/ /bin /boot /dev /etc /home /lib /usr/bin /usr/src /proc/interrupts /sbin /var/log /var/mail
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library - here you can find a lot of important libraries which are needed at bootup. Libraries not needed at bootup but needed after the system is running should go in /usr/lib. Kernel modules generally go in /lib/modules/.
Read@ and Games written by the GCA
Dictionaries and language issues
Some basic definitions and theory...
Linx about Linux and software-download collections
GCA Hardware Cursus Handleiding pdf
GCA Hardware Course Reader pdf
A computer hardware card game to printout on adhesive labels and paste on cards
to play with. Download it as.dvi or
as .pdffile or use the
LaTeX source file to change or
improve it. If you want - send us your card-game version and we will put it
online.
FOLDOC
A free online dictionary of computing we often consult during the hardware
courses.
babylonia
a computer science dictionary in english, german and french. Really helpfull for translations.
Vocabulaire Informatique
a computer science dictionary explaining all the technical terms in french.
History
of computers, their inventors and more funny capitalist history.
Mina Rees Library - Dictionaries
more perhaps helpful dictionaries ...
LEO - Link Everything Online
a really extensive german-english online-dictionary. and a lot more useful computer-related
links.
MiniDictionary English-French
for the Internet
a small dictionary including the mostly used vocabulary needed while working with computers.
LinuxChix: How to write
clearly
by Jennifer Vesperman could be helpful for all nerdy people who wanna give a speech or all people
who think about improving their writing skills :)
eTandem
a nice and cheap project to learn a new language in your personal way - you teach your own mothertale to another
person while this person teaches her mothertale to you.
C programming course
This C programming course initiated from the linuxchix
is being taught mostly through their couses mailing list.
html-programming manual
for websites and more - introduction and manual with examples to learn on your own or together with your friends.
also available in french, espagnol and german:
selfhtml
PHP manual
PHP, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly.
Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial
a nice introduction about Linux, Kernel, the Linux Shell and Shell Scripting.
Easy to understand and with small usefull examples - this is a tutorial for everyone
who is interested in learning to write shell scripts.
Intro in
Programming with Python really friendly course (in german).
Active State Programmer Network - Cookbooks
The ASPN Cookbooks are collections of solutions and practical examples. The recipes highlight programming best practices and can be used directly in day-to-day tasks, as a source of ideas, or as a way to learn more about the languages. It includes the programming languages PHP, Python, Rx, Tcl an XSLT.
Programming C
This is a set of notes on Programming in C.
Most of the small programming examples are available on-line. Just select the link about the program and then use your WWW browser's ability to save pages in a local file.
or what about this nice C course (written in german).
a C++ Introduction
As C++ is based on C, the author remarks that is assumed that the reader is familiar with ANSI C before they read these notes.
you can also choose this Intro into Object-Oriented Programming Using C++ to learn more about C++.
The Linux Documentation Project
HOWTOs, Guides, FAQ, man pages and more in english, portugues, espagnol, francais and korean.
linuxnow.com
documentation - a kind of dictionary about Linux-HOWTOs
linuxnovice.org
A nice collection for beginners and advanced Linux-users of helpful tips, news, lots of documentation
about hardware and software under Linux. Also with "How do I", different Linux-distro collection and
lots more.
Linuxresource
a really well sorted site. Good place to get an overview but also to delve into nerdy surrounding.
JustLinux
Lots of manuals and short intros for people who wanna learn more about linux.
Here you find out more about the Directory Navigation!
the Linuxcookbook - an intro for linux beginners explaining lots of basic stuff
Links 2 Linux
a collection of useful documentation, configuration and software for Linux (english and german)
freshmeat
that's no buy-your-steak-per-email butcher! It is a site where you find nearly all kind of
software - short description, since when it is developped, last bugfixes and versions and
download! Only disadvantage: if you have no glue about the name of the program you are looking
for, your chances to find what you are searching for are very low.
Debian_on cd
you heard about that there's a new "stable" version (stable means: quite sure all
really uncomfortable bugs are fixed in this version) of debian-linux?
so have a look here - make a download, burn it on CD and install it on your box.
or download the floppies for a netinstall (in case you have a fast and cheap net connection)
and start installing the newest debian version.
Rpmfind (Redhat Package Manager find)
you run Redhat- or Suse-linux or another rpm-based-linux-distribution? Then here's the place to
search for packages to install on your box.
Lots of Linux Links
here you find a collection of linux online magazines, FAQs, HOWTOs, Guides and
Manual (man) pages.
about "Debian Jr. Computer Channel"
- a debian system for children and
about its advantages and disadvantages compared to usual debian versions.
[dyne:bolic]
a nice Linux system which runs from CD so if you dont have the chance running
linux from your harddrive - just put your dyne:bolic CD in the CD-drive and start
your system from CD and you can find out how to work online with a linux system.
Internet mail infrastructure
these pages explain the Internet mail infrastructure and you find a linked info about
the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), mail header format and so on.
Unix Socket FAQ
in case you have to start hacking somewhere deep inside your system...
Internet RFC/STD/FYI/BCP Archives
Internet Requests For Comments (RFCs), Internet Standards Documents (STD), For Your
Information (FYI) Documents and Internet Best Current Practices /BCP) are like
paragraphs of the constitution - nearly noone is reading them but mostly you are
confronted with circumstances, resulting out of them.
NAIS
less technical but interesting if you want to know more about the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and their role in
the struggle against and for a free internet.
