Software

Follow any of the links below for extensive lists of applications that have been written for or ported to Linux.

  • The FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation and the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
  • freshmeat.net is a huge index of software and GUI themes with comment boards for every item.
  • Wikipedia features a list of software that runs natively on Linux.

Reviews of Linux software

  • Linux Journal has thousands and thousands of articles about, and reviews of, Linux software.

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From the Magazine

July 2008, #171

Heard of the Web? If not, read on. This month we talk with Matt Mullenweg about WordPress. If you want to get your hands dirty in Web code, take a look at the rest of our feature articles on WebKit, Dojo and OpenLaszlo.

In the rest of the issue, you'll find articles on OpenID, RDFa and Quanta Plus. Kyle Rankin puts a new spin (as in "no" spin SSD) on hard drives and also tells you how to migrate to that new disk (spinning or not). Mick Bauer continues his series on customizing live CD's. And, James Gray gives us a feel for the state of Linux in the enterprise. After all that, you may need some TV time. If so, check out our review on how to make that digital TV tuner card work in your Linux box.

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