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[edit] Color Key

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Color Description
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[edit] General Articles

Article Description
Linux History and information on the Linux Operating System.
Linux From Scratch A book about how to build Linux from it's source.
Linux International Information on Linux International.
List of Linux distributions A long list of many different distributions for Linux.
GNU/Linux naming controversy An article on the controversy of the GNU/Linux name.
History of Linux
SCO-Linux controversies
Linux Mark Institute
Linux adoption
Linux User Groups

[edit] Core Low-level Software

Software Description
Linux Kernel The Kernel of all Linux based distributions.
GNU Compiler Collection The group of compilers used in compiling most of Linux distributions sources.
GNU C Library Main Linux distributions backward-compatible C library.
GNU Binary Utilities Main tools used for object code manipulation and linking.
Dejagnu A Testing suit used in most core Linux software.
GNU Core Utilities Basic Unix-compatible GNU system packages.
Busybox The most used user-space environment for embedded Linux installations.

[edit] Core Language Interpreters

Language Interpreter Description
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.
Awk A tool for processing text based records. A basic block for all distributions.

[edit] Technical underpinnings

Underpinning Description
Common Unix Printing System
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Fstab
PaX
X Window System

[edit] Desktop environments

Desktop Environment Description
Blackbox/Fluxbox
Enlightenment A windows manager.
JWM
KDE
LXDE
GNOME
Xfce A light weight Window manager

See also X window manager

[edit] Applications

Applications Description
Beryl A 3d window manager.
Compiz A 3d Windows Manager
Compiz Fusion Combination of Beryl and Compiz
CNR (software)
Emacs Non arguably one of the best editors in the world
Pidgin Instant Messenger.
GIMP and ingimp Photoediting tool
KBounce
Kolf Computer Game.
Vim Text Editor.
Wine Wine stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator"
Kate Text Editor
usplash usplash userspace splash screen implementation
bootsplash kernel level splash screen implementation - superseded by splashy
splashy advance user level splash screen implementation

See also Category: Linux software

[edit] Linux Security Modules

Item Description
Selinux An LSM largely adopted by redhat-based distributions
Apparmor An LSM adopted largely by Novell, OpenSuze and Ubuntu
SMACK A new LSM that aims for simplicity

[edit] Distributions

Main article: Linux distribution

[edit] General

[edit] Base distributions

Distribution Description
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

[edit] Other distributions

Distribution Description
CentOS Free clone of RHEL, compiled from sources of RHEL without the redhat's propriotory stuff
Dreamlinux
Dyne:bolic
Freespire
Gentoo Linux
GoboLinux
Kubuntu KDE + ubuntu i.e. Ubuntu with KDE as default desktop
Linspire
Linux XP
MEPIS
Parsix GNU/Linux
Ubuntu (Note: This article was featured on the Main Page on August 5, 2006)
VA Linux
Vector Linux
Xubuntu
Pie Box Enterprise Linux

[edit] Companies/Communities

Company/Community Description
Canonical Ltd.
Novell
OpenSUSE
Red Hat
Mandriva

[edit] People/Icons

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

[edit] Others

Item Description
MySQL An open source database on Linux.
Linux Terminal Server Project An add-on package.
Fedora Project. Maintainers of Fedora Core.

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