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To reiterate from last month’s Everyday Ubuntu, one of the truly great things about Linux in general, and Ubuntu in particular, is the community that has evolved around it. Most online Linux resources are helpful to Linux rookies and veterans alike. This month’s column will continue with presenting online resources for Linux, for both general tutorial information and for specific help, which can help give you ‘the keys to the kingdom’. We’ll continue with a discussion of downloadable books and other online resources.
Traditional Books
There are a lot of downloadable books available online that are written to help the Linux ‘noob’, or the seasoned Linux vet who needs help in an area outside their existing expertise. We mentioned the Unix Hater’s Handbook last month, but there are a lot of other downloadable books out there.
The ‘It’s FOSS’ website has Linux tutorial books ready to be downloaded, and other online resources, here: https://itsfoss.com/learn-linux-for-free/
Ubuntupit has twenty-seven Linux beginner books available for download here; https://www.ubuntupit.com/27-best-linux-tutorial-books-need-download-now/
And Makeuseof has a further supposed five here: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-downloadable-books-to-teach-yourself-linux/
(There are actually more than five, but some of the links are obsolete/dead, so six of one….)
There are a number of online and downloadable books at The Linux Documentation Project: http://www.tldp.org/index.html
Finally, the official Ubuntu manual can be found online here: http://ubuntu-manual.org/
Forums
Linux Questions is a self-proclaimed friendly online forum you can find here: https://www.linuxquestions.org/
They have historically been very accepting to new Linux users and you’re not that likely to get shamed or scorned for asking basic questions here, something that intimidates a lot of Linux beginners. I have always found Linux Questions to be, as they claim, friendly and welcoming.
Ubuntu’s main forums, a great place to ask questions and look for help if you’re having a specific issue or problem, are located here: http://ubuntuforums.org/
Ubuntu Forums also has a beginner team specifically to help Ubuntu newbies, located here: https://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=215
Online Tutorials
Linux.org has a series of online tutorials for beginners here: https://www.linux.org/forums/linux-beginner-tutorials.123/
Makeuseof also has a nice online tutorial here: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/linux-beginners-guide/
Edx offers a Linux Foundation introduction to Linux tutorial course here: https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-linux
And the unofficial guide to Ubuntu is here: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/
Online Communities
Ubuntu Linux has an online community for beginners and experts, including forums and other online resources, here: http://www.ubuntux.org/
There is also a helpful community at Ask Ubuntu, located here: http://askubuntu.com/
And Ubuntu has an online Wiki, a user-curated online resource, located here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com
If you've solved a problem for yourself in Ubuntu, you can always write up a description and contribute it to the Wiki. It's a great way to give back to the Ubuntu community.
FAQ’S (Frequently Asked Questions)
Ubuntu’s official website has an online set of Frequently Asked Questions, with answers, located here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Beginners/FAQ
Subreddits
For those unfamiliar with it, Reddit is a social news aggregation and general discussion website. You will have to sign up for a Reddit account, but it is pretty painless and quick, and definitely worthwhile for tutorial purposes and specific help with issues or questions.
There are a fair number of Subreddits, user-created Reddit boards, aimed at Linux beginners. The main Ubuntu Subreddit is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/
There is a Linux Subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/
Ask Ubuntu, mentioned in the Online Communities section previously, also has a Subreddit account, located here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUbuntu/
Linux Questions, the friendly online forum referenced earlier, has a Subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/
There is a Linux ‘newbie’ Subreddit as well, located here: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/
More YouTube!
Last month, we mentioned a couple of YouTube tutorials on Linux, and we’re back with more suggestions this month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P23TXzlQ4K4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1y-mbWM3B8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjuHHI60s44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVquJh3DXUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBp0Rb-ZJak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t_gJWC32zk
Now, once you’ve thoroughly and completely explored all these resources and the ones mentioned in last month’s column, please write in to Full Circle and advise us of your progress. We won’t hold our breaths, because even though this is a small sample of what is available online, it would take quite a long time just to exhaust what we’ve summarized here in the latest two columns. Nothing but time and motivation stands between anyone and the achievement of real Linux mastery with all the free online resources available (and consider this a heartfelt hat-tip to the tireless administrators, authors, and other contributors, who have selflessly made these resources available to any and all).
Next month: Getting Even More Help in Linux (or Even More Getting Help in Linux, I suppose).