Getting Linux: Some FTP Sites

Linux/m68k-specific sites

• ftp.uni-erlangen.de, maintained by Roman Hodek, is now the primary distribution site for all releases of Linux/m68k. [Germany]
• Mirrors:
  • ftp.uni-erlangen.de is also accessible via HTTP (which is faster if you're using a web browser as your FTP client).
  • tsx-11.mit.edu (the old 680x0 site) includes, among other things, a mirror of ftp.uni-erlangen.de, and is a fast site within the United States.
  • ftp.kernel.org is also located in the USA and supports HTTP access too.
  • Linuxberg is also mirroring the Linux/m68k FTP site, with multiple T3 connections from Michigan, USA.
  • A mirror of tsx-11.mit.edu at Imperial College, London, England, via the World Wide Web. It's a mirror of a mirror, but it might be a good site for those of you in .ac.uk. [United Kingdom]
  • The University of Naples also has a mirror at ftp.unina.it, which is reportedly fast in Italy. [Italy]
  • A daily message listing the changes at ftp.uni-erlangen.de is also available. Send a message to majordomo@lists.linux-m68k.org with the line "subscribe linux-m68k-ftpchanges" in the message body.
• sunsite.auc.dk is the home of Jes Degn Sørensen's work on porting Linux 2.x to m68k and his Red Hat 5.1 port. (Also available by HTTP.) [Denmark]
• ftp.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de is home of the "Linux/m68k Installation Guide" and a number of binaries not found at ftp.uni-erlangen.de. [Germany]
• ftp.phil.uni-sb.de, maintained by Benni Lorenz, used to have a large archive of Linux/m68k sources and binaries. Most of this archive was superseded by the Debian and Red Hat ports. There is also a mirror of ftp.uni-erlangen.de here (in mirror.erlangen/). [Germany]
• ftp.rz.tu-harburg.de is the location of another repository of contributed binaries. [Germany]
• Keith Tomlin has an archive of Linux/m68k software available at zippy.spods.dcs.kcl.ac.uk, where he is the manager of the general FTP site. [United Kingdom]
• Thorsten Flöck maintains a site for Atari users at wctc6.chemie.uni-wuppertal.de. [Germany]
• David Huggins-Daines has set up a Linux/m68k for Mac FTP site (also available via HTTP). [Canada]
• David also has a CVS repository for the Mac kernel tree. You can also access it directly using anonymous CVS at :pserver:anonymous@cvs.mac.linux-m68k.org:/var/local/cvsroot, using module name "linux-mac68k" and password "anonymous". [Canada]
• I keep some binaries that I'm working on at www.clark.net (follow this link for a list of what's available).

General Linux Sites

• If you're looking for sources for something, chances are it's available at one of these three sites:
  • The mother of all Linux sites is metalab.unc.edu (also accesible via HTTP).
  • The aunt of all Linux sites is tsx-11.mit.edu.
  • The stepchild of all Linux sites is ftp.kernel.org (also accessible via HTTP) (ftp.kernel.org mirrors virtually everything Linux... distributions, kernels, Sunsite, TSX-11, the works).
• For the over-zealous, there is Linus Torvalds's master kernel archive at ftp.kernel.org in California. This site is really only for those with a kernel-hacking jones.