There is a lot of information available on the WWW on all the software available on the system. These may be classified broadly as follows:
- Websites of specific software projects
- Websites of specific Linux distributions and/or vendors
- General Linux websites
- General Open Source websites
Websites of Specific Software
Below are links to the websites of the software applications discussed in this guide.
- GNOME - www.gnome.org
- KDE - www.kde.org
- The Freedesktop Project - www.freedesktop.org
- OpenOffice.org - www.openoffice.org
- Mozilla - www.mozilla.org
- Ximian Evolution - www.novell.com/liroducts/evolution/
- gToaster - gnometoaster.rulez.org
- Sane - www.sane-project.org
- XSane - www.xsane.org
- MPlayer - www.mplayerhq.hu
- Xine - xinehq.de
- XMMS - www.xmms.org
- gThumb - gthumb.sourceforge.net
Linux Distributions and/or Vendors
Links to specific Linux distributions and vendors are listed below. In particular the website Distrowatch should be consulted for information and links to the hundreds of Linux distributions available today.
- Fedora Linux - fedora.redhat.com
- Debian Linux - www.debian.org
- Slackware Linux - www.slackware.org
- Redhat Linux - www.redhat.com
- SuSE Linux - www.suse.com
- Mandrake Linux - www.linux-mandrake.com
- …
- …
- … many. many, many more
General Linux Websites
Resources catering to new Linux users can be found in many of the website links below.
- Linux Online - www.linux.org
- Linux.com - www.linux.com
- Linux.net - www.linux.net
- Linux Headquarters - www.linuxhq.com
- LinuxHQ.org - www.linuxhq.org
- Linux Today - www.linuxtoday.com
- The Linux Documentation project - www.tldp.org
- Linuxquestions.org - www.linuxquestions.org
- The Linux Standard Base Project - www.linuxbase.org
- Linux Journal - www.linuxjournal.com
- Linux Gazette - www.linuxgazette.com
- Linux Compatible - www.linuxcompatible.org
Free and Open Source Software Websites
In this section, general information on Open Source and Free Software may be obtained as well as news and updates.
- The Open Source Initiative - www.opensource.org
- The Free Software Foundation - www.fsf.org
- Sourceforge - sourceforge.net
- Freshmeat - freshmeat.net
- Newsforge - www.newsforge.com
- Open Source Development Network - www.osdn.com
- Slashdot - slashdot.org
- International Open Source Network - www.iosn.net
- The Asian Open Source Centre - www.asiaosc.org
- OSNews - www.osnews.com
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1. Electronic Documentation
2. The Internet (WWW)
