Amiga

The Amiga FAQs cover everything from the OS to networking, hardware, software, and games as well as giving pointers to other references.


Mac - AUX

The AUX FAQ discusses system administration, Mac-emulation, devices and peripherals, porting and programming, communication, and common errors for the Mac UNIX variant A/UX.


Be

The Be FAQ covers hardware, software, and software development for the new BeBox, made by Be, Inc. This FAQ focuses on third party software, but more information about the Be machines can be obtained from Be's Question and Answer Page.

One can search the BeDevTalk mailing list, narrowing the search with keywords and by year.


BSD

The 386 BSD FAQ covers NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and other BSD derived Operating Systems. This FAQ discusses the generic attributes and history of the BSD style operating systems as well as general networking info, installation questions, kernel building and tuning, interactions with MS DOS, and other relevant tidbits.

Daemon News is a monthly online magazine devoted to news about the various versions of BSD. One nice feature of this particular zine is that you can download it in pdf format or grab a tarball of the monthly issue.

The *BSD Usenet News Searcher has archives of all BSD-related Usenet newsgroups from June 1992 onwards. Searches are in egrep format and items can be searched for from a specific year onwards.

BSDNet is a group of BSD enthusiasts who often hang out on the bsdnet IRC servers. There are links for hardware, networking, software, jobs, and various other topics.

The FreeBSD home page includes links to information including announcements, release and port information, various sorts of documentation, the FAQ, support mailing lists and newsgroups, and development resources.

The FreeBSD-Newbies First Aid Kit is a regular posting to the FreeBSD-Newbies mailing list. It gives newbies to the FreeBSD world pointers on where to go to get more FreeBSD info. Also see the newbies page at FreeBSD.

The FreeBSD 'zine is a monthly online magazine devoted to FreeBSD topics. See also FreeBSD Online.

The FreeBSD Diary is the ongoing chonicle of one user's experiences with FreeBSD. It contains a number of pratical, hands on examples about how to install and confingure FreeBSD with various services.

FreeBSD Rocks is a resource center for all areas of FreeBSD - from news, to reviews and even job advertisements. It works in the same way as Slashdot, only more focused on FreeBSD. They also have a searchable resource database.

BSDi is the commercial supplier of BSD/OS. This is their main page, and it includes links to products, resources (tech support, man pages, patches, mailing lists, news groups, and the ftp archives), and breaking news.

One can search the BSDi-Users mailing list with keywords, narrowing the search by year.

The NetBSD Project home page includes information about mailing lists, bug tracking, security, distributions, supported hardware, and Y2K issues.

The OpenBSD page has information regarding supported platforms, security, commercial products, support, obtaining OpenBSD, bug tracking, mailing list archives, and the FAQ.


Cisco

The Cisco FAQ discusses the Cisco router line and how to get it to talk to a heterogeneous network, use access lists, interpret buffer statistics, and various other router related questions. The Cisco Educational Archive is located on ibiblio.

One can search the Cisco mailing list, narrowing it by keyword and year. To join the list, send a request to cisco-request@spot.colorado.edu.


Ultrix, OSF/1, Digital UNIX, Tru64

The Digital UNIX FAQ and the HTMLized version cover hardware, graphics, software design, networking, and other topics dealing with Digital UNIX on the Alpha systems.

The ULTRIX FAQ (and the HTML version) covers questions about Digital's RISC ULTRIX operating system and the hardware on which it runs. The FAQ contains information about networking, software development, graphics, hardware and peripherals, and various software packages.

The ULTRIX and OSF/1 Common FAQ provides answers about the ULTRIX and DEC OSF/1 AXP operating systems from Digital Equipment Corporation.

The Digital UNIX Documentation Library includes general user documentation, programming documentation, system and network documentation, driver documentation, and other supplementary documentation about the Digital UNIX operating system.

The Digital Online Services includes software patches, tools, engineering field test information, and other online services like Web Information Support and Dial-In Access.

The Tru64-UNIX-Managers mailing list (formerly the alpha-osf-managers list) is a quick-turnaround troubleshooting aid for people who administer and manage Alpha AXP systems runnning Compaq Tru64 UNIX (formerly Digital UNIX (formerly Digital OSF/1)). Its primary purpose is to provide the Alpha manager with a quick source of information for system management problems that are of a time-critical nature.


HP

The comp.sys.hp.hpux FAQ includes information about user HP/UX courses, user groups, anonymous ftp sites for HP/UX related software, patch information, HP 9000 and HP 3000 resources, and much more.

At HP's Docs site, one can browse, search, and view the latest product documentation and technical information about HP's hardware and software products, either by topic or release.

The HP electronic support center allows access to comprehensive HP software and hardware support information and tools.

One can search the hpux-admin mailing list, narrowing by keyword and year.


General

workstations.org lists informational resources for popular workstations such as Suns, SGIs, and HPs.

The Computer Security FAQs include the anonymous FTP FAQ, compromise FAQ, evaluations FAQ, NT Security, Security Mailing Lists, sniffers, ssh, ssl, vendor contacts, and the vendor patches FAQ.

The comp.unix.admin FAQ covers the discussion of administration of UNIX machines, generally for those issues of UNIX administration that are vendor-independent. For more vendor-specific UNIX questions, see the corresponding vendor's site or newsgroup/mailing list.

Geek Girl's UNIX Reference Desk contains references to material culled from a number of different sources on computing in the UNIX environment. This is a hodgepodge of information including topics on GNU tools, basic UNIX commands, security, networking, X, applications, programming, and OS specific references.

IBM

AIX FAQs includes information on the IBM RS/6000 workstations running versions 3 and 4 of AIX. See Bela Gazdy's HTMLized version of the FAQ for a search option. The FAQ includes topics such as SMIT, backups, memory and process management, shells and commands, video and X, networks and communication, LVM, and other items of interest to the AIX administrator. Also see IBM's web site.

Donohue's RS/6000 page includes information on hardware, software, and jobs for RS/6000 people. The page also links to an RS/6000 chat room, IB support, and other service areas.

The IBM RS/6000 Support site includes RS/6000 SP resources, hints and tips databases, the APAR (Authorized Problem Analysis Reports) database, software and microcode fixes available for download, support tools, trial software downloads, various online publications, online discussion groups, and support contacts.

The FixDist program is a user interface used to download software fixes on the Internet. It comes with TapeGen, a command line utility enabling you to create a stacked tape containing SMIT installable fixes.

The AIX and RS/6000 Professional Certification site lists the IBM approved certificatoin programs for RS/6000 hardware and AIX system administration and certification for software running on the RS/6000.

The AIX ReSource page has links to online AIX documentation, the RS/6000 SP Documentation library, and AIX books.

IBM's Redbooks, named for their red covers, are "how to" books, written by very experienced IBM professionals from all over the world. They also have Redpapers, documents written by IBM development, technical support groups and other experienced colleagues.


Linux

The Linux Online! site includes a brief introduction to what linux is, where to get it, what platforms it runs on, and how to install it. There are also links to various vendors, press releases, hardware vendors that cater to linux users, support, user groups, books, and linux oriented events.

The Linux Documentation Project includes general information about linux, and about commercial linux projects. General documentation includes the technical overview INFO-SHEET, the FAQ and meta-FAQ, the installation HotTo, links to user groups, links to mailing lists, and usenet groups.

One can search the linux-net mailing list, narrowing information by keyword and year.


NeXT

The NeXTSTEP/OpenStep FAQ includes information about both Black and White hardware and applications as well as general questions about NeXT and NeXT paraphernalia.


SCO/Unixware

The SCO Newsgroups FAQ (and the HTMLized version) and the SCO Ftp-Sites FAQ provide information about where to obtain SCO specific software as well as describing each of the SCO newsgroups and mailing lists. There's also a SCO Technical FAQ.

The SCO home page includes links to developers information, press releases, downloadable software, and products.

XeniTec Consulting Services maintains the SCO newsgroup and mailing list archives, dating back to 1989.

The A.P. Lawrence - Tips, articles, programs page has information on security, howto's, support and troubleshooting tips, book and product reviews, a UNIX skills test, various programs, and other SCO links.

The UnixWare FAQs discuss the general properties of the UnixWare operating system, developer tools, mail, troubleshooting, and various other topics.

The UnixWare Meta-FAQ covers UnixWare 2.1x and UnixWare 7. The FAQ contains things like UnixWare resource pointers, general information, OS troubleshooting, desktop and X troubleshooting, alptop and PCMCIA troubleshooting, NetWare connectivity, pkginstall problems, networking problems, developer resources, email, and autoconfiguration.


SGI

The SGI FAQs and the HTMLized version cover such topics as administration, applications, audio, graphics, hardware, IRIS Inventor, IRIS Performer, security, and IRIS Impressario.

The SGI Developer's Center is a comprehensive resource for the Silicon Graphics Developer Community. It has information on the latest in SGI development technology, third party development tools and software, a developer reference library, and pointers to other resources and promotions.

The SGI Security Headquarters provides an information resource on computer security for the SGI computing environment and for computer security in general. It includes advisories, patches, standard operating procedures, PGP keys, security contacts, security agencies, and a number of programs.


Sun

Solaris OS FAQs cover the latest version of Solaris, and the Solaris x86 FAQ goes through a preinstallation checklist, installation instructions, post-installation, troubleshooting, interoperability with other OSs, and other Solaris x86 resources.

The Solaris Porting FAQ contains the answers to questions about porting BSD/Solaris 1 applications to Solaris 2. It has evolved into a more general discussion about portability among Unix systems, especially as it relates to BSD, ANSI, POSIX, and SVID compliant systems. The Solaris Developer Connection is a download spot for all of Sun's latest developer software.

The comp.sys.sun.admin FAQ includes answers to questions about SunOS and Solaris and general Sun topics such as peripherals, software, common errors, contacting Sun, kernel and network setup and tuning, printing, mail, and news.

Sun Help is a site specifically for Solaris sytems questions, comments, and troubleshooting help. It also lists other UNIX related links useful to systems administrators.

The Sun Managers FAQ is collection of common questions posted to the sun-managers mailing list. There is a archive of the list that can be narrowed by month and year.

Sun's Doc Site lets you browse or search product documentation, including manuals, guides, answerbooks and man pages in HTML format.

See also Stokely Consulting's Sun specific web page.

See also the section on OS specific security information