Links to lots of Linux information. Don't forget to look at the Development Projects if you don't find what you are looking for here.
Hardware
- Linux Systems and CPUs
- Network Adapters
- Disk Drives and Storage
- Peripherals
- Printers
- General Hardware Information
- X Window System Terminals, describes how to convert low-end PCs into X Terminals.
- The Linux Hardware Certification Laboratory, a place to provide a central registration for hardware manufacturer s and Linux device driver programmers.
Software
- Applications, Tools and Utilities
- Linux 3D Modeling and Rending, has links and information about 3D graphic modeling, rendering, ray tracing, etc.
- 3DFX For Developers, a central location for 3DFX applications/games for linux.
- Linux-AFS FAQ.
- Linux Applications and Utilities List.
- Linux Applications, a database of Linux applications and tools.
- The Linux Assistant Page with many Linux links.
- Papers on AUIS, the Andrew User Interface System.
- The blinux FTP site with support software for blind users.
- Bochs for Windows, an emulator that can run Linux, Windows 95 and more within Windows 95/NT.
- Casbah, a scripting and web development environment.
- Citadel/UX, a BBS/interactive community/groupware package.
- Clearing Center Server (CCS), a new project to create an integrated system to manage EDI, file transmission, file conversion and external applications.
- Comanche, a a graphical user interface for the Apache webserver.
- Communications Processor (CommProc), a general distributed-computing toolkit for quick assembly of distributed applications.
- Consistent BackSpace and Delete Configuration has lots of information about configuring these keys in shells and many applications.
- Crystal Space, a free and portable 3D engine written in C++.
- Linux Databases & Tools page.
- DOSEMU, a Linux DOS emulator.
- The Ethernet Phone Homepage, an application that allows real time point-to-point voice communication over the Internet.
- Explore2fs, a Windows NT explorer for Linux ext2fs partitions.
- FreeAmp, a digital audio player project.
- FreeType, a free and portable TrueType font rendering engine.
- FreeWorld BBS, a GPLed BBS project.
- Financial Software for Linux, both for personal finance as well as business accounting.
- FIPS, a program for non-destructive partition splitting.
- Chuck's Linux File Manager Page, description of a number of file managers for Linux and X11. There are reviews, screenshots, and links to managers' homepages.
- General Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), a PhotoShop-like program for creating graphics.
- Using GNU Libc 2, contains information about how to use glibc 2 with Linux.
- Information on GRASS,the Geographic Resources Analysis Support System which runs under Linux.
- Graphics Muse, and the Linux Graphics mini-HOWTO.
- An overview of GUI toolkits.
- Linux Hamradio Applications and Utilities.
- ICQ for Linux, lists Linux ICQ software projects.
- ImPress, a WYSIWYG desktop publishing and presentation package.
- The Informix on Linux FAQ.
- InxUtil, has Linux information on Informix tools, and an interview with Linus Torvalds.
- The Kermit Communications Software project at Columbia University.
- lanzadera, a multi-lingual GUI file manager.
- LessTif, a source compatible version of OSF/Motif.
- linux-access information at University of Utah's Center for Disabled Student Services.
- Linux 3D, information about 3D graphics.
- Information about locales, the language-specific environment variables.
- Logical Volume Manager (LVM) for Linux, a subsystem for on-line disk storage management.
- LyX, a WYSIWYG word processor and document processor.
- MI/X, a free X Server for Windows and Macintosh.
- Mesa, the free OpenGL work-alike library.
- Netscape User Documentation Project, a project to create end-user documentation for Netscape.
- Network Audio, an alternative to RealAudio.
- Information about using Newtons with Linux.
- RPM.org has lots of information about the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM or .rpm).
- rpm2html, a tool to creat HTML from RPM meta-information, with results for Redhat 4.2 and 5.0 + contribs.
- Relational Databases list for Linux.
- An excellent list of Linux and UNIX Resources.
- SAS for Linux, a site exploring the feasibility of and promoting a port of the SAS system to Linux.
- SGML-Tools, a SGML-based text-formatting system which can produce multiple output formats including: plain text, HTML, PostScript, and RTF.
- sendmail Information, at Data Lege.
- sendpage, an alphanumeric paging tool.
- The Sound and Video with Linux page.
- Linux MIDI & Sound Applications.
- TkDesk, a desktop and file manager.
- A guide to terminals and keymappings.
- A UNIX reference card in PDF or PostScript format.
- Virtual Network Computing. a remote display system for Win95/NT and Unix platforms. The software allows you to display a desktop remotely, for example, display an NT desktop onto Linux.
- Web browsers for Linux, lists production and development web browsers.
- A Windows95 Linux Boot Loader.
- WXftp, a GUI (GTK+ and Motif) FTP client for X Windows.
- Xfinans is a Linux/X based personal accounting program.
- X: End of Story, contains lots of information about X Windows.
- A great page about Window Managers that run under X Windows. Contains icons, resource setting and information on what different window managers there are available.
- XF86Config Modelines Quick Conversion Guide.
- Games
- Installation, Upgrading and Administration
- The Linux BBS list, a list of BBSs that have Linux available for downloading.
- Simple Slackware installation instructions.
- Here there Be Linux!, notes on getting Linux running on the BeBox.
- Josh's Linux Guide, information on how to install (Red Hat), set up a dialup PPP connection to the Internet, configure the X-windowing system, and much more
- A Linux pre-installation checklist.
- Linux Administration Made Easy :-p, a guide that focuses on Slackware Linux.
- Linux Links: Distributions lists many available Linux distributions.
- The Red Hat Linux User's FAQ, a FAQ written by users, for users.
- The Linux Internet Server Administration Guide (LISA), a new book project.
- A primer for Linux, has some very basic information about getting started with Linux/Unix systems.
- Kernel
- The Linux kernel source code has lots of useful documentation in /usr/src/linux/Documentation on your local machine.
- Kernel configuration help texts.
- Patches and bugfixes for 1.2.13.
- Linux v2 Information Headquarters, with information on upgrading to Linux 2.0, including links to necessary program and utility upgrades, descriptions of changes between releases, kernel patch summaries, and links to other interesting Linux sites.
- Update your Linux box to recent kernels and other software (available in English and French).
- The Linux Source Navigator, navigate the Linux 2.0.0 i386 kernel source online!
- Psyched Linux Kernels, tells you the latest kernel versions.
- A Hypertext version of the Linux 2.0.28 kernel source.
- The Linux Source Driver, an online version of the Linux source tree. You can also search the kernel sources using the Linux Source Search, or have a look at the Linux Source Index.
- Linux Cross-Reference (LXR), offers a fully indexed, searchable and clickable HyperText presentation of the Linux source code.
- The Linux Time Line, lists Linux kernel release dates and noteworthy facts.
- Linux Mama, is dedicated to offer you all available "unofficial" patches for Linux.
- Glossary of the Linux Kernel, has definitions for various terms used throughout the kernel source code.
- Linux Kernel Version History shows the release dates about the Linux kernels (beginning at 0.01).
- Programming Languages
- Networking
- A guide to Building a Linux Based Internet Server For Your School.
- Samba information. Samba is an open source software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.
- Information on using Linux with The Internet Adaptor (TIA).
- Information about setting up services for Macintosh and Windows Users on a Linux box.
- A Linux PPP page about setting up PPP.
- Five-Minute Linux PPP Instructions.
- Home Server with Linux, explains how to share a modem and a printer with a Win95 box.
- ISP and related information.
- Vast amounts of information about ISP and Network Services.
- How to run the netatalk, AppleTalk software. An excellent tutorial and Linux Netatalk resource.
- The Linux IP Masquerade Resource or the backup site.
- Information about Linux IP NAT (Network Address Translation).
- Wide Area Networked Environment (WANE), an Internet connectivity package.
- X-ISP, a X11 interface to pppd and chat.
- Information about Linux and Wireless LANs.
- Linux at Cable Internet, has Cable Internet Linux information as well as some Linux links.
- Linux at CESDIS, has information about Ethernet drivers, networking tools, and other interesting things.
- Linux IPFW Firewall Design Tool, a web-based firewall configuration tool.
- The Linux Network Management Pages, have some interesting information about network management with Linux.
- The ANGEL Network Monitor, a tool to monitor network services.
- mon, an extensible service monitoring daemon which can be used to monitor network or non-network resources.
- Woven Goods for Linux, has a lot of information about web server applications and lots of general Linux information.
- Multicast and MBONE on Linux and Linux Multicast Information.
- Tips tricks on using Samba with Red Hat.
- COLD, a network sniffer and a protocol analyzer.
- TrinityOS, a complete Linux server configuration, maintinance, and security guide for the Linux novice and Linux guru alike!
- Security
- X Windows and Window Managers
- Doxpara Design Center has some GNOME design constructs and concepts.
- LinPopUp, an Xwindow port of Winpopup that runs over Samba. It communicates with a Windows computer that runs Winpopup.
- Themes.org, has everything you ever wanted to find that relates to themes.
- wxWindows/GTK, the version of wxWindows for the GTK.
Information in Languages Other Than English
(!english)
- Linux Documentation Project Information
- Chinese
- Croatian
- MicroLinux, a small Croatian Linux distribution.
- META, software links and LDP translations.
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Hellenic (Greek)
- Hungarian
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovenian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
- Miscellany
Multimedia
- Photos
- Logos
- Sounds
- Here, you can listen to Linus Torvalds give the definitive pronunciation of ``Linux'', either in English, or Swedish. (Swedish is actually his first language, as is the case with many people in Finland).
- Presentations and Slides
Miscellany
- Software Archives, Search Engines, Linux Watchers
- Linux Search searches metalab.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu, and ftp.funet.fi.
- A search engine for InfoMagic's Linux Developers Resource CD.
- Linux Software Channel, a searchable software archive.
- The Linux Web Watcher watches various Linux-related pages for updates, and has a good index of Linux material on the web.
- The Linux FTP Watcher, watches popular Linux FTP sites for updates.
- The Linux Software Database.
- Free Software Sites on the Internet, an index list of free software packages with links to their location.
- GroundZero, a new repository of hundreds of rapidly updated cutting edge GNU/Linux programs.
- Linux Search Engine, a categorized index of Linux links, similar to Yahoo.
- Project Independence, a free software repository and web site.
- ComputingSite, a search engine and directory service on computing and the Internet.
- NCG Linux Search, a search engine that indexes Linux-related web pages.
- Daily Diffs of Open Source and Linux pages, showing what has changed on each page and change histories.
- LSD, searches the Linux Incoming directory.
- MLSE, the Metalab Linux Search Engine.
- LinuxArchives, a collection of Linux software.
- Linuxberg, a new Linux software site from the TUCOWS folks.
- Online Publications
- Articles
- Linux in a Gray Flannel Suit, an article in Byte Magazine about Linux in a commercial setting.
- The Greatest OS That (N)ever Was, an article in WIRED 5.08.
- Be a Linux-based ISP, a tutorial article in UnixWorld Online, has information about setting up a Linux-based PPP server.
- An OS for the people, an article in Lantimes Online mentions Linux and other Unices.
- Corel readies NCs, a recent article in InfoWorld, mentions that Corel is using Linux as the OS for it's new network computers.
- Australian Personal Computer has a number of Linux-related articles in the November 1997 edition.
- OS Holy Wars, a recent article in InternetWeek tests web server platforms, including Linux.
- Linux Helps Bring "Titanic" to Life, a recent article in the Linux Journal.
- A recent Linux vs. NT article in Computer Currents.
- Linux lines up for the enterprise, a recent article in SunWorld.
- The reports of Unix's death are greatly exaggerated, a recent article in Byte magazine, claims that "Linux is what's bringing new hope to the Unix community".
- Red Hat Linux 5.0, gets a favorable review in PC Magazine Online.
- Bonk! A New Windows Security Hole, a recent article in Wired, cites Linux's and FreeBSD's open development as the reason for quick releases of reliable security patches.
- Linux and Decentralized Development, a paper about the decentralized nature of the Linux community.
- Unix Split Personality: How to Virtual Host, a recent tutorial article in UnixWorld Online, explains how to do virtual WWW hosting with Red Hat and Apache.
- Bad news about the upcoming I2O Bus for PCs at Wired Magazine, and an I2O Expose.
- Freed Software Winning Support, Making Waves, a recent article in Wired reports on the Free Software revolution.
- The Linux User Community wins InfoWorld's 1997 Best Technical Support Award and Red Hat 5.0 wins 1997 Product of the Year in the Operating Systems category.
- Andreessen Sees Mozilla-Linux Upset Of Windows, a recent article in TechWeb.
- Troubleshooting Professional, praises Linux in the April 1998 Issue.
- Cryptozilla Thwarts Feds Crypto Ban, a recent article in Wired, reports on the release of a crypto-powered browser for Linux (and others).
- Linus Torvalds talks economics and operating systems, a recent article in InfoWorld.
- IS SURVIVAL GUIDE, a recent article in InfoWorld praises Linux and offers an interesting look at Linux and NT.
- An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, about Linux Beowolf clusters.
- First Monday, has several interesting articles in a recent issue.
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX, a recent performance comparison and analysis by consultant John Kirch.
- Corel Embraces Open Source, a recent article in Wired.
- Open Source Code Feature Index, in CMPnet.
- An interview with Linus, in a recent TechWeb issue.
- The Transmeta Enigma, a recent speculation about Transmeta in Salon Magazine.
- How Secure is Your E-commerce?, a recent article in Computer Currents.
- How Linux Could Kill Windows NT, a recent article in ZDNet.
- A recent Datapro Study has shown that Linux is the only operating system except Windows NT that is growing in corporate markets.
- Do-It-Youself Supercomputers, a recent article in Wired, about the Los Alamos National Laboratories Linux cluster.
- Informix, Oracle will port to Linux, one of the many news stories about the recent announcements - this one is from MSNBC, and Informix, Oracle ready to port to Linux from ZDNET.
- Source code for the masses, a recent article about Free and Open Source Software at C|NET.
- Freeware children, a feature in the August Forbes has Linus on the front cover and covers free software topics.
- Dissension in the Closed Source Software Community, a TechSightings editorial.
- Escape From Windows!, an article on ZDNet about alternatives to Windows, also has a poll on which OS could overtake it. Linux is in the lead by a long way.
- Mac Developers Seek the Source, a Wired article that tells about a group of developers asking Apple to free the Mac OS source code.
- How Linux got so dang hot and Linux Inside: Free OS gains support of users & vendors, two recent pro-Linux articles.
- Linux versus NT, an article in the August 1998 SunWorld.
- The May 1998 issue of Troubleshooting Professional Magazine has many article on free software, and the November 1998 issue is dedicated entirely to Linux.
- Linux News & Editorial, from Computer Currents Magazine, lists some recent articles of interest.
- Radio Shows
- National Public Radio's All things Considered had a story about Linux on April 8, 1998. The story features comments by Linus Torvalds, Donald Becker and Richard Stallman and you can listen to the story in RealAudio. A transcript is also available.
- NPR's Science Friday recently had a story on Free and Open Source Software with Eric S. Raymond and Richard Stallman. Listen here (RealAudio).
- CNET Radio, featured Linux topics in May 1998 (includes RealAudio).
- Hour One: Beyond Windows, a recent program from NPR's Science Friday looks at alternatives to Microsoft Windows. Several prominent guests are interviewed in this program (RealAudio files are available).
- Marketplace, a public radio program, featured a story about Freeware on August 20, 1998. The story is available in "Audible" format.
- Magazines
- LinuxFocus, a free multilingual online magazine for the Linux community.
- Linux Space Station Raven, an online shareware documentation, to promote Linux, and to help you do something useful with it.
- ~twaddle, a free software magazine.
- A free online magazine, by the Association of Canadian Linux User Groups (CANLUG).
- Knights of the System Table, an unbiased OS online magazine (includes Linux-related articles).
- Linux Today, a bi-monthly Linux E-Zine.
- 32 Bits Online Magazine, a magazine covering various operating systems, including Linux.
- EXT2, a web-based Linux magazine.
- LinuxWorld.
- Online Services
- InterBoard, a threaded discussion system to provide a structured, searchable Q&A area for linux newbies and pros.
- 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.
- LinuxWare.com, an online Linux users group for people interested in learning more about Linux, providing help to other Linuxers, and promoting Linux.
- The Linux User Support Team supports new and novice users in getting "up to speed" with Linux systems.
- Basic Linux Theory For Beginners, a free brief and very basic introduction to the Linux operating system.
- Basic Linux Training, a brief and very basic introduction to the Linux operating system.
- Linux Support Services, a free volunteer-staffed technical support service.
- The Linux Buyers Guide, lists where to buy Linux distributions and products, as well as who has good prices.
- linux.net at netalive.org has some online Linux forums.
- Linux and Computer News Sites
- The Linux Newsletter from Linux Mall. If you want to subscribe to this newsletter, email LinuxNews@LinuxMall.com with "subscribe" in the subject line.
- OS News, has daily news for all the happenings on the OS front, including Linux.
- Slashdot.org (News for Nerds on the Stuff that Matters), has a lot of general technical/computer news, including a lot of Linux-related stories.
- freshmeat, Linux and related news about software packages.
- Linux Weekly News.
- Linux Net News, an overview of Linux-related articles and news from online news agencies and magazines. Includes indexes and archives.
- Linux Today, features daily Linux news.
- Linux® Trademark Information
- Linux Shows and Conferences
- Past Linux, Unix, Free Software and Open Source Events
- Linux Fair, November 15 and 22, 1997 in Antwerp, Belgium.
- Comdex Fall Linux Pavilion, November 17 - 21, 1997 in Las Vegas, NV,
USA.
- Pluto Meeting 1997 December 5 - 8, 1997 in Perugia, Italy.
- LinuxPro '97, December
9 - 10, 1997 in Warsaw, Poland.
- exponet + INTERNET WELT WIEN 98, February 17 - 19, 1998, in Vienna, Austria featured a Linux conference on February 18.
- Linux98, May 16, 1998 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1998 Linux Expo, May 28 - 30, 1998, in Durham, NC, USA.
- 1998 Linux-Kongress, June 3 - 5, 1998 in Cologne, Germany.
- USENIX 1998 Annual Technical Conference, June 15 - 19, 1998 in New Orleans, LA, USA. The conference featured a Freely Distributable Software (FREENIX) Track.
- LinuxTag 1998, June 27 - 28, 1998 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
- UK Linux Conference, June 27 - 28, 1998 in Manchester, England.
- 98 Perl Conference, August 17 - 20, 1998 in San Jose, CA, USA.
- Open Source Developer Day, August 21, 1998 in San Jose, CA, USA.
- Encontro Linux/OpenSource, September 8, 1998 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- AUUG98, September 14 - 18, 1998 in Sydney, Australia.
- Offene Systeme, September 15 - 17, 1998 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
- National InstallFest 1998, September 26, 1998 in Canada. This is a nationwide InstallFest organized by the Canadian Linux Users' Exchange and involves many local users groups.
- PLUTO Meeting 1998/LiMe 1998, October 7 - 9, 1998, in Rome, Italy.
- 1998 Atlanta Linux Showcase, October 23 - 24, 1998 in Atlanta, GA, USA.
- SANE '98, November 18 - 20, 1998 in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
- Linux & Open Source Software Conference, January 20, 1999 in London, UK.
- Journées-rencontres "Autour du Libre", January 25 - 27, 1999, in Brest, France.
- The Linux conference at exponet 99, February 11, 1999, in Vienna, Austria (morning program and afternoon program). A few pictures are available too.
- LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, March 1 - 4, 1999 in San Jose, CA, USA.
- Singapore Linux Conference 1999, March 5 - 6, 1999 in Singapore.
- Malaysian Linux Festival, March 12 - 14, 1999 in Malaysia.
- Advocacy and Publicity
- Open Source Links
- The Rampantly Unofficial Linus Torvalds FAQ.
- The Linux Speaker's Bureau lists speakers specializing in Linux, who are willing to speak at Linux events.
- Interviews with Linus Torvalds and Richard M. Stallman by Hiroo Yamagata of the Tokyo Linux Users Group.
- Linux Fortune Cookies, a collection of Linux and computer-related quotes.
- A Linux Questionnaire, (with results), about people's experiences with Linux.
- The Linux Counter allows you to register yourself as a Linux user.
- The OS Counter, dedicated to finding out who runs what, where, and how much they like it.
Links to Pages With Links
- Business and Commercial Resources
- All About Linux has some basic information for beginners and for people considering running Linux in a corporate environment.
- Corporate Desktop Linux, an initiative to make the Linux operating system ready for widespread deployment as the standard enterprise desktop.
- Linux in Business, such as mission-critical applications, industry and government.
- Linux Ports, a site for Linux professionals and companies.
- Documentation and Tips
- General Linux Resources
- New Users and Help Sites
- To Be Sorted...
- Design Science Labs' Linux Pages.
- Info on Linux.
- John's Linux Page, with Linux links, FVWM links, and general UNIX-related links.
- Linux WWW sites, sites all over the world.
- Sandhill's Linux
Pages, with Linux links that can be added in real time.
- Linux at Indiana University.
- Linux-Oriented Web Page, has a few links and some Linux documents.
- The #LinuxHelp Homepage has a lot of help for beginning Linux users.
- Linux Information at Red Hat Software has lots of information.
- Linux Enterprise Computing is a great page of resources for Linux in business, commercial, and enterprise settings.
- The Linux WebRing, a collection of Linux-related pages.
- Linux Lynx, a nifty looking Linux links page.
- Lucc's Linux Linx, has some interesting links.
- UK Linux Links, has all sorts of links for UK Linux users.
- Liszt, is a mailing list and Usenet newsgroup directory. Search for "linux" to find many mailing lists and local Linux news groups.
- The Linux Zone has a good collection of links.
- LinuxAce has some interesting links, and general information.
- Linux Places, a collection of Linux links.
- Unix Wizards, has some information about Linux and general Unix stuff.
- Linux Links by Goob, has a lot of Linux software links.
- Mythical Linux, has some interesting links, including a user database.
- The Linux Resource Exchange, has some interesting kernel patches, links to documentation, mailing lists and various other links.
- Linux 2.x Bank, has several Linux links, along with searchable newsgroup archives.
- Linux Book Reviews and the Linux Bibliography, list Linux books.
- Opening Doors, Breaking Windows: The Linux Book Guide.
- The #LinuxOS EFnet home page, has a lot of Linux links and information, including Is Linux for You?, a Linux advocacy page.
- The Linux Resource Kit has news, resources and documentation for using Linux.
- LinuxWeb has many links and information.
- Linux PR, has some tips on how to write good press releases, and where to send them.
- Focus on Linux, has many Linux links and collections of information.
- Linux Resources, a great page with lots of information, including a big list of Linux books and lots of links.
- Leminator, Linux administration for new users, news and links.
- UK.LINUX.ORG, has some good general Linux information, as well as Alan Cox's projects.
- Linux Center, a collection of application, development and free software links.
- LinuxFiles, a database of application software for Linux.
- Index of Alternative Operating Systems, contains links to Linux and many other operating systems and software.
- LinUKs, a Linux site for users in the UK.
- Gary's Encyclopedia, an index of Linux information and links by keyword. There is a lot of useful stuff here.
- Linux UK, a site for UK Linux users.
- Tek-Tips Forums, 800+ FREE non-commercial peer-to-peer support forums for computer professionals including forums for Linux, Sendmail, and Perl.
- linuxpower.org, a site dedicated to helping Linux users harness the power of Linux. Features news, links, tutorials and articles.
- TUDOLS, a listing of Linux software and links.
- LinuxPowered.com, a help and information site for all new and experienced Linux users.
- Linux Tips & Tricks, has tips and little hacks in a variety of categories.
- Top Of The Penguin, lists some facts about Linux systems in a Top 10 list.
- The Internet Operating System Counter, a survey of operating system usage on the Internet.
Greg Hankins,
gregh@metalab.unc.edu
Last Modified: March 18, 1999 by Greg Hankins