$     *NIX History, Docs & Info
$ Meet the UNIX family!
$ UNIX History
$ Getting started with a FREE OS
$ Learn the Linux Command Line
$ Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
$ The Grymoire - home for UNIX wizards
$ Sed - An Introduction and Tutorial
$ mini SED HOWTO
$ Unix/Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial
$ The Linux Documentation Project
$ Debian GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide
$ FreeBSD HANDBOOK
$ Tips for Linux
$ Linux Security Advisories
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$     FREE AND OPEN SOURCE *NIX OS
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$     GNU/Linux based
$ Home of the Linux Kernel
$ GNU - software that makes it an OS
$ GNUWin32 - improve MS Windows add GNU!
$ Kernel...what the heck?!?
$ The Linux Kernel Book
$ The Linux Kernel in a Nutshell
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$     GNU/Linux and Open Source News
$ LXer-Linux and Open Source News
$ Linux Weekly News
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$     MAJOR GNU/Linux Distributions
$ Target Users @=begginers #=experienced $=geeks!
$ Debian - Linux Godfather #1 #
$   Debian Live CD! $
$   LINUX MINT - GNU/Linux at its best (my favorite) @@
$   LINUX MINT DEBIAN-built on Debian Testing #
$   UBUNTU - GNU/Linux @@
$   Knoppix - A Live CD @
$   DSL - It is Damn Small! #
$ Slackware - Linux Godfather #2 (my first) #
$   SLAX Linux - A Live CD @
$   Slackware software, LinuxPackages.net
$   Slackware software, SlackBuilds.org
$ Red Hat - Linux Godfather #3 #
$   Fedora Linux @
$   Mandriva Linux @@
$ SUSE - Linux Godfather #4 #
$   openSUSE Linux @
$ ArchLinux - Linux Godfather #5 $
$   ArchBang $
$   The Chakra Project @
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$     Manual Linux Build Systems
$ Gentoo - Linux Godfather #6 $$
$ Linux From Scratch - DIY! $$$
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$     BSD UNIX based
$ FreeBSD - largest user & support base & software repository
$   PC-BSD - PC-BSD is to FreeBSD as Ubuntu is to Debian @
$ NetBSD - supports the most system types
$ OpenBSD - SECURE!
$ DragonFly BSD - native clustering support
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$     System V UNIX based
$ OpenIndiana "THE OpenSolaris"
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$ SDF Public Access UNIX System
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