Linux Links

Follow these links to learn more about Linux.  More links will be added soon!

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Linux User Groups
	Portland Linux/Unix Group	Monthly general meetings, advanced topic meetings, clinics, newsgroup, etc.  Meets in Portland, Oregon.
	Mid-Willamette Valley Linux Users Group	Check their home page for Linux related news and tips.  The MWVLUG meets at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon on the first Tuesday of each month.
On-Line Journals and Discussion Forums
	Linux Online	Good starting point for information about Linux and Open Source Software.  Includes "What is Linux?" section and short on-line tutorials about Linux.
	LinuxQuestions	Search for answers to Linux questions and problems.  If it's not already been answered, post your question.
	Linux Forum	"Linux Forum is a large community of Linux users, developers and enthusiasts that are here to help each other with FREE Linux Support, Linux Questions, Linux Help, Linux Problems, and anything else related to Linux.&Quot;  Also sections on "What is Linux", news, tutorials, downloads, & more.
Linux Distributions Sampler
	DistroWatch	Information about virtually every Linux distribution.  Go to this site, then click on Major Distributions to help narrow the field.
	Small and "Live CD" distributions	Linux and Unix distributions that load from 1 or 2 floppies or a single CD.
	Ubuntu	Probably the easiest to install, easiest to use, best documented Linux distribution for the beginning Linux user.
	Kubuntu	The same as Ubuntu but with a different, somewhat fancier interface,  looks a litte more like Microsoft Windows.
	PCLinuxOS	An attractive, full-featured Linux distribution.  Boot and run from the CD, then install it if you wish.
	Red Hat Linux	One of the most popular and stable distributions.  Designed for corporate and server environments.  Extensive training and support options.
	KNOPPIX	This is a Linux implementation that runs entirely from a single CD.  Doesn't write anything to your system unless you tell it to.  This means that you can experiment with Linux on your computer without modifying your current configuration.
	Linspire	Linspire is a full-featured Linux distribution designed for ease of use.  Linspire features simplified Click aNd Run (CNR) installation of applications in their CNR on-line "warehouse"
	MEPIS	Like Knoppix, MEPIS is a Linux implementation that runs entirely form a single CD.  MEPIS adds a few more features that the average user would want, and has an easy-to-use install-to-hard-disk feature.  MEPIS runs best with 256MB or more of memory, but you can run it with less if you have a Linux swap partition.
	WinLinux 2003	From the WinLinux web site:  "WinLinux 2003 was designed and built to be the easiest to use Linux system.  Its installation and configuration tasks are performed directly from Windows using graphical tools."
	K12Linux	The K12Linux project promotes the use of Linux in education.  This project promotes (among other things) the use of Linux terminal servers and low-cost diskless workstations in educational settings.  This reduces licensing and support costs for educational institutions or for any computing environment using multiple workstations.
Linux Articles
	Willamette Week story on Linux	THE REBEL ALLIANCE "An unlikely army of hacker hippies, geek visionaries, idealistic teachers and corporate giants is making Portland ground zero of a digital revolution. ..."
	Security Report: Windows vs Linux	Summary Story and report by The Register report on Windows vs. Linux security.  Available in web and pdf formats.  (Bottom line: Windows has more, and more severe, security flaws.)
	Adopt Open Source Software Or Die	Subtitle: "Business Strategies for Free and Open Source Software Companies and Communities".  "Open source software (OSS) is turning the IT industry on its head.  By using the Internet to collaborate, programmers have managed to develop high quality software outside of the bounds of traditional software corporations. ... " By David Pool, MBA, Naked Ape Consulting