Sites for Linux links

If you want to keep your bookmark list down to essentials, make a bookmark of the LinuxStart site and leave it at that.

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Sites for Linux links

Oct. 25, 1999

By Al Fasoldt
Copyright ©1999, Al Fasoldt

   Looking for good Linux sites on the Web? Here's my short list of good master sites -- Linux sites that are themselves indexes to other Linux sites. Because Linux and its supporting sites are changing fast, some of these links might not work in between my regular site checks. If you see a link that is broken, let me know.)
   One of the best all-encompassing sets of links is at the LinuxStart site at http://www.linuxstart.com/linuxlinks/. This site keeps a good balance between the dreadfully dull sites of the past -- you know, the kind that have links to "System Regurgitation Journal" and "Backups for Fun and Profit" -- and the trendy, designed-by-17-year-olds-for-14-year-olds sites you see a lot of these days. (There's one listed below, in fact.) If you want to keep your bookmark list down to essentials, make a bookmark of the LinuxStart site and leave it at that.
   A site called justlinux (spelled that way, despite what your English teacher would say about the sad state of spelling and grammar) is kept up to date and is very modern without the kid-glitz stuff. It's at http://justlinux.com/.
   Linux2000 is a kid-glitz site and I promise never to mention one again. But this one is too good to pass up. It's at http://www.linux-2000.org/. Be sure to wear your dung protectors when you click on some of the links, since a few of them are just plain crud. But others are great.
   When someone complains about not having enough programs for Linux, I send them to the Linux Applications and Utilities Page. It's dull and it's woefully out of date, but it's also a glorious way to spend an entire rainy afternoon. You'll find programs you never knew existed. It's at http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapps.shtml.
   If you don't yet use Linux, here's a site that will give you a preview of a typical Linux folder window. It's the Linux Directory at http://www.linux-directory.com/. The links are held in folders, and the folders look just like the ones on my Linux desktop.If you're an ICQ user under Windows, be sure to click the "Chat Programs" folder and then scroll to the bottom, where you'll see a link to a master page of ICQ clones. (Yes, Linux does ICQ very well. I use ICQnix myself.)
   Get a life! Linux Life, that is. It's a site Down Under that is super-geek looking -- in other words, dull-dull-dull -- and full of great links that take you to out-of-the-ordinary places. Log on at http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~conradp/linux/.
   No one who is interested in Linux should forgo the excitement, pleasure and head-scratching puzzlement of Shashdot, one of the best sites on the Web. It's "News for Nerds" at its best, covering not only Linux (and the Linux software movement in general), but a lot of other nerdy stuff as well. It's at http://www.slashdot.org/. Can I describe it? Not really. Can you try it out yourself? You bet. But leave your propellor cap and pocket protector behind; somebody might laugh at you after all.