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Color key

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Color Description
Green Article of good quality, needs little improving
Yellow Article good but can be improved
Red Article needs much improving
Blue Article unwritten
No color Article unrated

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 Book on how to build Linux from source code
List of Linux distributions Long list of many different Linux distributions
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

Kernel space
Software Description
Linux Kernel kernel of all Linux-based systems
Linux console Core system TUI
Linux framebuffer Kernel interface to framebuffer, also known as fbdev
Loadable kernel module Section on Linux modules
User space
Software Description
Busybox Most used userspace environment for embedded Linux systems
Dejagnu Test suite used in most core Linux software
GNU Binary Utilities Main tools used for object code manipulating and linking
GNU C Library Main Linux distributions' backward-compatible C library
GNU Compiler Collection Group of compilers used to compile most of Linux distribution's source code
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
sysfs /sys

Core language interpreters

Language interpreter Description
AWK Tool to process text based records; a basic block for all distributions
GNU Bash Core Unix shell in most Linux distributions
Perl Language used heavily in Linux distributions for text processing
Python High level programming language used heavily in Linux distributions
Sed Utility to parse text files; also considered a language

Technical underpinnings

Underpinning Description
Cairo (graphics) 2D renders for GTK+, FLTK, GNUstep, WebKit, Firefox, others
Common Unix Printing System Modular printing system
deb (file format) Debian .deb package format
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Flatpak Universal package manager for desktop applications
Fstab
GStreamer Multimedia pipeline operating on audio and video
GTK+ User interface library of GNOME/GNOME Shell, Cinnamon and others
Mesa 3D Userspace parts of the device drivers and OpenGL
PulseAudio Audio subsystem
Snap (software) Universal package manager for Linux
VDPAU API for video acceleration, e.g. UVD, PureVideo, Quick Sync Video
Wayland Alternative to X Window System
X Window System Primary windowing system

Desktop environments, window managers

Desktop environment Description
Beryl 3D window manager
Blackbox–Fluxbox
Cinnamon (user interface) Desktop environment made by the Linux Mint team, based on GNOME-shell, allows more customizing, functions, and eye-candy, than GNOME-shell
COSMIC Under-development desktop environment from System76
Compiz 3D window manager
Enlightenment Window manager
GNOME Desktop environment; formerly GNU Network Object Model Environment
Joe's Window Manager (JWM) Lightweight window manager
KDE (K Desktop Environment) a desktop environment
LXDE
MATE (desktop environment)
Openbox Window manager, Blackbox style
Unity (user interface)
Windowmaker Window manager; NeXTSTEP look and feel
Xfce Lightweight desktop environment, begun as 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 Free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product
Bootsplash Kernel level splash screen implementation; superseded by Splashy
CNR (software)
Emacs Considered by some one of the world's best editors
Envy (software) ATI/NVIDIA driver installation script
Geany fast and lightweight editor & IDE, uses GTK+
Gedit GNOME-based text editor
GIMP and ingimp Photoediting tool
Kate KDE-based text editor
KBounce
Kdenlive KDE non-linear video editor
Kolf Computer game
Ktorrent BitTorrent client
Leafpad Lightweight editor, similar look to Notepad
nano Simple small fast text editor
NEdit Little-known graphical user interface-based editor with roots from Motif project
Pidgin Instant messenger
Rhythmbox GNU-based iTunes clone
Splashy Advanced user level splash screen implementation
Usplash Userspace splash screen implementation
Vim Considered by some a better editor than emacs
Wine Name stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator

See also Category: Linux software

Linux Security Modules

Main article: Linux Security Modules
Item Description
Apparmor An LSM adopted largely by Novell, OpenSuze and Ubuntu
Selinux An LSM largely adopted by Red Hat-based distributions
SMACK New simpler LSM

Distributions

Main article: Linux distribution

General

Base distributions

Distribution Description
Arch Linux Minimalist, rolling release distribution
Debian Release every 2 years, stable, security holes patched quickly, 37000 packages
Fedora By Red Hat, new release every 6 months, base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Knoppix Live: use from optical disk without installing to hard disk
Linux Mint, LMDE Pre-installed codecs that provide .mp3 and DVD playback; known for Cinnamon
Mandriva Linux
openSUSE known for YaST
Puppy Linux Minimalist system
Slackware Distinctive distribution
Ubuntu Known for Ubuntu Software Center, Unity; infamous for mir

Other distributions

Distribution Description
Alpine Linux Designed to be small, simple, and secure. It uses musl, BusyBox, and OpenRC
CentOS Free clone of RHEL, compiled from sources of RHEL with no Red Hat proprietary code
CAOS Linux Free clone of RHEL; discontinued
CrunchBang Linux Lightweight Debian distribution with Openbox or Xfce as default destop environments
Dreamlinux
Dyne:bolic
Freespire
Gentoo Linux
GoboLinux
Incognito
Kubuntu KDE + Ubuntu: Ubuntu with KDE as desktop default
Linspire
Linux Deepin Based on Ubuntu, tailored to Chinese users
Linux Mint Based on Ubuntu
Linux XP
Lubuntu LXDE + Ubuntu: Ubuntu with LXDE as desktop default
MEPIS
Parsix GNU/Linux
Puppy Linux
Ubuntu (This article appeared on the Main Page on August 5, 2006)
VA Linux
Vector Linux
Xubuntu

Companies, communities

Company, community Description
Canonical Ltd.
Mandriva
Novell
OpenSUSE
Red Hat

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 began due to his efforts
Torvalds, Linus Creator, author of Linux kernel
Tux

Others

Item Description
MySQL Open source database on Linux
Linux Terminal Server Project Add-on package
Fedora Project. Fedora Core maintainers
Comparison of netbooks Netbooks may be the next major market for linux

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