Linux Administrators FAQ List: General Linux Information

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11. General Linux Information

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

11.1 General Software

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

11.6 Administration

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

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.

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).

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://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.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)

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/
http://x.unicom.net/themes/
http://tnt.microimages.com/freestuf/mix.htm
http://www.rahul.net/kenton/xsites.html This is one of best collection of links to X Window System related sites.
http://www.microimages.com Free X Window server for Windows 95/NT platforms
http://www.orl.co.uk/vnc Lightweight client/server pair for Windows 95/NT platforms.

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

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.

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