Getting Help

Along your journey to the far off land of Linux, like when doing other technical nature, you may come across a jam you where you don't know what to do.

First and foremost, bringing your PC to the Linuxfest is a good idea. This of course is easier said than done if the computer is a desktop and not a notebook. Though it wouldn't be considered unorthodox for someone to do so. Computers are computers.

Also, there are many online message boards and knowledge bases across the internet. Sparsed out across forums, wikis, FAQ's, blogs, and so on. People on these message boards are there as a community to help you. A few good message boards are LinuxQuestions, HowToForge Forums, Linux Forum. For specific distributions, you can check out SuSE Forums, Gentoo Forums and Ubuntu Forums.

Sometimes, googling your error can lead you to pages where you can find help, such as a forum topic or blog post discussing how to fix the issue.