Downloads for OSC course

From SOFTICE

Contents 1 Debian Linux 2 Java Solutions 3 For Windows Users

This page holds links to various resources useful to install a Linux system either as part of the cluster set up that we describe in the SOFTICE project or as part of a home system set up on the students' side. You can also check http://plug.lklnd.usf.edu/ (Polk's Linux User Group) for more ISOs downloads.

Debian Linux

Knoppix

• "Live CD" distribution based on Debian and allowing you to boot your box from a CD containing a full system's image. The hard drive is not used so that you don't have to change your current setting.
• http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
• local ISO Recommended

Debian

• The source of all things debian is at http://www.debian.org
• local ISO (net instsall CD) ** 1 CD containing a minimal system which will connect you to a debian packages server to download anythinng else you need.
• local ISO (DVD 1) local ISO (DVD 2
  • Full Debian distribution on DVD no need to download software packages from tne net.

Debian Progeny

• http://www.progeny.com
• http://componentizedlinux.org Componentized Linux Web
• Local ISO CD-1 Local ISO CD-2

Ubuntu

• Debian derivated distribution, install and live CDs available
• http://ubuntu.com/

Articles about Debian

• Linux Magazine "It's all about the Debians"
• http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/45/2201/

Java Solutions

SSH clients

• Java SSH Tools J2SSH
• Telnet/SSH for the Java platform JTA
• JCraft's JSch & JCTerm website

X-servers

• wired-X website

For Windows Users

Linux or Unix running in windows w/o repartitioning

• Cygwin (http://cygwin.com/web)
• winlinux (http://www.winlinux.net/2003/)
• Cooperative Linux (co-linux) (http://colinux.org/)

win32 X-servers

• Cygwin (http://cygwin.com/)
• X-win32 (http://www.starnet.com/)
• Xming (http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming) Recommended

SSH win32 clients

• SSH Secure Shell Client local archive Recommended
• Putty local archive