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• Linux Documentation Project - manuals, guides, howtos
• Linux Site
• Linux Information
• Linux International - "Serious Free Computing"
• Linux Library -
• Helsinki Linux page - this is where new kernels are born
• Linux Changes - Recommended site for system upgrading
• Bleeding Edge Linux - latest software upgrades
• Linus Torvald - The Linux god's home page
• The Linus Documentation Project - info about Linux's creator, Linus
• LinuxWare.com - "general purpose Linuxer Hangout Site"
• The Linux News Agency - product release announcements or updates, security vulnerabilities, etc.
• Linux Gazette -
• Linux NOW! - "The Most Extensive Collection of Linux Resources"
• Linux Archive Search (LAS) - Linux search - very kewl!!!
• LinuxNET -independent IRC network
• The Linux Forum -
• Javier's Linux Newbie Webpage -
• Beginner's Linux Books -

• Linux NIS+ Support
• Beowulf Parallel Linux - high-performance and high performance-to-cost multiple computer workstation
• Linux CMU SNMP Project - sevent h release of port to Linux
• USB 4 Linux - Universal Serial Bus?
• The Linux GSDK Project - Software Development Kit for Games
• Floppy Tape Driver Project - kernel driver module for Linux that controls tape drives which connect to the floppy disk controller
• Linuxconf project - sophisticated administration system for Linux
• Commercial Applications for Linux - Linux Advocacy Project!
• Berlin - next-generation GUI for Linux (not X-based!!)
• Unofficial Linux Operating System Advertising Campaign -
• Mnemonic - development of a new web browser (was Linux Browser Project)
• Wearable Computing Intro Page - These guys use Linux!
• Synthetic Audio Library (SEAL) - play digital audio waveforms etc. from Linux/DOS/NT
• A Tiny Implementation of Self for Linux - interpreter for the Self language
• Java
  • Java for Linux
  • More about Java - How to run Java WorkShop on Linux
  • JUMP - Java compiler (faster than javac, with extensions such as templates etc.)
• Linux Hardware Survey Page - survey of what people are using to run Linux on
• Real-Time Linux - scheduler extensions for soft real-time
• Linux Objex Model Development - a native object model for Linux
• Linux Interface Project - a Linux GUI (was Linux Widget Project)
• Linux-PAM - Pluggable Authentication Modules
• GAMMA Project: Genoa Active Message
• Linux Plug-and-Play Project
• Free3D Graphics Project - This project is now dead
• Free-D - MindsEye 3D development project
• GLINT 300SX Linux Device Driver Module - driver for 3D accelerator from 3DLabs
• Pentium Optimizations
  • Pentium Compiler Group (PCG)
  • Pentium memcpy() Patch
• Linux T-Shirt Project Homepage
• Parallel Processing using Linux
• The ScrDrv Project - alleviate the need for suid SVGA binaries
• Linux Publicity Project
• Linux Counter
• Linux Benchmarks - watch Linux kick ass
• Linux Software Map -(just moved site)
• Linux Software Review

• CDE for Linux - Port of the Common Desktop Environment
• Linux PC-Card (PCMCIA) Information
• XFree86(TM) HomePage
• The Wine project - run Windows 16-bit (and possibly 32-bit) binaries on Linux
  • The Wine Project Home-Page
  • Wine FAQ
• DOSEmu
• Linux Source Navigator
• Memory Savers - Linux in 1MB
• Linux Lab Project
• Linux Public (MUSC) NFS Server
• Linux Plug-and-Play Hardware Support
• JOLT Project Home Page
• MGR Window System sources and binaries
• Stella 26000: An Atari 2600 Emulator for Linux
• OSIS - Atari TOS, Mint, AES, and VDI emulation for Linux/m68k
• Xzx Homepage - X11-based ZX Spectrum emulator

• Full Duplex Switched Ethernet (F DX 10BaseT) with Linux - experience with getting FDSE to work with Linux kernel
• Linux Routing Page - TCP/IP routing using Linux on PCs
• Linux AX.25 Information
• A Guide to SLIP for Linux at Stanford - getting SLIP connection going
• Linux and 100VG networking
• LIRC (Linux Infra-red Remote Control)
• DCE-RPC For Linux
• PCthreads -POSIX .1c and DCE Threads For Linux
• DCE-Core for Linux
• ATM on Linux
• X/OS - Linux IP firewall and accounting
• Linux and 3Com 3c59* Virtex Ethercards
• ISDN for Linux
• Linux Network Drivers
• Linux WaveLAN Driver Information
• Mobile IP on Linux
• Linux Mobile-IP Home Page
• Linux Netatalk (Appletalk for Linux)
• Linux Services for Macintosh and Windows Users
• IP Masquerading
  • IP Masquerading under Linux
  • Linux IP Masquerade Resource
• X.25 and Frame-Relay Networking with Linux
• LiS. Linux STREAMS
• Linux/BSD Diskless Workstation BootROMs
• Linux Multicast Homepage
• Multicast and MBONE on Linux - " Linux IP multicast router 0.05-maybe-works 8)"

• ftp.kernel.org - online archive
• Linux 2.0 Unofficial Patches -kernel patch descriptions
• Linux-Privs - "standard" describing kernel component to secure system designed to be as compatible with POSIX.1e as possible
• UTIME - Micro-Second Resolution Timers for Linux
• Linux Timer Hook, 64 bit Timer Module and more -
• IRQTUNE - A Linux x86 IRQ Priority Optimizer
• Psyched Linux Kernels - "always run the latest Linux kernel"
• Linux kernel source - hypertext kernel source tour
• Cross-Referencing Linux - kernel source in Hypertext
• How to tweak options in your kernel - increasing number of filehandles
• The Linux EIDE (ATAPI) multiplatter cdrom project -
• Linux BusLogic SCSI Driver - home page of SCSI Host Adapter drivers
• BitWizard - device drivers writer for hire
• Lilo Home Site
• Linux Modules Home Page - loadable kernel modules
• Linux Modules - A Brief Overview for Linux 2.0
• ELKS Embeddable Linux Kernel subset - port to 8086
• Linux Symmetric Multi-Processor - when 1 processor is not good enough anymore...
• Linux-SMP status -Linux-SMP status for Intel MPS
• The LinuxThreads library - Posix 1003.1c - kernel-level threads
• Linux Threads Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - FAQ for Linux threading
• The HyperNews Linux KHG Discussion Pages
• The Linux Driver Development Kit (LDDK)
• Custom Linux Kernels via the Web - compile kernel over WWW
• Linux Kernel Changes
• Linux version 1.3 patches
• Linux Kernel Configuration Help Texts - explains kernel options

• Ext2fs
  • Ext2fs Home Page -
  • Design and Implementation of the Second Extended Filesystem - paper on ext2fs
  • E2compression Page - "transparent compression for ext2fs"
  • EXT2 IFS for OS/2 - access Linux partitions from OS/2
  • AmigaDOS Ext2fs - Read/Write Ext2fs file system handler for AmigaDOS
  • LinuxDisks - MacOS application allowing access to ext2 file systems
• The Enhanced File system project - creating a new filing system for Linux with volume management
• BCFS, (Ben's Caching File System) - caching slow block device on faster one
• Linux Virtual Partition System Project - virtual partitions for Linux (like AIX)
• Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard - (was filesystem standard FSSTND)
• Linux Virtual Partition System Project - flexibility in configuring filesystems
• Transparent Cryptographic File System (TCFS) - cryptographic network filesystem
• Linux Log-structured Filesystem Project
• VIVA Speed-Optimized File System - faster than Ext2
• Other Platform's file system support
  • Linux VFAT Filesystem Page - access Windows 95 partitions from Linux
  • Linux FAT32 Page - allows larger partitions that FAT16 using 4K clusters
  • Macintosh HFS Filesystem for Linux - Apple Mac "Hierarchical File System" suport
  • NTFS for Linux - access Windows NT partitions from Linux

• www.rpm.org - documentation about Red Hat package manager
• The Rampantly Unofficial Linus Torvalds FAQ - ...a collection of trivia and personal facts about Linus.
• List of Linux INcompatible Hardware - current reference detailing hardware that is specifically *not* compatible with Linux
• Linux Myth Dispeller - dispel many of the myths that plague Linux's reputation
• Implementing Loadable Kernel Modules for Linux - Matt Welsh, Dr Dobbs Journal, May 1995
• Linux Parallel Port Home Page - connecting devices to the parallel port
• Linux Business Applications - use of Linux in business environments
• Linux Java Tips and Hints Page - as the name suggests, nifty hints and tips
• Linux-Netscape Help Page - solving the malloc *evil* in Netscape
• Linux Scene Page - Linux Demo Scene
• How to Build a PC FAQ - excellent hardware overview by Billy Newsom
• Bliss - is this the first Linux virus?
• BootPart 2.0 for WinNT - add Linux partitions to the boot menu
• Newton and Linux Mini-HOWTO - using a Newton PDA with Linux
• Using GNU Libc 2 with Linux - experimental new GNU C library
• A Vision for Linux 2.2 - "POSIX.1b Compatibility and Real-Time Support"
• List of Linux INcompatible (sic) Hardware - "if something goes wrong, it's not our fault!"
• Using MMX with Linux - developing applications using MMX technology
• Porting Linux Userland -
• "Wired" Finland: Linus Torvalds - Linus Interview
• Remote-Booting - Configuring Remote-Boot with Linux, DOS 6.20, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95
• The X Configs Page - anything here yet?
• 3rd Annual Linux Expo
• Linux Fortran Information Page - running Fortran under Linux
• List of problems with Apache and Linux - confirmed problems, possible solutions
• PGP & Linux - PGP use with Linux
• Oracle on Linux - Installation of ORACLE for SCO Unix on Linux
• Shadow Passwords -
• ISDN for Linux - ISDN solutions for Linux
• Installing a HP Deskjet 660C - Quick, no messing
• Mission Critical Linux - survey of Linux use in mission critical situations
• The Sig11 FAQ -Signal 11 while compiling the kernel
• Linux MAN pages - indexed HTML version
• Linux-Magazin Homepage - German Linux magazine
• Troubleshooting and Repairing a Linux System - slides from Matt Welsh's presentation
• UKI Linux : State of Documentation - Translations of Linux documentation
• Linux Enterprise Computing - F or big corporations: rock solid tools and systems
• Persistance Storage - call to implement persistant storage for Linux
• Linux Performance - Linux has world record for over the wire TCP latency
• MP and Clustering for Linux and Related Info - info regarding parallel and distributed computing technology for Linux.
• Linux Application and Utilities List - list of almost 600 different Linux programs and tools
• Linux Directory Services - for Linux Users and Developers
• WordPerfect for Linux home page - similar to a FAQ
• FreeBSD emulation of Linux binaries
• Programming in Linux
• Linux v2 Information Headquarters - All about 2.x kernels
• Linux Multimedia Page
• Linux-supported Hardware - hardware manufacturers who support Linux
• Linux Mailing Lists
• Linux Undocumented Tricks Page
• The Linux Bibliography - a list of printed publications for Linux
• Is Linux Trademarked? - Linux Journal investigates
• The Linux 1.4/2.1/2.2 Wish List - potential new features
• Linux Point to Point - setting up the Point to Point protocol with Linux
• Data Acquisition with Linux in HEP - use of Linux in High Energy Physics
• Linux Cookies - funnies from Linux folklore
• X. End of Story
• Reasons NOT to use Linux - Are all these still valid?
• Tell the World You Support Linux - the "Cool it works with Linux" logo
• Software Victims of the 1.3 Kernel Development
• COSMIC Programs for Linux Workstations (NASA-developed software)
• Linux and the Iomega Zip Drive
• jaZip for Linux - program for maintaing your Iomega Zip/Jaz drives
• The Linux Experience
• Linux Internet Service Providers
• Linux Quotes
• UNIX Sound System (USS) - driver previously known as VoxWare
• The Linux MIDI and Sound Pages
• Linus Torvalds home page
• The Choice of a Gnu Generation: An Interview with Linus Torvalds
• The Random Factory - Linux for Astronomy
• Linux and Chemistry
• Linux Software for Scientists -
• Linux Software for Scientists - X
• Linux X Performance versus the Others
• Linux: it's not just for Intel Anymore
• Linux's History
• Linux and ELF
• ELF: From the Programmer's Perspective
• Linus vs. Tanenbaum - early Usenet battle between Linus and Andy
• Linux Networking News
• The Linux Configuration Page
• Porting Applications to Linux
• Linux in High-Performance Computing
• Around the World in 80 Linux Web Sites - sites all over the world
• Linux -- the Family Operating System
• Linux for Hams
• TeX Frequently Asked Questions - WWW version of UK TeX Users Group FAQ

• Security under Linux - the Buffer Overflow Problem
• Linux Security Home Page - "Please, visit before the Bad Guys do!"
• Linux Security Alerts
• Linux-GSSAPI -Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI)
• Linux and the Orange Book - making Linux compliant with security classifications discussed in the "(U.S.) Department of Defense Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria"
• The Linux News Agency - product release announcements or updates, security vulnerabilities, etc.

• Web-Man's Linux Workstations - stylish Linux boxes
• Symphony Research - preconfigured Linux servers
• Spiders Den - server systems and workstations, based on Slackware 96
• Net Express - PC workstations running Linux (amongst other OSes)
• SWT Intel Linux Systems
• Chaos Computing
• VA Research Linux Workstation Supplier
• Advanced System Lab Linux Workstation Supplier
• WebCube Internet Server Linux Workstation
• Universal Desktop Box InfoCenter - Digital's Linux on Alpha product information
• SWT Digital Alpha Linux System
• Annex Universal Desktop Box
• Quant-X Alpha Power
• DCG Computers, Inc. - Alpha/Linux Workstations
• Welcome to Netactive, Neet Guy - Linux Workstations/Servers (Intel/Digital)
• Promox - Linux workstations
• Linux Hardware Solutions - Linux workstation supplier

• Linux On Portable Computers
• Linux and X on Notebook Computers - Home of the X-Notebook mini-HOWTO
• Linux on Laptops without Intel® x86 Family or Compatible Processors
• Linux on the AST Ascentia 900N and other 90c24 based notebooks
• Linux on the TI5100
• Linux on the Sharp PC-8650II
• Linux on the Thinkpad 701
• Linux on the Thinkpad 701
• Linux on the Toshiba 2155 CDS
• Installing Linux on the Toshiba Portege
• Linux on HP OmniBook 5000 laptops
• Linux and Advanced Power Management

• X Games -
• Thrust - SVGAlib game
• The Linux Quake Page -
• Abuse by Crack dot Com
• Linux Game Tome
• Linux DOOM Faq
• Linux SpaceBoom

• Linux User Groups World Wide - list of known user groups
• Linux User Groups

• Santa Cruz Linux Users Group
• Manchseter Users Group
• Silicon Valley Computer Society Linux SIG
• Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
• CLUE Chippewa Linux Users and Enthusiasts
• CalLUG - The UC Berkeley Linux User Group
• P.L.U.G. Portland Linux Users Group
• The Lugnut page -- GNU/Linux user groups
• UKUUG Linux Special Interest Group
• Washington DC Linux user group
• Skane Linux User Group, Sweden
• San Gabriel Valley Linux User Group
• CNY Linux Users Group
• Freenix - French (Linux/FreeBSD etc.) User Group
• WCU Linux - dunno what to make of this... :-)

• Caldera
• Slackware
  • Slackware'96
  • Slackware SimpleFixes
• Debian
• Linux-FT
  • Linux-FT (Lasermoon)
• Red-Hat
• Craftworks Linux v2.0
• Walnut Creek
• Infomagic
• SuSE (English Version)
• TRI-LINUX (RedHat/Slackware/Debian !!) - really kewl CD from Linux Systems Labs
• Yggdrasil
• Linux Monthly CD-ROM - kewl CD-ROM from Pacific HiTech
• Real Magic Linux - "The Magic Is In The Box"
• Linux on a Disk - nicely configured IDE hard drives with Linux (Cosmos Eng.)
• German Distributions
  • Delix
  • LunetIX
  • SuSE (German Version)
• French Distribution
  • Freenix - French (Linux/FreeBSD etc.) User Group

• DLX - full featured Linux system on 1 3.5" floppy

• Perl - Larry Wall's incredible text processing language
  • Perl.org
  • Perl.com
  • ePerl5 - embedded Perl 5
• gv - a swishy PostScript and PDF previewer
• Sendmail Home Page - be afraid, be very afraid!!!
• Apache Webserver - fast and extremely powerful
  • Apache Project - official homepage - latest releases and documentation
  • Apache Module Registry - third party modules
  • Apache/Perl Integration Project
  • Apache Week -weekly Apache newsletter
• John Bradley's xv -
• Tcl/Tk
  • Tcl/Tk Project at Sun Labs - development of Tcl/Tk as universal scripting platform for the Internet
  • Tix Home Page - "Tcl Interface Extensions"
  • The Visual Tcl Project - RAD environment for Tcl/Tk
• The K Desktop Environment - making Linux ready for the desktop
• TEAMate Software - commercial intranet groupware
• StarOffice - StarOffice! WOW!
• Squid Internet Object Cache - fast web proxy caching server
• FPK-Pascal for Linux - free 32-bit Turbo Pascal-compatible pascal compiler
• WorkMan - online documentation - common X11 CD player
• UUDeview - " the nice and friendly uudecoder"
• TkNet for Linux, Version 1.1 - free connection utility for Linux and X
• TkNet - "Tknet- A Godsend for PPP users!"
• XWebcomer - personal search utility for the world-wide web
• XPPP - Motif Interface for Dialup IP Connection
• EzPPP - GUI PPP setup (formerly XPPP)
• FileRunner - File Manager for X11
• omniORB2 - Free ORB under GNU license!
• DOME for Linux - CORBA Development Kit for Linux (free for non-commercial use)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 Beta 12 - Acrobat reader for Linux
• Bzip - drop in replacement for gzip
• thE IRC client motif under Linux
• DDD - The Data Display Debugger - fantastic GNU GDB front-end
• X-CD-Roast - CD Writer Software for Linux
• Ghostscript and Ghostview
• Nethack with a Qt Interface
• A (Linux) Packetsniffer
• XEmacs (formerly Lucid Emacs)
• The X Window System
  • XFree86 Matrox Xserver -
  • XFree86OS/2 - free X11R6 implementation for OS/2
• Knews - threaded NNTP newsreader for X - the ultimate X11 newsreader
• Netscape Navigator 3.0 for Linux - the ultimate X11 web-browser
• The FVWM Window Manager and spin-offs...
• The FVWM Home Page - powerful, configurable window manager
• Fvwm2-CDEmulation Page -
• Mike Baron's Panel - CDE Panel hack
• The AfterStep Home Page (Formerly BowMan) - NeXTish / FVWM-based
• AfterStep Themes!! -
• The FVWM-95 Home Page - Windows95-ish / FVWM-based
• Win95 Widgets for Linux (Athena replacement)
• Enlightenment - Fvwm with XPM pixmaps in borders
• Rxvt-XPM - Resizeable backgrounds for Rxvt - wow!
• Xaw-Xpm (a hack of Xaw3d) - Xaw3d + colour background pixmaps
• neXtaw - replacement libXaw (NeXT-ish)
• SAMBA Web Pages
• Coolmail E-mail notifier
• DOOM for SVGALib and X
• ABUSE for SVGALib and X
• XAnim Home Page - audio, video, animation player
• MpegTV - Software MPEG Video Player
• Xi Graphics - X-Inside Accelerated X, CDE
• Woven Goods for Linux - collection of WWW applications and hypertext-based information about Linux

• Linux/sun3 homepage - patch to Linux/m68k for Sun 3/60s etc.
• VAXlinux -
• Linux...on a DOS Card! FAQ - allow Linux to run on a DOS card in a Macintosh.
• NexGen
  • Linux on NexGen Nx586 - "Hints and Tips"
  • The NexGen Linx Page -
  • Linux on NexGen -
• Linux on MCA PCs (Micro Channel Architecture)
  • Micro Channel Linux Home Page
• Linux on the Fujitsu AP1000+
• MkLinux - OSF Mach3.0/Linux on a PowerMac
  • MkLinux Snapshot for HP PA-RISC -
  • Project Andromeda - an MkLinux Distribution
  • Linux for the Power Macintosh
  • Linux on the OSF Mach 3 microkernel
  • Linux over L4 - Linux over the L4 high performance microkernel
  • Linux/PCI-based PowerMac Website - Linux natively (i.e. without Mach!)
  • Nick's page on Linux for PowerMacs
  • Mach 4 - microkernel, with Linux ext2fs support, build tools etc
  • Lites - The 4.4 BSD Lite Server - binary compatibe with Linux
• Linux/MIPS News (old)
• Linux/MIPS FAQ
• Sparc-Linux info
• Linux for the PowerPC
  • Motorola PowerPC Linux Resources
  • Linux for the PowerPC
  • New Mexico Tech Computer Science Department
• Linux/m68k
  • Linux/m68k - news, projects, links
  • The Linux/m68k Home Pages - "Finally, PC software being ported to the Amiga! :)"
  • Linux/m68k stuff
  • Linux/68K - (obsolete now)
  • Linux/68k: Some hints for installation - (obsolete now)
  • Linux/m68k registration site - impression of the popularity of Linux/m68k
  • Linux/m68k for the Macintosh - "MacLinux will be there, it's only a matter of time."
  • MacLinux 68K
  • Linux/m68k Atari Port - (a little out of date?)
  • Linux for Motorola MVME166 and MVME167 board - port of Linux/m68k
  • MVME147 Linux Port -
• Linux/Acorn
  • Linux for Acorn Machines
  • ARM Linux (Archimedes)
• Linux/Alpha
  • Linux/Alpha
  • Stuff for Digital/Alpha machines running Linux/Axp - emphasis on Jensen board
  • Linux/Alpha Information
  • Digital UDB Information - lots of good information
  • EM86 - Intel Emulator for Linux/Alpha - runs Netscape, Applixware etc.
• BeLinux
  • BeLinux Product Information -
  • BeLinux Announcement - Craftwork Solutions and Be Announce Alliance

• The Coke machine at DIKU - using Linux to interface a coke vending machine to the Internet :-) very kewl!
• Linux is the sHIT - ??
• Raytracing Examples - contains a nice "Linux web button"
• Linux & Windows95 Logos - Kim Kyung Wook's artwork
• Linux 2.0 Logo Competition - voting is now over
• Linux Logos - logos by Kevin Hughes
• Penguins
  • Penguins and Such - the Linux Penguin mascot
  • The Sponsored Penguin Project - Christmas present for Linus
  • More logos - combination of penguin and text
  • But Penguins aren't even Furry! - Alan Mackey's LinuxFox mascot
• Logo and Mascot ideas for Linux
• Linux Pictures
• Linux - the Power of your PC

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