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Web site

Description

http://www.debian.org

Debian GNU/Linux, a popular community-developed distribution

http://fedora.redhat.com

Fedora Core, an open source version of Red Hat that undergoes rapid development

http://www.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux, a fast-moving community project that focuses on source distribution

http://www.knoppix.net

Knoppix, a live CD good for trying out Linux and doing system recovery

http://www.kubuntu.org.uk

Kubuntu Linux, a version of Ubuntu that offers the KDE desktop

http://linspire.com

Linspire, a stable, end-user, desktop commercial product

http://www.lycoris.com

Lycoris

http://www.mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux

http://www.opensuse.org

OpenSUSE, the open source version of SUSE Linux

http://www.redhat.com

Red Hat Linux

http://www.slackware.com

Slackware Linux

http://www.suse.com

SUSE Linux, now distributed by Novell

http://www.turbolinux.com

Turbolinux, a distribution popular in East Asia

http://www.ubuntulinux.org

Ubuntu Linux, an end-user desktop system

http://www.xandros.com

Xandros Desktop Linux

http://www.yellowdoglinux.com

Yellow Dog Linux, a distribution for Macintosh hardware

Commercial Linux Software Companies

Listed here are some companies that offer commercial software and services, other than Linux distributions, for the Linux platform.

Web site

Description

http://www.codeweavers.com

CodeWeavers, developer of CrossOver Office and CrossOver Plugin, products based on the software of the Wine project that offer the ability to run Windows applications on Linux

http://www.trolltech.com

TrollTech, developer of Qt, a cross-platform graphical toolkit. Qt is used as the basis for the KDE.

http://www.vistasource.com

VistaSource, formerly Applix, is the developer of the Applixware Office Suite.

http://www.vmware.com

VmWare sells virtual machine software that allows running one operating system on top of another, such as Windows on Linux, and vice versa.

Internet RFCs and Other Standards

These are a few of the many sites that host standards used by Linux and the Internet.

Web site

Description

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs

An archive site for Requests For Comments, or RFCs, the technical documents that describe many of the protocols around which the Internet is built. It also includes many other standards documents and FAQs.

http://www.freestandards.org

The Free Standards Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the use and acceptance of open source technologies through the development, application, and promotion of standards.

http://www.linuxbase.org

The Linux Standard Base, a project of the Free Standards Group that develops and promotes a set of standards to increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software applications to run on any compliant Linux system.

http://www.w3c.org

The World Wide Web Consortium, an organization that develops specifications, guidelines, software, and tools for the World Wide Web.

Miscellaneous

Finally, here are some sites that defied categorization in any of the other sections.

Web site

Description

http://counter.li.org

The Linux Counter, a unique site that collects data in an attempt to estimate the total number of Linux users worldwide.

http://www.li.org

Linux International, a nonprofit organization that works toward the promotion of Linux and the Linux community.

About the Authors

Matthias Kalle Dalheimer is the President & CEO of Klaralvdalens Datakonsult AB, a Sweden-based consultancy specializing in platform-independent software solutions. He is also a founding member of the KDE project and the current president of the KDE foundation. Kalle has written numerous books for O'Reilly, both in English and in his native German, including "Running Linux" and "Programming with Qt". In his spare time, he enjoys cross-country skiing and