Linux Resources (General)

Linux Distributions

Note that the following list of distributions is not exhaustive. For even more distributions, see: DistroWatch.com

• Normal:
  • CentOS
  • Debian
  • Fedora Also, the RPM Fusion with additional packages for Fedora, and Red Hat Bugzilla for bug reports.
  • gentoo
  • Kubuntu
  • Mageia
  • Mint
  • Mint Debian Edition
  • openSUSE
  • PCLinuxOS
  • Red Hat
  • Slackware On August 15, 2023, the site listed the latest release with a date of 2022-02-03
  • Ubuntu
• Minimal (small):
  • Arch Linux Note that their 32 bit support is being phased out in 2017, which makes it significantly less desirable as a minimal distribution for old machines.
  • Crunchbangplusplus (aka Crunchbang++, aka CBPP, aka #!++) It is an attempt to revive Crunchbang lnux. The web site is very confusing; the following may, or may not be correct.
    • Based on Debian 12 bookworm.
    • The source is developed on gitub; the latest commit on August 15, 2023 was dated June 11, 2023.
  • Damn Small Linux This project may be inactive. During a quick scan of their web site, the most recent information found was dated 2008.
  • Linux LIte
  • Puppy Linux and their wiki
  • SliTaz
  • Sparky Linux A quick scan of the web site seems to indicate:
    • based on Debian testing
    • large number of different versions
    • no minimum requirements given
  • Tiny Core Linux
  • tomsrtbt This project may be inactive. Several parts of the web site were not working on January 26 2017
• Amateur Radio: Distributions specialized for amateur (ham) radio
  • KB1OIQ - Andy's Ham Radio Linux
• Live: Distributions specializing in live releases, not including regular distributions listed above available in live form.
  • Knoppix
  • Linux Live Kit Shell scripts to create your onw live linux.
  • pentoo a security oriented live distribution based on gentoo
• Make your own:
  • Instalinux This site is no longer maintained.
  • Linux From Scratch
• Netbook:
  • Arch Linux on Acer Aspire One or EeePC (but labeled as "out of date")
  • Debian on Acer Aspire One or EeePC
  • Easy Peasy
• Misc:
  • UNetbootin a utility for creating a bootable USB stick from a bootable ISO image file

Projects and Software Information

Projects Related to the Kernel

• ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
• Freeswan (last updated 2003)
• FFADO, Free Firewire Audio Drivers
• l7-filter
  • archived pages at sourceforge
• Linux Advanced Routing And Traffic Control (last updated in 2012)
• The Linux Assigned Names And Numbers Authority
• The Linux Kernel Archives
• Linux support for Easy Access and Internet Keyboards (LinEAK)
• netfilter.org
OSS/Linux the commercial version of the Linux open sound system from 4Front Technologies
• Quickcam Express qce-ga (last release was on November 4, 2006)
• SPCA50X USB Camera Linux Driver website says: now obsolete; use the in kernal module
• Video4Linux Wiki also known as LinuxTV
• Video4Linux2 (now obsolete)
• WineHQ; Wine implements a partial Windows API for Linux

Projects Related to Applications

• APVision
• Asterisk, the open source Linux based PBX from Digium. Also see the Asterisk Documentation Project
• Differentiated Services on Linux (very old information)
• Ekiga, formerly GnomeMeeting
• FFmpeg streaming multimedia system
• free h.323 (very old information)
• GraphApp (very old information)
• Icecast audio and video streaming server
• Miro Internet TV and Video Player
• OpenTTD an open source clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe
• Quantum GIS Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows
• Scribus Desktop Publishing Software
• Simutrans a transportation simulation game
• Wireshark network analyzer

Projects Related to Music Composition and Publishing

• Canorus
• Denemo
• FluidSynth a midi synthesizer
• Frescobaldi
• Impro-Visor a jazz inprovisation program
• LilyPond
• musescore
• NtEd
• Rosegarden

Miscellaneous Projects

• Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
• freedesktop.org and their X.org foundation
• fwknop: Single Packet Authorization and Port Knocking
• fwsnort: Application Layer IDS/IPS with iptables
• The Gnome Project, GNU Network Object Model Environment, a user-friendly desktop
• GTK: The Gimp Toolkit
• ibiblio, the public library and digital archive, and its Linux archive (not updated since approximately 2005)
• The K desktop environment (kde)
• LINUX Documentation Project
• The Linux Standards Base (LSB)
• Linux TV
• LinuxSecurity.com
• Live555.com with source code for streaming media libraries for Linux, originally known as live.com, and also Live Networks, Inc.
• the Mozilla Foundation
• Nagios
• Netdisco
• NVU
• opensound.com at 4Front Technologies
• OpenSSL
• psad (Port Scan Attack Detector)
• rpm.org
• SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
• SIP at Columbia University
• SIP at H323.org
• SnapScan Backent for SANE
• Snort
• SYSLINUX
• System Rescue CD
• VideoLAN
• VueScan scanner software a commercial product from Hamrick Software
• The XFree86 Project, Inc. home of the VLC software

Hardware Projects

• Project VGA. The latest update was in February, 2008.

Commercial Software

Publishers: Books, Journals, and Magazines

• GNU Press
• Green Tea Press
• Linux Format
• Linux Journal
• Linux Pro Magazine

Open Source Repositories

• github
• gitorious: This site has closed, but is migrating (as of November 6, 2015) all of its repositories to Internet Archive for read only access with the "original clone URLs preserved".
• Google code
• sourceforge

Linux on Thinkpads

• Gnome Power Manager
• IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
• Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Driver Project
• Linux on Laptops also at this link
• MADWIFI at SourceForge
• NdisWrapper
• RFSwitch
• System Rescue CD
• ThinkPad R40
• ThinkWiki.org with:
  • How to configure acpid
• TPB (Think Pad Button)
• wpa_supplicant

Linux on the Eeepc

 
• ASUS support search for "wireless broken eeepc 700"

Kernel Hacking

• Books:
  • "Linux Kernel Development" by Robert Love, listed at Amazon.
  • "Linux Device Drivers" 3rd Edition by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet from O'Reilly
  • "Understanding the Linux Kernel" by Daniel P. Bovet and Marco Cesati from O'Reilly
• KernelNewbies

SELinux

• Dan Walsh's Journal
• Fedora Wiki SELinux page
• SELinux News Note that the most recent item at this site is dated 2012.

Useful Links

• cprogramming.com with useful tutorials, etc.
• FedoraForum
• IBM Open Source Software
• Iptables Tutorial by Oskar Andreasson
• KERNELNewbies
• Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition on-line text of the O'Reilly book
• Linux at IBM
• Linuxlinks.com
• Linux Today
• The Linux Technology Reference, a page of links to various online documentation
• Linux Weekly News (LWN)
• Porting device drivers to the 2.6 kernel
• Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO
• Skype for Linux
• Slashdot
• Parallel port scanners under Linux from Jonathan
• The ibiblio Linux distribution archive
• V4L-DVB wiki from Linux TV
• Writing udev rules by Daniel Drake (dsd)

Retailers

• Dell

Miscellaneous

• linux.org a linux oriented wiki
• Linux.com the Linux Foundation web site

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