Operating System

Companies, Corporations, and Non-profits in the Industry

AnyTux.org Partner Info – AnyTux.org is a hardware database and link list about Linux compatibility of non x86 systems

Free Standards Group - Linux Standard Base – The Linux Standard Base (LSB) is an application binary interface (ABI) for Linux and Linux-compatible platforms and draws on the source standards of the IEEE POSIX standards and The Open Group's Single UNIX Specification for many of its behavioral interface definitions

Linux Headquarters – Comprehensive information and resources about the Linux Operating System

Red Hat – Red Hat is the recognized leader in enterprise solutions that take full advantage of the quality and performance provided by the open source model.

SCO Group, Inc – Develops, supports small/mid scale Unix server OS and business system software for network computing

• SCO Unixware 7 – SCO UnixWare® 7.1.4, the latest release of SCO's award winning, state of the art UNIX® operating system, is the mature and proven operating system to support your most critical line of business applications, yet is affordably priced to host all computer needs

The Austin Common Standards Revision Group (CSRG) – A joint technical working group established to develop and maintain the core open systems interfaces

The Open Group – Official site from Open Group Desktop Technologies

• Motif – Industry standard graphical user interface, as defined by the IEEE 1295 specification, used on more than 200 hardware and software platforms and is the leading user interface for the UNIX® based operating system; it provides application developers, end users, and system vendors with the industry's most widely used environment for standardizing application presentation on a wide range of platforms
• PASC – IEEE Computer Society Portable Application Standards Committee (PASC) collaborative work area
• PASC Functional Chair's Interpretations InfoBase
• Download a POSIX Conformance Verification Suite – Downloading the VSX-PCTS1990 Verification Suite
• POSIX latest status – The latest version of the standard and updated frequently
• X Web – The Open Group's X Window System Release 6.3, code-named "Broadway" provides the ability to launch X clients from within a Web browser, either across a corporate intranet or the Internet

SUSE Linux – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 from Novell; the best-engineered Linux from a vendor that can deliver a global ecosystem to surround it.

Xfree86 Project, Inc. – XFree86 runs primarily on UNIX® and UNIX-like operating systems like Linux, all of the BSD variants, Sun Solaris both native 32 and 64 bit support, Solaris x86, Mac OS X (via Darwin), SGI's Irix as well as other platforms like OS/2 and Cygwin

X.org Foundation – X11R7.1 supports Linux, Solaris, and BSD systems, including important new server and driver features for embedded systems, 64-bit platforms, enhanced operating system support, and accelerated indirect GLX support, and most importantly, it demonstrates to developers and industry immediate benefits of modularization

Periodicals, Magazines, and Online Publications in the Industry

Byte Magazine – Now, on one CD-ROM, you can instantly access more than 8 years of BYTE Magazine

Linux Journal – Monthly magazine of the Linux community promoting the use of Linux worldwide

Linux Magazine Online – Contains over 1,000 new and reprinted articles about Linux desktops, programming, system administration, and hardware

Linux Weekly News – Covering the Linux and free software communities since 1998 (Subscribers only)

• Daily updates – Daily headlines (Subscribers only)

Sys Admin Magazine – Journal for UNIX and Linux system administrators with sections on operating systems, server management, security, networking, storage, database, languages, training, source code, etc

Online News, Portals, and other Resources

Desktop Linux Buyer′s Guide – Get access to this resource and over 60,000 other products

LinuxDevices.com – Comprehensive information and resources on using Linux in embedded applications, as well as Linux news, articles, events, links, jobs, etc

Linux Online – Comprehensive information and resources about the Linux Operating System

Freshmeat – Maintains the Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform open source software with thousands of applications meticulously cataloged

Open Source: Covering todays open source topics – Find the latest information on whats happening with open source and the trends with open source software

OS News - Alternative OS implementations – The latest news on a vast range of operating systems, beyond the well-known mainstream OS

SmallBusiness.itworld.com – News, Reviews and Product Information on IT in the small business

TuxMobil – Useful hands-on information, HOWTOs, and FAQ about installing and running Linux, BSD, Solaris and other unixlike operating systems on laptops, notebooks, PDAs, mobile cellular phones, portable music and video players, wearables and other mobile computer devices

• Linux on the road – Article containing a concise survey of documents related to mobile computer devices, as well as Linux features, and configurations for different (network) environments

UNIX Review – Find white papers, case studies, webcasts and analyst reports on everything from design through development to testing and implementation

Professional adn Trade Associations

IEEE Standards Association – A world leader in the development and dissemination of voluntary, consensus-based industry standards

Linux International – Linux International (LI) is a world-wide non-profit association of end users who are dedicated to furthering the acceptance and use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

Online Communities

Configuration management systems (RCS, SCCS) comparison – An comparison of configuration management systems (RCS, SCCS)

LinuxQuestions.org – A free Linux forum where Linux newbies can ask questions and Linux experts can offer advice

Links to On-Line X tutorial – Contains over 700 technically-oriented X Window System WWW links all on one page (it may take a minute to load); use your browser's search or find function to search this page for specific keywords if you're looking for a specific item

Single UNIX specification – Read or download The Single UNIX® Specification, Ver3

Slashdot – Source for technology related news with a heavy slant towards Linux and Open Source issues

The Creation of the UNIX Operating System – Lengthy encyclopedia-quality article from Bell Labs covering the early days to the present versions

UNIX help for users – Helpful information for users of the UNIX operating system, developed at the University of Edinburgh from work funded by the ITTI

Unix FAQ – Unix - Frequently Asked Questions with comments from Unix Reference Desk

UNIX Guru Universe - System Administration resource – Searchable collection of articles and guides for Unix administrators and power-users

X Window System Technical Glossary – no frames version or frames version