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Dear all I have made a start on documentation for the September session for beginners in Penzance. I enclose a list of links to guidance material which I saw as readable by the absolute beginner (used to Windows or Mac). I would be grateful for any comments on this selection, or individual links, or additional links or revisions to my minimalist descriptions. Please note, if you are very expert, put on a hat which says "new to all this - I have heard about it and wonder" or similar. It is a bit short as yet on the web pages of the major distros. It would be good to have a tutorial on setting up a secure system with router for several machines including Windows machines or modem for a single machine. I have not come across one so far. I have put them into a sort of order - beginners start at the top and work down. Links for beginners http://www.getgnulinux.org/ general introduction about why to switch http://www.control-escape.com/linux/contents.html Control-Escape "is meant as a gentle introduction to Linux" - Start here! Thorough and well set out in straightforward style http://www.davefancella.com/articles/introtolinux.html excellent introduction to the basic ideas in easy language http://www.tuxs.org/ as it says, "The goal of this site is to be the starting point for people wanting to learn about and try Linux for the first time, in easy to understand, non-technical language." http://polishlinux.org/ compare distros here plus pretty well everything for the beginner http://www.linfo.org/newbies.html Linux for absolute beginners http://www.linfo.org/distributionslist.html major linux distributions http://www.linfo.org/appslist.html list of applications for Linux http://www.linuxlinks.com/Beginners/ good intro at top link: Linux Distribution Guide http://linuxreviews.org/beginner/ excellent clear intro http://linuxbasics.org/tutorials/start - what it says: an excellent preread https://help.ubuntu.com/ official site for ubuntu documentation http://www.ubuntux.org/ubuntu - tips for ubuntu http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/ tips for mandriva http://www.aboutdebian.com/ obvious - good thorough explanations http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2102876,00.asp series of articles http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Main_Page - for beginners installing Debian http://desktoplinuxathome.com/quick.html quick survey of software (without OOo) http://www.linfo.org/appslist.html list of applications for Linux http://www.fs-security.com/docs.php - firestarter, a free firewall more advanced http://www.reallylinux.com/ and/docs/consult.shtml- a bit too complicated for absolute beginners http://linuxreviews.org/beginner/ excellent clear intro based on the command line http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/cli.html command line intro http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/ worth a look for an excellent design and clear account of Unix basics: designed for Elec Eng students at Surrey james kilty http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html