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>Miscellaneous Resources</TITLE
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Concluding Comments
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>10. Miscellaneous Resources</H1
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In this section, I provide a number of links to websites that I have
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found useful while learning to use Linux. This is an eclectic
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collection, but keep these handy.
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>10.1. Release Notes and Available Documentation related to the X Window Server</H2
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Depending on the X Window Server your distribution is using, you will
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need to look at either the <A
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TARGET="_top"
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>XFree86
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website</A
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> or the <A
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HREF="http://xorg.freedesktop.org"
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TARGET="_top"
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>X.Org
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Foundation website</A
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>. Whenever you have trouble with your X
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environment, peruse the notes applicable to your videocard and chipset.
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These typically provide details about the configuration of the X Window
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System relative to your card, and will enumerate any "options" you have
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to include in the <TT
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CLASS="filename"
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>XF86Config</TT
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> file that governs X.
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>10.2. GNU Software and Manuals</H2
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Many important programs that are frequently utilized by the Linux user
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are GNU utilities - for example, the <SPAN
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CLASS="application"
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>tar</SPAN
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(archive) and <SPAN
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CLASS="application"
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>gzip</SPAN
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> (compression) programs.
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Descriptions of these programs are located at the <A
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HREF="http://directory.fsf.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>FSF Free Software Directory</A
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where many <A
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HREF="http://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Online
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Manuals</A
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> may also be found.
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</P
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These manuals typically provide a lot more information than is found in
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the corresponding <SPAN
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CLASS="application"
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>man</SPAN
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> page on your system.
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For example , compare the <SPAN
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CLASS="application"
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>man</SPAN
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> page and online
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manual for the <SPAN
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CLASS="application"
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>tar</SPAN
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> utility.
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NAME="FOLDOC"
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>10.3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing</H2
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The <A
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HREF="http://www.foldoc.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Free On-line Dictionary of
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Computing (FOLDOC)</A
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> is a huge encyclopedia of computing terms and
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concepts, maintained by Denis Howe. It has very detailed articles, with
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a lot of cross references. It's a very good reference to understand
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anything related to computing.
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</P
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NAME="webopedia"
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>10.4. An online dictionary of computer and technology terms</H2
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The <A
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HREF="http://www.pcwebopedia.com/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>PC Webopedia</A
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consists of a large online dictionary of computer-related terms and a
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search engine that provides links to documents that discuss each item in
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more detail. For example, I used this site to learn the differences
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between <EM
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>ISA</EM
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> and <EM
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>PCI</EM
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> buses.
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