<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Linux Meta-FAQ: Getting Linux</TITLE> <LINK HREF="META-FAQ-3.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="META-FAQ-1.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="META-FAQ.html#toc2" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="META-FAQ-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="META-FAQ-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="META-FAQ.html#toc2">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s2">2. Getting Linux</A></H2> <H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 Linux FTP sites</A> </H2> <P>A more complete list of Linux FTP sites is in the Linux INFO-SHEET, which can always be found at <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/INFO-SHEET.html">http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/INFO-SHEET.html</A> The most important sites are listed here; please see the INFO-SHEET for a site nearer to you (there are many mirrors). <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> textual name numeric addr Linux directory ======================= ============== =============== tsx-11.mit.edu 18.86.0.44 /pub/linux sunsite.unc.edu 152.2.22.81 /pub/Linux ftp.kernel.org 206.184.214.34 /pub/linux </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>These sites are the main ``home'' sites for Linux where most uploads take place. There are many mirror sites; please use the closest (network-wise) site to you. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 Linux on physical media</A> </H2> <P>Linux is distributed on physical media, mainly CD-ROM, by several commercial vendors. Please read the distribution HOWTO, posted regularily to comp.os.linux.announce, and available at <A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Distribution-HOWTO.html">http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Distribution-HOWTO.html</A><P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 AFS</A> </H2> <P>Linux is available over AFS by mounting the volume project.linux from sipb.mit.edu <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.4">2.4 Commercial networks</A> </H2> <P>Compu$erve has some Linux archives. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss2.5">2.5 Mailservers and such</A> </H2> <P>Sunsite offers ftp-mail service --- mail <ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu>. <P> <HR> <A HREF="META-FAQ-3.html">Next</A> <A HREF="META-FAQ-1.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="META-FAQ.html#toc2">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>