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<H2><A NAME="s1">1.</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO.html#toc1">Introduction</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO.html#toc1.1">Purpose</A>
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<P>The Linux User Group HOWTO is intended to serve as a guide to founding,
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maintaining, and growing a GNU/Linux user group.</P>
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<P>GNU/Linux is a freely-distributable implementation of Unix for personal
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computers, servers, workstations, PDAs, and embedded systems. It was
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developed on the i386 and now supports a huge range of processors from
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tiny to colossal:</P>
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<UL>
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<LI><B>Diverse
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<A HREF="http://www.uclinux.org/ports/">PDA / embedded / microcontroller / router</A> devices:</B>
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<UL>
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<LI>Advanced RISC Machines, Ltd.
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<A HREF="http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/">ARM</A> family (StrongARM SA-1110, XScale, ARM6, ARM7, ARM2, ARM250, ARM3i, ARM610, ARM710, ARM7TDMI, ARM720T, and ARM920T, including Sigma Designs DVD systems using ARM cores)</LI>
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<LI>Analog Devices, Inc.'s
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Another-nativeDSP-Linux-port-this-one-to-ADIs-Blackfin/">Blackfin DSP</A></LI>
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<LI>Axis Communications
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<A HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETRAX_CRIS">ETRAX series</A> ("CRIS" = Code Reduced Instruction Set RISC architecture)</LI>
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<LI>Elan SC520 and SC300</LI>
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<LI>FreeScale
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<A HREF="http://www.freescale.com/files/netcomm/doc/data_sheet/MC68EN302.pdf">MC68EN302</A></LI>
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<LI>Fujitsu
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<A HREF="http://ecos.sourceware.org/hardware.html#FR-V">FR-V</A></LI>
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<LI>Hitachi
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<A HREF="http://www.uclinux.org/pub/uClinux/ports/h8/">H8</A> series</LI>
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<LI>Intel i960</LI>
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<LI>Intel IA32-compatibles (Cyrix MediaGX, STMicroelectronics
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<A HREF="http://web.archive.org/web/20070626190436/http://www.stmcu.com/forums-cat-132-6.html">STPC</A>, ZF Micro ZFx86)</LI>
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<LI>Matsushita
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<A HREF="http://ecos.sourceware.org/hardware.html#Matsushita%20AM3x">AM3x</A></LI>
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<LI>MIPS-compatibles (Toshiba TMPRxxxx / TXnnnn, NEC
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<A HREF="http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/NEC_VR4100">VR</A> series, Realtek 8181">)</LI>
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<LI>Motorola 680x0-based machines (Motorola VMEbus boards,
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<A HREF="http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/way/fr30/">ISICAD Prisma</A> machines, and Motorola Dragonball &
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<A HREF="http://www.uclinux.org/ports/coldfire/">ColdFire</A> CPUs, and Cisco 2500/3000/4000 series routers)</LI>
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<LI>Motorola embedded
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<A HREF="http://penguinppc.org/embedded/">PowerPC</A> (including MPC / PowerQUICC I, II, III families)</LI>
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<LI>NEC
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<A HREF="http://ecos.sourceware.org/tools/linux-v850-elf.html">V850E</A></LI>
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<LI>Renesas Technology (formerly Hitachi) SH3/SH4 (
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<A HREF="http://wiki.debian.org/SH4">SuperH</A>)</LI>
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<LI>Samsung
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<A HREF="http://ecos.sourceware.org/hardware.html#CalmRISC">CalmRISC</A></LI>
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<LI>Texas Instruments's
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Worlds-first-nativeDSP-Linux-port/">DM64x</A> and
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Embedded-Linux-distro-supports-TI-DSPbased-digital-media-processors/">C54x DSP</A> families</LI>
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<LI>Xilinx
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<A HREF="http://www.xilinx.com/tools/petalinux-sdk.htm">PetaLinux</A> (formerly SoftBlaze, formerly Microblaze) soft processor implemented on Xilinx FPGAs</LI>
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</LI>
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<LI><B>Intel
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<A HREF="http://elks.sourceforge.net/">8086 / 80286</A></B>.</LI>
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<LI><B>Intel IA32 family:</B> i386, i486, Pentium, Pentium Pro,
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Pentium II, Pentium III, Celeron, Xeon, and Pentium IV processors,
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as well as IA32 clones from AMD (386DX/DXL/SL/SLC/SX,
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486DX/DX2/DX4/SL/SLC/SLC2/SLC3/SX/SX2, Elan, K5,
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K6/K6-II/K6-III), Cyrix (386DX/DXL/SL/SLC/SX,
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486DLC/DLC2/DX/DX2/DX4/SL/SLC/SLC2/SLC3/SX/SX2, Cyrix III),
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IDT (Winchip, Winchip 2, Winchip 2A/3),
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IBM (486DX/DX2/DX4/SL/SLC/SLC2/SLC3/SX/SX2),
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NexGen (Nx586), Transmeta (Crusoe),
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TI (486DLC/DLC2), UMC (486SX-S, U5D/U5S),
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VIA (C3 Ezra "CentaurHauls", C3-2 "Nehemiah"),
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and others.</LI>
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<LI><B>Intel/HP
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<A HREF="http://www.ia64-linux.org/">IA64</A>:</B> Trillian, Itanium, Itanium2/McKinley</LI>
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<LI><B>x86-64 family</B>
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including AMD Hammer/Opteron/K8/Athlon64/Turion/Phenom/Phenom II/FX/Fusion and
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Intel Prescott/Nocona/Potomac, Core, Atom, Nehalem, Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge</LI>
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<LI><B>Motorola
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<A HREF="http://www.linux-m68k.org/">68020-68040</A> series (with MMU)</B>:
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<A HREF="http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/">m68k Mac</A>,
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Amiga, Atari ST/TT/Medusa/Falcon, HP/Apollo Domain,
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<A HREF="http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/linux-hp/">HP9000/300</A>,
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sun3, and
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<A HREF="http://ftp4.de.freesbie.org/pub/misc/tsx-11/680x0/q40/install/">Sinclair Q40</A>.</LI>
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<LI><B>Motorola/IBM PowerPC family:</B> Most
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<A HREF="http://penguinppc.org/mac/">PowerMac</A> (including G3/G4/G5) /
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CHRP / PReP / POP,
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<A HREF="http://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/">Amiga PowerUP System</A>,
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and IBM PPC64 (AS/400, RS/6000, iSeries,
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pSeries, PowerMac G5).</LI>
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<LI><B>
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<A HREF="http://www.linux-mips.org/">MIPS</A>:</B>
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most SGI, Cobalt Qube,
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<A HREF="http://decstation.unix-ag.org/">DECStation</A>,
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Sony PlayStation2, and many others</LI>
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<LI><B>DEC
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<A HREF="http://www.alphalinux.org/">Alpha</A></B></LI>
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<LI><B>HP
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<A HREF="http://www.parisc-linux.org/">PA-RISC</A></B></LI>
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<LI><B>SPARC International SPARC32 / SPARC64</B></LI>
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<LI><B>Digital
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<A HREF="http://vax-linux.org/">VAX</A> minicomputers and MicroVAXen</B></LI>
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<LI><B>Mainframes:</B>
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<A HREF="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/">IBM S/390 models G5 and G6 / zSeries models z800, z890, z900, and z990</A> and Fujitsu AP1000+ (SuperSPARC cluster)</LI>
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</P>
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<P>Note that some items listed were probably one-time forks, little or not
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at all maintained since creation. On some of the rarer architectures,
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<A HREF="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</A> may be more practical.
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(The
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<A HREF="http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/">Debian GNU/kFreeBSD</A> port should also be solid enough to
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serve as a compromise option, furnishing GNU/Linux userspace code on the
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high performance / high stability FreeBSD kernel, and
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<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexenta_OS">NexentaOS</A>
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provides something similar on the OpenSolaris kernel.)</P>
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<P>If seriously interested in the subject of Linux ports, please see also
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<A HREF="http://web.archive.org/web/20070813000855/http://www.itp.uni-hannover.de/ports/linux_ports.html">Xose Vazquez Perez's Linux ports page</A> and
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<A HREF="http://web.archive.org/web/20050308130348/http://ngc891.blogdns.net/kernel/docs/arch.txt">Jerome Pinot's Linux architectures list</A> (static mirrors, as both pages vanished in 2005), if only because
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hardware support is more complex than just generic CPU functionality,
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encompassing support for myriad bus variations and other subtle hardware
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issues (especially for
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/">Linux PDA / embedded / microcontroller / router ports</A>).
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The above list aims mostly to generally illustrate the breadth of
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Linux's reach.</P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2</A> <A HREF="User-Group-HOWTO.html#toc1.2">Other sources of information</A>
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</H2>
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<P>If you want to learn more, the
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<A HREF="http://www.tldp.org/">Linux Documentation Project</A> is a good place to start.</P>
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<P>For general information about computer user groups, please see the
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<A HREF="http://www.apcug.net/">Association of PC Users Groups</A>.</P>
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