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Linux
- The Operating System of
the 21st Century
TM
Silicon Valley Linux Links: "The Link Farm"
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Slashdot ("News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters")
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LinuxToday (summary of Linux in today's news)
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Linux.com (news, links, info)
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Linux Weekly News (weekly, with some daily teasers)
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comp.os.linux.announce (last 50 via GoogleGroups)
- Linux Journal
(now a monthly on-line PDF magazine) from
Belltown Media,
Inc. (which took it over in Dec. 2006 from now-defunct Specialized System
Consultants, Inc. = SSC)
- Linux Gazette
— a volunteer-staffed monthly Web magazine
(widely mirrored, and also packaged by some Linux distributions).
Magazine folded after the July 2011 issue.
- Brave GNU World
(monthly, 1999-2004)
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Freecode (formerly Freshmeat; Open Source editorials,
static since June 2014, see also Software)
- Linux-specific Documentation and References
- Open Source Documentation and References
- Linux-Related Organizations
- Linux Advocacy Info
- Linux-Related Project Meta-Sites (foundries)
- A few Interesting Open Source Projects
honestly, we can't dream of noting them all...
- Linux Software and Related Products
Sites with opening and/or resume listings specific to Linux.
These are places to find pre-packaged distributions of Linux. LWN - Linux Weekly News has extensive listing of
many Linux distributions at its "Distributions" section. We list only
particularly well-known distributions.
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Ubuntu Linux: Debian-derived distro with
GNOME (Ubuntu),
KDE (Kubuntu),
xfce4 (Xubuntu),
education (Edubuntu),
and server (Ubuntu Server)
flavours
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Mageia Linux (community fork of Mandriva): cutting-edge desktop distribution, derived from Red Hat
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Debian GNU/Linux: a worldwide community-maintained distro
with over 21,000 packages on 11 CPU platforms
- Devuan GNU+Linux is a fork
of Debian without systemd
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): a corporate-standard Linux,
not freely redistibutable, though
rebuilds such as CentOS are
(local offices in Mountain View)
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Fedora is the freely-redistributable successor to Red
Hat Linux, and a quick-moving testbed for RHEL. See also its
one-disk desktop variant,
BLAG.
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Novell / SUSE (local sales office in Oakland):
a corporate-standard Linux, SUSE being the "community" side,
Novell the corporate side
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Gentoo Linux: the leading source-based distribution, with
Sabayon Linux as a
desktop variant
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Slackware Linux: the oldest surviving distro, appealing for its
elegantly sparse design, stability, and administrative control
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Knoppix: by default a run-from-CD distribution with
focus on the KDE desktop and excellent hardware detection
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MEPIS Linux: a KDE-based desktop distribution, especially
good for laptops and new Linux users
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Karsten's Distributions Guide: a taxonomy
- Distrowatch's
Major Distributions page, aka Beginner's Guide to
Choosing a (Linux) Distribution
- Article "
A Linux Distribution Comparison Matrix" (five major
distributions compared - 2006)
- PowerPC-specific distributions
- Linux-compatible operating systems
(run Linux software via compatibility module)
Vendors are listed alphabetically.
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ASL, veteran server/workstation builder (Fremont)
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ASA Computers, Linux and BSD servers and workstations (Fremont)
- Best Buy carries laptops preloaded with Linux distributions (East Palo Alto, Union City, San Carlos, and Sunnyvale)
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Emperor Linux, Linux laptops and tablets (Atlanta)
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Iron Systems (created by the founders of Telenet Systems): BSD
and Linux servers (San Jose)
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iXsystems (formerly OffMyServer, formerly part of BSDi,
formerly Telenet Systems), BSD and Linux servers (San Jose)
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Linux Certified, laptop vendor and services company (Sunnyvale)
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Linux Consulting (Alvin Oga), vendor of rackmount 1U servers, small
(cube) PCs, and high-capacity blade-server storage, and provider of
support and consulting services (Reno)
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Los Alamos Computers has offered desktop, laptop, and high
performance computing systems since 2000, including Lenovo
ThinkPad laptops, certified for and preloaded with your choice
of many Linux distributions (Los Alamos, NM)
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Mazda Technologies makes and sells servers,
rackmount storage, server racks/cabinets, ethernet switches,
workstations, and laptops using Linux — and does software
engineering and IT consulting (Fremont)
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Net Express makes Linux and BSD workstations, servers,
clusters, and RAID arrays (Hayward)
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Penguin Computing, Linux servers, HPC clusters, network
switches, workstations, storage devices, integrated rack solutions
(Fremont)
- Oracle Corp.'s
Sun Microsystems division, Linux computers (Santa Clara)
- Purism makes the Librem series of
laptops, designed for maximum access to open-source programmability all
the way down to the metal, assembled in South San Francisco (Seattle, WA)
- System76 makes and sells Linux laptops, desktops, and servers (Denver)
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WalMart, believe it or not. Books, software, and other goodies
too. (20 stores within
50 miles of SVLUG)
You can download it for free from the Net
(and print the manuals yourself)
or buy a packaged distribution with manuals.
Support is available from system integrators or larger distribution vendors.
Smaller distributions are usually offered as do-it-yourself kits.
- almost any store that sells computer books (Barnes and Noble, etc.) carries some
books with bundled CDs/DVDs (but beware of obsolete software)
- Linux User Groups or Associations in Northern and Central California
(and adjacent parts of Nevada)
- Resources for user groups
- Info about starting a Linux User Group in your area
- Bay Area Technical Organizations
- Other Linux User Groups or Associations
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Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (ALE)
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Central Indiana Linux Users Group (CINLUG)
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High School Linux Users Group (HS-LUG),
mail list supporting use of Linux in high schools
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Linux Users of Los Angeles (LULA)
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Orange County Linux Users Group (OCLUG),
Orange County, California
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Ottawa Carleton Linux Users Group (OCLUG),
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ("Silicon Valley North")
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Sarnia Linux Users Group (SLUG),
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group (SSLUG),
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Triangle Linux Users Group,
Research Triangle Park (Raleigh/Durham), North Carolina
- Miscellaneous Non-local or Non-Technical
Feedback to SVLUG webmasters.
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