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This is an article index for the Linux related articles for use in the Linux Wikiproject. Please help by:
- adding any missing articles to the list
- changing the entry to its actual article if it is a redirect page
- renaming any article entry on the list if incorrect
- deleting any article no longer in existence
- keeping the list in alphabetical order
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- describing each article in its appropriate column
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Color Key
This is a quick key to help show what each color means for each article.
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| Green |
Article is of good quality and does not need much improvement. |
| Yellow |
Article is good but could still be improved. |
| Red |
Article needs a lot of improvement. |
| Blue |
Article has not yet been written. |
| No color |
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Core Language Interpreters
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| Awk |
A tool for processing text based records. A basic block for all distributions. |
| GNU Bash |
Core Unix shell in most Linux distributions. |
| Perl |
A language Heavily used in Linux distributions for text processing. |
| Python |
High level language that also enjoys heavy use in Linux distributions. |
| Sed |
Utility for parsing text files. It can be considered a language of its own. |
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Applications
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| Blender |
a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product |
| Bootsplash |
kernel level splash screen implementation - superseded by splashy |
| CNR (software) |
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| Emacs |
Non arguably one of the best editors in the world |
| Envy (software) |
ATI/NVIDIA driver installation script |
| Geany |
fast and lightweight editor / IDE, uses GTK+ |
| Gedit |
GNOME-based Text Editor |
| GIMP and ingimp |
Photoediting tool |
| Kate |
KDE-based Text Editor |
| KBounce |
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| Kdenlive |
KDE Non-linear Video Editor |
| Kolf |
Computer Game. |
| Ktorrent |
Bit torrent client |
| Leafpad |
Lightweight editor with similar look to Notepad. |
| nano |
A simple text editor that we do not have to argue about. |
| NEdit |
A little-known graphical user interface-based editor with roots from the Motif project. |
| Pidgin |
Instant Messenger. |
| Rhythmbox |
GNU-based iTunes clone |
| Splashy |
advance user level splash screen implementation |
| usplash |
usplash userspace splash screen implementation |
| Vim |
Non arguably a better editor than emacs |
| Wine |
Wine stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator" |
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See also Category: Linux software
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| Apparmor |
An LSM adopted largely by Novell, OpenSuze and Ubuntu |
| Selinux |
An LSM largely adopted by redhat-based distributions |
| SMACK |
A new LSM that aims for simplicity |
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