Resources
Starting points for learning, tinkering, and getting help.
New to Linux, or just looking for good references? Here’s a starter kit. This list is intentionally short and opinionated — suggestions are welcome on the mailing list.
Getting started with Linux
- Linux Journey — free, friendly, structured intro to Linux fundamentals.
- The Linux Command Line — a superb free book (William Shotts) on living in the shell.
- DistroWatch — compare distributions and keep up with releases.
Pick a distribution
- Fedora — modern, polished, close to upstream.
- Debian — the rock-solid universal OS.
- Ubuntu — approachable and widely supported.
- Arch Linux — build-it-yourself, with the excellent Arch Wiki that helps everyone regardless of distro.
- Rocky Linux — enterprise-grade, RHEL-compatible.
Documentation & help
- Arch Wiki — arguably the best Linux docs anywhere.
- man pages — the manual, online.
- Ask Ubuntu and Unix & Linux Stack Exchange — Q&A.
Local & regional
- BridgeWire Makerspace — a Reno maker community and a longtime friend of local tech gatherings.
- Reno Collective — coworking and community in downtown Reno.
Open source, broadly
- Open Source Initiative — stewards of the Open Source Definition.
- Free Software Foundation — the free software movement’s home base.
Know a resource that belongs here? Send it our way on the mailing list or open a pull request on GitHub.