Linux Beginners Search Engine

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Created 1 year ago, edited 2 months ago.
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Author:

sunewbie

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UPDATE 27.1.2013:
Recently I have done many changes and created wiki type site for easy reference to track changes on one page.

Please visit website here

Thank you

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Linux Beginner Search Engine (LBSE) is a Google Custom Search Engine Tailored To Search Specific Linux Sites and URLs Only. It weeds out many irrelevant links that we find in default google search. You can further narrow down search by selecting any of the 16 Refinement Filters and / or Date Range Filters.

In simple words LBSE gives Relevant Search Content by separating 'Class' from 'Mass'.

Please check out links below.

Links:

LBSE Home Page
How to Use LBSE
Sites that LBSE Searches
To-Dos
Recent Updates

New Section

Wiki's Wiki - An Intro
Wiki's Wiki - Index

Go to Linux Beginner Search Engine (LBSE) Home Page

We hope, you find this search tool useful.

Thanks

@sunewbie

Comments:

3 months ago	sunewbie	Added on 3.2.2013 Added PCLinuxOS Wiki under Tips & Tricks http://pclinuxoshelp.com/ PCLinuxOS is not Debian / Ubuntu based. Unlike Debian / Ubuntu which uses .deb it uses .rpm package management system with apt-get. It's default desktop is KDE. PCLinuxOS has an excellent Wiki which will be very useful to anyone wanting to learn Linux and KDE. Though you will find articles which are exclusively applicable to PCLinuxOS, which you should ignore for applying it to Ubuntu based distros, it's wiki is well documented and very informative. Created a New Page - News from Popular Linux Resources This page aggregates feeds of popular Linux Distros and Blogs.
3 months ago	sunewbie	Added on 31.1.2013 under Tips & Tricks http://helpsite.org/
3 months ago	sunewbie	Added 16 URLs to Tips & Tricks and 2 URLs to Mint Added on 31.1.2013 Tips & Tricks http://peppermintos.net/ http://peppermintos.com/guide/ http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Main_Page http://blog.lxde.org/ http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/ http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/ http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/ http://redmine.yorba.org/projects/shotwell/wiki http://redmine.yorba.org/projects/shotw ... hotwellFAQ http://yorba.org/shotwell/ http://gnome-look.org/ http://docs.xfce.org/ http://goodies.xfce.org/ http://blog.xfce.org/ http://wiki.xfce.org/tips http://wiki.xfce.org/howto Mint http://linuxmint.mirocommunity.org/ http://linuxmint.com/planet/index2.php
3 months ago	sunewbie	Arch Wiki and created new refinement ArchWiki Added 5 new sites to Tips & Tricks http://docs.xfce.org/ http://goodies.xfce.org/
3 months ago	sunewbie	Recently I have done many changes and created wiki type site for easy reference to track changes on one page. Please find website address below https://sites.google.com/site/beginnersearch/ Thank you
3 months ago	sunewbie	Update 21.1.2013 Added new Date Filters For More details and screenshots, please visit here New Filter / Refinement Cinnamon added URLs added under Cinnamon http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewforum.php?f=208 http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/desklets http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/extensions http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets http://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/themes http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/ Except for the first URL which takes you to Cinnamon sub-forum, URLs are added under refinements Mint and Cinnamon I have also changed Date range filters. The range now starts from April instead of January. I am not been able to make Filters like 'Since Last year' as I only know how to enter fixed date range and not dynamic range which automatically changes every day. I am not active in any other Linux Forum since long time, hence I will focus on Mint while making any changes in LBSE.
5 months ago	sunewbie	Updated Tutorial 629
5 months ago	sunewbie	Update: 25th Nov 2012 Added http://www.cyberciti.biz/ - Tips & Tricks Thanks to @Thinker .
5 months ago	sunewbie	Thank you @thinker . I will update CSE soon and will post about same in this idea, forums and tutorials.
5 months ago	Thinker	@sunewbie I really appreciate your work. I would recommend you to include include tutorials from website "www.cyberciti.biz" . I personally use Cyberciti and Sudobits tutorials as they are easy, elaborated and works 100%. Sudobits you have already included and also check tutorials from www.cyberciti.biz and include it in search if you find it useful. Here are some examples: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-write-burn-data-to-dvd-or-dvdrw.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-how-to-encrypt-and-decrypt-files-with-a-password.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/top-linux-monitoring-tools.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-check-ram-memory-speed-specification-within-linux-machine/
1 year ago	sunewbie	Thank you @crismblog . I also have a tutorial and a sticky thread in forums Forums do let me know if you know a site / blog that can be added to this CSE
1 year ago	crismblog	A good idea, promote it.
1 year ago	sunewbie	thank you. sorry for delayed response. There is a lot of spam. I had 72 notifications!!!
1 year ago	jose_manuel	Great, Great Idea !!!!!!!! I Promote this Idea.-
1 year ago	sunewbie	UPDATE: 2.11.2011: Since there are two contributors, we have shifted the updates to google docs. Please find the link below https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vhdA4FycX9ZQyVPzkHmYj59hj0c0s4iBI-xE2ZUTY6Q/edit
1 year ago	sunewbie	Posted and approved as a tutorial at http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/629
1 year ago	sunewbie	Thank you @bluXrider . This is for everybody. I only coined the idea. It is only useful if it is used. Anybody, who has technical knowledge, wishes to modify CSE then I would be happy to share authorship. It is even made sticky on forums. I would like to thank mint community and the mods, that they are very lenient. CSE contains links to another sites other than mint, still they have appreciated this effort.
1 year ago	blueXrider	This is a nice little project. Looks like its under consideration and a new resource for the mint users. Congrats @sunewbie it a win-win situation. Nice job on the research and the posting. Thumbs-up and a attaboy.....:)
1 year ago	sunewbie	No issues. No hurry. Thank you @oscar799 for considering this idea :)
1 year ago	oscar799	Marking it as Considered means a dev will look at it - but this may take a while
1 year ago	sunewbie	Thank you @oscar799 . I will definitely post it in tutorials. I am new to Linux world, so may be it will take some time. But I definitely will. If you notice the comments, we are also planning to make Mint Custom Search Engine with refinements. I discovered that mint already has one, but without refinements. I have also came to know that a lot of revenue is generated, which helps @clem to work full time on mint. I certainly DO NOT wish to decrease revenue. Refinement narrows down the search and makes it effective, but, i have noticed that on some topics with refinements clicked, ads disappear. I need opinion of mods and dev teams whether I can go for it or not. I know you people must be busy these days, as Ubuntu 11.10 will be released soon. There is no hurry. I will also post in the forums. I found a thread discussing about CSE. I was also hoping that if someone can post informative websites / blogs to make this engine very helpful to beginners in general. Thank you
1 year ago	oscar799	I am marking this as Considered,but it may be best posted in the Tutorials section as it is a resource for new and not-so-new users
1 year ago	sunewbie	EDIT: Added https://launchpad.net/ on 7.10.2011
1 year ago	sunewbie	yes. It does shows same content. CSE contains a radio button to search linuxmint.com, which includes forums and community. Only thing that is missing is refinements like seperate refinement for different editions, newbie question, launchpad for bugs and ppa (since main edition is fully compatible with Ubuntu) and community video search by @Alexio . I searched the forums and I will try to post it there. If it does not work, then for personal use, I will create it and share it in community. What is your suggestion? to add to it, CSE is created using ad-sense, and Mint gets donations only if somebody clicks on ads (which I rarely do) by the way, I may sound dumb, but I did not get Tyltyl and Mytyl.
1 year ago	kazztan0325	Oh, Yes..., We are like Tyltyl and Mytyl. For Isadora users -> http://www.linuxmint.com/start/isadora/ For Julia users -> http://www.linuxmint.com/start/julia/ For Katya users -> http://www.linuxmint.com/start/katya/ For LMDE users -> http://www.linuxmint.com/start/debian/ But each URL shows the same contents after all...
1 year ago	sunewbie	I have just found out the mint has its own custom search engine. It also generates the revenue from firefox integrated search. My concern, will this search engine have an effect on the revenue. http://www.linuxmint.com/start/isadora/
1 year ago	sunewbie	I will create in a few days and post it.
1 year ago	kazztan0325	I think creating 'Mint search engine' is a practical and effective idea. It would be helpful for Mint users to research or to resolve issues which are particular to Mint. May I ask you to create it when you have time?
1 year ago	sunewbie	how if we created Mint search engine, with focus one some section of forums, mint community videos. e,g, in case of Forums, in support section, we can omit 'Non-technical Questions', we can omit chat, and 'introduce your self'. We can have separate links for each 'Desktops & Window Managers' and 'tutorials'. Please check if it is a practical and effective idea. Setting refinments to search only a particular section or url makes it effective.
1 year ago	sunewbie	Great. This is very helpful. Thanks
1 year ago	Alexio	This is a great idea! I just created a custom search engine for the Linux Mint related videos hosted on various video sharing websites. The mint-green search box for videos is now available at the bottom of each page of the Linux Mint Community Videos website.
1 year ago	kazztan0325	@sunewbie: It's my pleasure. This page looks very nice.
1 year ago	sunewbie	Ok. I made two outbound links to open on new page using target="_blank". They are now working. Thank you.
1 year ago	kazztan0325	Most important thing is your customized search engine. About 47 URLs, I think you need not change them to clickable links. They are a kind of reference (or information).
1 year ago	sunewbie	I think now it is complete. Please let me know if any other urls are needed to be added. Also do let me know if i need to make all 47 urls clickable.
1 year ago	sunewbie	closing tag was missing :)
1 year ago	kazztan0325	For example, for Link to 'Ask Ubuntu', you have to type like below: <a href="http://askubuntu.com/">Ask Ubuntu</a> It would be shown like below: Ask Ubuntu
1 year ago	sunewbie	Got it. Thanks Do I need to change all 47 urls to clickable links?
1 year ago	kazztan0325	@sunewbie: You are welcome! By the way, Links for Website doesn't work..., Something wrong..., but I cannot find why...
1 year ago	sunewbie	its ok @kazztan0325. The list will make things easy
1 year ago	sunewbie	update: added 47 urls Thank you @kazztan0325 for help. I will update it.
1 year ago	kazztan0325	@sunewbie: Sorry, I carelessly lost sight of 'Ask Ubuntu'. I asked myself: "Where are my eyes?"
1 year ago	kazztan0325	@sunewbie: You can use HTML tag like below: <a href="URL/of/Website">NAME-of-Website</a> If you want to make its style bold, <b><a href="URL/of/Website">NAME-of-Website</a></b> If you want to make its style italic, <i><a href="URL/of/Website">NAME-of-Website</a></i> If you want to make its style bold & italic, <i><b><a href="URL/of/Website">NAME-of-Website</a></b></i>
1 year ago	sunewbie	a silly question. How can you insert a hyperlink in comments and the idea column
1 year ago	sunewbie	already added :) I will list all 48 urls. So this will make it easy.
1 year ago	kazztan0325	@sunewbie: What about adding 'ask ubuntu'?
1 year ago	sunewbie	Sorry there was an editing problem. @remoulder I do not know any kind of coding. I don not have / manage any website or blog. I can only say that it is not ONLY restricted to Mint. @blueXrider If you want any more sites distros to be added, please let me know. I may be slow in response, but will definitely add it. I tried to add ubuntu derivates and shifting from one derivative to other will have a little learning curve. Thanks
1 year ago	sunewbie	Sorry friends. I do not regularly log-in. Thank you all for your comments I am a non-technical end user. It helped me to filter my search. Simply type Upgrade and click any distro like mint or bodhi. Ii helped me, so I thought I would like to share it. @blueXrider I do not know any kind of coding. I don not have / manage any website or blog. I can only say that it is not ONLY restricted to Mint. If you want any more sites distros to be added, please let me know. I may be slow in response, but will definitely add it. I tried to add ubuntu derivates and shifting from one derivative to other will have a little learning curve. Thanks
1 year ago	kazztan0325	Excellent! I appreciate your effort, @sunewbie !
1 year ago	RayWoods	@remoulder: What planet are you on? You certainly didn't try the link that @sunewbie provided at the end of the first paragraph. Perhaps you should take another look. I for one can not see an address for a personal web site in the text of this idea.
1 year ago	blueXrider	Another resource for newbies. Bookmark it! I'm sure someone in the community has a list of good Linux bookmarks that should be posted.
1 year ago	remoulder	This seems like a promo for your website not an idea relevant to mint.
1 year ago	Emil89	Seems to work. I like it.
1 year ago	RayWoods	Well, I've just tried it and it works for me. I searched for Sony VAIO webcam and one of the early finds was my question on getting the webcam to work with Linux Mint >9. This is very effective, well done!

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