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Microsoft Windows (dmoz)

Vista | XP | NT . 2K | CE . PocketPC | 98ME . 98 | 95
Create XP Mode in Home versions of 7 and Vista . Convert Windows Server 2003 to workstation . HowTo install WinXP . The Old New Thing (blog) . Slip Stick (Outlook & Exchange info) . Unattended Win 2K/2003/XP installation . Vista cost analysis . Win98 tips . WinXP tips . Windows Steady State (lock down shared access computers) . WPA . XP Home vs. XP Pro . XP CD creation utility
Expirations: Life Cycles: . Discontinued . Licensing (Zamos) . Servers . Applications
Breadbox LitePC . 98 lite (old?) . XP Lite . FreeDOS . ext2 (& ext3) driver for Windows
Security - Windows vs Linux . Comes et al. v. MS (coral cache, Slashdot discussion)

Converting to Linux:

Tom's Hardware Guide: Migrating from Windows to Linux, part 2
Linux Journal: part 1, part 2, part 3 | Demo Linux
see also: Comparable Windows & Linux software . LinuxDoc . Ernie Ball switches to Linux . LinuxWorld . FightingPenguin . Linux for Mom & Dad . O'Reilley . The table of equivalents, replacements, & analogs of Windows software in Linux . Transitioning . WINE (WineCentric, AppDB, Sidenet) . Win4Lin ($)

Other Operating Systems

Multi-O/S

coLinux . Plex86 . VMware . Wine (SourceForge) . Win4Lin
Milti-Boot Bootloaders: GNU Grub (Troubleshooters, Linux/Win98 HOWTO) . LILO (mini-HOWTO, booting, errors, Splash) . Loadlin . Multi-Boot CD . Ranish PartitionManager . Vcom System Commander . xosl (.org, walkthrough) | Comparison, pros & cons
Dual boot Ubuntu & Windows (see also EasyUbuntu)
Virtual Machine tips: Conversion HowTo using NTBackup . Hackaday tips, . WinXP tips
Docs: arsTechnica . FreeBSD vs Linux . Linux+FreeBSD HowTo . Win2K & Linux . x86 advice | 3D Spotlight guide

Cloning O/S's:

dd & netcat

Freshmeat . Intrusion Detection . OpenSource.org . Openwall Project . Tuxedo.org
Gnome (dmoz, Usability) . KDE (dmoz) . ROX (filer)
Virtual Network Computing (VNC) & Virtual Private Network (VPN): AT&T . Real VNC . Tight VNC (old?) . Tridia VNC . x2 VNC | VNC & SSH
History . Timeline . OSfaq
File Systems: Comparison . JFS-SoftPanorama . Self-Certifying FS
- Journaling: Journaling File Systems . JFS . Reiser . XFS . Interviews . Overview
Partitions: FreeBSD . Linux . PartImage
FreeOS.com . dmoz

BSD (dmoz, Google)

FreeBSD - most popular, great performance, mostly for x86 systems
- Handbook manual, Diary, FreeBSD from Scratch, ISO, TrustedBSD, Daemons, Newbies
- Jail, OpenRoot,
- PC BSD: FreeBSD distribution designed for desktop use
- DragonflyBSD - work in progress?
NetBSD - very portable (runs on more platforms)
OpenBSD - very secure
- i386 hardware, Open BSD 101, ISO, Review
DaemonNews.org

GNU/Linux (dmoz, Google)

Distro Watch
Obsolete:
- Debian (install, Libranet) . Gentoo (forums) . Knoppix (LiveCD, security) . Local Area Security (fits on mini-cd) . Mandrake . RTLinus . RedHat (FreshRPMs.net) . Slackware . SuSE . Ubuntu (forums) | Linux from Scratch . Small Linux . Vector Linux
- Recovery Floppy/CD: Tom's rtbt
- Linux on Windows: CoLinux . TopologiLinux | see also: Portable Virtual Privacy Machine . QEMU (processor emulator)
- How To's:
  - Command Reference . ISP Setup (RedHat) . LinuxDoc.org . Linux-USB . cab.u-sceged.hu . QoS . suicidal.org . Tips . Laptops . Linux From Scratch . LinuxNewbie
Networking
- Linux Terminal Server Project: thin clients . O'Reilly's Network Admin . Thornton's Network Admin
Security
- Securing Redhat . SE Lnux (NSA; RedHat based Security Enhanced prototype) . Immunix (Stackguard)
- HOWTO (after break-in)
- ImmunixOS . Intrusion Detection . Medusa . OpenWall . Pitbull LX . WireX
- ChkRootKit . LibSafe
Window/File Managers
- Blackbox (Fluxbox . EvilWM (minimalist) . IceWM . Oroborus . Window Maker | File Managers: ROX-Filer | FS Panel
Misc:
- Advanced Linux Soundcard Architecture . Advocacy . Desktop Linux . Free Desktop . GNOME, Security, Linux, and Cable Modems . GNU & Linux . Horror stories . Live CDs . Lo-Fat Linux . Linuxcare . Linux integrator . Neighborhood 802.11b . (Not so) stupid unix tricks . Plan 9 . Redhat's size/stats . Support . dsniff (tcpkill) . Top 5 admin tools . Tucows . USB Virtual Private Machine . Virtual Server Project . Vita Nuova's Inferno | Preemptible patch
- Virtual Servers: Virtual Servers . Jail (FreeBSD) . User-Mode (Linux)
- System Imager

Distributions (Distros, DistroWatch)

BurnOmatic . Cheap Bytes . LinuxISO.org . LSL . Zedz

Mainframe: CBT Tape . Hercules

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