Useful links

Free and useful websites

Codeberg

Clean and clean GitHub alternative

Snapdrop

When you want to send files between two devices over WiFi

OpenStreetMap

An open-source and open-access alternative to Google Maps.

Wordnik

A nice Web-based dictionary service.

• OpenWeatherMap Great weather forecast service.
• The Movie Databse Cleaner alternative to IMDB. Vastly superior service for cataloguing your movies.
• TheGamesDB Like IMDB (actually more like The Movie Database), for cataloguing videogames.

Free books/learning resources

English in Use Wikibook -

A practical guide to the English language.

LaTeX Wikibook

A great guide for learning LaTeX, the premier typesetting system for scientific and technical publications and books.

Latin Wikibook Probably the best resource for learning Latin, on the Internet. Learning Latin gives you more insight into scientific and medical jargon.

List of Latin phrases A list of common Latin phrases and quips. Use sparingly.

Guide to X11 Wikibook A handy primer on using the X Window System in depth.

Linux/UNIX

Linux Hardware Database BSD Hardware Database Both sites offer a database of computers that can run Linux/BSD and provide documentation about hardware details and bugs

ArchWiki Provides excellent information about Linux in general, not limited to Arch Linux

Open source and free software alternatives

But why open source?

Listen here pal, open source means freedom

Are you poor or something?

This again,I'm tired of this argument. Look, just admit you're a normie

Linux distros and when you should use them

• Linux Mint

  Nowadays recommended for beginners getting into Linux, instead of Ubuntu. Windows users will have a better experience using Linux Mint than Windows. Use cases for normal users are all covered in Linux Mint

• Debian

  A very stable distribution with tons of software packages (some are old though!). Suitable for installing as a normal workstation or a server

• RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux

  A very good server operating system, RHEL requires a large payment of 10,000 gold shekels via pack mules to get a license from Red Hat. CentOS/Rocky Linux is basically the same, but without Red Hat's customer service.

Fedora openSUSE Slackware Arch Linux Gentoo Linux from Scratch

Niche distributions

Alpine Linux Android PostmarketOS NixOS GuixSD Void Chrome OS