Usenet Newsgroups

Linux-related Usenet newsgroups are another good source of information if you're having trouble using Linux. (Refer to Chapter 28, "News Servers and Mailing Lists," for more information about using newsgroups.) If your ISP does not offer a comprehensive selection of Linux newsgroups, you can browse to http://groups.google.com/.

The primary Linux and Linux-related newsgroups are

• alt.os.linux.dial-up Using PPP for dial-up

• alt.os.linux.mandrake All about Mandrake Linux

• alt.os.linux.redhat Alternative discussions about Red Hat Linux

• alt.os.linux.slackware Using Slackware Linux

• alt.os.linux.suse Using SuSE Linux

• comp.os.linux.admin Administering Linux

• comp.os.linux.advocacy Heated discussions about Linux and other related issues

• comp.os.linux.alpha Using Linux on the Alpha CPU

• comp.os.linux.announce General Linux announcements

• comp.os.linux.answers Releases of new Linux FAQs and other information

• comp.os.linux.development.apps Using Linux development tools

• comp.os.linux.development.system Building the Linux kernel

• comp.os.linux.embedded Linux embedded device development

• comp.os.linux.hardware Configuring Linux for various hardware devices

• comp.os.linux.help Help with Linux

• comp.os.linux.m68k Linux on Motorola's 68K-family CPUs

• comp.os.linux.misc Miscellaneous Linux topics

• comp.os.linux.networking Networking and Linux

• comp.os.linux.portable Using Linux on laptops

• comp.os.linux.powerpc Using PPC Linux

• comp.os.linux.questions Questions about Linux

• comp.os.linux.redhat All about Red Hat Linux

• comp.os.linux.security Linux security issues

• comp.os.linux.setup Linux installation topics

• comp.os.linux.x Linux and the X Window System

• comp.windows.x.apps Using X-based clients

• comp.windows.x.i386unix X for Unix PCs

• comp.windows.x.intrinsics X Toolkit library topics

• comp.windows.x.kde Using KDE and X discussions

• comp.windows.x.motif All about Motif programming

• comp.windows.x Discussions about X

• linux.admin.* Two newsgroups for Linux administrators

• linux.debian.* 30 newsgroups about Debian

• linux.dev.* 25 or more Linux development newsgroups

• linux.help Get help with Linux

• linux.kernel The Linux kernel

• linux.redhat.* Red Hat-based discussions: linux.redhat.announce, linux.redhat.list, linux.redhat.applixware, linux.redhat.misc, linux.redhat.devel, linux.redhat.pam, linux.redhat.development, linux.redhat.ppp, linux.redhat.digest, linux.redhat.rpm, linux.redhat.install, linux.redhat.sparc, linux.redhat.axp

Fedora Usenet Newsgroups

By the time you read this, you might find that Fedora-related newsgroups have been voted on and formed, perhaps with names beginning with linux.fedora.*.