An Incomplete List of Ported Programs and Other Software Most of the common Unix tools and programs have been ported to Linux, including almost all of the GNU stuff and many X clients from various sources. Unfortunately, there are not very many end-user applications. Nevertheless, here is an incomplete list of software that is known to work under Linux. C-news, trn, nn, tin, smail, elm. At least the following anonymous ftp sites carry Linux.
Some sites mirror other sites.
There are several BBS's that have Linux files. There is also at least one organization that distributes Linux on floppies, for a fee. Contact Softlanding Software 910 Lodge Ave. Also, don't forget about friends and user's groups, who are usually glad to let you make a copy. Getting started As mentioned at the beginning, Linux is not centrally administered.