Getting Started
GNU/Linux being the snowballing phenomenon it is, there are literally a billion sites on the web which have something to do with GNU/Linux in one way or the other (including this one). Consequently, drawing up a comprehensive collection of GNU/Linux links is a self-defeating exercise. Thus, the sites below are merely listed to get you, a new or potential GNU/Linux user, started.
Where it all started:
- The Free Software Foundation
- The GNU Project
- The BSD Endeavor
- Open Source Initiative
- Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF)
- Creative Commons
- Defective By Design
- Open Document Format
- Open Multimedia Format
- Open Image Format
Where you should start:
News sites:
E-zines:
- FSF Magazine
- Open Source For You
- Linux Gazette
- Linux Focus
- Linux Magazine
- Linux Format
- Linux Journal
- Ubuntu Magazine
- RedHat Magazine
Which distribution should I use?
- Linux Mint
- Slackware
- Debian GNU/Linux
- Fedora (RedHat)
- Ubuntu
- OpenSuSE
- Endeavor OS
- Gentoo Linux
- BOSS Linux
- FreeBSD
- … and many more
Graphical User Environments:
- X.Org – X Window System
- XFree86 – X Window System
- GNOME – GNU Network Object Model Environment
- KDE – K Desktop Environment
- XFCE – Light weight Window Manager
- … and many more
What, no applications?
Few tamil open source and linux community
FOSS Organizations in India
Other ILUG’s
- Trichy
- Madurai
- Kochi
- Bangalore
- Hyderabad
- Mumbai
- Kolkatta
- Delhi
- Pune
- Indian TeX Users Group
Apart from this, many colleges run their local Users Groups to support the FOSS activities of their students.