a guide to UNIX, HTML, and other resources for the aspiring geek
UMICH Help Documents
- Use the ITS Online Documentation Database
- A searchable guide to UMICH documentation and other potentially helpful sources.
UNIX Reference Sources
- UNIX Survival
- Essential information for the beginner.
- UNIXhelp for users
- A little bit of everything is covered in this veritable smorgasboard of fun facts and handy info for the future UNIX power-user. Watch out for the odd bug or two in their web pages.
- UNIX Book Guide
- A list of recommended reading.
- UNIX Pronunciation Guide
- Amaze your friends. Speak UNIX like a native. Learn to pronounce words like "!#$$//{}". Great fun at parties.
A few of the (many) USENET NEWSGROUPS devoted to UNIX.
- comp.unix.questions
- Question and answer time.
- comp.unix.shell
- Shells and shell scripts discussed.
- comp.unix.misc
- Everything you always wanted to know about UNIX...
WWW/HTML Resources
- Yahoo - A Guide to WWW
- Start surfing the Web here.
- Introduction to HTML documentation
- A nice way to begin your lucrative and successful career
creating web pages and hypertext documents.
- A Beginner's Guide to HTML
- A do-it-yourself guide to the HyperText Markup Language (used to construct this document).
- HTML Quick Reference
- A quick reference chart to jog your memory.
- Bare Bones Guide to HTML
- Simple yet elegant.
- The Last Word
- Go to the source.
- WWW Development Tools
- The definitive HomePage HomePage.
PERL resources
Practical Extraction and Report Language
or
Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
- Perl FAQ
- A five-part document (not including intro). Pull up a
chair.
- PERL resources.
- A bunch of good stuff.
Miscellaneous Internet Resources
- Computing Dictionary
- An evolving guide to an avalanche of jargon.
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