Since more often than not I see alot of newbie linux questions all over the board, I have decided to put this little resource list together for those who want to want to learn about linux, have basic questions about linux, or just need a reference. I must say that linux has a wealth of web based support out there, you just need to know where to look and this post will point you in the right direction I am not sure if this classifies as a tutorial or not so I posted it here, since this is where most of the question pop up.

First off, most installation questions can be answered at the vendors homepage, along with 99% of compatibilty issues. Here are the some o fthe major distros home pages:

Caldera OpenLinux
Debian GNU/Linux
Lindows
Mandrake Linux
RedHat Linux
Slackware Linux

Almost all of these distros have a large user base and supportive mailing lists.
If you are running a distro other than the above, check here for more information.



Now we can move on to to other common topics:

Apache : the populaur free webserver can be found here
This is such a well documented project

Here are some of the most useful links:

www.linuxnewbie.org
-- this site is a great starting place, message boards and all. You will most likely find your answer here.

http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie
--this is a nice little newbie administrators guide

http://www.linuxdot.org/nlm/
--the linux newbies manual, if you are in the diapers stage of *nix systems this is for you.

http://www.linuxnewbieguide.com
--will guide you from pre-thoughts of linux to actually running and maintaining your box. So well written it worked for my mom.

http://www.tldp.org
--home of the linux documentation project! This has tons of HOW-TOs, FAQs, and guides.

And we cannot forget our good friend Mr. Google



Hope this will free up some forum space and aid those interested in the vast world of linux.