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The most in-depth coverage of Linux kernel development, distributions, and the wider open-source ecosystem. A subscription is worth every penny but plenty is free.

Linux hardware benchmarks, driver news, and kernel patches. If something changed in a GPU driver at 3am, Phoronix already has a benchmark.

The main Linux subreddit. News, questions, drama about systemd. The usual.

William Shotts' excellent, freely available book that takes you from zero to comfortable in a bash shell. The nicest way to learn the terminal short of reading tuxs.me/rtfm.

They call it a curated collection of practical and well-explained Bash one-liners, snippets, tips and tricks.

The wiki for the distribution that powers 70% of linux installations.

Whether you think its the most boring or the most comprehensive bash manual - either way its the official one.

Community-maintained, practical man page summaries. When you just need the three most common use cases for tar without reading 900 lines of documentation.

A static analysis tool for shell scripts that catches bugs before your cron job deletes something important at 2am. Paste your script and weep at what it finds.

A line by line explaination of what the shell is going on./p> explainshell.com

Tracks hundreds of Linux (and BSD) distributions, with news, reviews, and release announcements. Also home to the famous — and much-debated — page hit rankings.

A short questionnaire that recommends a Linux distro based on your needs and experience level. Good starting point if someone asks you "which distro should I use?"