Open Firmware is processor and system independent boot firmware.You can read more about Open Firmware, the working group, and several documents related to Open Firmware here . Among Open Firmware's many features, it provides a machine independent device interface, which can be used to boot plug-in cards without providing OS-specific and/or machine dependent binary programs on the plug-in card. This feature enables plug-in card manufacturers to easily support several independent computer architectures without needing to supply different firmware for each one.
( Open Firmware is the non-proprietary name of firmware complying with IEEE Std 1275-1994. )

Open Firmware is the only firmware standard in existence to have its own song. Download or listen to Mitch Bradley singing the Open Firmware Song (278k) :

UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

• System Administration (SAGE)
• Unix System Administration Independent Learning
• Linuxconf sophisticated system administration tool (Linux)
  
• MIT Project Athena Unix/Athena assistance
• System Admin Web Site
• sysads.com
• System Administration Links.
• Unofficial Guide to Solaris

UNIX NETWORKING TOOLS

• Samba a suite of programs to allow clients access to a server via the SMB(Linux)
  
• SATAN Security Administrator's Tool for Analyzing Networks(Linux)
  
• Sniffit a Linux packet sniffer
  
• SPONG a simple network/host system monitoring package [NEW]
• Diald daemon that does demand dialing for PPP and SLIP
  
• dlq simple queueing, anonymous download service that runs as modem lines are idle
  
• magnum .plan watcher will notify you via email if someone fingered you
  

UNIX APPLICATIONS

• Packet Shell A Protocol Testing tool.
• Linux Documentation Project Homepage
• Linux Applications and Utilities Page
• Solaris Man Pages
• UNIX Guru Universe
• Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview
  
• CIAC Unix Network Security Tools (Satan, TCP wrappers, etc.)
• mtools utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them
  
• ypserv an YP (NIS version 2) Server for Linux
• XFree86 the freely available X Window server for PC based UNIX's
• Alien program converts rpm, dpkg, or Slackware tgz packages into rpm or dpkg [NEW]
  
• Dotfile Generator tool to help the end user configure programs like fvwm
  
• tidylinks search for and tidy dangling and messy symbolic links
  
• XfModule Xform based prog to list, install and remove kernel modules
  
• FVWM Homepage the official homepage of fvwm
  
• LLNL XDir X-based network file manager with FTP
  
• Vim Editor Reference Guide (ftp)

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• SunOS and Solaris
• IRIX
• FreeBSD Inc.
• The Linux Home Page at Linux Online
• HP Professional
• Debian GNU/Linux -- The Universal Operating System
• SCO UNIX
• DIGITAL UNIX
• The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
• DECNnet for Linux.
• Open Systems
• FreeBird
• LinuxHQ
• The Linux Kernel Archives
• Linux NOW!
• BSD.org
• Linux International
• rs-unix.com

OTHER GREAT UNIX SITES

• INTRODUCTION TO UNIX
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