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Color key

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This is a key to help show what each color means for each article.

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

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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	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

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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

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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	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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Main article: Linux distribution

General

• Comparison of Linux distributions

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

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

Others

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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