Welcome to LinuxBasics.org - The online community that helps people to get Linux installed and running.

During this tour, we will guide you through our website, which has many facets which wait to be explored

The biggest project we are running is our Linux course, based on the LBook.

The book is stored in wiki-format, which enables us to update and correct it as we go.

"Class discussion" takes place on our mailing-list.

This list is not for the course exclusively, but you can ask any Linux-related question there

The questions and answers from the list are stored in the list's archives in order to help others with the same problems.

Every weekend, we meet to chat in IRC. These meetings are NOT mandatory, but are a nice chance to get to know each other better.

IRC is also a great tool to solve many problems, since it is very quick and easy to ask for more details if you need them.

The tutorials are one of the oldest sections on the LBo-website.

Here you find explanations on how to do specific tasks in Linux. Many of the tutorials were created after a certain problem has been discussed (and usually solved :) on the mailing-list.

The tutorials are categorized in

• Pre-Install - What you should know before installing Linux
• Installation - What you might encounter while you install Linux
• Using Linux - Basic Tasks and stuff
• Advanced Skills - More basics on advanced stuff and weird things like networking.
• Security

In the links section, you find outbound links to other valuable resources.

One of our latest additions to the site. We maintain a mirror of the Linux Documentation Project. This is our contribution to the "home of the HOWTOs"

Using the integrated site-search, you can search the tutorials, the LBook and all other wiki-pages

Simply type the search term into the box in the upper-right corner of our webpages

As a community, we depend on your feedback and collaboration. So, if you have something to share with others, please contact us. If you have a suggestion for a topic you would like to see covered here, please add it on the Wishlist.

There are many ways to contribute: You can answer questions on the mailing-list, you can write a complete tutorial or just a step-by-step documentation on how you completed a specific task using linux. Ask questions if the information on this site is not clear, tell us if we got something wrong, spell-check our writings, whatever.

We are looking forward to meeting you at LinuxBasics.org

Anita, Jisao, Sam and Stefan