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 18.86.0.44 /pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu 152.2.22.81 /pub/Linux
ftp.funet.fi 128.214.248.6 /pub/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.
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 also has some Linux archives.
Sunsite offers ftp-mail service --- mail ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu.