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The Linux User Group HOWTO is intended to serve as a guide to founding,
maintaining, and growing a Linux user group.
Linux is a freely-distributable implementation of Unix for personal
computers, servers, workstations, PDAs, and embedded systems. It was
developed on the i386 and now supports a huge range of processors from
tiny to colossal:
- PDA/embedded/router: Hitachi H8 series, Motorola
Dragonball, Motorola ColdFire, Motorola QUICC, ETRAX, Intel i960,
NEC V850E, MPC, MediaGX, STPC, Hitachi SH3/SH4 "SuperH",
Intel ARM/StrongARM, and PRISMA embedded/microcontroller/PDA
machines, as well as Cisco 2500, 3000, and 4000 series
routers.
- IA32: i386, i486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II,
Pentium III, Xeon, and Pentium IV processors, as well as
IA32 clones from AMD, Cyrix, VIA, IDT, Winchip, NexGen,
Transmeta, VIA C3 Ezra "CentaurHauls", and others.
- Other micro: Most PowerPC/PowerMac and G3/G4/G5, and
the Motorola 68020-68040 series on Mac/Amiga/Atari ST.
- IA64 and similar: AMD x86-64 "Hammer" family (including
AMD Opteron), and Intel IA64/Itanium/Itanium2.
- RISC workstations: Most MIPS, DEC Alpha, PA-RISC, and
SPARC.
- Mainframes: IBM S/390 and Fujitsu AP1000+.
If you want to learn more, the
Linux Documentation Project is a good place to start.
For general information about computer user groups, please see the
Association of PC Users Groups.
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