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- OpenBenchmarking.org
- An open, collaborative testing and benchmarking platform for Linux and other operating systems. It's designed by Phoronix Media and the developers behind the Phoronix Test Suite.
- OpenBenchmarking.org
- An open, collaborative testing and benchmarking platform for Linux and other operating systems. It's designed by Phoronix Media and the developers behind the Phoronix Test Suite.
- OpenBenchmarking.org
- An open, collaborative testing and benchmarking platform for Linux and other operating systems. It's designed by Phoronix Media and the developers behind the Phoronix Test Suite.
- Gucharmap
- Gucharmap is the GNOME character map, based on the Unicode character database.
- Gucharmap
- Gucharmap is the GNOME character map, based on the Unicode character database.
- Opcion Font Viewer
- A free and open source font viewer written in Java. It allows the user to view both installed and uninstalled fonts which makes selecting the right font quick and easy.
- The Ada Initiative
- A non-profit organization dedicated to increasing participation of women in open technology and culture, which includes open source software, Wikipedia and other open data, and open social media. This site is named after Ada Lovelace, who is acknowledged as both the world's first programmer and open source programmer.
- Custom Desktop Solutions -- FOSS Advocacy
- Custom Desktop Solutions advocates, promotes, and installs Free/Open Source Software computing infrastructure to technically empower the small to medium-sized businesses. This site contains a wealth of information about all aspects of Linux and FOSS.
- Custom Desktop Solutions -- FOSS Advocacy
- Custom Desktop Solutions advocates, promotes, and installs Free/Open Source Software computing infrastructure to technically empower the small to medium-sized businesses. This site contains a wealth of information about all aspects of Linux and FOSS.
- Custom Desktop Solutions -- FOSS Advocacy
- Custom Desktop Solutions advocates, promotes, and installs Free/Open Source Software computing infrastructure to technically empower the small to medium-sized businesses. This site contains a wealth of information about all aspects of Linux and FOSS.
- X/Config/Resolution - Ubuntu Wiki
- Few bother with modelines anymore, but if you want to get the most from your monitor (or you're just a plain control freak) this is the latest, definitive reference. (2011)
- X/Config/Resolution - Ubuntu Wiki
- Few bother with modelines anymore, but if you want to get the most from your monitor (or you're just a plain control freak) this is the latest, definitive reference. (2011)
- Player Project
- The Player Project creates free software (as in freedom) that enables research in robot and sensor systems. The Player robot server is one of the more widely used robot control interfaces in the world.
- Linux Services Organization
- A non-profit organization formed by professional and non-professional Linux lovers to introduce Linux in the enterprise world. The site has online training tutorials, documentation, articles, information on Linux server configuration and security, and links to further information.
- Linux Services Organization
- A non-profit organization formed by professional and non-professional Linux lovers to introduce Linux in the enterprise world. The site has online training tutorials, documentation, articles, information on Linux server configuration and security, and links to further information.
- Parrot VM
- A virtual machine designed to efficiently compile and execute bytecode for dynamic languages. It uses just-in-time compilation for speed to reduce the interpretation overhead. Parrot is not about parrots, though the developers are rather fond of them for obvious reasons. :-) Latest stable release is 3.0.0, 2011-01-18.
- Parrot VM
- A virtual machine designed to efficiently compile and execute bytecode for dynamic languages. It uses just-in-time compilation for speed to reduce the interpretation overhead. Parrot is not about parrots, though the developers are rather fond of them for obvious reasons. :-) Latest stable release is 3.0.0, 2011-01-18.
- Sed - An Introduction and Tutorial
- A comprehensive tutorial for sed, the ultimate stream editor for modifying files automatically. (2011)
- Sed - An Introduction and Tutorial
- A comprehensive tutorial for sed, the ultimate stream editor for modifying files automatically. (2011)
- Figaro's Password Manager 2
- A utility that securely stores the user's Web passwords. It is a Gtk2 port of Figaro's Password Manager with some new enhancements. Internationalization support: Basque, Bulgarian, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian and Spanish. Latest release is 0.79, 2011-01-17.
- pyFormex
- A Python-based program for generating, transforming, and manipulating large geometrical models of 3D structures by sequences of mathematical operations. Latest release is 0.8.3, 2010-12-05.
- pyFormex
- A Python-based program for generating, transforming, and manipulating large geometrical models of 3D structures by sequences of mathematical operations. Latest release is 0.8.3, 2010-12-05.
- Fonty Python
- A font manager for Linux. This handy utility enables users to find, view, and manage font files of all kinds.
- Ultimate List of Open Source Software — Datamation.com
- This huge list contains 715 software applications, which are organized into subject categories. Each entry has a brief description and a link to the homepage. (2010)
- Eucalyptus
- A software platform for the implementation of private cloud computing on computer clusters.
- Openmeetings
- An open source, browser-based software that can instantly set up a conference on the Web using a microphone or webcam. It is available as hosted service or you download and install a package on your server with no limitations in usage or users. It integrates with Moodle and SugarCRM. Latest release is 1.6, 2010-11-11.
- Puddletag
- An audio tag editor primarily created for Linux. A unique feature is the spreadsheet-like layout so that all the tags to be changed by hand are visible and easily edited. Latest release is 0.97. 2010-10-30.
- The Perl.org Online Library
- A selection of full text Perl books as well as sample chapters from others.
- The Perl.org Online Library
- A selection of full text Perl books as well as sample chapters from others.
- CenterIM
- A text mode menu- and window-driven instant messaging interface that supports the ICQ, Yahoo!, AIM, MSN, IRC, XMPP, LiveJournal, and Gadu-Gadu protocols. A continuation of Centericq. Latest release is 4.22.10, 2010-11-23.
- Eva's Great Guide to Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and 10.10
- This is a post-installation guide to be used *after* a successful Ubuntu 10.04 ("Lucid Lynx" or 10.10 ("Maverick Meerkat") installation. (2011)
- Eva's Great Guide to Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and 10.10
- This is a post-installation guide to be used *after* a successful Ubuntu 10.04 ("Lucid Lynx" or 10.10 ("Maverick Meerkat") installation. (2011)
- MinGW-w64
- The mingw-w64 project is a complete runtime environment for gcc to support binaries native to Windows 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems.
- MinGW-w64
- The mingw-w64 project is a complete runtime environment for gcc to support binaries native to Windows 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems.
- Calligra Suite | The Integrated Work Applications Suite
- A cross-platform, integrated work applications suite for the KDE desktop. It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, databases, vector graphics and digital painting. This is a fork of the KOffice Project.
- Calligra Suite | The Integrated Work Applications Suite
- A cross-platform, integrated work applications suite for the KDE desktop. It contains applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, databases, vector graphics and digital painting. This is a fork of the KOffice Project.
- CrunchBang Linux - A Nimble Openbox Linux Distro
- A Debian-based distribution featuring the lightweight Openbox window manager and Xfce desktop enviroment. The distribution is built using the Debian Live Project and is designed to offer a modern, full-featured GNU/Linux system. It can be used with older hardware without sacrificing speed.
- Sourcefabric
- This not-for-profit organization believes in quality, independent journalism and provides media organizations with the open source software, tools and support to produce it. Software includes a radio suite enabling live broadcast and scheduling for radio stations and an open content management system for professional journalists.
- Sourcefabric
- This not-for-profit organization believes in quality, independent journalism and provides media organizations with the open source software, tools and support to produce it. Software includes a radio suite enabling live broadcast and scheduling for radio stations and an open content management system for professional journalists.
- SliTaz GNU/Linux
- A mini distribution and live CD designed to run efficiently on hardware with 256 MB of RAM. It provides a full-featured desktop or server in less than 30MB. It's particularly suitable for netbook computers. Also available in Chinese, German, French, Indonesian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
- LMMS - Linux MultiMedia Studio
- A cross-platform music studio which allows the user to produce music with their computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesis and mixing of sounds, and arranging of samples. Internationalization is excellent with translations available for Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Persian, Russian, and Spanish. Latest stable release is 4.9,2010-12-14.
- Musopen - Free Public Domain Classical Music
- The mission of this organization is to set music free. Both classical music and sheet music are available on this site.
- Musopen - Free Public Domain Classical Music
- The mission of this organization is to set music free. Both classical music and sheet music are available on this site.
- Linux Jobs | Kernel Jobs
- A Linux job board sponsored by The Linux Foundation.
- A Guide to Wine on Ubuntu for Beginners
- A helpful beginners guide for setting up Wine on Ubuntu. It includes sections on installation, configuring, and customizing Wine. (2010)
- A Guide to Wine on Ubuntu for Beginners
- A helpful beginners guide for setting up Wine on Ubuntu. It includes sections on installation, configuring, and customizing Wine. (2010)
- Google Font Directory
- A directory of fonts for Cyrillic, Greek, Khmer, and Latin characters. All fonts in this directory are available for use on websites under an open source license and are served by Google servers. The Ubuntu font family is Included.
- StepMania: Free Dance Game and Songs
- A cross-platform rhythm video game and engine which features 3D graphics, visualizations, support for gamepads/dance pads, and a step recording mode. Also available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
- StepMania: Free Dance Game and Songs
- A cross-platform rhythm video game and engine which features 3D graphics, visualizations, support for gamepads/dance pads, and a step recording mode. Also available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
- CTAN - The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
- This site is the authoritative collection of materials related to the TeX typesetting system.
- Perl Advent Calendar 2010
- The Perl Advent Calendar is an online advent calendar that features a different Perl module each day for the twenty four days of Advent, and an extra module on Christmas day.
- Perl Advent Calendar 2010
- The Perl Advent Calendar is an online advent calendar that features a different Perl module each day for the twenty four days of Advent, and an extra module on Christmas day.
- gET iT i sAY - GiiS
- A Linux (Ext3/Ext2) file undelete/recovery tool. Currently (2010) development is underway for Ext4.
- Tesseract-OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
- An open source (Apache license) optical character recognition (OCR) engine originally developed by Hewlett-Packard between 1985 and 1995 and now being actively developed by Google. It is considered one of the most accurate free software OCR engines currently available. Latest stable release is 3.00, 2010-09-30.
- Linux Radio - Broadcasting the Linux kernel!
- Linux Radio is a non-stop, online radio program broadcasting the latest stable version of the Linux kernel, which is read in plain voice using eSpeak, an open source text to speech synthesizer.
- Linux Radio - Broadcasting the Linux kernel!
- Linux Radio is a non-stop, online radio program broadcasting the latest stable version of the Linux kernel, which is read in plain voice using eSpeak, an open source text to speech synthesizer.
- Wine Reviews
- A news source for Windows applications and games on Linux.
- Wine Reviews
- A news source for Windows applications and games on Linux.
- Open Invention Network (OIN)
- The Open Invention Network (OIN) is a company that acquires patents and licenses them royalty free to entities which, in turn, agree not to assert their own patents against Linux and Linux-related systems and applications. This type of initiative is necessary until software patents are no longer allowed.
- Open Invention Network (OIN)
- The Open Invention Network (OIN) is a company that acquires patents and licenses them royalty free to entities which, in turn, agree not to assert their own patents against Linux and Linux-related systems and applications. This type of initiative is necessary until software patents are no longer allowed.
- Jolicloud
- A Linux-based, cloud-oriented social computing distribution designed for netbooks and other computers with limited disk storage, memory, and screen size. One of its strengths is that it can run on older computers.
- iFixit: The free repair manual
- A do-it-yourself repair manual for all manner of things including PCs, game consoles, phones, cameras, vehicles, Macs, and household items. On Earth Day (April 22nd), 2010, iFixit opened their guide-creation software to the public, allowing anyone to publish or edit other repair guides. This is a great resource.
- Ddrescue
- This is a data recovery tool that copies data from a file orhardware device that contains data to another place, making every effort to rescue data in the event of read errors. Also available in Spanish. Latest stable release is 1.13, 2010-08-28.
- How to Choose a Linux Laptop - PCWorld
- This is a handy guide to use when choosing a Linux laptop. It includes key features, configuration options, and a list of the best-known Linux laptop vendors. (2010)
- OpenEmbedded
- A software framework to create Linux distributions aimed for, but not restricted to, embedded devices. It supports many hardware architectures, cross-compiles 1000's of packages including GTK+, Qt, and the X Windows system, and it's easy to customize.
- OpenEmbedded
- A software framework to create Linux distributions aimed for, but not restricted to, embedded devices. It supports many hardware architectures, cross-compiles 1000's of packages including GTK+, Qt, and the X Windows system, and it's easy to customize.
- Gumstix Developer Website
- A company that produces small single-board computers. Gumstix COMs (computer-on-module) are tiny, open source platforms that can jump-start the development, proof of concept and production of any embedded device. They run on Linux and use the OpenEmbedded build environment.
- Gumstix Developer Website
- A company that produces small single-board computers. Gumstix COMs (computer-on-module) are tiny, open source platforms that can jump-start the development, proof of concept and production of any embedded device. They run on Linux and use the OpenEmbedded build environment.
- Medical Free/Libre and Open Source Software
- A searchable database of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects in health care and medicine. It offers an open content platform to foster the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and experiences about these projects.
- Medical Free/Libre and Open Source Software
- A searchable database of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects in health care and medicine. It offers an open content platform to foster the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and experiences about these projects.
- Geometria
- A graphic interface for creating and solving problems in 3D geometry. It comes with excellent documentation and an extensive repository of sample figures, problems, and solutions making it an excellent choice for teachers. Also available in French, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish. Latest release is 3.1, 2010-11-02.
- LibreOffice - The Document Foundation
- LibreOffice is the recently-created (2010-09) fork of OpenOffice. The Document Foundation is the over-arching organization by members of the OpenOffice.org community to manage and develop LibreOffice. The goal is to produce a vendor-independent office suite with ODF support and without any copyright assignment requirements.
- Network Security Toolkit (NST)
- This bootable ISO live CD/DVD (NST Live) is based on Fedora. The toolkit was designed to provide easy access to best-of-breed open source network security applications for most x86/x86_64 platforms. Latest stable release is 2.13.0, 2010-10-06.
- Network Security Toolkit (NST)
- This bootable ISO live CD/DVD (NST Live) is based on Fedora. The toolkit was designed to provide easy access to best-of-breed open source network security applications for most x86/x86_64 platforms. Latest stable release is 2.13.0, 2010-10-06.
- Debian Live Project
- A Debian Live system is a Debian operating system that does not require a classical installer to use it. It comes on various media, including CD-ROM, USB sticks, or via netboot.
- 55 Open Source Replacements for Popular Networking Tools - Datamation.com
- An annotated list of networking tools organized by subject category. This resource is handy for both enterprise and home system administrators to assist in managing their networks. (2010)
- 55 Open Source Replacements for Popular Networking Tools - Datamation.com
- An annotated list of networking tools organized by subject category. This resource is handy for both enterprise and home system administrators to assist in managing their networks. (2010)
- PeaZip
- A cross-platform file and archive manager which features volume spanning, data compression, and authenticated encryption. Internationalization is excellent with translations available in 20+ languages.
- PeaZip
- A cross-platform file and archive manager which features volume spanning, data compression, and authenticated encryption. Internationalization is excellent with translations available in 20+ languages.
- PiTiVi
- PiTiVi is a non-linear video editor for Linux. It is designed to be a simple video editor to meet the needs of users in the GNOME desktop environment. Latest stable release is 0.13.5, 2010-09-15.
- PiTiVi
- PiTiVi is a non-linear video editor for Linux. It is designed to be a simple video editor to meet the needs of users in the GNOME desktop environment. Latest stable release is 0.13.5, 2010-09-15.
- 50 Open Source Replacements for Popular Financial Software - Datamation.com
- A comprehensive, annotated list of equivalent open source financial software. It is organized by subject category. (2010)
- 50 Open Source Replacements for Popular Financial Software - Datamation.com
- A comprehensive, annotated list of equivalent open source financial software. It is organized by subject category. (2010)
- Linux Wireless LAN Support
- This is a searchable directory of wireless devices with information about the chipset they are based on and whether or not they are supported in Linux. (2010)
- Linux Wireless LAN Support
- This is a searchable directory of wireless devices with information about the chipset they are based on and whether or not they are supported in Linux. (2010)
- SetiQuest
- SetiQuest is a project of the SETI Institute aimed to improve the search for extra terrestrial intelligence by opening the source code of the software used on the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) to the public for improvement and expansion. It is open to anyone interested in participating.
- 58 Open Source Replacements for Commercial Communications Apps - Datamation.com
- An annotated list of equivalent open source software for communication applications, such as blogging, browsers, content management systems, media players, office apps, and VoIP. It is organized by subject category.
- 58 Open Source Replacements for Commercial Communications Apps - Datamation.com
- An annotated list of equivalent open source software for communication applications, such as blogging, browsers, content management systems, media players, office apps, and VoIP. It is organized by subject category.
- FOSSology
- The FOSSology Project is built around an open and modular architecture for analyzing software. Existing modules include license analysis, meta data extraction, and MIME type identification. It analyzes a given set of software packages (it looks at every file within the package) and reports items such as the software licenses used by these packages. Latest release is 1.2.0, 2010-07-08.
- Tiny Core Linux
- Tiny Core Linux is a small (10 MB) minimal Linux desktop. It is based on Linux the 2.6 kernel, BusyBox, Tiny X, FLTK graphical user interface, and flwm window manager, running entirely in memory.
- People Behind KDE
- Interviews with all the cool and creative people who work on KDE including programmers, artists, translators, publicity people, and everyone else who are part of the KDE the community. There is an interview archive dating back to 2000.
- 58 Open Source Replacements for Small Business Software - Datamation.com
- A comprehensive, annotated list of equivalent open source software for small business. It is organized by subject category. (2010)
- The GNOME Journal
- An online news site for the GNOME desktop.
- The GNOME Journal
- An online news site for the GNOME desktop.
- The Jargon of Freedom: 60 Words and Phrases with Context
- This guide clearly explains the jargon used in the various cultures and ideas in the software freedom community. (2010)
- Grub 2 Basics
- Useful documentation on the GRUB 2 basics. It targets users who are familiar with basic editing of the original Grub (Grub Legacy) menu and want to know how it carries over to Grub 2. This document is written for Ubuntu users, but the information can be used with other distributions. (2010)
- Grub 2 Basics
- Useful documentation on the GRUB 2 basics. It targets users who are familiar with basic editing of the original Grub (Grub Legacy) menu and want to know how it carries over to Grub 2. This document is written for Ubuntu users, but the information can be used with other distributions. (2010)
- LinuxPlanet - Tutorials - Linux Multi-Distro Package Manager Cheatsheet
- A handy list of package manager commands for both Debian-based and RPM-based distributions. (2010)
- LinuxPlanet - Tutorials - Linux Multi-Distro Package Manager Cheatsheet
- A handy list of package manager commands for both Debian-based and RPM-based distributions. (2010)
- Bangarang
- A media player for KDE 4.3 or later.
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