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This Presentation

The full text of this presentation (along with all of these links) is available online at http://www.tir.com/~sorceror/mdlug/preso.html. Each bullet point is a link to a page with explanations, more detail, and links to further information. The Metro Detroit Linux Users Group's home page is at http://www.mdlug.org/.

Linux for Free

The Linux Giveaway List is at http://visar.csustan.edu/. Linux users from around the world offer to mail you their Linux CDs if you pay for the postage. You don't usually get the most recent stuff that way, but it's nearly free.

A partial list of businesses that sell Linux materials:

Linux Documentation & Information

The Linux Documentation Project at http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ has huge amounts of information on all things Linux. One page to visit is the Linux INFO-SHEET at http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/INFO-SHEET.html, which contains a thorough summary of Linux's features. The Linux Myth Dispeller at http://www.KenAndTed.com/KensBookmark/linux/index.html and the Linux Anti-FUD FAQ at http://www.oocities.org/SiliconValley/Hills/9267/fud2.html address common myths and misconceptions about Linux.

Other sites to visit include http://www.linux.org/, http://www.linuxresources.com/, http://www.debian.org/, and http://www.redhat.com/.

C-NET has recently set up an introductory site on Linux at http://home.cnet.com/category/topic/0,10000,0-3721-7-279437,00.html.

Some helpful tips on installation can be found at http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/linux.html.

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