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A.3. World Wide Web Sites

This section lists just a few of the thousands of Linux web sites on the Internet, broken down into somewhat arbitrary categories. Due to the dynamic nature of the Web, some of these sites may no longer be active and many new ones will undoubtedly exist by the time you read this.

A.3.1. General Documentation

These sites offer on-line documentation, articles about Linux, or information geared to specific areas of Linux.

Web site

Description

http://www.andamooka.org

A web site with a number of free online books, some of which are Linux-related, such as KDE 2.0 Development

http://www.linas.org/linux

Linux Enterprise Computing site

http://www.linux-laptop.net

Linux on Laptops site

http://www.linuxfocus.org

Linux Focus, a free online magazine

http://www.linuxgazette.com

Linux Gazette, a monthly on-line magazine

http://www.linuxjournal.com

Web site for Linux Journal magazine

http://www.linuxmagazine.com

The web site for Linux Magazine

http://www.linuxnewbie.org

An information site for Linux beginners

http://www.tldp.org

Main site for the Linux Documentation Project

A.3.2. Open Source Projects

Listed here are web sites for some of the more popular open source and free software projects.

Web site

Description

http://koffice.kde.org

The KDE Office Suite project

http://www.abisource.com

The AbiWord word processor

http://www.alsa-project.org

Alternative Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) sound driver project

http://www.apache.org

The Apache web server project

http://www.cups.org

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS)

http://www.dosemu.org

The Linux DOS Emulator project

http://www.gnome.org

The GNOME Desktop project

http://www.gnu.org

The GNU project

http://www.isdn4linux.de

ISDN4Linux, supporting ISDN on Linux

http://www.kde.org

The K Desktop Environment (KDE)

http://www.kernel.org

The official Linux kernel site

http://www.linux-usb.org

The Linux USB project

http://www.mozilla.org

The Mozilla web browser project

http://www.mysql.com

The MySQL database

http://www.openoffice.org

The OpenOffice.org office suite project, the open source version of StarOffice

http://www.postfix.org

The Postfix mailer project

http://www.povray.org

The Persistence Of Vision ray tracer

http://www.winehq.com

The WINE project

http://www.xfree86.org

The XFree86 project

A.3.3. Programming Languages and Tools

These sites are related to popular Linux programming languages and to the hosting of Linux software projects.

Web site

Description

http://www.sourceforge.net

A site that hosts many Linux software projects, providing a place for documentation, a source code repository, bug tracking, and software building

http://savannah.gnu.org

GNU Savannah, a site offering features similar to SourceForge, but officially endorsed by the Free Software Foundation because all the hosting software is licensed under the GPL

http://www.blackdown.org

The home page of the Linux Java porting project

http://www.perl.com

Official site of the Perl programming language

http://www.php.net

Web site for the PHP programming language

http://www.python.org

Home page of the Python programming language

http://www.tcl.tk

One of the main web sites for the TCL/Tk programming language

http://sal.kachinatech.com

SAL, a site dedicated to Scientific Applications on Linux

A.3.4. News and Information Sites

These sites offer news of interest to Linux users.

Web site

Description

http://www.desktoplinux.com

A site dedicated to Linux on the desktop

http://www.linux.com

A general Linux information and news site (with a very desirable URL)

http://www.linuxdailynews.net

Linux Daily News web site

http://www.linuxtoday.com

Linux Today web site

http://www.lwn.net

Linux Weekly News web site

http://linuxsecurity.com

News and general information on Linux security issues

http://www.newsforge.com

NewsForge web site

http://www.slashdot.org

The popular news and discussion site that bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters"

http://www.theregister.co.uk

The Register, a UK site for IT industry news with a pro-Linux slant

http://www.theregus.com

The US edition of The Register

http://www.varlinux.org

VarLinux news site, for Value Added Resellers (VARs)

A.3.5. Linux Software Directories and Download Sites

Listed here are some sites that maintain large searchable libraries of Linux software with links to download sites.

Web site

Description

http://www.freshmeat.net

A huge directory of Linux and open source software

http://www.icewalkers.com

Another large Linux software directory site

http://www.linuxapps.com

A large Linux software directory site

http://www.portalux.com

Linux Center, a portal with a catalog of applications and links to news and articles

A.3.6. Linux Distributions

Listed here is a long but by no means comprehensive list of some of the different Linux distributions available. These range from those backed by large companies, such as Red Hat, to small specialized distributions developed by individuals or small groups.

Web site

Description

http://www.archlinux.org

Arch Linux

http://www.asp-linux.com

ASyPLinux

http://www.bearops.com

BearOps Linux

http://www.beehive.nu

Beehive Linux

http://www.connectiva.com

Connectiva

http://www.crux.nu

CRUX Linux

http://www.debian.org

Debian GNU/Linux

http://www.elxlinux.com

ELX Linux

http://www.eridani.co.uk

Eridani Linux

http://www.icepack-linux.com

Icepack Linux

http://www.libranet.com

Libranet Linux

http://www.lindows.com

Lindows.com

http://www.lycoris.com

Lycoris

http://www.linuxmandrake.com

Mandrake Linux

http://murix.sourceforge.net

Murix

http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut

Peanut Linux

http://www.probatus.com

Probatus

http://www.redhat.com

Red Hat Linux

http://www.rocklinux.org

ROCK Linux

http://www.rootlinux.org

ROOT Linux

http://www.sco.com

SCO Linux (formerly Caldera)

http://www.slackware.com

Slackware Linux

http://www.suse.com

SuSE Linux

http://www.turbolinux.com

Turbolinux

http://www.unitedlinux.com

United Linux

http://www.ibiblio.org/vectorlinux

Vector Linux

http://www.voodoolinux.com

Voodoo Linux

http://www.xandros.com

Xandros Desktop Linux

http://www.yellowdoglinux.com

Yellow Dog Linux

A.3.7. Commercial Linux Software Companies

Listed here are some companies that offer commercial software and services, other than Linux distributions, for the Linux platform.

Web site

Description

http://www.codeweavers.com

CodeWeavers, developer of CrossOver Office and CrossOver Plugin, products based on the software of the Wine project that offer the ability to run Windows applications on Linux.

http://www.oeone.com

OEone, developersof a Linux-based operating environment.

http://www.opensound.com

4Front Technologies, developer of enhanced kernel sound drivers for Linux and a number of other operating systems.

http://www.trolltech.com

TrollTech, developer of Qt, a cross-platform graphical toolkit. Qt is used as the basis for the KDE.

http://www.vistasource.com

VistaSource, formerly Applix, is the developer of the Applixware Office Suite.

http://www.vmware.com

VmWare sells virtual machine software that allows running one operating system on top of another, such as Windows on Linux, and vice versa.

http://www.ximian.com

Ximian develops and supports an enhanced version of the GNOME desktop environment.

A.3.8. Internet RFCs and Other Standards

These are a few of the many sites that host standards used by Linux and the Internet.

Web site

Description

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs

An archive site for Requests For Comments or RFCs, the technical documents that describe many of the protocols around which the Internet is built. It also includes many other standards documents and FAQs.

http://www.freestandards.org

The Free Standards Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the development, application, and promotion of standards.

http://www.linuxbase.org

The Linux Standard Base, a project of the Free Standards Group that develops and promotes a set of standards to increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software applications to run on any compliant Linux system.

http://www.w3c.org

The World Wide Web Consortium, an organization that develops specifications, guidelines, software, and tools for the World Wide Web.

A.3.9. Miscellaneous

Finally, here are some sites that defied categorization in any of the other sections.

Web site

Description

http://counter.li.org

The Linux Counter, a unique site that collects data in an attempt to estimate the total number of Linux users worldwide

http://www.li.org

Linux International, a non-profit organization that works toward the promotion of Linux and the Linux community

http://www.google.com

Perhaps the most popular search engine on the Web, powered by a server farm of several thousand Linux computers



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