Below are some of the excellent web resources I have utilized to get me started on Java. Hope this helps others too.
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MITs Open Courseware: 1.00 Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving, Fall 2002
Sofia Project: Introduction to Java Programming
Bruce Eckels Free eBook from MindView.net: Thinking in Java, 3rd Edition
Additional JAVA links:
Enterprise Java for Linux HOWTO: How to set up a Java environment on Linux, including J2SE 1.4.02, Ant, Xerces, Tomcat, Struts, and Cocoon .
Netbeans on Fedora 3
I was having difficulty installing Netbeans on Fedora 3 in Graphical mode with the error:
The problem was solved after installing "xorg-x11-deprecated-libs" package.