<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Miscellaneous Resources</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE=" Online Unix References and Tutorials " HREF="unixrefs.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE=" Concluding Comments " HREF="conclusions.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="section" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="unixrefs.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="conclusions.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H1 CLASS="section" ><A NAME="miscresources" ></A >10. Miscellaneous Resources</H1 ><P > In this section, I provide a number of links to websites that I have found useful while learning to use Linux. This is an eclectic collection, but keep these handy. </P ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A NAME="Xwindow" ></A >10.1. Release Notes and Available Documentation related to the X Window Server</H2 ><P > Depending on the X Window Server your distribution is using, you will need to look at either the <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/" TARGET="_top" >XFree86 website</A > or the <A HREF="http://xorg.freedesktop.org" TARGET="_top" >X.Org Foundation website</A >. Whenever you have trouble with your X environment, peruse the notes applicable to your videocard and chipset. These typically provide details about the configuration of the X Window System relative to your card, and will enumerate any "options" you have to include in the <TT CLASS="filename" >XF86Config</TT > file that governs X. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A NAME="gnumanuals" ></A >10.2. GNU Software and Manuals</H2 ><P > Many important programs that are frequently utilized by the Linux user are GNU utilities - for example, the <SPAN CLASS="application" >tar</SPAN > (archive) and <SPAN CLASS="application" >gzip</SPAN > (compression) programs. Descriptions of these programs are located at the <A HREF="http://directory.fsf.org/" TARGET="_top" >FSF Free Software Directory</A > where many <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/manual/manual.html" TARGET="_top" >Online Manuals</A > may also be found. </P ><P > These manuals typically provide a lot more information than is found in the corresponding <SPAN CLASS="application" >man</SPAN > page on your system. For example , compare the <SPAN CLASS="application" >man</SPAN > page and online manual for the <SPAN CLASS="application" >tar</SPAN > utility. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A NAME="FOLDOC" ></A >10.3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing</H2 ><P > The <A HREF="http://www.foldoc.org/" TARGET="_top" >Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)</A > is a huge encyclopedia of computing terms and concepts, maintained by Denis Howe. It has very detailed articles, with a lot of cross references. It's a very good reference to understand anything related to computing. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A NAME="webopedia" ></A >10.4. An online dictionary of computer and technology terms</H2 ><P > The <A HREF="http://www.pcwebopedia.com/" TARGET="_top" >PC Webopedia</A > consists of a large online dictionary of computer-related terms and a search engine that provides links to documents that discuss each item in more detail. For example, I used this site to learn the differences between <EM >ISA</EM > and <EM >PCI</EM > buses. </P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="unixrefs.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="conclusions.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Online Unix References and Tutorials</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Concluding Comments</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >