DIPC (Distributed Inter-Process Communication): ``It enables you to build and program multi-computers very easily. It
provides, among other things, Transparent Distributed Shared Memory (DSM). All
the hardware that you need are some personal computers connected to a TCP/IP
network.'' Last modification on December 30 2000.
Infomagic: CD-ROM publisher. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Web Secretary: Web Secretary is a web page monitoring software. However, it goes beyond
the normal functionalities offered by such software. Not only does it detect
changes based on content analysis (instead of date/time stamp or simple textual
comparison), it will email the changed page to you with the new contents
highlighted! Last modification on December 30 2000.
Boycott Microsoft: A long-established site that seeks to document and analyse Microsoft's
aggressive behaviour in the marketplace. Home of the monopoly clock (will it
reach midnight?). Stickers are available for a small fee. Last modification on December 30 2000.
CPU Review: This site will try to present the latest news in PC microprocessors and
related hardware. I will be contacting all the major manufacturers in order to
be placed on their press release lists. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Red Hat Software: Publisher of the main free distribution of Linux, for Intel, Alpha and
Sparc processors. Red Hat also publishes commercial products like Metro-X or Applixware. Last modification on December 30 2000.
cdrecord: Allows the creation of both audio and data CDs Last modification on December 30 2000.
Sendmail: The main electronic mail server as of today. Last modification on December 30 2000.
1st Linux Search: Search 100,000's of documents & postings from dozens of major Linux
sites Last modification on December 30 2000.
The Linux Kernel Archives: ``This is the primary site for the Linux kernel source, but it has much
more than just kernels - we have 20 GB of disk space set aside for mirroring
the largest Linux-related software archives.'' Last modification on December 30 2000.
The Value of Free Software (BYTE): ``The Linux OS and the Apache Web server enjoy similar reputations, and
now I can understand why. Neither of these packages has failed in over a year
of continuous use on the BYTE conference server. During that same period, our
main Web server, running Windows NT 4.0 and Internet Information Server (IIS)
3.0, has suffered a few software failures. [...]'' Last modification on December 30 2000.
Freeciv: Implementation of Civilization II for UNIX/X released under the GPL Last modification on December 30 2000.
Penguin Computing: VAR specializing in high end machines running Red Hat. Also provides ISP
services, consulting and training. Last modification on December 30 2000.
inn: NNTP server. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Free Pascal: a free 32-bit Pascal compiler. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Stronghold: Commercial version of Apache, with SSL encryption. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Caldera Home Page: Publisher of high end commercial Linux distributions. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Snes9x: Snes9X is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System
(SNES) emulator. It basically allows you to play most games designed for the
SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC or Workstation; they
include some real gems that were only ever released in Japan. Snes9X is coded
in C++, with three assembler CPU emulation cores on the i386 Linux, MS-DOS and
Windows ports. Last modification on December 30 2000.
TowerJ: TowerJ is a high performance Native Deployment Compiler and Runtime
Environment specifically designed for high-activity, high-availability,
process-intensive, business-critical, server-side Java applications running
across a range of server class computer platforms. (Commercial.) Last modification on December 30 2000.
Web Secretary: Web page monitoring software Last modification on December 30 2000.
Linux Central: Mail order CD vendor. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Why Open Source Is The Optimum Economic Paradigm for Software: I've written an extensive piece explaining just how OSS, in an economic
sense, is such an effective system for software development, purchasing, and
modification. Last modification on December 30 2000.
cdr: cdr stands for Create/Duplicate/Rip. It is a Perl program that uses
dialog to provide an ncurses frontend for ripping audio and encoding MP3s. It
supports l3enc, l3dec, cdda2wav, cdparanoia, amp, bladeenc, and 8hz-mp3. Last modification on December 30 2000.
WebRFM: CGI file manager supporting WebDAV and other HTTP extensions Last modification on December 30 2000.
OS Counter and Helper: Provides a geographical counter and rating system, and locational help
support network Last modification on December 30 2000.
Freshmeat: Announces of new software for Linux. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Sys Admin: The journal for Unix system administrators. Last modification on December 30 2000.
SIDPLAY: SIDPLAY emulates the Sound Interface Device chip (MOS 6581, commonly
called SID) and the Micro Processor Unit (MOS 6510) of the Commodore 64 [2] on
your computer. It is a platform independent software which emulates these
hardware components. Therefore it is able to load and execute C64 machine code
programs which produce music or sound. called SID) and the Micro Processor Unit
(MOS 6510) of the Commodore 64 on your computer. It allows you to listen to
more than 10000 famous C64 game and demonstration musics. Last modification on December 30 2000.
HardWire: A hardware review site, now with Linux included in each review. Last modification on December 30 2000.
OPaC: a C++ class library which provides a complete portable GUI toolkit. Last modification on December 30 2000.
X-bomber: X-Bomber is a multiplayer game for Unix running the X-Window system.
It's based on "Super Bomberman" for the Super Nintendo home game system. Up to
four players control their character around a single screen of obstacles,
trying to destroy each other with bombs. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Gem Drop X: Gem Drop X is a fast-paced puzzle game where it's your job to clear the
screen of gems before they squash you! (You're at the bottom, they're at the
top, and they keep coming!) Gem Drop X is an X-Window game for Unix, directly
ported from the original GemDrop for the Atari 8-bit. Last modification on December 30 2000.
DejaSearch. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Gaea Corporation: Gaea Corporation engineers robust Free Software solutions in the
Greenville, SC area. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Icecast: A client/server system for http streaming of mp3 data. Last modification on December 30 2000.
GNOME: GNU Network Object Model Environment Last modification on December 30 2000.
DeleGate: DeleGate is a multi-purpose application level gateway, or a proxy server
which runs on multiple platforms (Unix, Windows and OS/2). DeleGate mediates
communication of various protocols (HTTP, FTP, NNTP, _Telnet, etc.), applying
cache and conversion for mediated data, controlling access from clients and
routing toward servers. It translates protocols between clients and servers,
merging several servers into a single server view with aliasing and filtering.
Born as a tiny proxy for Gopher in March 1994, it has steadily grown into a
general purpose proxy server. Besides proxy, DeleGate can be used as a simple
origin server for some protocols (HTTP, FTP and NNTP). Last modification on December 30 2000.
Java: Home page of Java at SUN Microsystems. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Exult: Ultima 7 world viewer Last modification on December 30 2000.
PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine): A widely used (in the scientific computation business) library for
distributing computations on networked workstations or massively multiprocessor
super computers. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Linux Today: Daily news about Linux. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Ingres II: Advanced relational database management system (RDBMS) from Computer
Associates Last modification on December 30 2000.
Scriptics: Commercial support for Tcl. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Awka: An AWK to C translator and library. Last modification on December 30 2000.
The father of Linux looks back: A Linus interview for the San Francisco Examiner. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Linux Grows Up: Red Hat's commercial Linux beats NT at its own game.: ``Linux is the rebel's intranet operating system -- and it looks like
the rebels are storming the corporate gates. Linux (a free, mini-version of
Unix) has become the intranet OS of choice for companies large and small. How
come? [...]'' Last modification on December 30 2000.
Neosoft: Commercial support for Tcl. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Flagship: Clipper compatible database for Linux. Allows clipper programs to run on
Linux. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Oracle: Commercial relational DBMS. Last modification on December 30 2000.
ConferenceRoom: IRC server with web integration tools Last modification on December 30 2000.
Linux shopping mall: Mail order shop for Linux products (software and cult objects). Last modification on December 30 2000.
|STAT: data manipulation and analysis programs. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Red Hat Softdir: List of (mostly commercial) software available for Red Hat Linux (so
probably also for other Linux distributions). Last modification on December 30 2000.
Linux-france. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Blender: Extremely fast and versatile 3D Rendering Package Last modification on December 30 2000.
Sched-Gen: HTML weekly schedule generator Last modification on December 30 2000.
Arkeia: Commercial backup software. Last modification on December 30 2000.
tcpgate: TCP Proxy/Gateway Daemon Last modification on December 30 2000.
hexedit: hexedit shows a file both in ASCII and in hexadecimal. The file can be a
device as the file is not read as a whole. You can modify the file and search
through it. You have also copy / paste, and save to file functions. Truncating
or appending to the file. Modifications are shown in bold. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Linux Preview: Spanish Linux News, Comments option, Poll, documentation, +more Last modification on December 30 2000.
Neuronnexion. Last modification on December 30 2000.
Mnemonic: Project for a Web browser, open and modular, based on Gtk. Last modification on December 30 2000.
GNU Classpath: ``GNU Classpath project [is] a free software replacement for Sun's
proprietary Java standard class libraries. Our goal is to provide a 100%
compatible version of the class libraries so that free operating systems can
run Java programs. We also want to provide support for all Unix-like operating
systems.'' Last modification on December 29 2000.
FreeCode: Source code for many Web/CGI related resources. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Linux Weekly News: Great weekly gazette, covering topics like a press review, security
issues, development, commercial press releases and more. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Scriptsearch: CGI scripts archive. Some of them are free. Last modification on December 29 2000.
WWWThreads: WWW based discussion forums Last modification on December 29 2000.
LinuxAlpha: Informations about Linux Alpha (Linux kernel for DEC Alpha processors). Last modification on December 29 2000.
Linux Support Services: LSS provides free technical support for all Linux problems via a work
order interface. Last modification on December 29 2000.
The Linux Counter: This site registers users and machines using Linux for work, school or
home purpose. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Unixworld: Magazine about Unix Last modification on December 29 2000.
cthugha: An oscilliscope on acid, displays patterns in sync with music. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Linux Games: News and links to games under Linux. Last modification on December 29 2000.
DyDNS: DyDNS brings DNS (BIND) and DHCPd together to create a dynamic DNS
environment for intranets. DyDNS uses lease data files created by DHCPd and
creates a forward lookup table for DNS in its respective directory. The current
version is stable for the things it can do, but much more can be expected out
of it in its later version. Last modification on December 29 2000.
libtcp++: C++ class library to create TCP/IP clients/servers Last modification on December 29 2000.
Firewall: Net SecurityMaster is the first proxy services firewall with user
authentication and identification. Last modification on December 29 2000.
NAMD: parallel, object-oriented molecular dynamics program. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Pilot Manager. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Tootella: The daily Linux news digest Last modification on December 29 2000.
Wxftp: GUI (GTK+ and Motif) FTP client for X Window System Last modification on December 29 2000.
Dock App Warehouse: Dockable apps for Window Maker. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Minivend: ``MiniVend is the most powerful free shopping cart system available
today. Its features and power rival the costliest commercial systems.'' Last modification on December 29 2000.
Project LIMP - The Linux Image Montage Project: Project LIMP attempts to take Linux community spirit and distill it down
into one cool looking poster. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Xclasses: an X11 GUI library in C++. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Teitools: ``a collection of scripts for transforming documents written in SGML to
various output format. I'm in process of writing it now, and currently it is
able to produce HTML, LaTeX2e, RTF, PS and PDF.'' Last modification on December 29 2000.
LabVIEW: graphical programming environment for data
acquisition/control/analysis/visualization. Last modification on December 29 2000.
The KeyKit Home Page and Download Site: a programming language and graphical user interface for MIDI, useful for
both algorithmic and realtime musical experimentation. Last modification on December 29 2000.
XCmail: E-mail reader for X11. Last modification on December 29 2000.
ACE (Adaptive Communication Environment): The Adaptive Communication Environment (ACE) is a freely available
Object-Oriented network programming toolkit targeted for developers of
high-performance concurrent network applications and services. ACE encapsulates
the following user-level UNIX and proprietary operating systems OS facilities
via portable, type-secure, C++ interfaces: IPC mechanisms, event multiplexing,
multi-threading and synchronization, explicit dynamic linking, memory-mapped
files and shared memory management, System V IPC, Sun RPC. Last modification on December 29 2000.
NetSaint: A relatively simple active network monitor Last modification on December 29 2000.
Final Battle: Final Battle is a multiplayer space game for the X Window System. You
fly around a sector of space trying to destroy all of the other players. In the
meantime, you can gather special weapons and ship upgrades by blasting
asteroids. Watch out though! Like you, the other players can get some pretty
mean upgrades! (Cloak, for example: try blasting someone you can't see!) Last modification on December 29 2000.
OpenGL: software interface for 2D/3D computer graphics. Last modification on December 29 2000.
gppp_button. Last modification on December 29 2000.
The Java Lobby: The Java Lobby is a group of people who share a common interest in Java
software development and the advancement of Java standards and software. The
main purpose of the Java Lobby is to represent the needs and concerns of the
Java developer and user community to the companies and organizations who have
influence in the evolution of Java. Last modification on December 29 2000.
The K Desktop Evironment (KDE): KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations.
The KDE desktop aims to combine ease of use, contemporary functionality and
outstanding graphical design with the technological superiority of the Unix
operating system. Last modification on December 29 2000.
BitchX: IRC client based on IRCII. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Q2sdb: Quake 2 Server Database with client/server query mechanism. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Internet Security Systems: Commercial security softwares for Unix and other OSes. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Zope: Web application platform used for building high-performance, dynamic
web sites. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Ultima Online Client for Linux: ``the most complex fantasy role-playing game to date,'' with thousands
of players simultaneously online in a persistent, dynamic gaming world. Set in
Britannia, the same world featured in Ultimas IV through VII, Ultima Online
takes place shortly after the events that transpired in the very first Ultima. Last modification on December 29 2000.
HTML PLAIN: A revolutionary HTML precompiler Last modification on December 29 2000.
Downloader for X: This program allows you download files from internet via http and ftp.
It is a multithreaded application wich has queue of downloads and logs for all
downloads. Last modification on December 29 2000.
AOLServer: Free (?) HTTP server. Last modification on December 29 2000.
SSLeay FAQ: SSLeay is a free implementation of Netscape's Secure Socket Layer - the
software encryption protocol behind the Netscape Secure Server and the Netscape
Navigator Browser. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Sybase: Commercial relational DBMS. Last modification on December 29 2000.
DIPC: distributed inter-process communication for parallel programming. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Interbase: Commercial SQL-compliant RDBMS. Free for Linux. Last modification on December 29 2000.
IglooFTP: IglooFTP is a graphical and user friendly FTP client. Its main goals are
to be easy to use and intuitive when used by novice, but powerful and fully
configurable in the hand of experienced users. It includes all the feature you
may expect. Last modification on December 29 2000.
LinuxWorld: Web magazine, aimed at professionals, published byt IDG. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Focus On Linux (miningco): Links, articles, editorials, help, news, and Linux chat. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Enlightenment: A new, graphics heavy, window manager for X11. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Tower Eiffel: Commercial Eiffel 3 compiler. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Varkon: a high level development tool for Engineering, Computer Aided Design and
Product Modeling applications developed by Microform AB in Sweden (commercial).
Commercial, free for Linux. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Wpp: WPP is a small perl5 script that allows preprocessing of html files. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Pollera: A www poll system meant to be run via CGI. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Linux on the Nintendo 64: A funny ``april fool'' article. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Radio-france. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Linux 4Ever. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Setedit: An editor for C/C++ programmers with a nice text interface. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Google Linux Search: Search Google's database for Linux-related pages. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Linux Magazin: German Linux journal. Last modification on December 29 2000.
X-Mame: X-Mame is the Unix version of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, an
arcade (coin-op) video game emulator. The latest development release is capable
of playing over 1241 arcade and Neo Geo games. Last modification on December 29 2000.
HTML::Mason: A component-based perl web development environment Last modification on December 29 2000.
Linux Ftp Watcher: Monitors many important Linux related ftp sites. Shows newest files and
has powerful search engines for filenames and file descriptions. The database
is updated once per day. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Vim (Vi IMproved): My (SF) favorite clone of the standard Unix editor vi. Has
features like a GUI (under X11), syntax highlighting and scripting. Last modification on December 29 2000.
Gmp3: front-end for the mpg123 decoder/player. Last modification on December 28 2000.
Linux Life. Last modification on December 28 2000.
X Northern Captain: X Window filemanager for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and HP-UX systems. Two
panels show highlighted directory listings and give easy and simple way for
manipulating files on disks or inside archieves with Virtual File System. Built
in Rxvt terminal to run programms; Bookmark for storing HotDirectories and
quick changing its; Drag and Drop protocol for file operations; MultiWindow
Viewing and Editing system with various image formats; User menus and file
associations; Different panel layouts, icons and keys and colors configuration
make XNC very useful tool..... Last modification on December 28 2000.
tinyproxy: tinyproxy 1.1 is a lightweight HTTP proxy designed to do the job with a
minimum of system resource use. It's ideal for small networks where a larger
HTTP proxy such as squid might be overkill or a security risk. This simplicity
also makes tinyproxy an ideal candidate for customization - it takes very
little time to read and understand the tinyproxy source, and thus you can start
adding your own desired features on short order. Last modification on December 28 2000.
sugarplum: Automated, secure perl spambot poisoner with many features Last modification on December 28 2000.
Computerbank: An Australian GNU/Linux based charity which "recycles" old computers Last modification on December 28 2000.
glFtpD: FTP Daemon for Linux. Great program for an ISP or anyone! Last modification on December 28 2000.
Mozilla: Webbrowser for X11 derived from Netscape Communicator Last modification on December 28 2000.
Linux Network Address Translation: ``Network Address Translation (NAT) is a vitally important Internet
technology for a variety of reasons. It can provide load balancing for parallel
processing, it can provide several types of strong access security, and it can
provide fault-tolerance and high-availability. Finally, it can simplify some
basic network administration functions. Below, we sketch the possible uses, and
then follow up with Linux-specific applications.'' Last modification on December 28 2000.
GNU Go: An attempt to distribute a free program to play Go Last modification on December 27 2000.
Sox: the swiss army knife of sound processing programs. SoX is a command line
utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other
formats. It can also apply various effects to these sound files during the
conversion. As an added bonus, SoX can play and record audio files on several
unix style platforms. Last modification on December 27 2000.
Xconq: an empire-building strategy game, where players contest for world
domination. Last modification on December 27 2000.
strace: System call tracing utility (like trace, truss, etc) Last modification on December 27 2000.
CodeColorizer: a web-based utility that can "colorize" the source code to make it
easier to read. Last modification on December 27 2000.
Xlock-french. Last modification on December 27 2000.
Zen: A new toolbox for fast computation in finite extension over finite
rings. Last modification on December 27 2000.
X-ISP: a visual, X11/XForms based, user-friendly interface to pppd/chat, i.e.
an X11 dialup networking tool. It is also a small ISP database manager, and a
dialup costs and usage logging tool. It provides maximum feedback from dialing
and login phases on a message browser, versatility in interrupting a call in
progress, a manual login terminal window, as well as call-back and DNS server
selection capabilities. Last modification on December 26 2000.
webgrep: HTML check and search utilities Last modification on December 26 2000.
Catalog: Build, maintain and display Yahoo! like resources catalogs. Last modification on December 26 2000.
Gigabase: GigaBASE is object-relational database system with the same programming
interface as FastDB main memory DBMS, but using page pool instead of mapping
database file to the memory. That is why GigaBASE is able to handle databases
which size exceeds size of computers virtual memory. As FastDB, GigaBASE
provides very convenient and efficient C++ interface. GigaBASE doesn't support
client-server architecture and provide concurrent access to the database only
for different threads within one process. GigaBASE is most efficient for
applications fetching records using indices or direct object references. High
speed of query execution is provided by elimination of data transfer overhead
and very effective locking implementation. Synchronization of concurrent
database access is implemented in GigaBASE by means of atomic instructions,
adding almost no overhead to query processing. GigaBASE uses modified B+tree
indices to provide fast access to disk resident data (with minimal disk read
operations). Last modification on December 26 2000.
Megahedron. Last modification on December 26 2000.
ViewTouch: An X Windows-based Turnkey Food & Beverage Touchscreen InfoSystem,
featuring a distributed, rendered, graphics module and utilizing network
computers. The world's first, and still only, web-based POS solution.
Evaluation and licensed versions available in Red Hat RPM format. Last modification on December 25 2000.
GCC - The GNU C Compiler: GCC is a full featured compiler, providing everything you need in a C
compiler. GCC is updated to support new features and new platforms. The GNU
project also provides many companion tools, such as GNU make and GDB (GNU
Debugger). Last modification on December 24 2000.