Linux Basics

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This page is incomplete
More work needs to be done on this page, so if somthing is missing, don't be surprised

What is Linux?

Simple Overview

Technical Overview

Distributions

Why Linux?

Technical

Cost and Availability

Development

Security

Compared to Microsoft Windows

Compared to Other UNIX Based OSs

Using Linux

Understanding the Linux Filesystem

How to Connect to a Linux Machine

Shell and SSH

X Server (locally)

X Server (remotely)

VNC Server

Important Commands

Navigating the Filesystem

Manipulating Files

Text Editors

Emacs
vim
Graphical Editors

About Commands

Where they live, how they execute, how to execute commands in the current directory, etc.

See Also