Guide to Israeli Free and Open Source Software Resources
Table of Contents
- Portals, News, etc.
- Forums
- Clubs and Associations
- Conferences
- Software Downloads and Other mirrors
- Wikis
- Lists of Resources
Portals, News, etc.
- The Israeli Linux Homepage
- Hamakor - the Israeli Society for Free Software and Open Source Code - an NPO for FOSS in Israel.
- whatsup.org.il - Hebrew Open Source News - including a news wire, some forums, a wiki, and an events calendar.
- Linmagazine.co.il - a news/blogs site for Hebrew news.
- Zulo - A wiki style site for enthusiasts of FOSS and technology - includes an audiocast, a videocast, comments, guides and documents and blogs.
- Linux-Israel.Net
- Penguin.org.il - guides, support and news
- Hebrew Guides to Linux from guides.co.il
- Planet FOSS-IL - a site aggregating Israeli Open Source Blogs.
Forums
- Linux-related mailing-lists in Israel - index to the mailing lists, with subscription/unsubscription/post/archives information.
- Whatsup Forums - various forums in Hebrew for questions.
- Walla's Linux Forum
- Tapuz's Linus Forum
- Nana Linux Forum
- Fresh's Linux Forum
- HWzone's Linux Forum
- Ubuntu Israel's Forums
Clubs and Associations
- Haifa Linux Club - bi-weekly meetings, online presentations material, a mailing list, job offers, links, etc.
- Tel Aviv Linux Club - meets every two weeks. The site includes the material for the past online presentations, as well as other information.
- Jerusalem Linux Club - organises installation parties. Site inclues a wiki, forums, and other information.
- Herzelinux - Linux in Herzeliyah - organises bi-weekly meetings.
- Israeli Perl Mongers (Israel.pm or Perl-IL).
- Python-IL - Israeli Python Users.
- Ruby Israel (or Israel.rb).
- Israeli PHP User Group.
- Israeli Association of Grid Technologies
- Hebrew SUSE Linux Portal
- Redhat.org.il - a web-site for Linux in Israel and RedHat in particular.
- Mandriva Israel - the Israeli Mandriva branch.
- Debian Israel.
- Ubuntu Israel.
- Hackers-IL - a mailing list and a community site of software enthusiasts (= "Hackers") dedicated to philosophical discussions of computers, technology, science and other topics.
- Jerusalem Perl Mongers
- A Calendar for "All Linux Events" in Israel - currently lacks events from some clubs.
Conferences
- August Penguin - an annual community conference for FOSS in Israel.
- Open Source Developers' Conference in Israel - a conference for developers who use open-source technologies.
- Welcome to Linux - an annual series of presentations introducing Linux to beginners.
Software Downloads and Other mirrors
Wikis
- Mah Qoreh - the Whatsup Wiki
- The Perl-IL Wiki
- The Wiki of OSDC::Israel.
- Ubuntu Israel's Wiki
- The Penguin.org.il Wiki - primarily intended for writing Hebrew Linux Guides.
- The Hackers-IL Wiki
- The Israeli Pythoneers (Python-IL) Wiki
Lists of Resources
- List of Israeli Open-source Projects
- List of Providers of Free and Open Source Services - open for everybody. Note that there's a list of a similar purpose on Hamakor's site that is open only for individuals that are friends or members of Hamakor.
