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2 Resources 

2.1 Where do I get to know more about Linux? 

General: http://www.linux.org/ The mother of all Linux sites. 

Linux.org has a class on   Getting Started with Linux on their site an excellent resource for those new to Linux.

The Mandrake Campus has an excellent course for users of Linux Mandrake.

Documentation: The Linux Documentation Project at http://linuxdoc.org/

Debian users can check out Havoc Pennington's Debian tutorial it's a bit old but still relevant

News: Linux Today , The Linux Weekly News , and Slashdot

Software: LinuxTucows , Freshmeat , and Rpmfind

Usenet: There are various newsgroups that deal with both Linux in general and specific distributions. 
(If you don't have access to a news server or want to do some research on a specific topic go to groups.google.com

Mail: There is a huge archive of mailing lists at GeoCrawler

Search: Two excellent sites for searching on Linux  related issues are 1st Linux Search and Google

These are just the tip of the iceberg, but should be enough to get you started. 

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2.2 Where do I get to know more about KDE? 

The best place to to get information about KDE is at kde.org and by checking out the documentation. 

In most Linux distributions this is in a sub folder under /usr/doc(note in some of the newer distros this has been moved to /usr/share/doc). 

You might also want to check comp.windows.x.kde. 

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2.3 Where do I get to know more about GNOME? 

Start at the top http://gnome.org

For a very polished and easy to install version go to www.ximian.com

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2.4 What about books on Linux? 

Get at least a couple of books I highly recommend Linux in a nutshell. The other book should probably be about the distribution you are going to use. 

For example the RedHat Bible, Slackware Linux Unleashed, Learning Debian GNU/Linux, or Sams Teach Yourself Mandrake Linux in 24 Hours 

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2.5 What about this UNIX thing I keep hearing about? 

Online: Unix Introductory course offered here and the FAQ for comp.unix.questions located here

SAMS publishing has an online version of Unix Unleashed it's a bit old but still a good read.

(and after having seen that you will laugh at the size of this FAQ :0) 

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2.6 Where can I get Linux? 

You can purchase it online at several stores 

The Linux Mall

Linux Central

Cheapbytes

eLinux

Or you can download an iso image and burn your own copy 
(this requires a CD_Burner) 

Linux iso
( this site not only has the iso's it has info on burning the images) 
 

(If your site is not listed and you would like it to be please send me an e-mail) 

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