List of Guides for Linux Newbies

Clair Ching — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:01:18 +0000

Every one of us would need to learn something about Linux and we all go through that ‘newbie’ phase. Here are some sites and blogs that Linux newbies could take a look at and learn from. Using Linux does not need to be so lonely, after all.

The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide – This website’s blog has various links to articles and guides for Linux users especially newbies. But you could also go straight to their guide for Linux newbies. It even has sections to let you understand what GNOME and KDE are. You could also follow them via the Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide Twitter feed.
Linux Newbie Guide: Shortcuts and Commands – This is a lot of command line stuff that might seem daunting at first but at least it’s all here now. It tells you what the commands are and what they are used for. The explanations are short, and hopefully, they are easier to remember because of that. The writer/s of the guide also includes notes for the ones who are unfamiliar with UNIX.
tuXfiles: the Linux Newbie Help Files, Tutorials and Tips – This guide has different sections that you could check out. Whether it’s about the Linux command line, shortcuts on the keyboard, compiling and installing software and Linux cheat sheets and tips, there’s information about these for Linux newbies. There are explanations that come with the steps that they enumerate in their guides. The explanations about the procedures and concepts will put the newbies at ease. It will also make it clearer if they are doing something wrong or something correctly.

For now, these will be my list of Linux newbie guides. I hope that newbies and not-so-new Linux users will benefit from these guides. After all, there’s something new that we could learn each day.

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Fedora + Chrome? Yes, You Can Have It!

Clair Ching — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:38:53 +0000

For Fedora 10 and Fedora 11 users, there’s an online guide on how to install Chrome on it. You don’t really need Crossover Chromium now because there are packages of Chromium available at: http://spot.fedorapeople.org/chromium/. You could click the RPM to install it or use the command

rpm -ivh

You could also install Chromium via Yum and with that method, updates are automatic.

I tried installing the debs of Chromium before and it was really just too slow so I didn’t really use it. Also, I am not a developer so I can’t really push back any improvements to the application even if I wanted to change some things. In any case, it wouldn’t hurt for you to try it. Why not see for yourself what it’s like to have Chromium on Fedora 10 or 11? It would be the best way to find out.

For more details about the guide to installing Chromium on Fedora, head to How to Install Chrome Browser on Fedora Linux that Works!

For more details about Google Chrome, check out Google Chrome’s project page.

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