User:Jeffj/Links
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Open Source -- News, Licensing, Repositories
- Open Source Licenses opensource.org/licenses approved open source licenses
- ODSL www.osdl.org Open Source Development Labs
- SourceForge sourceforge.net largest source repository
- BerliOS www.berlios.de "The Open Source Mediator"
- ObjectWeb www.objectweb.org middleware repository
- Freshmeat www.freshmeat.net software release news
- java.net www.java.net Java Open Source projects
- Tigris.org www.tigris.org Open Source Software Engineering projects
News -- Industry, Open Source, Software, Operating Systems, Development
- Slashdot slashdot.org best site for general technical news
- Newsforge www.newsforge.com industry news site
- BSDNews www.bsdnews.com Unix BSD news
- DaemonNews www.daemonnews.org more Unix BSD news
- BSDFreak www.bsdfreak.org yet another BSD news site
- BSDForums www.bsdforums.org Unix BSD news and more
- OSNews www.osnews.com general OS news
- Linux.com www.linux.com Linux news
- Distrowatch www.distrowatch.com Linux/BSD distribution news
- OSDir osdir.com Open Source/Linux news (part of Oreilly network)
- FreeOS www.freeos.com Free Operating Systems news
Operating Systems -- Linux, BSD Unix, Open Source
Linux
For news see: www.linux.com.
- SUSE www.suse.com Novell's SUSE Linux
- Fedora fedora.redhat.com RedHat Linux project
- CentOS www.centos.org RedHat Enterprise server-based distribution
- Ubuntu www.ubuntulinux.org Debian/Gnoppix based distribution - very friendly
- Gentoo www.gentoo.org Best source distribution - not for the faint of heart
- Debian www.debian.org GNU sponsored Linux
- Knoppix www.knoppix.org Best LiveCD distribution
- Rocks Cluster www.rocksclusters.org RedHat Enterprise based cluster distribution
- LFS www.linuxfromscratch.org Linux From Scratch - create your own distribution
- Onebase www.ibiblio.org/onebase Linux source distribution
- Bastille Linux www.bastille-linux.org Linux hardening system for SUSE, RedHat, Debian, Gentoo
BSD Unix
For news see: www.bsdnews.com.
- FreeBSD www.freebsd.org best 4.4-based BSD distrubution for Intel platform
- DragonFly BSD www.dragonflybsd.org FreeBSD 4.x branch - many new features
- NetBSD www.netbsd.org oldest BSD open source distribution - extremely portable
- OpenBSD www.openbsd.org NetBSD 1.x branch - very secure
- OpenDarwin www.opendarwin.org MacOS kernel ports - Mach3 microkernel for x86
Other
For news see: www.osnews.com.
- T2 www.t2-project.org Multiple platform/OS Distribution Build Kit
- GNU Hurd www.gnu.org/software/hurd Hurd servers implemented on Mach3 microkernel
- Haiku www.haiku-os.org Open Source BeOS clone
- ReactOS www.reactos.org Open Source Windows clone
- FreeDOS www.freedos.org Open Source DOS clone
- AROS www.aros.org Open Source AmigaOS clone
- OpenSolaris www.opensolaris.org Open Source Sun Solaris OS
Server Applications
web servers
- Apache httpd.apache.org standard HTTP server (Linux, Win, MacOSX)
dns servers
- BIND www.isc.org/sw/bind standard domain name server (Linux)
network encryption
- OpenSSH www.openssh.org sshd server, ssh & scp client (Linux, Win)
- SafeTP safetp.cs.berkeley.edu transparently encrypts ftp channels, server/client solutions (Linux, Win)
mail servers
- Postfix www.postfix.org very secure SMTP server (Linux)
- qmail www.qmail.org another very secure SMTP server (Linux)
- sendmail www.sendmail.org standard SMTP server (Linux)
database management servers
- PostgreSQL www.postgres.org best SQL server (Linux, Win), also look at phpPgAdmin
- MySQL www.mysql.com very popular SQL server (Linux, Win), also look at phpMyAdmin
- Firebird firebird.sourceforge.net branch from Borland's Interbase SQL server (Linux, Win)
Client Applications
office productivity
- OpenOffice www.openoffice.org office suite - everything but a database - compatible with MSOffice (Linux, Win)
- AbiWord www.abisource.com modern wordprocessor (Linux, Win)
database
- SQLite www.sqlite.org SQL database system (Linux, Win)
