EECS 338 Spring 2005

Other Resources

The following is a list of resources which has been passed down from generation to generation in EECS 338, originating with Andy Reitz. This version was last updated by Steven Huwig last year.

• General reference
  • Stanford CS Education Library. A comprehensive resource for aspiring computer scientists. Topics include interactive pointer and data structure models, basic C programming techniques, and tutorials for building projects on Unix machines. Don't skip this one.
  • The Jargon File. Definitive resource for the peculiar dialect of English employed by many in the computer field. It even includes a reference to CWRU.
• UNIX
  • Introduction to Unix - An online tutorial book from The Ohio State University. Also available in PDF format for those who like to kill trees.
  • Beginner help from UGU - The Unix Gurus provide some introductory aid.
  • UNIX Reference Desk - Tons of content from Geek-Girl.
  • UNIXhelp for users - a big guide, from the University of Edinburgh.
• Programming
  • cprogramming.com - Some Programming resources for C and C++.
  • C Programming - A fairly involved 'book', from England.
  • comp.lang.c FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions on the comp.lang.c Newsgroup.
  • GNU GCC - the "official" page for GCC.
• HTML:
  • HTML: An Interactive Tutorial for Beginners
  • Getting Started @ home.cwru.edu - lots of pointers to interesting resources.
  • Free Graphics:
    • Syruss
    • Free Web Graphics - from being seen.
• Freely-available UNIX for your PC:
  • Solaris
    • AnswerBook Documentation
  • Linux
    • CWRU SIGUNIX - a Special Interest Group that operates on campus. Part of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
    • RedHat - a very "easy-to-use" Linux distribution.
    • Slackware - a "Professional" Linux distribution. For those who know what they're doing.
    • Debian - A Linux distribution for those who think information wants to be free.
    • Linux Newbie Guide - A nice place for beginners.
  • BSD
    • FreeBSD - Optimized for the x86 platform.
    • OpenBSD - Optimized for security.
    • NetBSD - Optimized for portability.
• Freely-available UNIX for your Mac:
  • Darwin - Apple's complete free Unix operating system for modern Macintoshes. Serves as the core of the commercial Mac OS X.
  • Linux PPC - port of the "monolithic" Linux kernel to Apple PPC hardware. Faster than MkLinux, but requires PCI. Functions on all modern Macs.
  • MkLinux - Linux running atop the Mach microkernel. This port is no longer supported by Apple, and runs on older NuBus-based Power Macintosh hardware.
  • MacBSD - NetBSD for Motorola 680x0-based Macintoshes.
  • Linux/m68k - Linux for Motorola 680x0-based Macintoshes.
• Software
  • Tera Term SSH - a Freeware Telnet/SSH client for 95/98/NT.
    Steps:
    1. Download Tera Term Pro 2.3 first.
    2. Next, Download TTSSH, the SSH extensions for Tera Term.
  • Microimages MI/X - A free X-Server for PCs and Macintoshes.
• Misc
  • Slashdot - News for Nerds.
  • GNU - GNU is Not Unix. They have created a lot of the software used in this course.
  • Freshmeat - A catalog of Free Software.