Linux

Linux Sites

Getting Linux and Linux Software

Linux Software

Here are some sites which provide lists, guides and archives of Linux software

Sybase ctlib for Linux

Linux Distribution Vendors

Debian, a non-profit organization
Red Hat Software
Caldera
SuSe FTP site mirror sites in the USA (USA - Georgia, Atlanta) Europe (Schweiz)
Yggdrasil
Pacific HiTech
YellowDog (Mac Port)
And there are others....

Linux Runs on Several Platforms

Intel
Alpha
PalmPilot
Macintosh/PPC
SPARC

Companies that Write Software for Linux

Linux Application Lists and Maps

Linux Applications and Utilities Page

About Linux

Linux Business Applications
Cheap*Bytes, "Specializing in Low Cost Technical CD-ROMs & Books"
The /dev/linux Project, Building the tools to fund cooperative software development.

Linux Documentation

LDPLinux Documentation Project
Debian Documentation Project

Linux Organizations (and related)

LUGs -- Linux Users Groups
Linux International
Slashdot.org
The OS Suck-O-Meter
Linux Now!, a self-proclaimed extensive archive of Linux stuff.
The Linux Counter
Linux Resources, a web site.
The Linux Laptop Home Page
SEUL The Simple End-User Linux. A project designed to establish standards for Linux installations to make Linux easy to install, configure and use.
The Linux Gateway. Linux News and other stuff.
Linux Software Database
The goal of the Linux Business Solutions Project is to provide more coherent, comprehensive documentation on how Linux can be used to solve common business problems.
Freebsd.org
for Wave Phenomena

How many LINUX users are there?

Lots! Today (29 Jul 2001), the Linux Counter Project says about 17 million. Last time I updated this was about 3 years ago and I just changed it from a 3-7 million estimate as it stood at that time.

Interoperation with other OSs

Macintosh

netatalk.

But, look at asun, also. It's a bunch of patches to netatalk.

While you're at it, grab a copy of MacTCP to get things going.

Microsoft

Samba....'nuff said.

Databases

Linux on Sybase

Sybase has released the client libraries some time ago, and we're working on releasing ports of a few other products soon. I'll keep notice of our progress here. Suffice it to say that Sybase is seriously considering Linux ports of several key products.

Connecting to Sybase or Microsoft SQL Server databases from Linux

Linux on Informix

There's a group and a mailing list devoted to this, but it hasn't happened yet, either. Check out the mailing list archives (only searchable, not browsable.)