Don't fear the penguins -- image by Rob Malda (malda@slashdot.org)
What is Linux?

The Best Sites for New Linux Users
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http://slashdot.org/With a slogan like 'News for nerds. Stuff that matters', it's gotta be cool. Slashdot is a forum based news service where readers send in links to interesting stories. The site's maintainer, Rob Malda, sifts through the entries, posts his favourites, and readers comment on the stories.

http://freshmeat.net/Freshmeat has become the standard repository for Linux program updates. If you're in the market for something new, it's going to appear here first.

http://www.linuxhq.com/About the only code that isn't posted to Freshmeat first (although they quickly catch updates!) is kernel source. If you want to stay on the cutting edge of kernel development, you'll find the latest here.

http://www.themes.org/When it comes to grabbing great looking themes for your desktop, Themes.org can't be beaten. In addition to themes for all the popular window managers, Themes.org also has a collection of tiles and root backgrounds .

http://www.gnu.orgWithout the GNU project, we probably wouldn't have Linux today (at least not as we know it). If you are looking for some way to give back to the community, this is a good place to begin looking.
 
 
Y2K Compliance
year2000.html
 

Software
http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapps.shtml
RPM repository on rufus.w3.org

Wine DevelopmentWine interprets windows calls allowing you to run Windows programs on linux.

http://linux.corel.com/

Networking

Linux IPv6 FAQ/HOWTO 
SAMBA Web Pages 

Support
Linux Help
linux Australia
Linux Documentation Project: Linux 
Usenet Newsgroups 
Linux Mailing Lists 
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X Customisation

The XBanner Home Page 
Tannoy's WindowMaker page 
Gnosis' Window Maker page 
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Afterstep
Customisation 
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X - End of story 
Solid Core (WindowMaker Customisation) 
Themes.org 
Icon Store
WindowMaker Happy Icons! 
Marco's WindowMaker icons 
Icon dock 

Desktop environments

The K Desktop Environment

GNOME Project 

X links

Metro Link Home Page 
XFree86(TM): Home Page 
Open Group Desktop Technologies -- X Window System 
X11 Viewers
ImageMagick - X11 Image Processing and Display Package 
The GimpThe GIMP Homepage 
 

POV-Ray - the Persistence of Vision Raytracer 
Moonlight creator

MindsEye HomePage 

Miscellaneous Links

Linux FAT32 Support 
Red Hat Advanced Development Laboratories 
Linux Laptop page
Blackdown Java site
SomeNet IRC Network - Main 
Linux Web Watcher 
Consisten BackSpace and Delet Configuration
Installing StarOffice 4.0 on Red Hat 5.1

APACHE
 
 

 Register as a Linux User

Netscape
 

News

Slashdot.org: News for Nerds. Stuff That Matters. 
..( freshmeat - news ).. 
Linux Weekly News

Linux Weekly News: Daily updates page 

Kernel

FTP Sites

/public/ftp/pub/Linux/ (ANU sunsite mirror) 
Welcome to Linux (sunsite) 

Homepages

USER GROUPS
Linux International (Australian mirror) 
Linux Online - The Linux Home Page 

Distributions

Red Hat Software, Inc.
Debian GNU/Linux homepage
Welcome to S.u.S.E. 
MKLINUX.ORG HOME PAGE 

Turbo LinuxHome Page 

http://www.stampede.org/Stampede Linux Home 

Caldera, Inc. 

Infomagic
Raw Hide

Window Managers

Enlightenment Window Manager 
Window Managers for X 
Presenting: TkDesk (14.08.1997) 
The Official WindowMaker HomePage! 
GNUstep Homepage 
Macintosh Like Virtual Window Manager (MLVWM) 
Freedom Desktop 
The LessTif Home Page 
Scheme-Configurable Window Manager 
The Official FVWM Homepage 
The FVWM-95 home page 

Publications and General Information

EXT2 magazine
Woven Goods for Linux - Linux Search Engines 
Linux Gazette Index Page 
UNIX Reference Desk 

linux Australia

Linux Resources(TM) 
Linux Journal 

Linux Focus

linux world

The Linux Documentation Project
 
 
 
 
 

 

Introduction to Linux

Linux is quite possibly the most important free software achievement since the original Space War, or, more recently, Emacs. It has developed into an operating system for business, education, and personal productivity. Linux is no longer only for UNIX wizards who sit for hours in front of a glowing console (although we assure you that many users fall into this category).

Linux (pronounced with a short i, as in LIH-nucks) is a UNIX operating system clone which runs on a variety of platforms, especially personal computers with Intel 80386 or better processors. It supports a wide range of software, from TeX, to the X Window System, to the GNU C/C++ compiler, to TCP/IP. It's a versatile, bona fide implementation of UNIX, freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License

Linux can turn any 80386 or better personal computer into a workstation that puts the full power of UNIX at your fingertips. Businesses install Linux on entire networks of machines, and use the operating system to manage financial and hospital records, distributed computing environments, and telecommunications.  Universities worldwide use Linux to teach courses on operating system
programming and design. Computing enthusiasts everywhere use Linux at home for programming, productivity, and all-around hacking.

What makes Linux so different is that it is a free implementation of UNIX. It was and still is developed cooperatively by a group of volunteers, primarily on the Internet, who exchange code, report bugs, and fix problems in an open-ended environment. Anyone is welcome to join the Linux development effort.

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