How the site is maintained. The first layout (can be seen here) was/is done by hand using joe, a text editor. The new layout (you're looking at it) is automagically generated by a set of perl scripts included in distrolist 0.2, except where I have to create pages largely by hand. (These include the todo, submit, about, and links pages.) This layout borrows a lot from freshmeat.

How to get to the LDL. The main site can be found by going to http://ldl.cjb.net. If you prefer the old-style big-list-of-links site, go to http://ldlold.cjb.net. Both URLs point to whereever I have the site hosted at the time. (cjb.net doesn't host web sites, they provide redirection and e-mail.) Currently, the site is hosted at 3 places: http://sdf.lonestar.org/~jkach (where ldl.cjb.net and ldlold.cjb.net point to), provided by sdf.lonestar.org; http://ldl.8m.com (no CGI, so no search engine), provided by Free Servers; and http://ldl.webprovider.com (broken CGI, I think), provided by Webprovider.

Adding to the List. Additions and updates to the list are welcomed and encouraged. Go to the Submit link at the top of the page to submit a distro. Each addition or update is overviewed by a team of trained spider monkies before it's added to the list. If you're submitting a new distribution, please go through the list and make sure it's not already here. If you're submitting an update, go through the list and make sure I haven't gotten it already. Each time I add new info to the site, I upload the changed/added pages to each server right after each other, in the order listed above. Also, please remember to include a handle and a e-mail address (you can spam-proof if you want to) so that I can include it in the listing. (Note that I won't mangle your e-mail adress for you, so if you want it spam-proofed, you get to do it.)

Other info. Comments, suggestions, and questions about the site can be submitted to mrg@hobbiton.org. This site attempts to be HTML/4.0 compliant, but don't hold your breath. As far as I know, no browser-specific tags are used here. The site renders fine in Netscape Communicator 4.04 for Linux and Windows (95/9x/NT/etc), and in Lynx 2.8.2dev.21. It should also render fine in Internet Exploder, iCab, Opera, mmm, Mosaic (might be a little shaky there, though), Amaya, Arena, or whatever else you use. It might render OK in older browsers and/or EMacs/W3 4.0. (Don't bother asking me to make it look right in NS 0.96 or something really old.) As for trademarks, all trademarks and copyrights used on this site are the property of their owners. (You should already know that, however.)