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General Articles
| Article | Description |
|---|---|
| GNU/Linux naming controversy | An article on the controversy of the GNU/Linux name. |
| Linux | History and information on the Linux Operating System. |
| Linux From Scratch | A book about how to build Linux from its source. |
| List of Linux distributions | A long list of many different distributions for Linux. |
| Linux International | Information on Linux International. |
| Criticism of Linux | |
| History of Linux | |
| SCO-Linux controversies | |
| Linux adoption | |
| Linux Mark Institute | |
| Linux User Groups |
Core Low-level Software
| Software | Description |
|---|---|
| Linux Kernel | The kernel of all Linux based systems. |
| Linux console | A core system TUI. |
| Linux framebuffer | A kernel interface to framebuffer, also known as fbdev. |
| Loadable kernel module | section on Linux modules. |
| Software | Description |
|---|---|
| Busybox | The most used user-space environment for embedded Linux installations. |
| Dejagnu | A Testing suit used in most core Linux software. |
| GNU Binary Utilities | Main tools used for object code manipulation and linking. |
| GNU C Library | Main Linux distributions backward-compatible C library. |
| GNU Compiler Collection | The group of compilers used in compiling most of Linux distributions sources. |
| GNU Core Utilities | Basic Unix-compatible GNU system packages. |
Syscalls and Kernel Features
Category:Linux kernel features
| Syscall | Description |
|---|---|
| epoll | event notification system |
| seccomp | process sandbox |
| procfs | /proc |
Core Language Interpreters
| Language Interpreter | Description |
|---|---|
| Awk | A tool for processing text based records. A basic block for all distributions. |
| GNU Bash | Core Unix shell in most Linux distributions. |
| Perl | A language Heavily used in Linux distributions for text processing. |
| Python | High level language that also enjoys heavy use in Linux distributions. |
| Sed | Utility for parsing text files. It can be considered a language of its own. |
Technical underpinnings
| Underpinning | Description |
|---|---|
| Common Unix Printing System | |
| Filesystem Hierarchy Standard | |
| Fstab | |
| PaX | |
| X Window System |
Desktop Environments / Window Managers
| Desktop Environment | Description |
|---|---|
| Beryl | A 3d window manager. |
| Blackbox/Fluxbox | |
| Cinnamon (user interface) | A desktop environment made by the Linux Mint team based on gnome-shell and designed to have more customizability and functionality, as well as eye-candy, than gnome-shell. |
| Compiz | A 3d Windows Manager |
| Compiz Fusion | Combination of Beryl and Compiz |
| Enlightenment | A windows manager. |
| GNOME | (GNU Network Object Model Environment) A desktop environment |
| JWM | |
| KDE | |
| LXDE | |
| Openbox | A Blackbox style window manager. |
| Windowmaker | A window manager that emulates NeXTstep's look and feel |
| Xfce | A light weight desktop environment which began as a clone of Unix's CDE |
See also X window manager, Comparison of X Desktop Environments, and Comparison of X window managers
Applications
| Applications | Description |
|---|---|
| Blender | a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product |
| Bootsplash | kernel level splash screen implementation - superseded by splashy |
| CNR (software) | |
| Emacs | Non arguably one of the best editors in the world |
| Envy | ATI/NVIDIA driver installation script |
| GIMP and ingimp | Photoediting tool |
| Kate | Text Editor |
| KBounce | |
| Kdenlive | KDE Non-linear Video Editor |
| Kolf | Computer Game. |
| Ktorrent | Bit torrent client |
| Leafpad | Lightweight editor with similar look to Notepad. |
| Pidgin | Instant Messenger. |
| Rhythmbox | GNU-based iTunes clone |
| Splashy | advance user level splash screen implementation |
| usplash | usplash userspace splash screen implementation |
| Vim | Non arguably a better editor than emacs |
| Wine | Wine stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator" |
See also Category: Linux software
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Apparmor | An LSM adopted largely by Novell, OpenSuze and Ubuntu |
| Selinux | An LSM largely adopted by redhat-based distributions |
| SMACK | A new LSM that aims for simplicity |
Distributions
General
Base distributions
| Distribution | Description |
|---|---|
| Arch Linux | A minimalist, rolling release distribution. |
| Debian | One of the few Distro's to call itself GNU/LINUX, know for its security. |
| Fedora Core | (currently being moved to Fedora (Linux distribution)) |
| Knoppix | Best and Most used Live disk version |
| Mandriva Linux | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | One of the most sought after server |
| Red Hat Linux | Old distro currently dicontinued and fedora imerged with its ashes |
| Slackware | A class apart distro on its own |
| SUSE Linux | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
Other distributions
| Distribution | Description |
|---|---|
| CentOS | Free clone of RHEL, compiled from sources of RHEL without the redhat's propriotory stuff |
| CrunchBang Linux | Lightweight Debian distribution with Openbox or Xfce as the default Destop environments |
| Dreamlinux | |
| Dyne:bolic | |
| Freespire | |
| Gentoo Linux | |
| GoboLinux | |
| Incognito | |
| Kubuntu | KDE + ubuntu i.e. Ubuntu with KDE as default desktop |
| Linspire | |
| Linux Deepin | Based on Ubuntu and tailored for Chinese users. |
| Linux Mint | Based on Ubuntu |
| Linux XP | |
| Lubuntu | LXDE + ubuntu i.e. Ubuntu With LXDE as default desktop |
| MEPIS | |
| Parsix GNU/Linux | |
| Puppy Linux | |
| Ubuntu | (Note: This article was featured on the Main Page on August 5, 2006) |
| VA Linux | |
| Vector Linux | |
| Xubuntu |
Companies/Communities
People/Icons
| Company/Community | Description |
|---|---|
| Canonical Ltd. | |
| Mandriva | |
| Novell | |
| OpenSUSE | |
| Red Hat |
| Person/Icon | Description |
|---|---|
| Bunk, Adrian | |
| Cox, Alan | Lead contributor for Linux Kernel |
| Drepper, Ulrich | |
| Ettrich, Matthias | |
| Ewing, Larry | |
| de Icaza, Miguel | |
| Morton, Andrew | |
| Shuttleworth, Mark | Ubuntu originated due to the efforts of this person |
| Torvalds, Linus | Creator / Author of LINUX kernel |
| Tux |
Others
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| MySQL | An open source database on Linux. |
| Linux Terminal Server Project | An add-on package. |
| Fedora Project. | Maintainers of Fedora Core. |
| Comparison of netbooks | Netbooks are the next major market for linux |
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