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Here is a list of some important resources related to the world of Free Software.

= Free Software Philosophy =
* [http://moglen.law.columbia.edu/ Everything by Eben Moglen]

== Articles ==
* [https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html What is Free Software on gnu.org]
* [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eben_Moglen Quotes by Eben Moglen]

== Videos & Audio Resources ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1AKIl_2GM Youtube: Free software, free society: Richard Stallman at TEDxGeneva 2014 ]

== About Licenses ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_and_open-source_software_licenses Comparison of Open Source Licenses]
* [http://choosealicense.com/licenses/ Choose a License]
* [ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html Quick Guide to GPL3]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_license Creative Commons License]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License Apache License on Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License MIT License]

== License Texts ==
* [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL]
* [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ GNU Licenses: GPL, LGPL, AGPL, etc. ]
* [http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache License Text]
* [http://opensource.org/licenses/MIThttp://opensource.org/licenses/MIT MIT License]
* [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Creative Common Licenses]

== Other resources ==

= Command line environment =
== Beginners ==
* [http://www.cs.unb.ca/~aubanel/cs2023/unix.pdf Basics of the Unix System ] [http://web.archive.org/web/20160513164903/http://www.cs.unb.ca/~aubanel/cs2023/unix.pdf Alternate link]
* [http://linuxcommand.org Basics of Linux Commands, Files, Directory structure ]

== Shell programming ==
* [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html Bash Tutorial on The Linux Documentation Project TDLP]

= Linux System Administration =
* [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html Linux system Administration Guide on TDLP ]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20160513164955/http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html Alternative link to LSAG on TDLP]
* [http://linux-training.be/files/books/LinuxAdm.pdf Linux System Administration by Paul Cobbaut(PDF) ]

== Network Administration ==
* [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/nag2.pdf Linux Network Administrator's Guide (PDF) on TDLP ] [http://web.archive.org/web/20160513165003/http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/nag2.pdf Alternative link ]
* [http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ Linux Network Administrator's Guide by O'Reilly] [http://web.archive.org/web/20160513171130/http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/linag2/book/ Alternative link]

== Apache Web Server Administration ==

== Mysql Database Server Administration ==
== LDAP Administration ==
* [http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/perl/excerpts/system-admin-with-perl/ten-minute-ldap-utorial.html 10 Minute LDAP tutorial]
* [https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/openldap-server.html Ubuntu Open LDAP Guide ]
* [http://courses.cs.vt.edu/cs5204/fall05-kafura/Papers/Naming/PagesFromUnderstandingLDAP.pdf Understanding LDAP (PDF) ]

== NFS Administration ==
*[https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/network-file-system.html ubuntu NFS Server Guide ]
*[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NFSv4Howto Ubuntu NFS V4 HOWTO ]
*[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo Ubuntu NFS HOWTO]

= Editors (vi, emacs, etc) =
* [http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/UnixAndC/Editors/ViIntro.html Extremely Simple & Short VI Tutorial]
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/ GNU Emacs Tour & Tutorial]
* [http://www.jesshamrick.com/2012/09/10/absolute-beginners-guide-to-emacs/ Absolute Beginners Guide to Emacs]

= Free Software Development =
== Make ==
* [http://www.tutorialspoint.com/makefile/ Some Basics of Linking, etc & Makefile]

* [http://mrbook.org/tutorials/make/ Simple Tutorial on Make]

* [https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.pdf GNU Make Manual]

== Writing portable programs ==

* [http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spr06/cos217/lectures/24portable.pdf Writing Portable C programs, Lecture from Princeton]
* [https://www.sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_110.html Writing Portable C programs with GNU Autotools]
* [https://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/dl/autotools-handout-4.pdf Pages in Using GNU Autotools by Alexandre Duret-Lutz : PDF]<br />

== Autotools ==
* [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~./Danny.Robson/autotools.pdf A short Introduction to Autoools by Danny Robson: PDF]<br />
* [https://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/dl/autotools-handout-4.pdf Using GNU Autotools by Alexandre Duret-Lutz : PDF]<br />
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/index.html GNU Automake Manual on gnu.org]<br />

== Coding Standards ==
* [http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/ GNU Coding Standards]

== Git ==
* [https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 Pro Git Book]
* [https://vimeo.com/14629850 Video: Getting Git by Scott Chacon]
* [https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1 Git in 15 Minutes]
* [https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/ Become a Git guru]

== Join Debian Development ==
* [https://www.debian.org/devel/join/ How you can Join Debian]
* [https://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/ WNPP: Work Needed and Prospective Packages]
* [https://www.debian.org/Bugs/ Debian Bugs]
* [https://www.debian.org/devel/ Debian Developer's Corner]
* [https://wiki.debian.org/HowToPackageForDebian How to Package a .deb file]

= Programming Technologies =
= Understanding the computer system =
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Booting UEFI (Unified Extended Firmware Interface) ]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table GPT (GUID Partition Table) ]

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