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Last modified on 14 July, 1997
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Upcoming Linux and Linux-related Events:
New Links:
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Vote in the Linux Journal's 1997 Readers' Choice Awards.
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RPM.org has lots of information about the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM or .rpm).
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The CD-Writer Compatibility List, lists CD-Writers that work and don't work with Linux.
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Home Server with Linux, explains how to share a modem and a printer with a Win95 box.
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Simple Slackware installation instructions.
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UltraPenguin 1.0, an Linux distribution for the UltraSPARC (based on Red Hat 4.2 for SPARC).
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Arena, a free web browser project, coordinated by Yggdrasil Computing.
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LINUX.DE (German).
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EYCar, an autonomous robot car project that uses Linux.
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Liszt, is a mailing list and Usenet newsgroup directory. Search for "linux" to find many mailing lists and local Linux newsgroups.
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Linux France (French).
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Linux Argentina (Spanish).
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Linux Software Database, a new Linux software database project.
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Useful Web Links for UK based Linux Users, has all sorts of links for UK Linux users.
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Information on using CU-SeeMe and Linux IP-Masquerade together.
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Mesa, a free OpenGL-like graphics library.
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Vulcano vive... en LiEs (Linux en Español).
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Reiserfs, a file system project based on balanced trees.
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Simple End User Linux (SEUL), a distribution project to produce an easy to install, non-geek distribution.
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The K Desktop Environment, a collection of small tools that work together to provide a powerful desktop for your Linux system.
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Infilsec Vulnerability Engine, lists various security concerns for many OSes including Linux.
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Linux Public Notes, a dynamic "note card database" with Linux tips and notes.
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LINUX CZ Desktop, projekt na vytvoxenm kuchaxky pro konfiguraci LINUXu (Czech).
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MPII Linux Cluster Project, at the Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik in Germany.
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Linux Lynx, a nifty looking Linux links page.
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The Linux WebRing, a collection of Linux-related pages.
General and introductory Linux information.
The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) is working on developing good, reliable documentation for the Linux operating system. The overall goal of the LDP is to collaborate in taking care of all of the issues of Linux documentation, ranging from online documentation (man pages, HTML, and so on) to printed manuals covering topics such as installing, using, and running Linux. Here is the Linux Documentation Project Manifesto and Copyright License for LDP works.
You can search the LDP Guides and HOWTOs with the Excite Search Engine, and search the the man pages (fully cross-referenced!) too.
This manual is a guide to the Linux kernel, ranging from concepts to development. If you're interested in writing a device driver, or just general kernel hacking, this is the book for you.
The kernel is at the heart of the operating system. This book is a guide to how the kernel fits together, how it works; a tour of the kernel.
This guide supplements the System Administrators' Guide and cover all of the diverse issues of networking under Linux, from UUCP to serial connections to TCP/IP. Many Linux users won't have access to such a network, so this information is in a separate manual. It contains an intro to TCP/IP and UUCP (for those who have never used such networks before, lots of background information), TCP/IP, UUCP, SLIP, and DNS configuration, configuration of mail systems such as sendmail and Smail, setting up NNTP and news, and NFS.
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The Linux System Administrators' Guide, version 0.5 by Lars Wirzenius, is available in HTML (online), HTML (tared and gziped).
Also visit the System Administrators' Guide Homepage.
This is the third book in the main LDP series, and assumes knowledge of everything in the Installation and Users' Guides. It will cover all of the aspects of keeping the system running, handling user accounts, backups, configuration of the system, installing and upgrading software, and more. Whereas some of this information is in the Installation Guide (just to get the system off the ground) this book should be much more complete.
This book covers all of the user-end aspects of Linux, from sitting down at the first login session to using complex tools such as gcc, emacs, and so on. It assumes no previous Unix experience, so not only will it serve as an introduction to Linux, but to Unix in general as well. This manual won't cover system administrator tasks (i.e. anything that needs to be done as root) - it's for the J. Random User who has a working Linux system sitting in front of them.
You can purchase printed books from vendors such as Linux Systems Labs, Red Hat Software, Yggdrasil Computing, and WGS which are listed under Commercial Products.
The Linux HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs are detailed "how to" documents on specific subjects. The HOWTO INDEX lists all HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs along with short descriptions.
You can get HOWTOs in plain text, PostScript, DVI, HTML (online), and HTML (tared and gziped). The mini-HOWTOs are only available in plain text.
The HOWTO collection is also available in plain text (tared and gziped), and the mini-HOWTOs collection is available plain text (tared and gziped) as well.
The latest Linux man Pages for sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 are available here (with some translations). Section 1 and 8 man pages (i.e., user commands) are available with the corresponding software packages. You also can see the latest man pages information.
Various FAQs on Linux topics can also be found, including the Linux FAQ.
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Linux Gazette:
The Linux Gazette Issue 19, an online magazine providing many Linux tips and tricks. You can get back issues as well.
