This page is simply a list of the links to various Linux information and software that I like to track.
Information pages | |
| LWN.net | an excellent subscription-supported weekly news site about Linux. |
| lwn.net | |
| KernelTrap | daily blog of kernel (and related) development |
| kerneltrap.org | |
| Kernel traffic (defunct) | weekly summaries of the latest discussion on the Linux kernel developers mailing list |
| www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/latest.html | |
| Freshmeat | listings of (primarily free) software projects |
| freshmeat.net | |
| RPMfind | find software binary RPM packages |
| rpmfind.net | |
Distributions | |
| FedoraNEWS FedoraForum | Latest news and discussion about the Fedora Linux distribution |
| fedoranews.org | |
| fedoraforum.org | |
| Distrowatch | track package versions in different Fedora (and other) releases |
| www.distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora | |
| SourceMage | A source-based GNU/Linux distribution. |
| www.sourcemage.org | |
Software | |
| Webmin | web based system-wide configuration tool |
| www.webmin.com | |
| Samba | share drives over the network between linux and windows machines |
| www.samba.org | |
| XEmacs | text editor extraordinaire |
| www.xemacs.org | |
| Firefox | web browser |
| www.getfirefox.com | |
| Privoxy | web proxy for filtering out ads and popups -- use the Adblock Plus Firefox plugin instead |
| www.privoxy.org | |
| Pidgin (gaim) | an all around instant messenger client, supports AOL, ICQ, yahoo, MSN |
| www.pidgin.im | |
| gtk-gnutella | Gnutella peer-to-peer file sharing client |
| gtk-gnutella.sourceforge.net | |
| Synergy | easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems |
| synergy2.sourceforge.net | |
| TightVNC | an efficent Virtual Network Computing client/server remote desktop control program |
| www.tightvnc.com | |
| x2vnc | use your Linux (X) mouse and keyboard to control another machine (X or Windows) via VNC -- use Synergy instead |
| www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html | |
| x2x | use your X windows mouse and keyboard to control another machine via X -- use Synergy instead |
| x2x.dottedmag.net | |
| Wine | MS Windows emulator -- run Windows applications without running Windows |
| www.winehq.org and appdb.winehq.org | |
| TinyCC | very small, very fast C compiler |
| www.tinycc.org | |
| Nickle | an excellent command-line calculator with C language (and more) scripting |
| www.nickle.org | |
| Pload | network traffic load monitor |
| www.engr.utk.edu/~mdsmith/pload/ | |
Graphics | |
| nVidia drivers | nVidia's closed-source opengl video drivers |
| www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_archive.html | |
| nVNews | nVNews nVidia linux forum |
| www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14 | |
| Cg and shaders | C for Graphics -- high level language for programmable shaders. Works primarily on nVidia. |
| developer.nvidia.com/page/cg_main.html | |
| www.shadertech.com | |
| G3D | mid-level, cross-platform C++ 3D graphics library with awkward linux support. |
| g3d-cpp.sourceforge.net | |
| OpenGLUT | an open source version of the OpenGL Utility Toolkit, a cross-platform graphics windows library. |
| openglut.sourceforge.net | |
| SDL | Simple DirectMedia Layer. Platform independent windowing library. |
| www.libsdl.org | |
| gluX | cross platform easy OpenGL eXtension loading library |
| w3imagis.imag.fr/Membres/Sylvain.Lefebvre/glux/ | |
| GLEW | The OpenGL Extension Wrangler - OpenGL extension loading library |
| glew.sourceforge.net/ | |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics: 2D postscript-like XML web plugin |
| www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/ | |
| www.adobe.com/svg/ -- Adobe's beta plugin crashes Mozilla | |
| gordon.sourceforge.net/libsvgtoswf/ -- convert SVG files to Flash SWF files | |
| JavaScript VectorGraphics | High Performance JavaScript VectorGraphics Library |
| www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm | |
| Blender | commercial 3D geometry modeller turned open source |
| www.blender.org | |
| POV-Ray | Persistance of Vision Raytracer (with a backwards -- left-handed -- coordinate system) |
| www.povray.org | |
| Perl/Tk | GUI widget library for Perl |
| w4.lns.cornell.edu/~pvhp/ptk/ptkFAQ.html | |
| ImageMagick | image manipulation tools |
| www.imagemagick.org | |
| Gifsicle | create and modify optimized animated GIFs |
| www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/ | |
| Inkscape | Scalable Vector Graphics editor |
| www.inkscape.org/ | |
| Scribus | page layout and desktop publishing |
| www.scribus.net/ | |
Multimedia | |
| mplayer | the ultimate video player (mpeg, divx, DVDs, quicktime) |
| www.mplayerhq.hu | |
| xine | xine multimedia player |
| www.xinehq.de | |
| VLC | VideoLAN - VLC media player |
| www.videolan.org | |
| xmms | X MultiMedia System -- GUI-based mp3 player |
| www.xmms.org | |
| grip | gtk-based cd-player and cd-ripper / encoder front-end |
| nostatic.org/grip/ | |
| NotLame | mp3 encoder based on LAME |
| www.idiap.ch/~sanders/not_lame/ | |
Office tools | |
| OpenOffice.org | Office tools suite |
| www.openoffice.org | |
| Gnumeric | Excel spreadsheet clone |
| www.gnumeric.org | |
| BlueGriffon | Web page editor |
| www.bluegriffon.org | |
| ASCIIMathML.js | Translates ASCII math notation to MathML and graphics |
| www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/mathml/asciimath.html | |
| ASTEX | JavaScript application which allows content creators the ability to display mathematics on the web |
| code.google.com/p/astex-math-on-web/ | |
Games and Entertainment | |
| Frozen Bubble | dangerously addictive tetris-like game. requires SDLperl which has trouble with some perl versions. |
| www.frozen-bubble.org | |
| Jump 'n Bump | multi-player on same keyboard side platform game. no single player mode. |
| jumpbump.mine.nu | |
| Quake 3 | first person shooter. commerical, but free demo. |
| www.quake3arena.com | |
| Freeciv | multiplayer turn-based strategy game based on Sid Meyer's Civilization |
| www.freeciv.org | |
| Neverball | Marble madness like game. |
| icculus.org/neverball/ | |
| /Trackballs/ | Marble madness like game. Still in development, but playable. |
| trackballs.sourceforge.net | |
| dailystrips | perl script that downloads comic strips and puts them in a local web page. |
| dailystrips.sourceforge.net | |
| Really Slick Screensavers | OpenGL screensavers. Available for both Linux and Windows. |
| rss-glx.sourceforge.net | |