What are other good resources on-line for information about TeX, LaTeX and friends?

Newsgroups:

  • comp.text.tex: Usenet discussion group for TeX and LaTeX
  • de.comp.text.tex: German Usenet discussion group for TeX and LaTeX
  • fr.comp.text.tex: French Usenet group
  • es.comp.lenguajes.tex: Spanish Usenet group

Web forums:

  • TeX, LaTeX and friends on Stack Exchange
  • TeXWelt: in German, with format and organization very similar to TeX.SE
  • LaTeX-Community.org: LaTeX-dedicated web forum
  • goLaTeX Deutsch: German LaTeX forum, with Wiki
  • mrunix.de: very frequented German LaTeX subforum of a programmers site
  • qa.parsilatex.com: in Persian
  • LaTeX.net.br: Brazilian/Portuguese LaTeX web forum and wiki

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

  • UK TeX FAQ: FAQ of the UK TeX Users Group, maintained by Robin Fairbairns
  • The Visual LaTeX FAQ: formatting samples available through a hyperlink interface
  • MacTeX FAQ: Mac OS X specific questions and answers
  • AMS FAQ: FAQ for AMS-LaTeX, primarily for AMS authors, but also dealing with amsmath and with LaTeX in general
  • de-tex-faq: FAQ of the German TeX user group DANTE e.V.
  • Picture FAQ: How to Include Pictures, in German

Software and Package Archives and Catalogues:

  • CTAN - The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network: the authoritative collection of materials related to TeX and LaTeX
  • The TeX Catalogue Online: TeX/LaTeX package catalogue with topical, hierarchical, brief and alphabetical index
  • TeX Resources on the Web: Collection by the TeX User Group
  • The LaTeX Font Catalogue: displays nearly all free fonts available for use with LaTeX

Wikis:

  • The LaTeX Wiki book on wikibooks.org
  • goLaTeX wiki: German wiki with language reference and package information
  • LaTeX-Wiki: German wiki

Mailing lists:

  • texhax: the original TeX mailing list, going back to the 1980's
  • mailing lists of the TeX Users Group: around 50 lists on tug.org for general subjects and certain packages
  • mailing lists on gmane.org: among many lists there are several TeX related mailing lists
  • ctan-ann - CTAN Announcements: announcements of the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network: updates, new packages etc.
  • pgf-users: mailing list for pgf/TikZ
  • Typo-L: discussion of type and typographic design
  • tex-d-l: German mailing list for TeX and LaTeX

User group sites:

  • TUG - TeX Users Group
  • UK-TUG: TeX in the United Kingdom
  • DANTE e.V.: German users group
  • The LaTeX Project
  • more groups listed by the TUG
  • ParsiLaTeX: Iranian users group

Blogs:

  • TeXblog: News and information by Stefan Kottwitz
  • Some TeX Developments: blog by LaTeX developer Joseph Wright
  • LaTeX Alive: blog by Will Robertson
  • LaTeX for Humans: Tips, resources and tutorials
  • texblog | because LaTeX matters
  • more to be found on texample.net/community

Distributions - where to get a complete TeX system:

  • TeX Live: TeX system for Linux, Unix, Mac OS X and Windows
  • MiKTeX: user-friendly TeX system for Windows
  • proTeXt: easy-to-install distribution for Windows, based on MiKTeX
  • MacTeX: TeX Live customized for Mac OS X with useful additions

Editors:

  • Cross-platform: Texmaker, TeXstudio, TeXworks, Emacs
  • Windows: TeXnicCenter, WinEdt (community), LEd, LaTeX-Editor, WinShell
  • Linux: Kile, gedit and plugin
  • Mac OS X: TeXShop
  • Also see LaTeX Editors/IDEs

Viewers:

  • see Output viewers topic for all platforms and formats

Friends: - Software related to TeX and LaTeX

  • The ConTeXt Garden
  • LyX homepage and wiki
  • LuaTeX
  • GNU TeXmacs

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And you can even help improving it yourself :)


The UK TeX FAQ, where you'll the answer to what you're looking for surprisingly often.