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Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community.

- The online version of this popular Magazine.

Chronicle Journal - Thunder Bay's daily newspaper.
TbNewsWatch - If you are finally tired of reading "YESTERDAY'S NEWS" on the Chronicle Journal website, take a look here at "BREAKING NEWS" (just don't believe every word you read).
Currency Trading - Find out the relationship between the Canadian dollar and various world currencies.
Fort Frances Times - Daily News From the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario.
Kenora Mainpage - Kenora Daily Miner and News On-Line Edition.
Manitoulin Expositor - Manitoulin's on-line newspaper.  Published weekly on the largest freshwater island in the world.
Sault This Week Online - Sault Ste. Marie's community newspaper since 1967.
The Rainy River Record - Weekly News From Rainy River, Ontario.
The Winnipeg Free Press Online Edition
www.wawataynews.ca - Daily updates from NAN/ Treaty 3, and Aboriginal Urban Centres.

Thunder Bay Weather - Weather conditions for the Thunder Bay Airport plus the 5 day forecast from Environment Canada.
Local weather conditions in Nolalu.  Superior West, Ontario - Radar Imagery - Environment Canada.

During the frigid winter months you can check here for the latest driving conditions.
As if that wasn't enough bad weather news for you there is The Weather Network weather report for Thunder Bay and surrounding area (this site even has some web-cams).
In the hot summer months you can check here for the Current Forest Fire Situation.

Ask Jeeves
Canada411 - Canadian Telephone Directory Assistance.
Dogpile - The "scattergun" approach to searching for something on the NET.
Four11 Directory Services - US Telephone Directory Assistance.
Go.com
Google - This is my favorite search engine.  I just wish they wouldn't return links from Bulletin Boards, Usenet, Forums and Blogs as they make finding things into a tedious and tiring process (much like finding a needle in a stack of needles).  Results from Usenet is what made me abandon Alta-Vista and start using Google in the first place.
Lycos Home Page
msn Search
Netscape Net Search - Google by any other name is still Google.  It even looks like Google.
WebCrawler

Mailwasher - Screen your e-mail with this program.  Dara and I use it and we think that it is GREAT!  The fact that the filters are easy to understand and set up is sure appreaciated.  Mailwasher does not have a native Linux application so you are forced to use Wine to make it work.
RCMP - Fraud / Scams Alerts Page.
SpamCop - Learn how to fight e-mail SPAM and WIN!!

KDE-Look.org - Eye candy for your KDE-Desktop.

Themes Creator for Linux - Make your own themes.

Themes.org - Yes, Linux has nice themes too ya know.  Waddaya think, that Microsoft has everything?

Xfce-Look.org - Eye candy for your Xfce-Desktop.

Alien Bob's Slackbuild Repository - Lots of Slackware packages plus their build scripts.

Amaya - Amaya is a complete WYSIWYG web authoring environment with limited browsing capabilities.  I use Amaya and Slackware Linux to edit the Nitesky web site. There is a Slackware package for Amaya at Alien Bob's Slackbuild Repository.

DistroWatch - Put the fun back into computing.  Find a flavour of Linux or BSD at DistroWatch.

Firefox - This award-winning web browser is my personal favourite. It is included with Slackware Linux.

Forums:

• - This is THE Slackware Support Forum. If you have general Slackware-related questions or need help, this is a great place to join in discussions with a user community that's friendly and eager to help. You really need to be patient to find anything here as there is no rhyme or reason to this forum. Posts are not grouped according to topic so good luck finding anything.

• - The LinuxPackages Forum is dedicated to Slackware Linux.  It is a fine forum that is active and up to date.  Posts are divided and grouped logically into topicsso you can find things easily.

F-PROT - I use F-Prot to keep my Slackware Linux Operating System virus free.  Although Linux is virtually immune to viruses one can never be too careful.  Besides, F-Prot for Linux is FREE.

 - The GNU Image Manipulation Program.

Helps & Docs:

• The Revised Slackware Book Project - Read the book.  What more can I say?
• Linux Documentation Project - These people are great at explaining how to do things through their famous HOWTO documents.  During an install you can choose to have these same documents installed to your hardrive @ /usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs.

Install Slackware:

• Partitioning your disk with gparted Live CD
• Basic rules to consider for your install
• Installing Slackware - This document covers installation of the Slackware distribution of the Linux operating system from the Slackware CD-ROM.

 - KDE or the K Desktop Environment, is a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations.  KDE seeks to fulfill the need for an easy to use desktop for UNIX workstations, similar to desktop environments found on Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems.  Because of KDE I had an easier time when making the move from Windows to Slackware Linux.

-  This site is dedicated to the the enrichment and enhancement of the Slackware Linux operating system.

Moving from Windows to Linux:

• Linux Equivalents to Windows Software - This collection of articles aims to dispel the myth that Linux isn't ready for the desktop user to move away from the Microsoft world.  If you are contemplating switching from Windows to Linux, please be assured that many of your favorite desktop applications have Linux equivalents, often with a comparable feature set.
• The Linux Alternative Project - Got a favourite Windows program?  Linux has one just like it.
• The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux - Making the transition from Windows to linux can be a formidable task.  Often you are leaving behind programs that you have paid a lot of money for and you don't have any idea what programs Linux has that can do the same job.

Robby Workman's Slackware Packages - Lots of Slackware packages plus their build scripts.

Set Up Linux (Post Install tips):

• How to Properly Set Up Slackware Linux - So you've done a full install of Slackware Linux.  Now you've booted into it and a prompt blinks at you.  Now what to you do?  You make it pefect, that's what.
• Human Readable - A Slackware Desktop Enhancement Guide.
• The Perfect Desktop - This tutorial shows how you can set up a Slackware 12 GNU/Linux desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktop.

 - Slackware was started by Patrick Volkerding in late 1992, and initially released to the world on July 17, 1993.  It is the oldest continuously maintained version and was the first Linux distribution to achieve widespread use.

Wicd - Wicd (pronounced wicked) is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings.  I like it better than anything else I have tried. You can find it in the extra directory starting with Slackware 13.0.

- Wine Is Not an Emulator but it plays one on TV.  Wine enables Linux, Mac, BSD, and Solaris users to run Windows applications without a copy of Microsoft Windows.  Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. There is a Slackware package for Wine at Alien Bob's Slackbuild Repository.

- Xfce, the Cholesterol Free desktop environment, is designed for productivity.  It loads and executes applications fast, and is easy on system resources.  The small footprint means that you can use your older computer effectively with *NIX long after M$ Windows has outgrown it.  Xfce embodies the traditional UNIX philosophy of modularity and re-usability.  It consists of a number of components that together provide the full functionality of the desktop environment.  They are packaged separately and you can pick and choose from the available packages to customize your personal working environment.
You can download a nice group of XFCE4 goodies from Robby Workman's Slackware Packages.

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This page was last updated on  November 17, 2009