Where Are the Linux FTP Archives?

There are three main archive sites for Linux:

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

• http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/ (US), with a nice WWW interface.

• 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 http://www.debian.org/distrib/. 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 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://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://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://ftp.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://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)

• 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, see Asking Questions and Sending Comments. Not all of these mirror all of the other "source" sites, and some have material not available on the "source" sites.