A fractious and anarchic worldwide community, a movement, a philosophy, an experiment, a computer operating system core … take your pick. Linux can validly be viewed as any of these. Ultimately your freedom to enjoy a quality personal computing experience free from being monitored and controlled may depend on your moving from Microsoft’s insecure, bloated and expensive OS to an alternative, of which Linux (along with the cousin OS family, the BSDs) is the current leader and is experiencing rapidly-growing acceptance and use. There are literally countless Linux resources out there. Here are a few to help one get started.
As the name implies, the site concentrates on news and articles apropos desktop renditions (as opposed to server) of Linux, thus items tend to be specifically relevant to Linux newbies or people considering a move to the OS. Posts only a couple of items per week. Site is published by technology news heavyweight eWeek.
News about and feature lists of Linux and BSD distributions. Page on each distribution lists related websites and reviews. Home page gives list of distributions sorted by hit ranking, which gives an indication of what is being actively used and developed. Also tracks releases and other news of a select list of important Linux packages (applications).
“... making Linux just a little more fun!” Monthly online magazine covering topics on Linux itself, applications, programming, and miscellaneous topics. Orientation is largely post-beginner.
News items about all things Linux – track the Linux community in action from here.
“Nothing but Unix” – Linux/Unix-related articles and news items. Often features more obscure programming and other articles missed by other sites.
Über geek bulletin board’s Linux and BSD-related articles. News items are identified and then commented upon by the reader base. (Set your reader comment quality threshold filter to match your time and patience.)
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