Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux

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WikiProject Linux
Category	WikiProject Linux
Portal	Linux
Wikimedia Commons	Linux
Parent project(s)	Software, Computing, Technology
Userbox	{{User WPLinux}}
Assessment	WikiProject Linux/Assessment

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25% of articles B-Class or better: 18.7% complete

(61 / 327)

90% of articles Start-Class or better: 88.4% complete

(1039 / 980)

All Mid/High/Top-Importance articles C-Class or better: 49% complete

(227 / 463)

5% of articles GA-Class or better: 12.3% complete

(8 / 65)

A bot produces a list of content recognized as related to this project. It contains among other things featured articles and good articles directly related to Linux.

Articles for deletion

01 Sep 2026 – Kernel build (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by WhoAteMyButter (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
09 Aug 2026 – Bitfrost (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by L3gacyb3ta (t · c) was closed as redirect by Dclemens1971 (t · c) on 31 Aug 2026; see discussion (5 participants; relisted)

Articles for creation

04 Sep 2026 – Draft:Mission Center (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Velocifyer (t · c)