Jacques Delsemme
Items of Interest to Linux Users
Periodicals |
Books |
Distributions |
Software
These resources are items I found personally useful in
supporting Linux, and do not imply an endorsement by either UC Santa Cruz or ITS. Items listed as
Recommended! are my personal favorites.
Linux periodicals
Linux books (needs updating!)
- Linux Systems Labs/Red Hat Software,
Dr Linux. 199?. Complete works of the Linux
documentation project.
- The Linux bible from Walnut Creek
or Yggdrasil.
- John Purcell,
Linux man pages. Linux Systems Labs, 199?.
- Olaf Kirch, Linux Network
Administrator's Guide. O'Reilly, 1995.
- Matt Welsh, Lar Kaufman, Running
Linux. O'Reilly, 1995.
Recommended!
- O'Reilly & Associates and Red Hat Software, Running Linux
Companion CD-ROM. O'Reilly, 1996.
Linux distributions
Most of the distributions listed below can be downloaded for free
or available on CDs for some nominal cost.
- Linux Mint Debian Edition.
As its name implies it is based on Debian. It is a semi-rolling
distribution supporting traditional desktops.
Recommended!
- Ubuntu
based on Debian.
Use Xubuntu with older hardware.
This used to be my favorite distribution until the introduction of
Unity which is a desktop better suited for tablets.
- Debian.
- Fedora
born out of the Red Hat Linux distribution.
- CentOS
based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution.
For additional distributions, check the
Top Ten
Distributions.
Linux software
Mostly open source, but with a few exceptions.
