There are three main archive sites for Linux:

• ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/OS/Linux/ (Finland).

• ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/. Recently renamed to http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/ with a nice WWW interface. (US).

• ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ (US).

The best place to get the Linux kernel is ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/. Linus Torvalds uploads the most recent kernel versions to this site.

Of the U.S. distributions, Debian GNU/Linux is available at ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/. Red Hat Linux's home site is ftp://ftp.redhat.com/, and Linux Slackware's is ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/.

The Small Linux distribution, which can run in 2 MB of RAM, is located at http://smalllinux.netpedia.net/.

The contents of these sites is mirrored (copied, usually approximately daily) by a number of other sites. Please use a site close to you—it will be faster for you and easier on the network.

• ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/linux/sunsite/ (South Africa)

• ftp://ftp.is.co.za/linux/sunsite/ (South Africa).

• ftp://ftp.cs.cuhk.hk/pub/Linux/ (Hong Kong).

• ftp://sunsite.ust.hk/pub/Linux/ (Hong Kong).

• ftp://ftp.spin.ad.jp/pub/linux/ (Japan).

• ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/Linux/ (Korea).

• ftp://ftp.jaring.my/pub/Linux/ (Malaysia).

• ftp://ftp.nus.sg/pub/unix/Linux/ (Singapore).

• ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/linux/ (Thailand).

• ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/linux (Australia). (Also take a look at http://planetmirror.com/archives.php.)

• ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/ (Australia).

• ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/sunsite/ (Austria).

• ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/UNIX/linux/ (Czech Republic).

• ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/sunsite/ (Finland).

• ftp://ftp.univ-angers.fr/pub/Linux/ (France).

• ftp://ftp.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/ (France).

• ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/linux/sunsite/ (France)

• ftp://ftp.loria.fr/pub/linux/sunsite/ (France).

• ftp://ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de/pub/linux/sunsite/ (Germany).

• ftp://ftp.germany.eu.net/pub/os/Linux/Mirror.SunSITE/(Germany).

• ftp://ftp.tu-dresden.de/pub/Linux/sunsite/ (Germany).

• ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/Linux/MIRROR.sunsite/ (Germany).

• ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/mirrors/sunsite/ (Germany).

• ftp.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/linux/mirror.sunsite/ (Germany).

• ftp://ftp.ba-mannheim.de/pub/linux/mirror.sunsite/ (Germany).

• ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pub/Mirrors/sunsite.unc.edu/(Germany).

• ftp://ftp.uni-rostock.de/Linux/sunsite/ (Germany).

• ftp.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/systems/linux/MIRROR.sunsite/(Germany).

• ftp://ftp.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/linux/Mirror.sunsite/ (Germany).

• ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/linux/(Hungary).

• ftp://linux.italnet.it/pub/Linux/(Italy).

• ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/linux/sunsite/ (Italy).

• ftp://giotto.unipd.it/pub/unix/Linux/ (Italy).

• ftp://cnuce-arch.cnr.it/pub/Linux/ (Italy).

• ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/mirror2/metalab.unc.edu/ (Italy).

• ftp://ftp.nijenrode.nl/pub/linux/ (Netherlands).

• ftp://ftp.LeidenUniv.nl/pub/linux/sunsite/ (Netherlands).

• ftp://ftp.nvg.unit.no/pub/linux/sunsite/ (Norway).

• ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/metalab.unc.edu/ (Poland).

• ftp://ftp.rediris.es/software/os/linux/sunsite/ (Spain).

• ftp://sunsite.rediris.es/software/linux/ (Spain).

• ftp://ftp.cs.us.es/pub/Linux/sunsite-mirror/ (Spain).

• ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/mirror/linux/ (Spain).

• ftp://tp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/linux/ (Spain).

• ftp://ftp.luna.gui.es/pub/linux.new/ (Spain).

• ftp://ftp.metu.edu.tr/pub/linux/sunsite/ (Turkey).

• ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/sunsite/pub/Linux/ (UK).

• ftp.maths.warwick.ac.uk/mirrors/linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/(UK).

• ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/Linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/(UK).

• ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/(UK).

• (UK)

• ftp://ftp.io.org/pub/mirrors/linux/sunsite/ (Canada).

• ftp://ftp.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/ (US).

• ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/linux/sunsite/ (US).

• ftp://ftp.siriuscc.com/pub/Linux/Sunsite/ (US).

• ftp://ftp.engr.uark.edu/pub/linux/sunsite/ (US).

• ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/linux/sunsite/ (US).

• ftp://linux.if.usp.br/pub/mirror/metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/(Brazil).

• ftp://farofa.ime.usp.br/pub/linux/ (Brazil).

Please send updates and corrections to this list to the Linux FAQ maintainer, rkiesling@mainmatter.com. Not all of these mirror all of the other "source" sites, and some have material not available on the "source" sites.