Ok now I've decided to make my box only dedicated to Linux no other operating system but I'm a newbie cause I've been playing around with a lot of different linux distros for like 1-2 months. I'm asking you is there a great linux tutorial which makes you forget about the simplicity of the other operating system and show you everything about linux???
PS: I've already read the tutorial on www.linux.org is great but doesn't make me a great linux user.

Look here :}

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/links.php


Heaps of good stuff!



Cheers,
Tink

Ohh man thanks I didn't knew it was that close to me. :-0

best tutorial is exeperianse, i doupt youll ever learn everyhing about every program there is for linux out ther, so why try?, just go start usingit and whenever you got a question ask google.com and if that no help ask here

I'v used to be all about full featured tutorials, but i'v now found that the best way to learn stuf is to go "I really wish i could do *this*" and then search around and find out how. the knowledge usually sticks with me longer if I use it while I'm learning it.

tutorials just dont stick with me, howto's however are task oriented and usually solve your problems while educating me. if you ever come to something you just cant seem to understand, just drop it and come back in a month and you will probably find a solution then.

and dont be stingy about asking questions here (just search first)

another thing to do is to go to TLDP.org and browse their howto secton and just choose cool looking stuf and do it, youll learn all sorts of stuf in the process.

Heh. The best tutorial I've gone through was basically just to install Slackware and configure it, and then start using it as a part of your normal computing needs.

I learned more from doing that than from all the books I've read and all the time I've spent with other distros combined.

Yeah is true what all of you say and specially Melkor I've tried Slackware but never got my DSL to work with it and I've read a lot about how to do it but it just doesn't work so thts why I'm stiking to Mandrake right now to learn the basics and then switch to an intermediate level distro and then to an avanced level distro.

Seriously, it's not even so much a tutorial that you need as much as just experience in doing day-to-day things on a simple, logical distro.

Learning your way around Linux with a command line interface, learning how to install software, and learning how to troubleshoot basic issues is really all one needs, and you can get that by just using a good distro.

Mandrake's a good one, in my opinion, to start with. Personally, I found it a bit resistant to some of the "tweaking" that I wanted to do, so I switched to Slackware, and have found that I like it a lot better. It's nowhere near as complex as I thought it would be. It's actually fairly simple.

Never be afraid to try another distro before you "feel ready". You might surprise yourself. In my opinion, Slackware is a lot easier to use than Mandrake is, simply because it's all laid out there for you... not covered up by anything shiny.

If you had a hard time with it before, it's always worth trying it again. It just takes a little persistence, good Google skills, and the LQ search function.

I would go to www.linux-tutorial.info/ because it is basically an online book on linux. It does an excellent job explaining things by using diagrams, analogies, and examples. I agree with those of you who said experience and doing things is the best way to learn. I think that how-tos and tutorials along the way can make it a lot easier. I learned a lot just by installing and trying out different distributions. So far I have used Suse 9.0, Mandrake 8.0, Mandrake 9.0, Mandrake 9.2, Slackware 9, FreeBSD, College Linux, and right now I am using Red Hat 9.0.

i vote for rute as the best, also. for problems doing stuff, LQ is the best.

Ok now I'm asking for something different. I've seen this Screenshot . And my question is, is there any kde tutorial or any tutorial in general that teach you to do all those things? I'm impressed about the icons and how thew panel looks and everything. Can anyone tell me?

I learned the most by getting another Hard Drive and jumping into this;
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml

Thanks. I already have 2004.2 but I'm getting it to work is just so hard to install where you are a newbie working with kernels. And I might check the handbook again to see. Is cause I want to learn how to make my desktop look Kool Like the one in the screenshot and I don't know where to start.

Are there any good Linux books?
# Good Linux books
Running Linux
Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition