Good Reads (essays and such...):

• Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace - Short and sweet.
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar - Groundbreaking essay discussing why the Linux community works.
• Why software should be free - Another installment from Richard Stallman
• How to become a hacker - Eric Raymond style.
• GNU Public License - The copyleft license. If legalese isn't your style, at least read the preamble.

• Slashdot - News for nerds. Stuff that matters.
• UserFriendly - Funny as in ha ha funny.
• GeekNews - News by and for geeks.
• Tom's Hardware - Packed with hardware info, this site satisfies.

• GNU - The organization that started it all...
• Linux.Com - This is a great site if you want to learn more about the Linux operating system.
• FreeBSD - Here is another great OS available for free download.
• Freshmeat - The freshest linux related software despository on earth.
• LinuxToday - Linux advocacy news site.
• OpenSource.Org - ideas and rationale for the open source movement.

• Richard Stallman - Free Software Guru
• Linus Torvalds - Linux frontman
• Eric Raymond - Tireless advocator
• Alan Cox - Hacker extraordinaire
• Larry Wall - Chief sorcerer
• ARPA - for TCP/IP
• Jon Postel - One of the founding fathers
• Larry Ewing - For Tux
• Bill Gates - Helping to fuel the motivations of thousands of open-source/free software programmers.