Where To Get Linux From? - The Linux Archive Sites

sunsite.unc.edu - tsx-11.mit.edu - ftp.redhat.com - ftp.debian.org
ftp.funet.fi - ftp.cdrom.com - prep.ai.mit.edu- ftp.suse.com - ftp.stampede.org



Description of the various distributions

• Distribution HOWTO
  
  

  x86 full distributions

• Caldera OpenLinux - The Caldera OpenLinux Product line is a multi-tasking, multi-user operating system that gives you the power and reliability of UNIX on a personal computer. OpenLinux is Caldera's "distribution" or package of Linux and is surrounded with utilities, graphical interfaces, installation procedures, third party applications, and much more.

• Debian GNU/Linux - The Free Software Foundation's non-commercial Linux distribution.

• Linux Mandrake - "Linux-Mandrake" is a new innovative meta - Linux Distribution. It mainly integrates the very best actual Linux Window Manager - KDE - with the most famous Linux Distribution : RedHat Linux.

• Linux Pro Plus by WorkGroup Solutions - Linux Pro Plus includes the Linux Pro 6 CD Set plus the Linux Encyclopedia ; a 1600+ page reference manual of information with tutorials on setup, configuration, kernel hacking, and more! Includes CD with much more online text than is possible to print on paper including all Linux Usenet News group postings and Mini-HOWTOS. There are a total of 7 CDs in Linux Pro Plus.

• LinuxWare by Trans-Ameritech - This is a flexible, easy-to-install UNIX clone operating system geared toward those interested in learning UNIX as well as technical people, students and home PC users. Installs through Windows, Windows 95 or DOS from any CD-ROM drive that DOS supports.

• RedHat Linux - The Red Hat Linux for Intel, Alpha and SPARC products are built from the exact same source packages. This ensures maximum ease of software portability between machines running Red Hat Linux regardless of the underlying hardware architecture. Your investment in configuration of Red Hat Linux will pay off on all three platforms. Uses the RPM package manager.

• Slackware Linux - Slackware is a heavy-duty version of Linux for mid-size businesses and departments but user-friendly enough for home users. Patrick Volkerding, the maintainer of Slackware, authored this 4-disc CDROM set. The first CDROM contains the easy to install Linux system (currently kernel 2.0.34), full source code, and a live Linux file system. The second CDROM contains Linux archives and a fully installed, ready-to-run Linux system. Just pop the disc into any bootable CDROM drive and you can test-drive Linux on your machine (including the X Window System) in seconds! The third and fourth CDROMs contain software carefully selected from the best Internet Linux archive sites.

• Stampede Linux - The linux distribution for the power user.

• S.u.S.E. Linux - S.u.S.E. Linux contains the latest version of the Linux operating system and over 850 Linux software packages on 5 CD-ROMs; our own 400-page reference book; "YaST", the world's most comprehensive Linux system administration tool; and much more. Complete source code for the operating system and packages is included. S.u.S.E. also develops and supports a series of X Servers for newer, high-end graphics cards. A German version is also available.

• TurboLinux by Pacific HiTech - TurboLinux is a distribution of Linux, which means that it contains the basic Linux operating system plus a host of applications, a GUI (XFree86 3.3) with an easy-to-use desktop, documentation, and technical support. TurboLinux is currently available for the Intel i386 and PowerPC Mac platforms.

• Yggdrasil Linux - Plug & Play Linux has now grown to two CD-ROM's. The first CD-ROM includes all system programs, while the second CD-ROM is source code. Like previous Plug & Play releases, the Fall 1995 edition of Plug & Play Linux can be started on supported hardware configurations by simply plugging in the included boot floppy and the first CDROM, and turning the computer on. Users with other hardware configurations can use the new DOS installation or the new network (NFS) installation. These alternative methods work not only for the initial installation, but also for installing optional software packages later. It's a rather dated Linux distribution.

  
  

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  Secured Linux Distributions ( all still at beta stages )

• Bastille Linux
• Ka0us
• Another project to create a secure Linux distribution
  
  
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  x86 One disc distributions

• DLX Linux by Erich Boehm - DLX is a full featured linux system running on Intel PC's. The special thing is that DLX comes with only one 3,5" floppydisk. DLX boots with a kernel >= 1.3.89 and starts a ramdisk image. In addition to that DLX also has a writeable ext2 filesystem of about 130 kb on the same disk to easily store configuration scripts (survives booting, is not on the ramdisk !). Further is DLX fully prepared for the paralell-port ZIP-Drive which allows you to mount 100 mb disks. You can even put large programs like perl5 on the disk because a special directory on the ZIP-disk is mounted as /usr/local/* ! These features make DLX the ideal disk for network trouble- shooting and/or FTPing from a university pc-lab if you do not have your own PC connected to the internet or your dialup is just too expensive/slow.

• DOS Linux by Kent Robotti - This is a small Linux operating system that can be installed on an existing Dos system i.e. msdos, pcdos, drdos, and win95/98 in dos mode. It's not a umsdos system, it's a loop system that uses the standard linux ext2 filesystem.

• hal91 Floppy Linux - hal91 is a minimalistic linux installation fitting on one single 1.44Mb disk. It is intended for use as an rescue disk and a portable linux system.

• tomsrtbt - This is a small Linux operating system that fits on a single floppy disk It's useful as a root/boot/recovery disk, since it loads itself onto a RAM disk (thus allowing you to remove the floppy once it's fully loaded) and comes with tools for checking and repairing most filesystems, including msdos and ext2fs.

  
  

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  x86 8086 to 80286

• ELKS - The goal of the ELKS project is to create a Linux option for: 8086 to 80286 class PC's, Palmtop Computers, Single board microcomputers, Embedded controller systems Other old computers .

  
  
  
  

  Power Macintosh

• MKLinux - Apple Computer is supporting a project with The Open Group - Research Institute to port Linux, a freely distributed UNIX like operating system, to a variety of Power Macintosh platforms. MkLinux operates on the The Open Group Mach (PMK1.1) microkernel, running natively on the PowerPC microprocessor.

  
  
  

  POWER PC

• LinuxPPC - Linux distribution for PowerPC's.

  
  

Created By [MIA], September 15, 1998 ,Copyright © Ofir Arkin 1998-1999
Last Modified  June 26, 1999