Linux Documentation Project Home Page

Linux is a complete, copylefted UNIX clone for Intel 386/486/Pentium machines. It includes Emacs, X11R6, gcc, TeX/LaTeX, groff, TCP/IP, SLIP, UUCP, the works. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Linux but were afraid to ask.

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Important: If you are accessing these pages from a site other than sunsite.unc.edu, they are mirrored from there. Here is a list of mirrors of the LDP WWW pages.

You can retrieve all of the Linux-related documents here via anonymous FTP from Sunsite or one of its many mirrors.

WWW site admins: You can now mirror the LDP WWW pages via FTP for distribution on other sites. Configure your FTP mirroring software to download the tree sunsite.unc.edu:/mdw, user linuxdoc, password linuxdoc. If you set up such a mirror, let me know.

Want to help? I'm looking for a Linux-savvy artist to design colourful icons for this page: For links to other sites, one for each category of HOWTO, and so forth. If you're interested drop me a line.

Suggestions welcome! Mail your comments and ideas to the Linux Home Page maintainer here.

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General Information

Linux Frequently Asked Questions List. Contains answers to many common questions about Linux.
Linux INFO-SHEET, a technical overview of Linux system features.
Linux META-FAQ, a listing of Linux sources of information, such as FTP sites, available documents, and so on.
Linux GCC FAQ, which includes questions and answers about the gcc compiler for Linux.
Linux Software Map, a searchable database of software developed and ported to Linux.
An alternative database query to the Linux Software Map, based on the Harvest system.
WAIS databases of the Linux Software Map and Linux FAQ.
Linux Filesystem Standard.
The Linux Counter allows you to register yourself as a Linux user. You can also get statistics on Linux usage.
Linux kernel patch change summaries.
Linux Security Information, including Linux-related security alerts and FAQW updates.
Information on WINE, an MS-Windows emulator for x86-UNIX systems, including Linux.
The Linux Documentation Project Manifesto.
The Linux Documentation Project copyright and license.

Linux HOWTOs

The Linux HOWTO documents each give tutorials and information on various features of the system. You can also FTP these documents from here.

Also available:

Various Mini-HOWTOs about miscellaneous topics.
Postscript, DVI, and HTML versions of the HOWTOs for downloading.
Information on writing and submitting a new HOWTO.

Linux Documentation Project Manuals

As time goes on this list will expand. latex2html is used to convert these documents. The output is not quite perfect; sooner or later we'll find the time to tailor for HTML production.

The full set of Linux Documentation Project manuals is available here.
Here is Linux Installation and Getting Started, version 2.2.2 by Matt Welsh.
Here is The Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide, version 0.5 by Michael K. Johnson.

Products, Companies, and Organizations

Here are links to commercial sites which carry Linux-related products and information, including hardware, software, and books. Please mail me if you have links to add to this list.

Running Linux is a new book from O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.. It's over 600 pages, telling you how to get the most out of Linux. Here is the release announcement from O'Reilly.
O'Reilly has also published Olaf Kirch's Linux Network Administrator's Guide. This is a revised and beautified version of the manual from the LDP.
The XFree86 Project, Inc. is a non-profit organization maintaining a free port of the X Window System to Linux and other Intel-based UNIX platforms. Benchmarks for XFree86 are found here.
InfoMagic, Inc., producers of the Linux Developer's Resource CD-ROM set, and other Linux material.
S.u.S.E. GmbH, a German distributer of Linux software and books.
Morse Telecommunications, producer of the Slackware Pro CD-ROM.
Walnut Creek, makers of the Toolkit for Linux CD-ROM set.
Caldera, Inc. is the producer of the Caldera Network Desktop system, based on the Linux kernel.
Que, Inc. publishes "Using Linux Special Edition", a Linux book with CD-ROM.
Pacific HiTech, producer of the Linux Runtime system, and vendor of the Linux Developer's 2-CD set.
Fintronic USA, a company which sells workstations pre-installed with Linux.
Yggdrasil Computing, Inc., producers of the Plug & Play Linux CD-ROM.
Linux International, a non-profit organization supporting Linux development.
Delix Computer GmbH, producer of the DLD - Deutsche Linux Distribution.

User Groups

Links to Linux-related user groups, all over the world. Mail me if you want your site added to this list.

Downloading the Software

Once you've read the above documents, you're ready to download the Linux software, right? Here are pointers to several Linux FTP sites. Note that use of FTP over the Web can be somewhat wasteful; use sparingly.

Here is an HTMLized INDEX of Linux files available on sunsite.unc.edu.
FTP to sunsite.unc.edu to browse Linux files. Here is a list of FTP mirrors of sunsite.
FTP to tsx-11.mit.edu, another major Linux archive.
Here are recent FTP download statistics from Sunsite.

Linux Journal

Linux Journal is the monthly magazine for and about the Linux community. It is published by SSC, Inc., makers of the UNIX Pocket References that you may be familiar with. A number of Linux activists write for LJ. Article subjects range from novice questions and answers to kernel programming.

Here's the Linux Journal FAQ, also in PostScript format.
Here's information on how to subscribe to the magazine.
Also, here are the tables of contents for each issue.

Comments

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Matt Welsh, mdw@sunsite.unc.edu

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