Important FOSS resources

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

Free Software Philosophy

• Everything by Eben Moglen

Articles

• What is Free Software on gnu.org
• Quotes by Eben Moglen

Videos & Audio Resources

• Youtube: Free software, free society: Richard Stallman at TEDxGeneva 2014

About Licenses

• Comparison of Open Source Licenses
• Choose a License
• [ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html Quick Guide to GPL3]
• Creative Commons License
• Apache License on Wikipedia
• MIT License

License Texts

• GNU GPL
• GNU Licenses: GPL, LGPL, AGPL, etc.
• Apache License Text
• MIT License
• Creative Common Licenses

Command line environment

Beginners

• Basics of the Unix System Alternate link
• Basics of Linux Commands, Files, Directory structure

Shell programming

• Bash Tutorial on The Linux Documentation Project TDLP

Linux System Administration

• Linux system Administration Guide on TDLP
• Alternative link to LSAG on TDLP
• Linux System Administration by Paul Cobbaut(PDF)

Network Administration

• Linux Network Administrator's Guide (PDF) on TDLP Alternative link
• Linux Network Administrator's Guide by O'Reilly Alternative link

LDAP Administration

• 10 Minute LDAP tutorial
• Ubuntu Open LDAP Guide
• Understanding LDAP (PDF)

NFS Administration

• ubuntu NFS Server Guide
• Ubuntu NFS V4 HOWTO
• Ubuntu NFS HOWTO

Editors (vi, emacs, etc)

• Extremely Simple & Short VI Tutorial
• GNU Emacs Tour & Tutorial
• Absolute Beginners Guide to Emacs

Free Software Development

Make

• Some Basics of Linking, etc & Makefile

• Simple Tutorial on Make

• GNU Make Manual

Writing portable programs

• Writing Portable C programs, Lecture from Princeton
• Writing Portable C programs with GNU Autotools
• Pages in Using GNU Autotools by Alexandre Duret-Lutz : PDF
  

Autotools

• A short Introduction to Autoools by Danny Robson: PDF
  
• Using GNU Autotools by Alexandre Duret-Lutz : PDF
  
• GNU Automake Manual on gnu.org
  

Coding Standards

• GNU Coding Standards

Git

• Pro Git Book
• Video: Getting Git by Scott Chacon
• Git in 15 Minutes
• Become a Git guru

Join Debian Development

• How you can Join Debian
• WNPP: Work Needed and Prospective Packages
• Debian Bugs
• Debian Developer's Corner
• How to Package a .deb file

Understanding the computer system

• UEFI (Unified Extended Firmware Interface)
• GPT (GUID Partition Table)