Recommended “How-to” pages on other websites
While some “how-to” sites you find about Linux in a Google search may be dated and irrelevant, these are Bear-Approved!
I suggest that you right-click on these links, and choose “open in a new tab,” so that you don't lose your place here at SilverBear Linux.
Learn UNIX in 10 minutes:
...have on one page the basics commands for getting started using the UNIX shell.
http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html
LILO mini-HowTo:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html
GPartEd-LiveCD Documentation:
GParted-livecd 0.3-1
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/larry/livecd/main/livecd.htm
Partitioning in Action: Consolidating Data
Using symlinks to put fragmentation-causing System Directories elsewhere.
Gentoo creator Daniel Robbins writes how to move your /tmp and /var system directories off the root partition in a smooth symlink setup. A must-read for aficienados of Bear-style Linux-ry. The preceding article he links to, on symlinking your whole /home, is another good read.
http://www.funtoo.org/en/articles/linux/partitioning/2/
How to install and boot 145 operating systems in a PC
Saikee GRUBs for the gold in this amazing boot experiment!
JustLinux.com moderator saikee harnasses the power of chainloading to bootload to new heights in this 2006 series of posts, updated in 2007 when the Linux kernel changed the permissible number of HDD partitions from 63 to 15.
http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147959
Using a Linux Live CD to clone XP and/or Vista
Another great lesson at the feet of disk partitioning bootmaster saikee!
The dd command is low level enough to be “no respecter of filesystems.” You get a data dump, byte-for-byte, from your source, whatever the filesystem, Linux or MS.
http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=134457
Learn the dd command - LinuxQuestions.org
AwesomeMachine posts an indispensible guide!
This document is made to be easily skimmed. This is comprehensive documentation for one of the most useful linux/UNIX Windows commands: dd. It is a bitstream duplicator for duplicating data.
The latest addition was on 04-01-08, "Make an AES encrypted loop device".
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/learn-the-dd-command-362506/?highlight=dd+file+size+limit
Creating a New Torrent:
How-to create a new torrent using KTorrent for seeding an ISO at LinuxTracker.org.
http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Creating_a_torrent
Linux Home Networking
Web server? File server? Build your own network!
From Samba to VPN, from building your own firewall using IP Tables to. . . well, stuff I don't even understand. No fooling, this site is like a semester at tech school, easy. You can't ignore this web resource if you do any networking.
“This site covers topics needed for Linux software certification exams, such as the RHCE, and many computer training courses.”
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/
Linux Command Reference Index:
( GNU / linux kernel 2.4.18-3, 2.4.18-14 and 2.4.20-6 )
Alphabetic index makes locating info easy!
http://www.perpetualpc.net/srtd_commands_rev.html
HowtoForge
HowtoForge provides user-friendly Linux tutorials about almost every topic.
If you've written a Linux tutorial that you'd like to share, you can contribute it. If you'd like to discuss Linux-related problems, you can use our forum. If you have questions, please contact us by email: info [at] howtoforge [dot] com or use our contact form.
http://www.howtoforge.com/
Gentoo Documentation page
Resources for every Linux user.
In depth documentation on all aspects of GNU/Linux: installation, configuration, administration. . . And go to the Gentoo Forums link to do a search on any problems you're having. Chances are good!
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml?catid=gentoo
Mepis Guides website
You like instructions with screen shots? Come here!
Meticulously documented step-by-step instructions on dozens of topics. Centered on Mepis, there are items of interest to users of other GNU/Linux distros, too, as well as Linux gamers.
http://www.mepisguides.com/
How to Install Windows XP in VirtualBox under Mepis Linux 7
Step by step video in eight parts. This ought to be applicable to any Debian-based distro. It works in Mepis, and I'll be trying it in Ubuntu 7.10 soon, and report back here if it doesn't work just as Tom shows us here:
How to Install Windows XP in VirtualBox...
An Introduction to Linux - Demonstration Video:
Actually a series of video segments, each targetted to a different operation in the process of Getting and Using a Linux OS. While based on using the LiveCD and installing MEPIS Linux, most of the info here is applicable to most modern distros.
View the vids HERE: http://www.tomlinux.ca/
A roundup of the vid segment contents:
| TOPICS | Minutes | Seconds |
| What is Linux | 1 | 04 |
| Why Use Linux | 1 | 42 |
| Different Linux Versions | 1 | 20 |
| Choosing a Version | 1 | 47 |
| Mepis 6 System Requirements | 0 | 56 |
| Getting FTP software | 1 | 29 |
| Downloading Linux by FTP | 2 | 57 |
| Verifying MD5SUM | 2 | 09 |
| Getting Burning Software | 1 | 16 |
| Burning Your Linux CD | 1 | 54 |
| Running Linux LIVE CD | 3 | 22 |
| Repartitioning the Hard Drive | 6 | 55 |
| Installing Mepis Linux | 5 | 33 |
| The Grub Menu | 0 | 21 |
| Running Windows | 0 | 44 |
| Running Linux | 0 | 48 |
| Setting Up Email | 2 | 41 |
| Set Up Instant Messenger | 3 | 21 |
| Using a Flash Drive | 1 | 14 |
| Using OpenOffice | 2 | 22 |
| Playing CDs | 2 | 07 |
| Single vs Double Clicking | 1 | 36 |
| Burner Software | 0 | 41 |
| Files and Folders | 2 | 26 |
| Linux Directory Structure | 2 | 55 |
| Config Files | 4 | 03 |
| Capture Screen Images | 2 | 30 |
| Changing the Desktop Look | 0 | 43 |
| Exploring Software | 1 | 18 |
| Install using Synaptic | 5 | 26 |
| Install a deb Package | 4 | 06 |
| Removing a Package | 1 | 09 |
| Mepislovers Forum | 4 | 12 |
| Mepis WIKI | 4 | 39 |
| Man Pages (or Manual) | 2 | 40 |
| Install App + Menu Editor | 6 | 59 |
| Create Desktop Shortcuts | 1 | 30 |
| Kicker Panel | 8 | 33 |
| Sample Desktop Tweaking | 1 | 31 |
| Shut Down | 0 | 12 |
| TOTALS | 103 | 11 |
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