I have been involved in Linux in one form or another for the past several years. As my troubles with windows grew my love with
Linux grew. I have made a few programs and have gathered some basic information so your Linux experience can be more easy
and useful especially for those who are ham operators
Scripts
Changing files in a folder from UPPERCASE to lowercase
System Monitoring
Conky a system monitor that sits on your desktop
Monitoring all network connections for traffic
Multimedia
Setup and using the IPOD Nano
playing and copying dvd's
Acer Aspire 5100 Audio Problems
Internet and Networking
Acer Aspire 5100 Wireless network card howto
Installing flash on Ubuntu 64bit
Ports and Services
Configuring a network card
Changing a network cards MAC address
Securing network traffic using SSH client and server
General Information
Installing true type fonts into linux
Basic commands everyone should know
Basic text editing
Distributions and Downloads
There are many distributions however the most popular ones and easy to use are:
Debian
Debian Installation Diskettes
RedHat
Ubuntu
Suse
There are also live cd versions of linux where you can test drive linux without touching your hard drive. Just download the ISO file burn it to a cd, put it in your cd rom drive and reboot, viola! you have instant linux. Out of all that is available my favorites are:
Knoppix
Morhix
Slax
Compiling and Programming
Compiling and installing version 2.6 of the linux kernel
