Free Unices

Linux

The Linux Home Page at linux.org

Tons of information on Linux including HowTo's and where to get Linux.

The ECS Networks' Linux v2 Information Headquarters

Great information about the version 2 series Linux kernels. Includes information on both the 2.0 Stable and 2.1 Development kernels.

Web access to the Linux ftp archives at Sunsite

Need Linux software? Sunsite's the place to get it.

Apple Computer's Mk/Linux

Got a PowerMac? Why not run Apple's MicroKernel based Linux on it?

Jim Mintha's Sparc-Linux Info

Run Linux on a Sparc! Currently supported are Sun 4c and 4m. Sun 4u (Ultra) to be supported soon.

Specialized Systems Consultants' Linux Journal

SSC's Linux Journal is a great magazine about Linux and for the Linux community.

Andrew Welch's Official Linux Maelstrom Homepage

If you like Asteroids, you'll *LOVE* Maelstrom.

Martin von Lowis' NTFS FileSystem Driver for Linux

Currently alpha-ware, but provides read-only acces to your Windows NT partitions from within Linux.

BSD Unix

The FreeBSD Project's Official Site

FreeBSD is a free Unix with the goal to be the best BSD Unix for x86 based PC's.

The NetBSD Project's Official Site

NetBSD is a free BSD Unix, ported to a large number of hardware architectures.

Some more NetBSD links:

• NetBSD/i386
• NetBSD/mac68k, aka MacBSD
  • NetBSD/mac68k
  • Puma's MacBSD Pages
• NetBSD/sun3

The OpenBSD Project's Official Site

OpenBSD is another free BSD implementation of Unix. Although it grows almost directly from NetBSD, the OpenBSD group has made modifications to improve security and fix other problems that NetBSD or FreeBSD haven't quite gotten around to fixing yet

Other Free Unices

GNU Hurd

The GNU Project's microkernel based Unix

Andy Tanenbaum's Minix

A free Unix for Intel based machines, even the 8088 and 80286!!

Brad Pliner's MacMinix Page

Information on the Macintosh port of Minix