Linux resources
Index:
- 1. Background and setup
- 2. Linux distributions
- 3. Linux 'HOWTOs'
- 4. Linux 'mini-HOWTOs
- 5. Software
- 6. Toshiba Tecra notebook computers and Linux
1. Background and setup
- Linux at 'Linux Org'. Linus Torvald's 'open', free 'UNIX-style' operating system which runs under Intel, Sparc, Alpha, and PowerPC architectures.
- Linus Torvald's kernel archives.
- Usenet Linux forums (there are over 18): alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.announce, comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.answers, comp.os.linux.x and uk.comp.os.linux
- GNOME and users' guide.
- 'Johsua's' Linux guides
- Links for Linux users in the UK'
- 'The Linux Cookbook, Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use' by Michael Stutz.
- Linux list server at 'polo.demon.co.uk'. Put 'subscribe' in the body of the message, to subscribe.
- 'Linux Journal' monthly magazine with articles and discussions for subscribers.
- 'Linux Gazette' free on-line Linux Journal. Individual issues of LG are available at:ftp://ftp.ssc.com/pub/lg/
- 'Linux Resources', Ashwin Bihari. Includes advice on installation.
- NT4 and Linux dual booting.
- Linfile Project, 'winfile'-style file manager for Linux, pre-alpha.
- XFree86 Project
- Linux installation of Red Hat 5 and Samba compared to Windows NT server. Advice from Quinn P. Coldiron.
- Eric S. Raymond's articles on Linux: "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" and "The Magic Cauldron" on the economics of Open Source.
2. Linux distributions
Sunsite UK mirror of many Linux sources for download.
- Caldera's 'OpenLinux', a commercial version of 'Linux', formerly used by 'Byte' Magazine.
- Debian Linux. SimplyMEPIS based n Debian and an article on its virtues as the simplest way to install Linux and useful software
- Linux 'Emporium', a UK source for most versions of Linux.
- Mandrake Linux.
- RedHat Linux and a list of its mirror sites.
- Redmond Linux.
- Slackware Linux.
- SGI/Linux, Linux on Silicon Graphics 'Indy' MIPS computers.
3. Linux 'HOWTOs'
'Definitive' versions are at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX.html and ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/These are mirrored in the UK at http://www.man.ac.uk/LinuxDoc etc.
4. Linux 'mini-HOWTOs'
Many are at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/ and at http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX.html.
5. Software
- AC3D and POV-Ray 3D modelling software
- Apache web server.
- 'Bubble Tools' for 360 dpi bubble jet printers. (sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk. is a mirror of sunsite.unc.edu resources.)
- Cyrus servers
- fvwm window manager.
- Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview home page
- Ghostscript 5.10 RPMS v 4 by Eze Ogwuma
- Linux 'Applications and Utilities' at XNET.
- 'Linux Resources' links at 'Linuxresources'.
- Mouse setup: 'three' button and 'scrolling' mice. By Colas Nahaboo
- Information by Jerry Pournelle on MetaFrame by Citrix which enables legacy Microsoft programs to run under Linux.
- Music resources 'Hit Squad'
- Mtools & manual. Utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them. It supports Win'95 style long file names, OS/2 Xdf disks and 2-MB disks.
- 'Nedit' text processor.
- Open Office
- Open Sound System, drivers for sound cards providing MIDI etc. Shareware.
- Oracle servers on Linux
- PPP setup tips by Robert Hart
- Programs for making and listening to music
- Samba to link Linux to Windows computers
- sendmail email software.
- Sound applications for Linux, extensive links to resources at '4Front Technologies'.
- Sourceforge's driver resources, USB, wireless and DVD.
- StarOffice. Wordprocessor and spreadsheet similar in style to Microsoft's products.
- Windows managers for the X Windows system. 14 are described.
- 'Wine' to run 'MS Windows-compatible' programs in Linux. Configuration information. See news:comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine for wine developments.
- Ximian Evolution, an Outlook clone, which can hook into existing Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail/calendaring systems.
- X-Windowing software. A comprehensive list of free and commercial products and support.
6. Toshiba Tecra notebook computers and Linux
- Linux on Tecra computers, help files, hardware specifications etc.
- Linux on Tecra 530CDT laptops, Martin J. Evans' extensive information on all aspects of Tecras and Linux.
- Tecra/Linux list server. Put ‘subscribe tecra-linux my-email-address’ in the body of the message, to subscribe.
- Tecra list server at 'hp.ipnetwork.com'. Send an empty message, to subscribe.
- 'netenv' utility to configure notebook computers for different network environments. Download it.
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