UNIX

Links that lead to off-site pages about UNIX, GNU, Linux, and other UNIX variants.

• Blogs
  • Nothing but Unix [unix-news.blogspot.com]. 'Nothing but Unix news. All related to Unices'
• UNIX GUI desktop environments
  • KDE.org (K Desktop Environment). Originally for Unix.
    • KOffice.org. An office suite.
  • GNOME.org  GNU Network Object Model Environment.
  • Bluehat. By RedHat.com.
  • GNUStep.org. By NeXT, i.e. Apple.
  • X.org. X window system, X, X11.
  • XFce.org. Originally for Unix.
  • XFree86.org.
  • Ximian. By Ximian.com. Most beautiful yet.
• UNIX
  • BSD.org. 'variety of resources for users of the various commercial and freely-available bsd operating systems.'
  • EnterpriseUnix.org. 'a website for System Administrators, developers, and enterprise managers, offering recent industry news, events, links, etc. related to the convergence of HP-UX and Tru64 UNIX running on the Itanium Processor Family.'
  • Learn UNIX in 10 minute [freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html]
  • Linux is for bitches [LinuxIsForBitches.com]. A humor site that's pro-BSD and anti-Linux.
  • tru64.org. 'a website for System Administrators, developers, and technical managers, offering recent industry news, events, links, etc. related to HP's Tru64 UNIX operating system running on AlphaServers.'
  • UGU.com. 'Unix Guru Universe'
  • Unix.org
  • UnixGuide.net
  • Unix History [levenez.com/unix/]. Nice huge chart.
  • UNIX Tutorial for Beginners [www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/]
  • UNIX [W]
• UNIX open-source
  • No-Cost distributions
    • Debian.org.
      • Intro to Linux.
    • FreeBSD.org. 'FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon™), amd64 compatible (including Opteron™, Athlon 64, and EM64T), Alpha/AXP, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC® architectures. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX® developed at the University of California, Berkeley.'
    • GNU.org. 'The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete UNIX style operating system which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not UNIX"; it is pronounced "guh-noo.") Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the kernel Linux, are now widely used; though these systems are often referred to as "Linux," they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems.'
    • GNU Hurd. The version of Linux by Richard Stallman, the inventor of open source, GNU.org, and FSF.org.
    • NetBSD.org.
    • OpenBSD.org.
  • Some-cost distributions
    • Lindows.com. Available in cheap PCs at Walmart.
    • Caldera.com (a.k.a. SCO). Their version is called "OpenLinux".
    • RedHat.com. As of 2002/06, Red Hat has 52% of the Linux OS market.
    • TurboLinux.com, who is big in Asia Pacific.
    • SuSE.com.
  • Miscellany
    • About.com's section on Linux
    • A Complete History of Tux. What's up with that penguin mascot?
    • ctssn.com. A Linux tutorial.
    • Linoneum. Linux programming resources.
    • LinuxChix.org. 'LinuxChix is a community for women who like Linux, and for supporting women in computing. The membership ranges from novices to experienced users, and includes professional and amateur programmers, system administrators and technical writers.'
    • LinuxJournal.com. Doc Searle is Sr. Editor there.
    • Linux.OReillyNet.com.
      • Linux in a Nutshell. Viewable online!
    • Linux.org. The official website for all things Linux.
    • LinuxWorld.com.
    • Tuxs.org. 'The goal of this site is to be the starting point for people wanting to learn about and try Linux for the first time, in easy to understand, non-technical language.'
• vi
  • Efficient Editing with vim [jmcpherson.org/editing.html]

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