Linux sites

[d4mo]

Anyone know any cool linux sites? I'm looking for ones that have different articles(hopefully daily) about different linux tips/tricks, software, etc.

I found http://www.linuxhaxor.net/ . It's pretty close to what I'm looking for, but sometimes there is a week between new articles.

 

[Brazen]

slashdot is probably my favorite, though it's not actually a linux site, but it does often have linux-related articles on it. Linux magazine is also a good one. There are two others I like to check but I can't remember the names. I'll have to check my favorites from work tomorrow.

 

[Sylvanas]

Phoronix

 

[xSauronx]

linux.com has almost daily articles. some of it is very basic "how do i" types of stuff, some of it approaches intermediate, i think, at best. they also do some tech/linux news.

slashdot is good. linux/tech related articles, if you go through the comments, often have information worth gleaning if you have the time to look over some of it.

and remember, if you need anything, its always worth searching the archived threads here. many things come up regularly, as well as some interesting and obscure stuff

 

[Brazen]

slashdot.org - as already said, great tech articles, and TONS of comments on the articles. As xSauronx says, if you feel like reading through the comments, they can be interesting, and occasionally give information that is accurate. Don't count on the modding system for the comments though, anybody with any intelligence usually gets modded down, or not at all. Mindless rants or false/stupid information are about the only things that make it to +5 on the modding [/rant].


wired.com - great tech news site, but almost never linux-specific, or even pc-specific for that matter

linuxjournal.com - it's got blogs, news (interesting news usually makes it to Slashdot first, though), how-tos, and articles. The site layout makes it a pain to quickly see what is new though.

linux.com - probably my favorite after Slashdot

linux-mag.com - good articles, occassionally updated (weekly, I think), but it's layout makes it a mess to see what's new.

tuxmagazine.com - interesting articles, but hasn't been updated since 2007

 

[d4mo]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
linux.com has almost daily articles. some of it is very basic "how do i" types of stuff, some of it approaches intermediate, i think, at best. they also do some tech/linux news.

slashdot is good. linux/tech related articles, if you go through the comments, often have information worth gleaning if you have the time to look over some of it.

and remember, if you need anything, its always worth searching the archived threads here. many things come up regularly, as well as some interesting and obscure stuff

The thing is, is there isn't anything I'm looking how to do in particular. I just like it for the stuff I don't think of. Like the site I posted. How to make you're bash prompt look like DOS. Just weird little things like that, that I wouldn't think of.

 

[Net]

freshmeat.net

any free program you are looking for. just type the keywords in the search box.

i.e. a search for "media player" http://freshmeat.net/search/?q...projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: d4mo

Originally posted by: xSauronx
linux.com has almost daily articles. some of it is very basic "how do i" types of stuff, some of it approaches intermediate, i think, at best. they also do some tech/linux news.

slashdot is good. linux/tech related articles, if you go through the comments, often have information worth gleaning if you have the time to look over some of it.

and remember, if you need anything, its always worth searching the archived threads here. many things come up regularly, as well as some interesting and obscure stuff

The thing is, is there isn't anything I'm looking how to do in particular. I just like it for the stuff I don't think of. Like the site I posted. How to make you're bash prompt look like DOS. Just weird little things like that, that I wouldn't think of.

thats what i like about /. comments. a lot of random tidbits in the tech articles, even the ask slashdot stuff veers well away from the main topic (actually, all topics there do, at a few points)

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: d4mo

Originally posted by: xSauronx
linux.com has almost daily articles. some of it is very basic "how do i" types of stuff, some of it approaches intermediate, i think, at best. they also do some tech/linux news.

slashdot is good. linux/tech related articles, if you go through the comments, often have information worth gleaning if you have the time to look over some of it.

and remember, if you need anything, its always worth searching the archived threads here. many things come up regularly, as well as some interesting and obscure stuff

The thing is, is there isn't anything I'm looking how to do in particular. I just like it for the stuff I don't think of. Like the site I posted. How to make you're bash prompt look like DOS. Just weird little things like that, that I wouldn't think of.

also...find a lot of linux forums and browse. debian, gentoo, centos/redhat, slackware, anything, and linuxforums.com. some stuff will be distro specific, some will be generic and applicable to a lot of things, and some stuff will allow you to learn about new ideas and let you know what you can do which can lead you to finding out something specific when you find something interesting.

most linux forums will have multiple forums. installs, hardware, networking, media, this, that, the other. go through them each day and see if any topics strike you as interesting.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I have found this website to be helpful:
http://www.yolinux.com/

 

[pavs]

Originally posted by: d4mo

Originally posted by: xSauronx
linux.com has almost daily articles. some of it is very basic "how do i" types of stuff, some of it approaches intermediate, i think, at best. they also do some tech/linux news.

slashdot is good. linux/tech related articles, if you go through the comments, often have information worth gleaning if you have the time to look over some of it.

and remember, if you need anything, its always worth searching the archived threads here. many things come up regularly, as well as some interesting and obscure stuff

The thing is, is there isn't anything I'm looking how to do in particular. I just like it for the stuff I don't think of. Like the site I posted. How to make you're bash prompt look like DOS. Just weird little things like that, that I wouldn't think of.

d4mo I am glad that you like my website (I am pavs from linuxhaxor)

The reason I don't post often enough, because when I was posting 100+ articles per month (last year) readers were complaining. This month, I did only 8 posts, and it was the busiest month ever (300,000+ page views). I write in quite a few blogs (can't talk about it), so it's not always possible for me to post as much as I love to. From next month I will try to post more often and I will have a new writer posting with me who maintains GNU libtools (hopefully he will contribute).
I will try to find out some weird things like making bash prompt look like DOS; but no promises.

I am always looking for guest writers, so if anyone from here is interested, let me know.

Cheers,
pavs

 

[yinan]

to make a bash prompt look like DOS add the following line to the end of the /etc/bash.bashrc file
PS1='$PWD:> ';export PS1

This is for an Ubuntu install