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• On the Red Hat Software web page is sold a great enterprise edition of Linux software that works very well in a server environment for a variety of applications. Red Hat Enterprise editions come with stable feature sets that are not generally updated within a major release. They only issue software fixes for problems as they are found, and they usually fix these problems very quickly. If you looking for a desktop or work station (WS) version, they will certainly sell it to you in a package that includes support. If you feel that you can do most of the support yourself, except for software fixes and updates, go take a look at the free Fedora distribution for Linux.
• This Fedora Project link will supply you with information and access to Red Hat's replacement for the Personal Edition that they no longer sell over the counter. Fedora is freely available and a little bit on the bleeding edge in the case of feature sets, but I have been using it in server and desktop situations with great success since Fedora One version came out about five years ago. The Fedora team is very good at releasing timely patches for software problems as they are found. The current version is Fedora 10 and is quite stable. Bittorrent download links for this release are available at the Fedora Project Bittorrent Tracker website.
• CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible.
• The Debian GNU/Linux distribution of Linux is totally free (as in free beer) GNU software. It currently includes 18733 packages. The current version of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r5 was released October 23rd, 2008.
• The SuSE (Novell) Distribution home page gives you the choice of an additional great Linux enterprise edition. I have had great success using Suse Enterprise in the server environment. OpenSUSE Linux, the freely available version, can be downloaded from http://download.opensuse.org/.
• Mandriva (formerly Mandrake) Linux is a great distribution for someone new to Linux.
• Ubuntu is another great distribution to try, and is aimed at those people who are new to Linux and want a quick way to get started.
• The Apache Software Foundation is the home for the Apache web server software. Apache is the web server that I am using to present this web page to you. It not only works with Linux and BSD UNIX, but also with Windows XP. The above link also includes a list of other projects that are under the auspices of this foundation. including SpamAssassin: a spam mail filter, Ant: a java based build tool, and other software projects.
• If you are looking for an inexpensive office suite (like free!) for your PC. How about one that only cost you the time to download it? If so, than OpenOffice.org is the one for you. It is multi-platform, multi-lingual and open-source. It runs just fine on Linux, MAC and Windows.
• FVWM is the window manager I run on my workstations along with the Gnome desktop. I have been using FVWM in its various iterations for more than ten years.
• A very good choice for a desktop is Gnome. This is the default desktop on Red Hat and Fedora.
• Another good one is The K Desktop Environment (KDE) Project. Suse and Mandriva use KDE as their defalt desktop.
• Linux Online! A good starting point for Linux Newbies.
• Here is a site to try called Linux Today for more of the latest news about Linux and other related subjects.
• Another good Linux news site is LXer Linux News Headlines.
• Slashdot! - A good site for fast breaking News about Linux, computing in general and other interesting stuff.
• The Linux Weekly News is published every Thursday and details a variety of subjects related to Linux with updates every day.
• "Loads of Linux Links." - This site is a great starting point for Linux users and has many links to Linux related sites. This is a Sourceforge website.
• LIVNA - If you are running a Fedora distribution and want to run some extra programs that were not included with Red Hat or Fedora, this is a good site on which you may find them.
• FreshRPMS - Another good site to visit if you are running a Fedora distribution and want to run some those extra programs that Red Hat or Fedora did not include in their distributions,
• Dag Wieers - This is another great site to check for RPM packages for Red Hat/Fedora based systems. You will find some software here that you will never see in a Red Hat/Fedora distribution.
• If you are looking for sources of the latest and greatest versions of Linux software, check here at Freshmeat or here at IceWalkers or search for RPM packages here.
• KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a great collection of GNU/Linux software. Knoppix is based on Debian and KDE , and makes a great rescue disk for any Linux based system.
• Go to Groklaw if you are looking for information or blow-by-blow reports about the SCO/IBM/Linux court fight. This site is great!
• Request for Comments - Here you can find a copy of that Request For Comments (RFC) document that covers a Internet related terminology or specification for which you have been looking. You can also check an index of RFCs on this site.
• Information from the Virginia State Parks site shows where all of the state parks are located. These parks allow for all kinds of activities for the family: such as camping, picnicking, hiking, and in some parks swimming.

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