[clug] LinuxLinks site. Any better collections of books, tools, reviews?

Fri Oct 4 04:13:19 UTC 2019

Slightly unrelated, but I always find:
https://prism-break.org
a useful resource for tools - covers O/S's other than Linux as well.

cheers,
Bob Edwards.

On 4/10/19 12:56 pm, steve jenkin via linux wrote:
> In my Wild Erratic Journey through the Interwebs, I came across this site which I though would be useful for CLUG:
> 
> Linux Links
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/faq/>
> 
> Questions for CLUG:
> 
> 	1. Are there other sites with ‘tool collections’ as good or better than this site?
> 
> 	2. What sort of things are missing off that site?
> 		There’d be many command-line tools as good as what gets mentioned. How to collect those?
> 		[Is the site the place to contact about that, or CLUG list?]
> 
> 	3. There’s an obvious ageing problem.
> 		Recommendations of today (or 2017) won’t stand up after 5 years.
> 		What happens with dead links, abandonware and site changes?
> 
> Seems there’s at least two other associated sites.
> 
>> OSS Blog
>> <https://www.ossblog.org/educational-series-open-source-books/>
>> 	Steve Emms is the main author of OSSBlog.org.
>>
>> FOR FOSS
>> <https://www.forfoss.com>
>> 	WINDOWS FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
> 
> 
> Site appears to have wide coverage, to be useful to many levels of Linux users - beginner/ neophyte to ’20 yr vet’ and not pushing any particular line.
> All the posts where I noticed the author, it was Steve Emms <https://twitter.com/teamlinuxlinks?lang=en>
> 
> They seem to have started the site in 2017, but the FAQ says the collection dates back to 1994.
> But every user has their own preferences and limits to tools used.
> While there are good lists of sysadmin & commandline tools, there’s a lot of other Desktop stuff as well - ‘wider’ interests than me.
> 
> They’ve attempted to nominate ‘Awards’ - selecting ’the best in category’ - which many be subjective, but for many people, it’s a useful start.
> 
> I was impressed by this list of free beginner resources:
> 
>> Linux Books for Beginners
>> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-no-charge-books-learn-about-linux/>
> 
> And of course I came across a few tools new to me.
> eg  ‘peco’ - an interesting interactive pipeline filter.
> 
> cheers
> stevej
> 
> ==============
> 
> Our Picks of the Best Open Source
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/award-winning-open-source-software/>
> We have awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals to
>   45 open source business software, and
>   42 open source educational software.
> 
> Education Apps
> 	We cover 14 different types of educational software in the pages below.
> 
> Business Apps
> 	Best Open Source Business Apps
> 
> ==============
> 
> GROUP TESTS [really, Lists of software by Type]
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-group-tests-part-1/>
> 
> Part 1:	Gaming, Internet & Networking, Office Software,
> Part 2:	Health, Desktop & Productivity, Science, Backup, Finance
> Part 3:	Programming, Text Editors, Education, System Administration, Religion, Family History, Humor
> Part 4: 	Graphics & Multimedia, Utilities, Web Applications
> Part 5:	Big Data, Cloud Computing, Documentation,
> 		Other Articles, Programming Languages Books, Free Proprietary Software, Android Devices
> 
> Some Groups [number is count of items in Group]
> 
> 12	Project Management	42 	Business Apps	42	Education Apps		10	Databases
> 34	Backup Tools			21	Productivity Tools	9 	Terminal Emulators		21	Financial Tools
> 3 	Bitcoin Clients			21 	Text Editors		42 	Graphics Apps		42	Email Apps
> 13	VoIP Apps			42	Best Games		42 	Video Apps
> 
> ==============
> Selected Links
> ==============
> 
> Best Free Linux Password Managers
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-password-managers/>
> 
> Excellent Free Books to Master Programming
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-free-programming-books/>
> 
> 12 Remarkable Free Shell Scripting Books
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/shellscriptingbooks/>
> 
> 12 Outstanding Linux Utilities to Maximize your Productivity
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/outstanding-linux-utilities-maximize-productivity
> 
> 23 Excellent Ways to Manage Your System – Essential System Tools
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/essential-system-tools-excellent-ways-manage-system/>
> 
> 7 Best Command Line Navigation Tools
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/navigationtools/>
> 
> 34 Best Free Linux Backup Software
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/BackupTools/>
> 
> Best Free Linux Computer Algebra Systems
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-computer-algebra-systems/>
> 
> 	Computer Algebra Systems
> 	SageMath	Open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica and Matlab
> 
> Sage Math - includes many tools, eg. Graphviz
> <http://www.sagemath.org/tour-graphics.html>
> 
> ==============
> Expanded selections
> ==============
> 
> 7 Best Command Line Navigation Tools
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/navigationtools/>
> 
> Shell tools
> fasd			Command-line productivity booster. It seeks inspiration from autojump, z and v
> autojump		Offers a fast way to navigate your filesystem
> Shonenjump	A faster way to traverse directories
> z			Maintains a jump-list of the directories you actually use
> v			z for vim
> goto			Designed to be a complete replacement for cd
> fzf			Command-line fuzzy finder for your shell
> 
> 
> ==============
> 
> 12 Outstanding Linux Utilities to Maximize your Productivity
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/outstanding-linux-utilities-maximize-productivity/>
> 
> Excellent Utilities
> tmux		A terminal multiplexer that offers a massive boost to your workflow
> lnav			Advanced log file viewer for the small-scale; great for troubleshooting
> Paperwork	Designed to simplify the management of your paperwork
> Abricotine	Markdown editor with inline preview functionality
> mdless		Formatted and highlighted view of Markdown files
> fkill			Kill processes quick and easy
> Tusk		An unofficial Evernote client with bags of potential
> Ulauncher	Sublime application launcher
> McFly		Navigate through your bash shell history
> LanguageTool	Style and grammar checker for 30+ languages
> peco		Simple interactive filtering tool that's remarkably useful
> Liquid Prompt	Adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh
> 
> ==============
> 
> 23 Excellent Ways to Manage Your System – Essential System Tools
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/essential-system-tools-excellent-ways-manage-system/>
> 
> Essential System Tools
> ps_mem		Accurate reporting of software's memory consumption
> gtop			System monitoring dashboard
> pet			Simple command-line snippet manager
> Alacritty		Innovative, hardware-accelerated terminal emulator
> inxi			Command-line system information tool that's a time-saver for everyone
> BleachBit		System cleaning software. Quick and easy way to service your computer
> catfish		Versatile file searching software
> journalctl		Query and display messages from the journal
> Nmap		Network security tool that builds a "map" of the network
> ddrescue		Data recovery tool, retrieving data from failing drives as safely as possible
> Timeshift		Similar to Windows' System Restore functionality, Time Machine Tool in Mac OS
> GParted		Resize, copy, and move partitions without data
> Clonezilla	Partition and disk cloning software
> fdupes		Find or delete duplicate files
> Krusader		Advanced, twin-panel (commander-style) file manager
> nmon		Systems administrator, tuner, and benchmark tool
> f3			Detect and fix counterfeit flash storage
> QJournalctl	Graphical User Interface for systemd’s journalctl
> QDirStat		Qt-based directory statistics
> Firejail		Restrict the running environment of untrusted applications
> VeraCrypt	Strong disk encryption software
> Unison		Console and graphical file synchronization software
> hyperfine		Command-line benchmarking tool
> 
> ==============
> 
> 12 Remarkable Free Shell Scripting Books
> <https://www.linuxlinks.com/shellscriptingbooks/>
> 
> 1. Conquering the Command Line
> 	By Mark Bates (HTML; 155 pages)
> 
> 2. Advanced Bash Scripting Guide
> 	By Mendel Cooper (PDF, HTML; 945 pages
> 
> 3. Bash Guide for Beginners
> 	By Machtelt Garrels (PDF, HTML; 165 pages)
> 
> 4. Learn Vimscript the Hard Way
> 	By Steve Losh (HTML; 241 pages)
> 
> 5. The Linux Command Line – 2nd Edition
> 	By William D. Shotts, Jnr (PDF; 537 pages)
> 
> 6. GNU Bash Reference Manual
> 	By Chet Ramey, Brian Fox (PDF, HTML; 166 pages)
> 
> 7. LINUX: Rute User’s Tutorial and Exposition
> 	By Paul Sheer (PDF, HTML; 660pages)
> 
> 8. Learn Regex the Hard Way
> 	By Zed A. Shaw (HTML)
> 
> 9. Gawk: Effective AWK Programming
> 	By Arnold D. Robbins (HTML, ASCII, Tex dvi, PDF, Texinfo source, Info document; 508 pages)
> 
> 10. C-shell Cookbook
> 	By Malcolm J. Currie (HTML, PDF; 60 pages)
> 
> 11. Linux 101 Hacks
> 	By Ramesh Natarajan (PDF, HTML; 140 pages)
> 
> 12. Put Yourself in Command
> 	By Free Software Foundation (PDF, Multi-page HTML; 136 pages)
> 
> ==============
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