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Got asked by a coworker for some basic pointers on Linux and Unix, so I came up with a list of "starting points" for someone who's new to the Linux/Unix world.

Linux Basics:

http://www.tldp.org/ (The Linux Documentation Project)
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/index.html (Introduction to Linux)
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/index.html (Linux System Administrators' Guide)
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/index.html (Linux Network Administrators' Guide)
http://www.seifried.org/lasg/ (Linux Administrator's Security Guide by Kurt Seifried)

Unix Species:

http://www.debian.org/doc/ (Debian Linux documentation)
http://www.redhat.com/docs/ (RedHat Linux documentation)
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html (The FreeBSD Handbook)
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html (The OpenBSD FAQ)
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/ (Sun's BigAdmin Portal)

Useful tools/sites:

http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?help.beginners (UGU.com's beginner resources, follow these links!)
http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?ugu.flavors (Different flavors of Unix)
http://bhami.com/rosetta.html (Rosetta Stone for Unix, or "WTF do they call that in this world?")

History & Humor:

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/U/Unix.html (The Jargon File on Unix)
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/L/Linux.html (The Jargon File on Linux)