Software

Three Motif widgets to display scientific data as dynamic plot.

Browse archive of FAQ by archive, author, and category or by newsgroup.

ICS's Open Motif built from the official Open Group sources. Precompiled binaries available on all popular Linux environments and FreeBSD.

A table widget for Troll Tech's Qt-GUI toolkit which looks similar to the `detailed list' of Windows 95.

A set of build system files to enable building Qt applications on all supported platforms using the autoconf / automake system (.m4 file) or the pkg-config system (.pc file).

Delphi like Dialog Designer for wxWidgets. [Open source, LGPL]

A cross-platform GUI and tools library for GTK, MS Windows, and MacOS. Uses native controls and emulates foreign functionality such as MDI, Tree Controls or Notebooks. Free, non-restrictive license.

Multi-format image viewer with some editing capabilities.

Developers of Accelerated-X, graphics drivers for Linux and UNIX-based operating systems.

B4Step is a Window Manager running under X11R6 with a different way to manage window banners. It can use OpenGL routines for animations, is Gnome compliant and has also a sound support.

A very minimalistic, but still fully configurable windowmanager.

A minimalistic window manager for the X Window System.

An extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. All window decorations are configurable and all user-interface policy is controlled through the extension language. This is no layer on top of twm, but a wholly new architecture.

Provides output from the package system, indicating the progress of packages into the testing distribution.

Provides information about supported implementations of the Lisp programming language.

A tool that allows to edit ebuild-scripts and check the syntax before trying to build it. Lists features, downloads, documentation and screenshots. No longer actively developed.

A review of the distribution.

Describes the steps that are required for installing on a Fujitsu notebook.

Firm expands experiment selling low-cost PCs running Linux OS. Web site now has lines of Microtel PCs with installed Lindows, Mandrake. May be milestone for Linux public acceptance. Sales are above expectations. [CNET News.com]

Guide on how to convert a Linux live CD distribution into a bootable USB format for greater speed and data persistence.

Live CD for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash.

Ubuntu-based family of lightweight installable live CDs optimized for ease of use. Each is pre-integrated for a specific application including LAMP, Joomla, Ruby on Rails, Drupal, MediaWiki, Django and others.

Comparison of installation and usability with other Debian variants [OSNews]

Project goal: promote use of KDE and KDE-based programs on Red Hat Linux by creating and distributing core and 3rd-party KDE RPM packages.

A list of all hardware that is certified for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and previous versions of Red Hat Linux.

The original Linux distribution, geared towards power and stability. FAQ, support, news, mailing lists, downloads, and links.

A public repository of build scripts for additional software on Slackware.

News, reviews, and guides. Find links to popular software downloads and other community resources.

Community for users to discuss this distribution, seek peer support, and offer advice.

A team functioning under Ubuntu to provide a platform and encouragement for women to contribute to Ubuntu-Linux.

Official site; Commercially sponsored Debian-derived Linux distribution that focuses on usability, a regular 6-month release cycle, and a commitment to at least 18 months of security updates for every release.

Feature development specifications which are tracked from discussion through to review, approval, and implementation.

Setting up a secure server using RedHat Linux and LinuxFromScratch.

How to automount devices in Linux.

How to use your CD-ROM under Linux.

Digicam is a simple and easy-to-use command-line utility to take, retrieve, and delete pictures from a Kodak DC21x camera.

Digital camera software for cameras using the DC-3 protocol, such as the Ricoh RDC-300, 300Z, and 4300.

Software for UNIX and BeOS to control the Panasonic dc1000 series of digital cameras.

gnokii (from GNU-Nokia) is a project to develop tools and drivers for Nokia mobile phones for Linux, BSD and other Unixes/operating systems.

Linux I/O port programming mini-HOWTO.

Howto setup kiosks to boot over a network, NFS mount everything, and run applications locally.

Linux AX.25 Kernel support.

A Linux Journal Article by Phil Lewis.

An introduction to Linux and infrared devices and how to use the software provided by the Linux-IrDA project.

The Linux joystick driver homepage.

LCDproc is a small piece of software that displays real-time system information from your Linux box on a 20x4 backlit LCD.

A resource site for all types of win/linmodems.

The RAID HOWTO software guide for Linux.

GNU/Linux Resources for the ESA/390 IBM Mainframe Architecture

SANE stands for "Scanner Access Now Easy" and is an application programming interface (API) that provides standardized access to any raster image scanner hardware (flatbed scanner, hand-held scanner, video- and still-cameras, and frame-grabbers).