11. Linux Information on the Web.

Here is a list of the most popular Linux related sites on the Internet:

11.1 General Referencies.

• http://www.linux.org Linux Home Site
• http://www.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux Linux On Sunsite
• http://www.jimin.com/suman Suman Saraf's web site devoted to Linux.
• http://www.m-tech.ab.ca/linux-biz/ Linux bizzare: How many firms, organisations, institutions in the world use Linux
• http://www.linuxrx.com Linux Resource Exchange
• http://www.linuxrx.com/Lists/Lists.perl Mailing Lists and Newsgroups related to linux
• http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/usail/ Sys Admin Tutorial/Handbook
• http://www.darkwing.uoregon.edu/~hak/unix.html Solaris Sys. Admin tools (also Linux applicable)
• http://www.coas.org Caldera Open Administration System

11.2 Linux Distributions

• http://www.redhat.com RedHat Software
• http://www.debian.org Debian Home
• http://www.slackware.org Slackware Home
• http//www.stampede.org Stampede Linux Home
• http://www.caldera.com Caldera Home: Linux distribution on commercial base
• http://www.suse.com Suse Linux Home

11.3 Linux Platforms

• http://www.linux.orgStartup point to most platforms where linux could run.
• Intel Linux
• http://www.alphalinux.org Alpha Linux
• Sparc Linux
• 8086 Proc.(aka elk) Linux

11.4 Small Linuxes

• http://www.trinux.org Linux set up as a network troubleshooting tool. 3 floppies or boot it from DOS/95 FAT partition. Runs from RAMdisk either way.
• http://www.toms.net/rb a one-floppy Linux. Uses 1.8 floppy disk format (huh?)
• Elk Linux. (running on 8086 processors). (I don't have a URL handy. Anyone?)
• http://home.sol.no/~okolaas/hal91/hal91.html Another Mini-Linux source.
• http://smalllinux.netpedia.net/ Small Linux, works on kernel 1.2.11
• http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/linux-routerLinux router.

11.5 Linux Search

• http://www.linuxlinks.com/
• http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/Software/
• http://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/SearchEngines/linux.cgi
• http://torgo.ml.org/las

11.6 Administration

(not commented yet. We would appreciate any comments regarding these sites)

• http://www.secretagent.com/doc/ldp/sag/index.html
• http://www.samag.com/
• http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/

11.7 Security

• ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/papers/unix_security_checklist Unix security checklist.
• http://www.nessus.org The Nessus Security scanner project.
• http://www.geek-girl.com/bugtraq Bugtraq archive
• http://www.rootshell.com RootShell Exploits archive.
• http://www.genocide2000.com/~tatooman TatooMan archives.
• http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/swan.html CryptoMethodology
• http://www.r4k.net/ipsec Crypto sources.
• ftp://vishnu.alias.net/ PGPdomo - crypto-mailing list manager source.

11.8 Networking (not commented yet. We would appreciate any comments regarding these sites)

• http://www.wwonline.com/~achau/ipmasq/ IP masquerade source
• http://www.landfield.com/faqs/by-newsgroup/comp/comp.os.linux.networking.html
• ftp://win.co.nz/web-pwd Changing passwords via webpage package.
• http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/NTP client for Windows.
• http://www.ssh.fi/sshprotocols2/Secure Shell (SSH) software.
• http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.htmlTeraTerm and ssh extentions.
• ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO PPP-HOWTO(check out the others at the same place.
• http://www.dna.lth.se/~erics/diald.html
• http://www.umr.edu/~mark/linux/ppp.html
• http://www.netdoor.com/helpdesk/linux.html
• http://dijon.nais.com/~nevo/masq/index.html
• http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/
• ftp://ftp.pnet.no/pub/unix/pkhttpd/ Small/secure web server(not tested)
• http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbersAssigned port numbers
• http://www.compsoc.net/~steve/portforwarding.html Port forwarding related paper.
• http://www.realtime.net/sculpture/nis-startup.html Very good paper covering NIS setup.
• ftp://ftp.cebu.mozcom.com/pub/linux/net/iptraf-1.3.0.tar.gzIPtraf network monitor.

11.9 Programming (not commented yet. We would appreciate any comments regarding these sites)

• http://www.4front-tech.com/ OSS programming guide.
• http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/
• http://virtual-mktg.com/tiwatson/
• http://franz.ww.tu-berlin.de/msqlperl/index.html#80
• http://wdvl.internet.com/Authoring/JavaScript/Tutorial/Java programming tutorial.
• ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/doc/wwwman/libwww/lib/LWP.html
• http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sho/rho/rhide-1.4/rhide-linux.html Rhide programming envinroment. (similar to Borland C).
• http://www.rpi.edu/~payned/xwpe/ Yet another piece (similar to the one above).
• Shell programming referencies
  • http://www.oase-shareware.org/shell/Shell programming resources.
  • http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/UNIXhelp/scrpt/index.html
  • http://www.ict.pwr.wroc.pl/doc/Unixhelp/scrpt_scrpt2.html
  • http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/documents/ciac2316.html
  • http://basiclinux.hypermart.net/basic/basic13.html#topic2
  • http://www.net-plus.com/~hsf/libraries/computing/unix/shell.shtml

11.10 Mail (Some sites are not commented yet. We would appreciate any commentsregarding them)

• http://www.sendmail.org The best invaluable resource regarding sendmail configuration and finetuning.
• http://www.infinet.com/~gnosis/mail.html
• http://www.qmail.org/
• http://www.best.com/~ariel/nospam/
• http://locke.ccil.org/~esr/fetchmail/
• ftp://ftp.scott.net/pub/linux/mail/Linux Mail packages (POP3, IMAP etc)
  • http://web.horde.org/imp/IMP (IMAP Based)
  • http://thunder.dorm.duke.edu/zeus/index.htmlZeusMail (IMAP Based)
  • http://www.atdot.org/AtDot E-Mail (POP3 Based)
  • http://mikael.mnf.nu/webmail/WebMail for Roxen Web Servers Module
  • http://upmail.upn.netYet another webmail package.
  • http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/MailMan (POP3 Based, semi-commercial)
  • http://www.lugs.ch/LUGS+AF8-Members/norbert.kuemin/wmf.htmlWeb Mail Folder
  • http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/+AH4-northrup/hypermail.htmlHypermail.pl
  • http://www.landfield.com/hypermail/Hypermail
  • http://www.vanbrunt.com/webgrams/Webgrams Greeting Cards
• http://www.win.co.nz/web-passwd/Web-based application to change passwords. (Frequently asked).
• ftp://ftp.eudora.com/eudora/servers/unix/password/The similar package to change passwords via web interface.
• http://www.ao.net/waytosuccess/nospam.html AntiSpam Sources.
• http://www.spamfree.org/ Forum for Responsible and Ethical E-mail
• http://maps.vix.com/ MAPS RBL and Other Resources
• http://www.claws-and-paws.com/spam-lSPAM-L FAQ

11.11 Documentation (Some sites are not commented yet. We would appreciate any commentsregarding them)

• http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/lg/issue23/lg_toc23.html
• http://www.linuxresources.com/ Linux Resources on the Web
• http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix/
• http://www.tiac.net/users/williams/lugnuts/
• http://www.ssc.com/linux/linux.html
• http://www.scripps.edu/~jsmith/jazip/
• http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/features.html
• http://www.secretagent.com/
• http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/fat32.html
• http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ Linux Documentation project at Sunsite.
• http://www.ch4549.org/lust/
• http://www.LinuxMall.com/mallidx.html
• http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html
• ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/faqs/
• http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/lg/issue18/issue18.html
• http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/xf3D/
• http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/FAQ/Linux-FAQ.html
• http://amelia.db.erau.edu/Excite/AT-LDPquery.html
• http://amelia.db.erau.edu/ldp/HOWTO/mini/Offline-Mailing.html#toc3
• http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html
• ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/manManual pages for Linux.

11.12 X Window System (Some sites are not commented yet. We would appreciate any commentsregarding them)

• http://www.xfree86.org/ XFree86 Official Web site
• http://www.PLiG.org/xwinman/ Descriptions, screenshots and configuration files for all popular window managers.
• http://themes.org "Themes" to customise the look and appearance of your desktop. Themes work with almost any popular X window manager.
• http://www.microimages.com/freestuf/ "Free X Window server for Windows 95/NT and MacOS platforms"
• http://www.rahul.net/kenton/xsites.html This is one of best collection of links to X Window System related sites.
• http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ Free lightweight client/server pair for Windows 95/NT platforms. Allows you to run an X session, a Windows desktop, or a Mac OS desktop on any client from within any Java capable browser. In other words, your browser can now be used to access the desktop of another Linux box, as well as a Windows or Mac OS host - and vice versa.

11.13 RedHat (Some sites are not commented yet. We would appreciate any commentsregarding them)

• http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/manual/manual/
• http://www.redhat.com/errata
• http://www.best.com/~aturner/RedHat-FAQ/
• http://www.redhat.com/redhat/softdir/index.phtml
• http://www.labs.redhat.com/

11.14 Applications (Some sites are not commented yet. We would appreciate any commentsregarding them)

• http://gnucash.org/ ISP Billing Software
• http://www.pgpi.com PGP software.
• http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
• ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/tux/robotti/
• http://mc.blackdown.org/mc/
• http://argeas.argos.hol.gr/pub/unix/cooledit/
• http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapps.shtml
• http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9707.3/0201.html
• http://www.rootshell.com/
• http://www.geek-girl.com/bugtraq/archives.html
• http://webwatcher.org/
• http://citv.unl.edu/linux/LinuxPresentation.html
• http://terminus.terminator.net/ipmasq/
• http://darkrain.vup3d.com/
• http://www.dreamdvr.com/webframe.html Links to some Linux software sources.

11.15 Misc. Linux related links.

• http://www.linux-magazin.de/clusterLinux in clusters.
• ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email This should give you answer to many 'HOW DO I USE X via EMAIL' questions. (sometimes being asked on linux-admin).
• http://www.opensource.orgMicrosoft to Unix migrating.
• http://maclawran.ca/bb-dnld/`Notify by pager' perl script.
• http://www.LinuxStart.Com free web based e-mail and free web hosting for Linux projects.
• http://oslab.snu.ac.kr/~djshin/linux/mail-list/ Comprehensive compilation of Linux mailing lists.