A more complete list of Linux FTP sites is in the Linux INFO-SHEET, which can always be found at tsx-11.mit.edu in the directory /pub/linux/docs/. A DVI version is in INFO-SHEET.dvi, and a PostScript version is in INFO-SHEET.ps. The most important sites are listed here; please see the INFO-SHEET for a site nearer to you (there are many mirrors).
textual name numeric addr Linux directory
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tsx-11.mit.edu 18.172.1.2 /pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu 152.2.22.81 /pub/Linux
nic.funet.fi 128.214.248.6 /pub/OS/Linux
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.
Occasionally, someone posts a list of BBS's that have Linux available for download. Try them if you can't FTP. This list is available by ftp from tsx-11.mit.edu as /pub/linux/docs/bbs.list. You may use ftpmail (described elsewhere in this document) to get this list if you have mail access, or ask a friend with internet access to get it for you.
Linux is distributed on physical media, including floppies, CD-ROM, and tape, by several commercial vendors. Please read the distribution HOWTO, posted regularily to comp.os.linux.announce, and available for ftp at sunsite.unc.edu as /pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/distribution-HOWTO.
Also check advertisements/* at tsx-11.mit.edu for advertisements of other ways to get linux, including a list of people that will make copies for you at low prices. Also available there are advertisements for other commercial services related to Linux.
Linux is available over AFS by mounting the volume project.linux from sipb.mit.edu
GEnie mirrors most of tsx-11.mit.edu and sunsite.unc.edu. Compu$erve has only very limited very old Linux archives.
Sunsite offers ftp-mail service --- mail ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu.
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