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Linux and Unix Resources


Technically and legally speaking Linux is not Unix. However, we run both side by side, the operational differences are not significant. This section contains links for resources applicable to both.

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http://www.apache.org/
Apache HTTP Server Project
Web server we use under UltraLinux

http://www.applix.com/
Applix
Applix makes an office suite for Linux.

http://badpenguins.com/
Bad Penguins
Open Source FUD-Whacking and Satire

http://linux.corel.com/linux8/index.htm
Corel
Corel Word Perfect 8 for Linux

http://www.cygnus.com/
Cygnus Solutions Development Tools
ANSI C and Java Development Tools for Linux

http://www.debian.org/
Debian
Debian Linux Distribution Home Page

http://www.eskimo.com/~dwalker/manpage.html
Eskimo North Man Pages
Manual Pages for Unix and Applications

http://www.qsl.net/f3wm/
F3WM Web Site
Amateur Radio, Linux for Novices, Humour... and more. This site is mostly in French

http://www.gnu.org/
GNU software
GNU Free Software Foundation

http://howto.linuxberg.com/faq.html
HowTo!
TuCows Linux Resource Center

http://java.sun.com/
Java Home Page
Sun's Home Page for Java Language

http://www.wagoneers.com/UNIX
John's pages on Unix, Linux, and System Administration
John Meister provided many of the URL's on this site. There are a lot of good resources at this site but John apparently dislikes writing Index files so you'll have to navigate through directories.

http://linux3d.netpedia.net/
Linux 3D
A page for 3D modeling and rendering enthusiasts using Linux

http://www.kalug.lug.net/linux-admin-FAQ/Linux-Admin-FAQ.html
Linux Administrators FAQ
This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions on the linux-admin mailing list at vger.rutgers.edu.

http://www.linuxbeta.com/
Linux Beta
Linux software Beta release downloads.

http://linuxcentral.com/
Linux Central
Mostly commercial Linux resources

http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/
Linux Documentation Project
The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) is working on developing good, reliable documentation for the Linux operating system.

http://www.linuxforums.org/
Linux Forums Dot Org
Lively community website dedicated to help with GNU Linux.

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/iwj10/linux-faq/index.html
Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions about Linux, the free Unix for 386/486/586

http://www.linuxgazette.com/
Linux Gazette
Making Linux just a little more fun and sharing ideas and discoveries.

http://www.linux-howto.com/
Linux How-To
Linux Resource Center

http://www.li.org/
Linux International
Linux International is a non-profit association of groups, corporations and others that work towards the promotion of and helping direct the growth of the Linux operating system and the Linux community.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/
Linux Journal
The Monthly Magazine of the Linux Community.

http://www.linuxbazis.hu/en/
Linux Links Base
Organized Links to Linux Resources on the Web.

http://www.croftj.net/~goob/
Linux Links by Goob
Another collection of links to various Linux resources

http://www.linuxmall.com/
Linux Mall
Commercial Linux related Products and Resources

http://www.linux-me.org/
Linux Middle East
A place where Linux resources can collaborate to create an infrastructure to help your own Middle East Linux community while providing a help and service to all other Linux users from all over the world.

http://www.linuxnow.com/
Linux Now
Linux Reference

http://www.linux.org/
Linux Online
Almost everything you wanted to know about Linux

http://www.internetwk.com/linux
Linux Resource Center
Internet Week's Linux Resource Center - Good to see the mainstream media is acknowledging that there IS an alternative to NT.

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~jtmurphy/
Linux Security Homepage
Lots of good Linux security information

http://webwatcher.org/
Linux Web Watcher
Watching 15 Categories, 69 Groups, and 466 Pages. Automatically updated daily.

http://www.performance-computing.com/Linux-IT/
Linux-IT
News, columns, and exclusive features focusing on Linux and its role in your enterprise.

http://www.linuxbazis.hu/
LinuxBazis
Hungarian Linux Search Engine

http://www.linuxweb.com/
LinuxWeb
Linux Information

http://linux.com.hk/man/
PenquinSoft Man Pages
Searchable Linux Man Pages

http://www.redhat.com
RedHat
RedHat Linux distribution home page. We use RedHat Linux on our Sun Sparc and PC systems here.

http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/
RedHat
RedHat Linux HOWTO archives; manuals and tutorials.

http://www.slackware.com/
Slackware
Slackware Linux distribution home page.

http://www.ssc.com/
Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.
Great pocket references on various Unix related topics, books, and numerous other publications. They really helped us out early on by supplying boxes of references free that we were able to give out to our customers. Lots of good Linux and Unix info.

http://www.samag.com/
Sys Admin
The journal for Unix system administrators

http://www.gimp.org/
The Gimp
GNU Image Manipulation Program - Most of the graphics here were produced with Gimp.

http://www.cs.uml.edu/~acahalan/linux/22wishlist.html
The Linux 2.1/2.2 Wish List
Tradition requires a great big list of features that might be nice for Linux to have. Well, here is one collected from the Linux kernel mailing list.

http://www.ultralinux.org/
UltraLinux HomePage
Linux for Sparc Processors

http://pubweb.bnl.gov/people/hoff/
Unix MIDI Plug-In
MIDI Plug-in for Netscape running under Linux/Unix

http://www.vierra.net/linux.htm
VIERRA.Net
Builds Linux Servers and has links to Linux Resources

http://vancouver-webpages.com/vanlug/
Vancouver Linux Users Group
Linux Users Group located in Vancouver BC

http://linuxresources.com/what.html
What is Linux?
A brief overview of Linux by the Linux Journal

http://www.yggdrasil.com/
Yggdrasil
Support for Free Software

http://egcs.cygnus.com/
egcs project home page
New maintainers of GCC Compiler