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Last Modified on December 18, 1996

New Links:

[12/1/96] -- A primer on how to build capable Linux machines.

[12/1/96] -- View Designer/X, a Motif interface builder, from Unifix Software, GmbH.

[12/1/96] -- VirtuFlex, an application to help develop dynamic Web applications.

[11/28/96] -- Be, Inc. and Craftwork Solutions, Inc. are bringing Be_Linux to the BeBox.

[11/28/96] -- The Linux Archive Search, a search engine that searches on sunsite.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu, ftp.funet.fi, ftp.cdrom.com, and ftp.redhat.com.

[11/28/96] -- Adobe Systems, Inc. offers Acrobat for Linux.

[11/28/96] -- X Inside, Inc. has ported the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) to Linux.

[11/28/96] -- Caldera, Inc. has released Wabi, a commercial Windows 3.1 emulator for Linux.

[11/28/96] -- A commercial CGI-BIN, allows users to edit their HTML files on-line, without using FTP, TELNET, or other means.

Upcoming Linux Events:

• USELINUX conference January 6 - 10, 1997 in Anaheim, California.

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General Linux Information

The Linux INFO-SHEET, a technical overview of Linux system features.

The Linux META-FAQ, a listing of Linux sources of information, such as FTP sites, available documents, and so on.

A list of Linux Usenet Newsgroups, and the comp.os.linux.announce archive site.

Links to Linux Users Groups around the world.

A list of Linux Mailing Lists, with an interface to subscribe and unsubscribe. There are also Hypermail list archives for some of the lists, and Hypermail archives of linux-alert and linux-security.

Linux Documentation Project

• LDP Guides:
  • Installation and Getting Started Guide, version 2.2.2 by Matt Welsh,
    is available in HTML, plain text, DVI and PostScript.

  • The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide, version 0.7 by Michael K. Johnson
    is available in HTML only.

  • The Linux Network Administrators' Guide, version 1.0 by Olaf Kirch,
    is available in HTML, plain text, DVI, and PostScript.

  • The Linux Programmer's Guide, version 0.4 by B. Scott Burkett, Sven Goldt, John D. Harper, Sven van der Meer and Matt Welsh, is available in HTML via HTTP or via FTP and in PostScript. Also visit the Linux Programmer's Guide Homepage.

  • The Linux System Administrators' Guide, version 0.4 by Lars Wirzenius,
    is available in DVI and PostScript. Also visit the System Administrators' Guide Homepage.

  • The Linux Users' Guide, version beta-1 by Larry Greenfield,
    is available in DVI and PostScript.

  You can purchase printed books from vendors such as Red Hat Software, and Yggdrasil Computing which are listed under Commercial Products.

• Linux HOWTOs:
  Also available are the Linux HOWTO and mini-HOWTO documents , which are detailed documents on specific subjects.

  You can also get the HOWTOs in: plain text, PostScript, DVI, and HTML (tared and gziped). The mini-HOWTOs are only available in plain text.

  The entire HOWTO collection is available (tared and gziped), along with the mini-HOWTO collection (tared and gziped) in plain text format.

• Linux man Pages:
  The latest Linux man Pages for sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 are available here (with some translations), or check out Andries E. Brouwer's page for the latest information. Section 1 man pages (i.e., user commands) are available with the corresponding software packages.

  You can search the man pages (fully cross-referenced!), too.

• Linux FAQs:
  Various FAQs on Linux topics can also be found, including the Linux FAQ.

• Linux Gazette: [11/28/96] -- The Linux Gazette issue 12, an online magazine providing many Linux tips and tricks. You can also get the latest issue and back issues of the Linux Gazette via FTP.

Development Projects

• Hardware Ports
  • SPARC Linux
  • Linux/MIPS
  • DEC Alpha (AXP)
  • Linux/m68k (Amiga, Atari, Macintosh), and the Linux/m68k FAQ
  • ELKS Project (i8086)
  • LinuxPPC (PowerPC) or LinuxPPC/Europa
  • Linux/AP+ (Fujitsu AP1000+)
  • MkLinux for PowerPC
  • Linux MCA Homepage (Micro Channel bus)

• Kernel, Device Drivers, Filesystems
  • The latest production (stable) and development kernel source code. Also read Changes for important information about upgrading from 1.x.x to 2.x kernels.
  • Linux kernel patch change summaries up to 1.3.79 and after 1.3.79, including 2.x.
  • Michael K. Johnson's paper for DECUS/Spring '95, Writing Linux Device Drivers.
  • Matt Welsh's Porting Applications to Linux paper describes how to port UNIX programs to Linux at the system-call level.
  • Linux system call specifications from Louis-Dominique Dubeau.
  • An analysis of the ext2 filesystem from Louis-Dominique Dubeau.
  • Dave Hinds' Linux PCMCIA Support page.
  • Advanced Power Management support for laptops and "Green" machines.
  • Information about the Linux Log-structured Filesystem.
  • Information about the Linux PAM Project (Pluggable Authentication Modules).
  • The Linux Virtual Partition System Project.

• Networking
  • Don Becker's Linux Homepage with information on TCP/IP and Ethernet drivers for Linux.
  • The Linux Networking News, which gives the current status of the networking development project.
  • Werner Almesberger's ATM on Linux development project page.
  • Mobile-IP support for Linux networking.
  • The Linux IP Masquerade Resource page.

• Organizations and Groups
  • Linux International, a non-profit organization supporting Linux development.
  • linux.org.
  • Information about XFree86, and the XFree86 FAQ. The XFree86 Project is a non-profit organization maintaining a free port of the X Window System to Linux and other UNIX platforms. Some benchmarks for XFree86 can be found here.
  • Linux Publicity Project.
  • Debian GNU/Linux is a development effort to create a completely free Linux distribution. You can also read the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ.
  • The Linux CD and Support Giveaway List.
  • The Linux Directory Service for Linux Users and Developers.
  • The Linux Advocacy Project, dedicated to promoting Linux.
  • The Linux User Group List Project.
  • The Linux User Support Team supports new and novice users in getting "up to speed" with Linux systems.

• Software
  • The Linux Software Review, a forum to discuss software programs and packages written for Linux.
  • Information about WINE, an MS-Windows emulator for x86-UNIX systems, including Linux.
  • The Purdue Compiler Construction Tool Set is available for Linux.
  • GNU Smalltalk is being developed with the use of Linux systems.
  • Linux Software Map, a database of software developed and ported to Linux, with search engines at New Generation Software and Boutell.Com.
  • The FREE Visual Tcl/Tk Project, designed and developed using Linux.
  • Objex (ox), a full object model for Linux. The system will allow the user (and the programmer) to do anything in an object-oriented paradigm.
  • The Linux Widget Project, whose goal is to make GUI programming in Linux/X more easy and compatible with commercial operating systems like Win95 or MacOS.
  • Project Andromeda, a MkLinux distibution project.
  • The Linux Phone Project.

• High Performance and Parallel Computing
  • The Linux-SMP page.
  • Purdue's Adapter for Parallel Execution and Rapid Synchronization is a system allowing multiple Linux PC's to act as a fine-grain parallel computer.
  • The Cornell University U-Net Project Linux
  • Linux in High Performance Computing parallel cluster.
  • Don Becker's Beowulf page, a project to develop a clustered workstation from Linux machines.
  • The Linux Parallel Processing Page at Purdue.

• Benchmarks & Standards
  • BYTE UNIX Benchmarks for a number of Linux machines.
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), (formerly the Linux Filesystem Standard, FSSTND).

• Miscellany
  • The Linux Counter allows you to register yourself as a Linux user. You can also get statistics on Linux usage.

Linux Links

• Hardware
  • Patches and utilities for Plug-and-Play hardware.
  • The Linux Laptop Homepage.
  • Here is information on running Linux on IBM ThinkPad machines, and Micron Transports Laptops.
  • Information about X.25 and Frame Relay on Linux boxen.

• Software
  • Axel Boldt's kernel configuration help texts.
  • SAMBA documentation
  • Graphics/Raytracing Information, which runs on Unix systems, including Linux.
  • General Image Manipulation Program, a PhotoShop-like program for creating graphics.
  • Information on GRASS,the Geographic Resources Analysis Support System which runs under Linux. You can also get the binaries here.
  • Linux and Biocomputing information.
  • Papers on AUIS, the Andrew User Interface System.
  • Linux MIDI and Sound Pages
  • Patches and bugfixes for 1.2.13
  • X Windows resources with example configurations files, links, and various hints and tricks.
  • X Configs Page with example X Windows desktop configurations.
  • Here is information on SGML-Tools, a SGML-based text-formatting system which is used to produce the Linux HOWTO documents.
  • Information about COSMIC programs for Linux at NASA's Software Technology Transfer Center in Athens, GA, USA.
  • Information about Linux Software for Scientists.
  • A Linux AI/ALife Information page.
  • A Linux Undocumented Tricks Page.
  • Information on using Linux with The Internet Adaptor (TIA).
  • The Linux Game Tome, all about games that run under Linux.
  • The blinux FTP site with support software for blind users.
  • Information on upgrading to Linux 2.0, including links to necessary program and utility upgrades, descriptions of changes between releases and patches, and to other interesting Linux Web Sites.
  • The Ethernet Phone Homepage, an application that allows real time point-to-point voice communication over the Internet.
  • Wide Area Networked Environment (WANE), an Internet connectivity package.
  • ISDN for Linux information.
  • DHCP client/server tools for Linux.
  • Preston Crow's Sound and Video under Linux page.
  • Xfinans is a Linux/X based personal accounting program.
  • Terry Dawson's Amateur Radio Software for Linux document.
  • Linux in Machine Vision mailing list archives.
  • Slackware SimpleFixes Homepage.
  • Linux Applications and Utilities List.
  • A UNIX reference card in PDF or PostScript format.
  • Java-Linux information.
  • An excellent list of Linux and UNIX Resources.
  • The Linux Resource by Topic Page has many links to Linux information.
  • The Linux Assistant Page with many Linux links.
  • Linux in High Energy Physics.
  • The Laboratory for Micro Enterprise distributes Computer Craftsmanship, a product to provide affordable computer aided design and manufacture for craft enterprises.
  • How to run the netatalk, AppleTalk software.
  • Information about setting up services for Macintosh and Windows Users on a Linux box.

• Information in Languages Other Than English
  • Links to translations of Linux documentation.
  • Czechoslovaian
    • Czech Linux Homepage.
  • Estonian
    • Eesti Koolide Server.
  • Dutch
    • Peter van Laarhoven's Linux Homepage in the Netherlands.
  • French
    Kheops Linux site, with links to French information and French translations of Linux documentation, and kernel 2.0.x documentation.
  • German
    • Linux Anwenderhandbuch, an online German guide to the Linux system.
    • The Deutsche Linux HOWTOs page.
  • Hungarian
    • The Hungarian Linux User's Homepage and GENERATIONS' "All You Want to Know About Linux" provide Linux information in Hungarian.
  • Japanese
    • A FAQ on setting up Japanese extensions from a non-japanese perspective.
    • Linux-Nihongo, a document on adding Japanese support to Linux systems.
  • Portuguese
    • The Media Linux site, which promotes Linux usage in Portugal has many Linux resources online.
  • Romanian
    • A translation of Patrick D'Cruze's Linux Promotion Project Brochure into Romanian.
  • Spanish
    • Links to Spanish Linux information at Area de Ingenierma Telematica and Linux/España Archives and SLUG's Linux Page.
    • The Mexico Linux User's Homepage.
    • Spanish Linux Homepage.
  • Swedish
    • Svenska Linux.

• System Administration
  • Linux Security Information, including Linux-related security alerts and FAQ updates.
  • How to set up a Linux Web Server in your Living Room, by Simon St.Laurent.
  • ISP and related stuff
  • Security related information and misc other Linux stuff.
  • A Linux PPP page about setting up PPP.
  • server-linux mailing list FAQ, for information on "big" linux server setups, including mail, news, and web servers, kernel tweaks, swap partition information, and recommended hardware for high-performance systems.
  • More information on Linux Security.

• Links to Pages With Links, and Personal Linux pages
  • Pointers to other Linux WWW sites, around the world.
  • Paul Henning's Linux Links, which has pointers to various Linux resources.
  • VIA's UnOfficial Linux Site.
  • A Linux page at Sunbeach, running on the island of Barbados in the Caribbean.
  • Sandhill's Linux Pages, with Linux links that can be added in real time.
  • Linux information at Indiana University.
  • Info on Linux.
  • The Linux Machine, with many links and a lot of information.

• Photos and Logos
  • Candid Photos of Linus Torvalds.
  • Here are pictures from the International Linux Symposium held 8-9 Dec, 1994 in Amsterdam.
  • Pictures from the Linux Congress in Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Linux Frontiers, slides from the Running Linux North American tour.
  • A collection of Linux logos and other pictures.
  • Linux 2.0 logos.
  • Linux Logos with a Fox theme.

• Miscellany
  • Space Station Raven - A Linux Workstation, an online shareware magazine to promote Linux and help you do something useful with it.
  • Here, you can listen to Linus Torvalds give the definitive pronunciation of ``Linux'', either in English, or Swedish.
  • The Linux Cookie list, containing funny quotes, code samples, excerpts from articles, or any other things that are related to Linux and that make you giggle. You can also telnet to cookie.icce.rug.nl, port 4002 to get a single cookie.
  • The Linux Source Navigator, navigate the Linux 2.0.0 i386 kernel source online!
  • A BBS dedicated to promoting Linux.
  • Is LINUX a trademark? Here are articles posted to comp.os.linux.announce by Mark Bolzern of WorkGroup Solutions, Inc., a followup by Michael Alan Dorman, another followup by Mark Bolzern, and an article by Paul Bingman. There is also the Linux Trademarked? page at SSC.

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Last Modified: December 18, 1996 by Greg Hankins