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Last updated on May 21, 2009.  Under construction!


These web pages are edited by John
Gotts and reflect his personal bias towards English-speaking sites as well
as sites intended for advanced to experienced Linux users; however, these pages
also contain information and links to sites for beginning and non-English
speaking Linux users.


Due to the incredible growth of the Linux community, I cannot cover all
Linux-related web sites.  That isn't really the point, though.  Hopefully the
following lists will point you in the right direction.  If not, just enjoy the
software I've contributed to the Linux community, a sampling of which is also
on this page.  :-)


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Linux Expo '98 Pics

What is Linux?

Excerpted from the META FAQ by Michael K.  Johnson (with
modifications):

 

Linux is an independent implementation of the POSIX operating system
specification, with SYSV and BSD extensions, that has been written entirely
from scratch (this means it looks and acts just like UNIX).  It has no
proprietary code in it.  Linux is freely distributable under the GNU Public
License.  The Linux kernel is written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and by other
volunteers.  Most of the programs running under Linux are generic Unix
freeware, many of them from the GNU project.

How do I obtain Linux?


Selected Distributions


  •  Fedora

  •  Red Hat

  •  Debian

  •  SUSE

  •  Slackware

    Complete System Vendors
    

  •  ASL Workstations, Inc.

  •  Aspen Systems, Inc.

  •  Atipa Linux Solutions

  •  Digital Networks United Kingdom

  •  Essenz Consulting

  •  LANshark Systems, Inc.

  •  Microway

  •  S. A. Computer

  •  SW Technology

    Other Vendors
    

  •  BowTie Software - Australian Linux
vendor

  •  Caldera Systems, Inc. - Caldera OpenLinux

  •  Cheap Bytes - Linux CD vendor

  •  Circadian Software's LinuxLand - Linux
CD vendor

  •  The ComputerHelperGuy - Canadian Linux vendor

  •  The Computer Underground

  •  Corel - Corel Linux

  •  CS Software - German Linux
vendor

  •  Craftwork Solutions, Inc.

  •  Data Becker - German Linux vendor

  •  DCG-NMS - UK Linux vendor

  •  Definite Linux Systems - UK
Linux vendor

  •  delix Computer GmbH - German Linux
vendor

  •  eLinux

  •  Embedded Linux StarGate

  •  Eridani Star System - UK Linux
vendor

  •  EverythingLinux -
Australian Linux vendor

  •  InfoMagic - Linux CD vendor

  •  IoS - German Linux vendor

  •  ITExperienced Ltd - New Zealand Linux vendor

  •  ixsoft - German Linux vendor

  •  Just Computers!

  •  Linux Canada Inc.

  •  Linux Central

  •  Linux Mall

  •  Linux Mandrake

  •  Linux-Now - Linux CD vendor

  •  linux123 - UK Linux CD vendor

  •  Linux Press - Linux publisher

  •  Linux-Service Lubitz - German
Linux vendor

  •  The Linux Store

  •  Linux System Labs - Linux CD vendor

  •  Linux System Labs Australia

  •  The Linux Warehouse - South
African Linux CD vendor

  •  Metro Link - Linux Motif/X server
vendor

  •  Mind - Belgian Linux vendor

  •  Mr. O's Linux Emporium

  •  O'Reilly - Publisher of numerous Linux
books

  •  Pacific HiTech - Linux CD vendor

  •  Piece By Piece - Linux CD vendor

  •  Red Hat - Red Hat Linux

  •  Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. -
Linux publications

  •  SUSE Linux - SUSE Linux

  •  Tuxwear - Linux apparel vendor

  •  Universal CDROM

  •  Walnut Creek CDROM - Slackware

  •  Warped Systems - Canadian
Linux vendor

  •  WorkGroup Solutions, Inc. - Linux Pro

  •  XComputing

  •  XI Graphics - Linux Motif/X server vendor

  •  Yggdrasil Computing, Inc. - Plug
and Play Linux

     
    
Consult the Distribution
HOWTO for more information.

    Ok, now where can I get additional software?
    

  •  ibiblio.org Linux Archive -
Formerly sunsite.unc.edu/metalab.unc.edu.

  •  Linux Archive at MIT

  •  Linux Kernel Archive

  •  The Free Software Foundation

  •  alt.sources
Archive

  •  comp.sources.misc
Archive

  •  comp.sources.unix Archive

  •  comp.sources.x
Archive

  •  UF/NA Perl Archive - The
all-purpose scripting language.

  •  Tcl/Tk Archive - The
embeddable GUI scripting language.

  •  The Open Group's X11 Software Archive

    Where can I find online
documentation?
    

    English
    

  •  Linux Manual Pages - Locally hosted for your
browsing pleasure.

  •  HOWTO's - Ditto.

  •  The Linux
Kernel Hackers' Guide

  •  The Linux Documentation Project Home
Page - All the rest!

    Other Languages
    

  •  Czech Linux Homepage

  •  Deutsche (German) Linux
HOWTOs

  •  Nederlandstalige (Dutch)
Linux HOWTO's

  •  S. u. S. E. Support-Datenbank
- Siehe unten.

  •  Linux France

  •  Linux, l'OS UNIX pour tous -
French documentation.

     
    
Any others?

    Books?
    
There are now hundreds of Linux books on the market.  Check your local or
online bookstore.

    Projects I'm Working On
    

    Documentation
    

  •  MINI-HOWTO: Connecting your Linux
box to the Residence Hall Ethernet

  •  MINI-HOWTO: Building,
Installing, and Configuring sendmail 8.8.x on Linux

  •  MINI-HOWTO: Building,
Installing, and Configuring sendmail 8.9.x on Linux

  •  Slides from the Washtenaw Linux Users Group
PostgreSQL Talk (10/22/1999)

  •  Linux on
the Sony Vaio PCG-C1XS and the Sony Vaio PCG-F680 - Currently online only.

  •  Linux on the
K6-2+/K6-III+ - Also online only.

    Source Code
    

  •  tkregexp 1.0 Beta 3 - Early beta of my
regular expression builder.

  •  NAS PPP 1.6 - Set up PPP in five
minutes (Perl + Bourne shell).

  •  bootpc
- A BOOTP client for Linux. *

  •  REP BOOTP - BOOTP
configuration scripts for users of the Residence Hall Ethernet Project (The REP
has switched to DHCP; see above).

  •  oplbeep 2.2 - Updated for the
latest kernels (ANSI C/POSIX).

  •  oplbeep 2.2 LSM - LSM for oplbeep
2.1.

  •  totem 2.1 - Updated for the
latest kernels (ANSI C/POSIX).

  •  totem 2.1 LSM - LSM for totem 2.1.

  •  1994 IOCCC Winners
- Includes tvr, a fractal animator. *

  •  xtvr.c - My interface to tvr (ANSI C/POSIX).
(README)

  •  parsenews - Clean up Usenet/E-Mail
headers (Perl).

  •  sortmail - Mail filter program for mh
(Perl).

  •  TkZWrite - A Graphical interface to Zephyr
(Tcl/Tk).

  •  XTelnet - A simple Tcl/Tk telnet interface.

  •  Java - The Java work I've done thus far.

  •  dcon - An improved "chat" for serial
connections. *

  •  connect - A work in progress PPP connection
script for dcon.

  •  make-html - Automatically generate web
pages for the Linux HOWTO's.

  •  make-mini-html - Counterpart to
the above program for Mini HOWTO's.

     
    
See Linux Manual Pages for scripts to automatically
generate web pages for the Linux manual pages.

    Patches
    

  •  mc - XView fixes for mc 4.1.35+.

  •  nmh - Linux shared library support for
nmh 0.27 and newer.

  •  XMille - The French-Canadian card
game (from X11R6). *

  •  XMille Patches
for Linux (README) *

  •  XMille Patches - Various
clean-ups and a shared libXkw.

  •  sccw - Sound Card CW, a morse code
practice program. *

  •  sccw Patch - An attempt to address some
security issues.

  •  fontutils - The GNU
fontutils. *

  •  fontutils Patch - So fontutils 0.6
will compile under Linux.

  •  Seyon
- An X-based communications program. *

  •  Seyon Patch - Another patch for Linux.

  •  kaleid
- A kaleidoscope program for X. *

  •  kaleid Patch - My BSD to System V
(Linux) port.

  •  Xtacy - X-based eye candy. *

  •  An Imakefile - My contribution to Xtacy.

  •  xelm - An
improved xbiff. *

  •  xelm Patch - Removes an assumption that
can cause core dumps.

  •  xosview - System
status monitor for Linux. *

  •  xosview Patch - A trivial patch to
allow xosview to read global app-defaults.

  •  xosview Patch 2 - Another patch to
fix xosview 1.7.x's incorrect display of free swap in /proc mode.

    Miscellaneous
    

  •  Reentrant XFree86
3.3.3 Libraries - Useful for users of Wine 980118+, Xaos 3.0, Mesa, etc.,
who want to use threads with libc 5.x.  Compiled with libc 5.4.46.

     
    
More to come!

     
    
* indicates convenience links for packages I have not personally written.

    Other Sites of Interest
    

    Linux Ports
    

  •  The Linux/m68k Home Pages

  •  MkLinux: Linux for Power
Macintosh

  •  Native Linux for Power
Macintosh

  •  Linux for PowerPC

  •  Sparc-Linux Info

  •  Linux/MIPS

  •  Linux/Alpha

  •  ARM Linux

  •  Linux 8086

  •  Linux VAX
Port Homepage

  •  The Linux/Microcontroller Project - Home of 3Com Palm Linux.

  •  Linux on the NeXT

    Organizations
    

  •  Linux Online (linux.org)

  •  uk.linux.org

  •  Linux International

  •  Software in the Public Interest,
Inc. - Advocates of free software/open source.

    Trade Shows
    
There are now dozens of trade shows dedicated to Linux around the world.  Here
are a few notable ones.

     
    

  •  Atlanta Linux Showcase -
Recently joined forces with the Linux Expo.

  •  Linux World Conference & Expo
(New York City) - Semiannual conference that alternates between Silicon Valley
and New York City.

  •  Ottawa Linux Symposium -
Technically-oriented conference that takes place in Eastern Canada.

    Linux Magazines
    

  •  Enterprise Linux

  •  Linux Journal - The first print
Linux magazine, dating back to early 1994

  •  Linux Magazine

  •  Linux Focus - Multilingual online
Linux magazine.

  •  Linux Gazette - Online only.

  •  Linux NetMag -
German online Linux magazine.

  •  Maximum Linux

  •  Solo Linux - Spanish online Linux
magazine.

    The Latest News
    
There are many sites dedicated to Linux news.  Here is a sampling.

    

  •  comp.os.linux.announce
home page - A searchable database of announcements important to the Linux
community.

  •  The Linux Software Map (1, 2) - The canonical Linux software database.

  •  Linux HeadQuarters - The
canonical site for Linux patches, software updates, etc.

  •  freshmeat - Tracks the latest revision
numbers of Linux software packages.

  •  IceWalkers - A software news site
similar to freshmeat.

  •  AppWatch.com - Tracks open source
software releases.

  •  Apps4Linux - German open source
software announcement and news site.

  •  Slashdot.org - Up to the minute
computer industry news relevant to the Linux community.  Using the Slashbox
feature you can track many of these news sites on one page.

  •  Linux World

  •  Linux Today

  •  Linux Weekly News

  •  JustLinux.com - Daily news and
discussion forums.

  •  LinuxPlanet

  •  The Linux & Computer Geek Daily News
Source

  •  Moonlite - Linux news
and newsgroups.

  •  32 Bits Online

  •  Linux Resources - Resource
page similar in content and scope to this page.

  •  LinuxWeb - Multilingual Linux site.

  •  Linux Web Watcher - Keeps track of
when many Linux-related web sites were last modified (including this one).

  •  Linux Mama - Numerous
kernel-related resources.  Similar in scope to Linux HeadQuarters.

  •  Linux Resource Kit - News,
Resources, and Documentation for using Linux.

    More Linux-Specific Links
    

  •  LiNUX.COM - The mother of all Linux portal
sites.

  •  Debian/GNU Linux - Freely available state of the art Linux distribution.

  •  Linux on Laptops

  •  Troubleshooting and Repairing a Linux System

  •  S. u. S. E. Support-Database - Linux Q&A

  •  The Linux Research Center

  •  Freezer Burn - Information and fun stuff
for Linux.

  •  Linux Directory

  •  LinuxSofts.com - Another Linux
directory.

  •  Linux 2000 Online

  •  All About Linux

  •  Paul's [Linux] junk... - Ethernet HOWTO, Bootprompt HOWTO, and memory savers.

  •  Linux Information
- Includes microsecond timer and POSIX.4 patches.

  •  InterBoard - Structured, searchable Q & A area for Linux newbies and pros alike.

  •  Linux Benchmarks

  •  Linux Security Home Page

  •  Slackware SimpleFixes

  •  Linux Common Fixes

  •  The Linux Maintenance Project

  •  The Linux Configuration Page

  •  Signal 11 FAQ - Linux is particularly good at detecting faulty hardware; check this site for more info.

  •  Washtenaw Linux Users Group (Alternate)

  •  The Linux Assistant

  •  Albert Cahalan's Linux Page - The wish list, a console font editor, and more.

  •  Johnny C's LINUX Resource Page

  •  Linux Links by Goob

  •  Josh's Linux Guide

  •  Linux Links

  •  Linux Center - Very similar
in nature to Linux Links.

  •  The Linux Fortran Information Page

  •  Scientific Applications on Linux

  •  Linux-Netscape Help Page

  •  Linux Netatalk Faq-O-Matic

  •  The Linux Game Tome

  •  DOSEmu - The DOS emulator for
Linux.

  •  X/OS - Linux IP firewall and accounting

  •  Linux EDA - Electronic Design
Automation software pointers for Linux.

  •  Linux Enterprise Computing

  •  Java-Linux

  •  Linux and Year 2000

  •  
Linux Guide

    Kernel/Hardware-Related
    
Here are just a few interesting kernel and/or hardware pages.

    

  •  Linux Kernel Archives

  •  Linux Versions

  •  Kernel Change Summaries

  •  Linux at CESDIS - Ethernet driver information.

  •  Linux Kernel + CVS HOWTO

  •  Micro Channel Linux Home Page

  •  Samba

  •  NTFS for Linux (Alpha)

  •  The Linux-GGI Project

  •  Real-Time Linux

  •  Linux USB

  •  Linux-Privs

  •  Linux Parallel Port Home
Page - Includes information on parallel port peripherals.

  •  ATM on Linux

  •  The Linux IrDA Project -
IrDA support for Linux.

  •  The linux-kernel FAQ

  •  Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (ALSA)

  •  Universal Disk Format
(UDF) Driver

  •  Linux-MM - Linux Memory
Management Subsystem home page.

  •  ISDN4Linux

  •  DECnet for Linux

  •  Linux IEEE-1394 - Apple
FireWire, Sony iLink support.

  •  A New Console
Driver for Linux - Outlines recent improvements to the console driver.

  •  Linux PCMCIA Information Page

  •  Kernel Cousins - includes regular
summaries of the discussion threads on the linux-kernel mailing list.

  •  Linux ATA Development

  •  Linux-driver.com

    X11 Games
    

    General
    

  •  XFree86, the free X server for Linux.

  •  Wine, designed to run Windows
binaries under UNIX.

  •  The Hungry Programmers, developers of LessTif, a free Motif clone.

  •  GNU Documentation

     
    

    These lists are by no means exhaustive.  Feel free to contribute!
Direct any feedback to resources@linuxsavvy.com.