New Linux User

[sapper_eng]

Ok... So I've just installed Mandrake Linux 9.2 on a seprate partition on my hard drive. After looking at it for a while I've started to learn that I'm in a whole new world. I'm excelent with Windows, but with Linux... its like sending me to China blindfolded and telling me to find the bulletproof munk...

So my question is... Where is a good place to start to learn Linux?? What are the best apps to use? Any websites?

Thanks

[crouse]

Tons of great websites for learning Linux....... Techimo is one of the best.
http://www.LinuxQuestions.org (largest linux forum i know of)
http://www.LinuxJunior.org (home of the famous PET's)
http://www.USALUG.org (personal favorite LOL ~ I wonder why.)
http://www.linux.com
Mandrake's own forums
Google is your friend


Best apps?? What do you want to do?
USA Linux Users Group's --- list of win/linux app conversion to help you out: http://www.usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=37

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Office Suites:
Windows software: Office, Corel Office, 9Software, Lotus SmartSuite
Linux software: OpenOffice, Star Office, Anywhere Office (formerly known as Applixware), Hancom Office.

Web Browsers:
Windows software: Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape
Linux software: Konqueror, Opera, Netscape, Mozilla, Firebird (formerly known as Phoenix), Galeon.

Email Clients:
Windows software: Outlook & Outlook Express, Exchange, Pegasus
Linux software: Kmail, Thunderbird (formerly known as Mozilla Mail), Sylpheed, Evolution

Text Editors:
Windows software: Notepad, Wordpad, Write
Linux software: Kedit (builtin toKDE), Kate (formerly known as Kwrite), Gedit, KhexEdit, Emacs, the tiny little vi, YuDit

HTML/Text editors:
Windows software: Note Tab Pro, other editors
Linux software: BlueFish,Quanta Plus,Nvu
Macintosh software: PageSpinner, BBEdit

Graphics Applications:


Graphics Programs Suites
Windows software: Photoshop, Paint shop pro,
Linux software: The Gimp,Blender, VIPS, CinePaint
Macintosh software: Photoshop, CorelPhoto
NOTE: The Gimp and Blender are also progressing into video editing and animation manipulation (respectively).

Paint programs
Windows software: Paint
Linux software: xpaint, Kpaint, Gnome Paint, Tux Paint

Color pickers:
Windows software: Colour Coder
Linux software: KcolorChooser & KcolorEdit

Icon editors:
Windows software: (need names here)
Linux software: Gnome Icon Editor, KiconEditor

Screen capture:
Windows software: print screen key, Print Screen 2001
Linux software: Ksnapshot

Image viewers:
Windows software: (need names here)
Linux software: Ksnapshot, ElectricEyes (now defunct), Gqview, Kuickshow, Kview, EyeOfGnome, XV, GwenView

Drawing software:
Windows software: (need names here)
Linux software: Sketch, Kontour

Vector Graphics:
Windows software: Adobe Illustrator
Linux software:Gestalter
,Inkscape,SodiPodi
Macintosh software: Adobe Illustrator

Diagramming software
Windows software: Visio
Linux softwareia
Macintosh software:

CADD software:
Windows software: (need names here, AutoCad is not a match, is Visio?)
Linux software: Qcad

Desktop Publishing:
Windows software: Pagemaker
Linux software: LaTeX, Scribus
Macintosh software: QuarkXPress, PageMaker, InDesign



Sound/Audio applications:


Audio Players:
Windows software: Music Match, WinAmp
Linux software: XMMS, NoAtun, mplayer , rhythmbox

MIDI Players:
Windows software: (need names here)
Linux software: Kmid

MIDI Synthesis:
Windows software: (need names here)
Linux software: Kmidi, Rosegarden

Mixers:
Windows software: (need names here)
Linux software: Kmix, Aumix, Rexima, Xmix (now defunct)

Looping and composing apps:
Windows software: Cakewalk, Acid
Linux software: Audacity (not for the faint of heart!), Ardour, LAoE

CD Players:
Windows software: Windows Mediaplayer
Linux software: KsCd, NoAtun, XMMS, MPG321

MP3 Ripping:
Windows software: (need names here)
Linux software: Grip



MultiMedia applications (mpegs):
Windows software: Windows Mediaplayer, RealPlayer
Linux software: XMMS, Aktion (now embedded into KDE), Xine, Xmovie, mplayer ,Quicktime

CD Burning:
Wndows software: EZ CD Creator/DirectCD, Nero, B's recorder Gold, XP-Burn, EasyISO
Linux software: gcombust, Gnome Toaster, X-CD-ROAST , K3B

FTP applications:
Windows software: WsFtp, Cupertino, CuteFTP
Linux software: Gftp, Ncftp client (aka Ncftp), Lftp, Gnome Transfer Manager (aka Gtm), FTPCopy

Software development environments:
Windows software: Watcom C
Linux software: Glade, Idle, Kdevelop, Qt3Designer, Qt3Linguist

Camera software:
Windows software: (need names here)
Linux software: Gphoto

Photo Album software:
Windows software: EasyPhoto
Linux software: cthumb

Scanner applications:
Windows software: Caere, Omniscan, PrecisionScan
Linux software: Xsane, Kooka

Star chart/Planetarium software:
Windows software: SkyMap, CyberSky, Deep Space, Stellar Pro, My Stars, Home Planet , StarCalc , Distant Suns , Hnsky , Virtual sky, Alpha Centaure , Spica , Adastra , Nuit , Stellarium , Winstars , Starfinder , Skyorb , Stargaze ,
Linux software: Celestia, Kstars, Xephem, Hitchhiker 2000, OpenUniverse, Skymap (SETI-at-home), Starchart, xsky
Macintosh software: Astronomica, MacAstro, Planet C, Stargazer's Delight, Digital Universe, MacAstronomica, MPj Equinox, MPj Equinox, RedShift, SkyChart 2000, TheSky, Xephem

[Xpander]

Linux Tutorial

im pretty new to linux as well and that site has helped me out with stuff. IRC channels are also a great resource for real time help with your problems. I recommend playing around with the text editor "vi" but make sure you have a faq with you cause it can be kinda tricky.

[CMonster]

www.linux.org -click the courses link

[sapper_eng]

Thanks guys I appreciate the help. CMonster and Crouse... your info just what I was looking for....

[thronka]

The cool thing about linux is you learn along the way and it gets easier like using windows I am a full time linux user now. Although getting the ATI OpenGL and X Driver working was a pain :P

[sapper_eng]

^ LOL I'm trying to do that right now.... The drivers for my NVIDIA Geforce 4 Ti4800 just dont seem to be installing and I've been pulling my hair out for about 2 days now.... but before I ask how I plan on trying a few more times.

[DanGrease]

Nice post crouse!
After a while you will see Linux isnt that hard after all, at least that was my experience with it. mandrake for beginners is excellent. Good luck!

dan

[hickory]

I think crouse's reply should be stickied to the top of this forum. It is a very comprehensive answer to an often asked question.

tom

[DanGrease]

I totally agree with that, his post was not a regular one and should be considered more than a normal post IMO.

dan