This is the namespace for Openwall GNU/*/Linux (or Owl for short), our security-enhanced Linux distro for servers.

It contains pages on and links to things such as:

• Getting started with Owl's OpenVZ support
• Example disk partitioning schemes for Owl
• How to install Owl on software RAID
• How to upgrade an installed Owl system
• References to repositories of packages usable on Owl
• Getting started with pkgsrc in Owl
• VPS hosting providers offering Owl
• Owl 3-stable 20111026 on Amazon EC2 (owl-users posting, maybe to be replaced with a wiki page that would be kept up-to-date with info on new Owl AMIs)
• (Linux) news site stories on Owl, including some with discussion threads and custom CD sales
• How to build a new kernel from source
• How to create a USB flash drive with Owl
• Running Owl under VirtualBox OSE
• NFS with Owl
• Owl end-user license agreements to satisfy some countries' regulations

• Owl security features (this wiki page is currently a stub, not useful yet)

• …and more to come

Most of the Openwall team's sysadmin tips & tricks apply to Owl systems.

If you use Owl, please be sure to join the owl-users mailing list and provide your feedback. The subscription instructions are found right on the Owl homepage.

Owl is a registered project with Freecode, Ohloh, and DistroWatch.

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