Relevant Links
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FTP Sites
Finding public FTP sites is easy, all you have to do is do a search by
typing "FTP sites" with any search engine. Here are some notable ones for
educational purposes:
Project Gutenberg. A 10,000
book public electronic library established in 1971. Most of the books in
this collection are copyright free. There are three portions of the Project
Gutenberg Library, basically be described as: Light Literature; such
as Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Peter Pan, Aesop's Fables,
etc. Heavy Literature; such as the Bible or other religious documents,
Shakespeare, Moby Dick, Paradise Lost, etc.; and References such as Roget's
Thesaurus, almanacs, and a set of encyclopedia, dictionaries, etc.
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SUNET FTP Archive. The Swedish University's
Network archives offers updates and tips in What's New, a site search engine,
and a well organized index of categories featuring something for everyone
such as a free-online dictionary, games, programming, security, Mac, utilities,
etc.
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Washington University Data Archive.
Claims to be the world's largest Windows archive, but also offers "stuff"
for Linux and Mac users. Files are categorized as follows:
| /doc |
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Documentation and Other Textual Information |
| /edu |
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Educational Programs and Materials |
| /graphics |
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Graphics Programs |
| /languages |
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Programming Language-specific Archives |
| /multimedia |
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Multimedia: Audio, Video and Images |
| /packages |
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Packages running on many different systems |
| /systems |
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System-specific Programs and Data |
| /usenet |
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Archives of selected USENET newsgroups |
FTP Tutorials
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WS_FTP Pro
Tutorials - Guide from the software developer itself. There are two
versions, one is the "Classic" and the other is for the "Internet Explorer."
Both give step-by-step instructions on how to get started, prepare the
users settings, log-on and connect to an FTP site, and transfer files.
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FTPplanet.com - offers tutorials
for beginners and web developers who wish to upload their files to the
Web through a server. Has useful tips for FTP'ing files, games, online
auctions.
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FTP:
Mining the Net. A helpful site with tutorials on finding FTP files,
how to get these, decoding filename extensions, and what to do when "When
things go wrong. FTP FYI recommends further readings.
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