Extract DVD subtitles with Avidemux: en.flossmanuals.net Avidemux wiki docs: www.avidemux.org VBR MP3 issues in Avidemux: avidemux.org Linux games: help.ubuntu.com Multimedia applications: help.ubuntu.com Playing encrypted commercial DVD's help.ubuntu.com Medibuntu, multimedia & entertainment: help.ubuntu.com www.medibuntu.org Audacity, documentation & support: audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity, wiki tutorials: wiki.audacityteam.org Splitting recordings into separate tracks: audacity.sourceforge.net Converting audio files to different formats or bitrates: maketecheasier.com How To Download Youtube Vids & Convert Them: addons.mozilla.org ubuntuforums.org Easytag documentation: easytag.sourceforge.net Watching live-TV on your Ubuntu desktop: www.ubuntugeek.com Ripping DVD's: help.ubuntu.com DVD ripping with Thoggen: helpforlinux.blogspot.com Embedding subtitles into a Theora video: en.flossmanuals.net FlossManuals: ffmpeg2theora: en.flossmanuals.net FlossManuals: Theora Cookbook: en.flossmanuals.net ALSA mixer not working. Cannot load alsamixer controls: ubuntuforums.org Sound problems with HdaIntel: help.ubuntu.com Sound problems in Ubuntu (Spanish): ubuntu-guia.blogspot.com Comprehensive multimedia & video howto: ubuntuforums.org Graphics Install the GNOME Shell on Ubuntu Oneiric: www.xente.mundo-r.com Ubuntu 11.10 GNOME Shell guide: www.omgubuntu.co.uk Install Compiz Fusion on Ubuntu: linuxhub.net Change the Icon Size & Control Unity Launcher: www.liberiangeek.net Enable Ubuntu Classic Desktop in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal: www.liberiangeek.net GIMP's official website: www.gimp.org GIMP savvy: gimp-savvy.com Artwork and themes for the GNOME desktop: art.gnome.org Background manipulation with the GIMP: www.linuxjournal.com Inkscape Wiki. FAQ: wiki.inkscape.org Inkscape. How to fix "Linked image not found" wiki.inkscape.org Text effects using Inkscape in 15 seconds: art.vinayraikar.com Inkscape - Text On Reflective Surface www.youtube.com How to configure Evolution for Gmail IMAP: weakish.int.eu.org Advanced IMAP Controls for GMail: gmailblog.blogspot.com Migrate from Thunderbird to Evolution: www.linuxquestions.org Printing localhost:631 CUPS Printing Setup: dev.linuxfoundation.org Other Fstab file configuration:help.ubuntu.com Graphical 'sudo ' in Ubuntu: www.psychocats.net Graphical 'su' in Fedora: forums.fedoraforum.org Remove 100 MB system reserved partition when installing Windows 7: www.mydigitallife.info How to get rid of the Windows Genuine Advantage installation wizard: www.youtube.com Adjust the number of mounts after which the filesystem will be checked: ubuntuforums.org Convert your ext3 file system to ext4 ext4.wiki.kernel.org How to install a minimal Ubuntu-desktop ubuntuforums.org How to run Internet Explorer on Ubuntu: help.ubuntu.com How to enable third-party software repositories: opensuse-community.org How to configure the openSUSE main menu: www.linuxtopia.org How to enable NumLock during startup and before login: help.ubuntu.com How to install a Citrix ICAClient: help.ubuntu.com How to boot Ubuntu from a USB with no BIOS support: help.ubuntu.com How to configure Evolution for Gmail IMAP: weakish.int.eu.org How to install and manage software: help.ubuntu.com How to configure the Update Manager: www.techthrob.com How to install true-type fonts: ubuntuforums.org www.arsgeek.com ipa4linguists.pbworks.com How to show the computer, home, network, and trash icons on your desktop: www.ubuntugeek.com How to open RAR archives in Ubuntu: tombuntu.com How to remove Linux kernels you don't need: tombuntu.com Dazuko. Installing antivirus with on-access scanning: allyourtech.com ubuntuforums.org Running Java under Ubuntu: help.ubuntu.com Change the boot splash screen and login images: ubuntuforums.org Servers Set up an Ubuntu server: www.howtoforge.com Ubuntu Server Guide: help.ubuntu.com How to update an Ubuntu server: linux.about.com www.cyberciti.biz |
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| Mr. Zuber's Earth Science Class: www.oswego.org The Weather Channel Online: www.weather.com See almost anything from the air (maps and more): terraserver.microsoft.com |
U.S. Geological Survey: www.usgs.gov Midwestern Regional Climate Center: mcc.sws.uiuc.edu National Aeronautics & Space Administration: www.nasa.gov |
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The Education Web Guide: www.educationplanet.com PBS Nova Online: www.pbs.org Life on Other Worlds: www.pbs.org Environment News Service: ens.lycos.com IEE. Final Test: iee.doc Passwords: passwords.doc |
Science is fun
(spanish): www.ciencianet.com High School Hub: highschoolhub.org Mr. Anthony's Math Class: familyeducation.com Elements Online: www.webelements.com The WhyFiles in High School Education: whyfiles.org Lesson Planet. The Teacher Web Guide: lessonplanet.teacherwebtools.com |
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