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Links

The following links may be of interest to Linux users in Perth:

The Linux Documentation Project have a large quantity of documentation about Linux.
Linux Australia provide a wealth of information for Australian Linux users.
See our related groups page for links to other Linux-related organisations in Western Australia and other Linux User Groups throughout the country; and our getting Linux in Perth page for links to local Linux vendors and download locations.

Which distribution is best to use is subject to personal preference. They each have different goals and different target audiences.

Mandriva (Mandrake) Linux has a reputation for being easy for beginners to use and containing relatively up-to-date software.
Debian GNU/Linux is produced entirely by a community of volunteers, and has a reputation for stability and an emphasis on shipping only free software.
Red Hat Linux is aimed primarily at business users, and is one of the most popular distributions world-wide. Fedora is Red Hat's "community" (i.e., freely available and not commercially supported) distribution.
Gentoo Linux puts an emphasis on compiling all of its software from scratch. While its installation plunges you in at the deep end, Gentoo has excellent documentation and generally keeps up with bleeding-edge versions of software better than most other distributions.
Yellow Dog Linux is a distribution specifically for PowerPC-based Apple Macintosh computers.
Slackware is one of the oldest Linux distributions still around, with a stated goal of being the most Unix-like distribution.