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General Articles

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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

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Kernel space

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.

User space

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

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Category:Linux kernel features

Syscall	Description
epoll	event notification system
seccomp	process sandbox
procfs	/proc
sysfs	/sys

Core Language Interpreters

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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

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Underpinning	Description
Cairo (graphics)	renders (in 2D) for GTK+/FLTK/GNUstep/WebKit/Firefox and others more
Common Unix Printing System	for Printers
deb (file format)	Debian .deb package format
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Flatpak	Universal Package manager for Desktop applications.
Fstab
GStreamer	multimedia pipeline for doing things with 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	notorious for problems during adoption phase; makes life simpler
Snap (software)	Universal Package manager for Linux.
VDPAU	API for video acceleration e.g. UVD, PureVideo, Quick Sync Video
Wayland	is about to replace X Window System
X Window System

Desktop Environments / Window Managers

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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
Enlightenment	A windows manager.
GNOME	(GNU Network Object Model Environment) A desktop environment
JWM
KDE
LXDE
MATE (desktop environment)
Openbox	A Blackbox style window manager.
Unity (user interface)
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

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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 (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	Bit torrent client
Leafpad	Lightweight editor with similar look to Notepad.
nano	A simple text editor that we do not have to argue about.
NEdit	A little-known graphical user interface-based editor with roots from the Motif project.
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

Linux Security Modules

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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

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Main article: Linux distribution

General

• Comparison of Linux distributions

Base distributions

Distribution	Description
Arch Linux	A minimalist, rolling release distribution.
Debian	release every 2 years, stable, security holes are patched quickly, 37000 packages
Fedora	by Red Hat, new release every 6 months, base for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Knoppix	"Live", i.e. 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 approach
Slackware	A class apart distro on its own
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 without the redhat's proprietary stuff
CAOS_Linux	Free clone of RHEL, now discontinued.
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

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

People/Icons

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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

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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