I want to learn

[isaacjoe]

Something I have spent a decent amount of time being while I have been using Ubuntu is frustrated. This forum is frustrating because it is so massive, Ubuntu can be frustrating because it's so cryptic. Searching google can also be frustrating because of all the results.

So, to use the large pool of people on this Ubuntu message board to my advantage, I would love it if you guys post websites that have helped you learn more about Linux, Ubuntu, computers, etc. Stuff that is honestly helpful or well-written. Sites like Tom's Hardware, hackthissite, etc. Official documentation is often much harder to read and not written as well as site's by enthusiasts who are honestly sharing about stuff they like, not writing the required documentation for their computer program.

I would love to see some informational websites that you guys honestly read and look at, not just suggestions of logical places to look for help, like the Ubuntu documentation. Stuff you actually read or enjoy Don't limit your sites to Ubuntu, limit them to computers, or helpful

[phrostbyte]

It takes awhile to learn. The best way is to go head first and start using Ubuntu/Linux full time. Then when you have a problem, do clever Google Search to solve it: "<simple problem description> Ubuntu", like "broadcom drivers Ubuntu", or "using Nvidia with Beryl Ubuntu". Since Ubuntu docs are all over the place, you will often find what your looking for.

Also having a book (eg. the Ubuntu book, or even a general Linux book handy helps).

It will take time and you will get frustrated. No doubt. But the benefits are great, especially you spend a lot time involved with computers.

[maniacmusician]

Hey,

Check out some of my Linux bookmarks(click it) (http://ma.gnolia.com/people/maniacmusician/tags/linux), There's some really good, educational stuff in there. I especially recommend the LinuxTopia website for beginners, and as you get more advanced, the other ones come into play nicely.

[Paul820]

Here's a great site i found last week http://www.yolinux.com/, absolutely tons of links to everything for linux.

[az]

http://www.securityfocus.com/

[linfidel]

This may be too obvious, but have you gone over the Ubuntu material such as https://help.ubuntu.com/ ??

[Skia_42]

A good book can also help, I found an old Linux Guide at a Garage sale and use it as my primary resource. It's call "Guide to Linux Installation and Administration" (http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Linux-Installation-Administration-Second/dp/0619130954) published by Thomson Learning
It is actually a used text book.

[tehkain]

Documentation is just that. The thing you would see on a site like Tomshardwareguide are not documentation. They take an objective view and answer specific questions. While documentation is presenting you with many facts. So many that it becomes confusing. I find the same thing in the rest of the software world so this is not a GNU/Linux only problem. So maybe the tech community as a whole needs to rethink documentation.

You really do not need to learn as much as you need to unlearn. We do things differently(be it good or bad in your mind) that does not mean ubuntu is hard. It is just different.

[prizrak]

A good book can also help, I found an old Linux Guide at a Garage sale and use it as my primary resource. It's call "Guide to Linux Installation and Administration" (http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Linux-Installation-Administration-Second/dp/0619130954) published by Thomson Learning
It is actually a used text book.

LOL I actually work for the company that used to own Thomson Learning (they got rid of them now).

Running Linux is another good book to pick up. I know it's not a website but still a good resource.

[LaRoza]

Finding information can be difficult, that is why I started this wiki (http://laroza.pbwiki.com). It for learning how to program, and other programming resources.

(You did say "etc", I am the cetera.)

[xpod]

Seeing as nobody else has mentioned it:p

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index.php

[bchaffin72]

Linux Online's Linux 101 (http://www.linux.org/lessons)

[reclusivemonkey]

Buy O'Reilly's "Linux in a Nutshell". I read this before even installing Linux; it was one of the major reason that I tried Linux out. As I was reading the book, I kept thinking "this just make so much sense"...

I personally learnt Linux by using Slackware as my first distro for years. That and installing Linux on anything that would stay still long enough and then breaking it as often as possible.

[MedivhX]

This (free) book is very good beginners The Linux System Administrators' Guide (http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/)