WARNING: Before you go any further make a mental note of this: Linux must be shut down properly, or you can do damage to your filesystem. The proper shutdown would be to issue one of these commands:
'shutdown -r now' (does a reboot)
'shutdown -h now' (does a halt)
'reboot'
'halt'
you can also issue the three finger salute which is
<ctrl> + <alt> + <delete> keys all at the same time.
DO NOT just press the reset or power button to reboot your linux system, and do not press ctrl-alt-del more than once. It may take a minute to shut down properly, but this is for the best.

NOTE: Section Six "Covers tar, .profile, misc commands" has a ton of information and is added to quite frequently. Make sure to look this section over for all the goodies, tips, tricks and valuable information. Instead of creating a new section for alot of the smaller quick things I use this section to place alot of information.

For an extrodinary explaination of how Linux works see http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/. This is for the advanced Linux user that wants to learn more about the inner tickings of Linux or if you have a desire to create your own Linux Distribution. This document is extremely well thought out and put together, an absolute must see for all advanced users of Linux.

For a RedHat specific FAQ check out: #Linuxhelper RedHat 6.0 or RedHat 6.1

Slackware vs RedHat: Read about the pros and cons of each BEFORE you choose your flavor of Linux.

All the links for the tutorial are located down the right side of this page. Just start at the top and work your way through them, or click on the link that interests you and begin learning. If you don't see what you need to help you here, then visit http://www.yolinux.com. (As of May 01 2002, This site has an X10 pop-under. If you dislike them, don't click here.)

Tutorial Index
Section One Choosing and Installing Linux	Section Two PPP setup and X Configurations	Section Three IRC and Bots
Section Four Sound and Browsers	Section Five inetd, ftp, hosts files	Section Six tar, .profile, misc commands
Section Seven Samba	Section Eight Kernel Compiles	Section Nine PHP3 / Postgres Working Code with Database
Section Ten IDE-SCSI CDR HOWTO	Section Eleven IP Masquerading Utilities/ IPChains	Section Twelve Printing Tutorial
Section Thirteen Quick overview of Postgres install

Extras
Quick Reference Listing of frequently used commands	Glossary Glossary of terms	Man Pages Search and View the manpages

ON-LINE Manuals
Apache Full Apache Manual	PostgreSQL Full PostgreSQL manual
PHP Full PHP manual	Samba Using Samba