Research Guides: Operating Systems: Linux

About Linux

Linux is an open source operating system that is reliable, flexible, and has zero cost of entry.

Widely used Linux distributions, which contain the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, are Debian, Fedora, Mandriva Linux, openSUSE, Arch Linux, Gentoo, Chrome OS, and Slackware.

Linux Workshop

STEM Everyday Data Workshops: Intro to Linux Pt 1

STEM Everyday Data Workshops: Intro to Linux Pt 2

These videos are a two-part series workshop included in the FSU STEM Data Workshop Series hosted at Dirac Library. Visit FSU Libraries on YouTube for more video guides.

Tutorials

FSU Libraries' Resources

Listing of online and physical resources FSU Libraries provides access to.

Linux Command

The author of "The Linux Command Line," William Shotts, created this website as a means of getting started with Linux.

FAQs

Linux.org

A community forum of those who use Linux suggesting resources and tutorials, and answering FAQs.

Other Resources

Research Computing Center: Using Linux Modules

Compute: Their HPC Cluster provides over 264 TFLOPS of compute to researchers at FSU. The RCC also provides an Interactive Cluster (Spear), and a large managed software library.
Storage: The RCC provides a high I/O parallel file system, GPFS, for use on the HPC and Spear as well as a general-purpose archival storage system for long term storing, sharing, and data compliance
Support: In addition to comprehensive support for their core services, they also provide research consulting and assistance, and host many outreach and training events.