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 Linux 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 Open Source 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
• Rehovot 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

• Index of Free Software Mirrors in Israel.
• Another Index.

Wikis

• The Wiki of Hamakor.
• 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.