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- Upstate Carolina Linux Users Group
- *uclug* The Upstate Carolina Linux Users Group. Upstate South Carolina's very active LUG. Meets every 2nd Tuesday. Check out the uclug podcast. Very active mailing list too.
- Linuxtracker.org
- *isobt* The Linux and BSD torrent repository get your iso's the bittorrent way.
- DistroWatch.com
- *distro* Put the fun back into computers. Use Linux. This site is an attempt to provide a basic feature list and a package comparison table of major, minor and regional Linux distributions. It is updated daily with news from the Linux distribution world.
- The Fedora Project (formally RedHat Linux)
- *fedora* The Fedora Project an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat, open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, following a set of project objectives.
- FedoraNEWS.ORG
- *fno* FedoraNEWS.ORG is a non-commercial, non-profit organization to serve Fedora Community with useful and helpful information. The goal of FedoraNEWS.ORG is to create a public community news information site for Fedora Users.
- Hacker Public Radio
- *HPR* Hacker Public Radio: What do you get when TWATech Radio and Binary Revolution Radio merge? HPR is an internet radio show by the hacker community and for the hacker community. Listen and participate.
- The Linux Game Tome
- *hp* The Linux Game Tome. a.k.a. happypenguin.org: Proudly sapping the community's productivity since 1995.
- Freshmeat.net - The source for Open Software
- *meat* Freshmeat is the first stop for Linux users hunting for the software they need for work or play. It is continuously updated with the latest developments from the "release early, release often" community.
- Themes/Freshmeat
- *themes*formerly themes.org. Freshmeat maintains the Web's largest index of themes and related "eye-candy" for linux. Beautify your desktop today.
- Linux Today
- *lt* Linux Today. Internet.com's linux news site.
- Mozilla.com
- *moz* My only other advice to windows users, other than swith to linux, is use thier web browser!
- Desktoplinux.com
- *desk* Linux on enterprise and personal desktops, forums, articles, news, buyersguide, and more.
- Tuxmachines.org
- *tmach* Do you waddle the waddle? News, reviews, interviews, forums, gallery, blogs, and excellent original content too.
- LinuxQuestions.org
- *LQ* Very large and friendly linux forum. We'll actually more than that. Maybe THE largest, friendliest linux forum-community-and more. Did I mention there is a linuxquestions podcast too?
- OpenOffice.org
- *OOo* My only advice to windows users, other than swith to linux, is use this free office suite! Did I mention that it was free?
- Linux Journal
- *lj* Linux Journal helps readers find hardware, software, and services, and features articles for both newbies and professional users.
- Mad Penguin
- *mp* Another good Linux news portal and more.
- The Linux Documentation Project
- *tldp* The LDP provides documenation for many aspects of Linux. There are several forms of documentation: Guides, HOWTOs, man pages and FAQs.
- NewsForge: Open Source News
- *news* The Online newspaper of Record for Linux and Open Source.The Open Source news site of choice.
- LXer Linux News Headlines
- *lxer* New top notch linux news site with minimal advertising and up to date and pertinent news.
- Ubuntu
- *ubuntu* Linux for Human Beings. Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support.
- LinuxGames: Even Penguins like to have fun
- *games* THE linux game site. Even Penguins like to have fun. Latest linux gaming news and more.
- Google Search: <Linux>
- *goog* Search here when u want it fast. The search engine that linux made famous returns the favor with a linux exclusive search page.
- Slashdot:News for Nerds: Stuff that Matters
- *slash* What can you say about Slashdot that hasn't already been said? If your a geek or a wanna-be this is the site to end all sites. Get involved!
- tllts.org
- *tllts* The Linux Link Tech Show was Started in September 2003 by the founders of the Lehigh Valley Linux User Group. Their goal: "to provide a weekly *live* webcasted radio style show about GNU/Linux and Technology." IMHO, the benchmark for all linux podcast/broadcast. Each show is about an hour and a half long and you can catch it every wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Subscribe today!
- hackermedia.org
- *hmo* HackerMedia - is on the air! What is HackerMedia? A showcase of audio and video for hackers/techies/geeks/whatever. When a new episode of something comes up it automagically pops up here. This normally works out to hours of content for you to discover and enjoy every day.
- rpmfind.net
- *find* Searchable database of every rpm known to man. Excellent site for determining dependencies. Also home of rpm2html.
- debianHELP: Militantly FREE software help.
- *debhelp* The site hopes to provide a measure of support in installing, configuring, and using the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. You'll find a number of selections in our main menu, including user support forums, user created help pages, and a bit of news and comaraderie.
- Lottalinuxlinks the podcast
- *pod* Listen to my southern accent as I talk about linux, linux apps, cool linux sites, and tutorials. If you want to listen to a geek talk about linux, then give this a try. Listen to or subscribe to podcast feed from here. Ogg vorbis feed available as well.
- My weblog
- *blog* New and improved! Linux and geek related topics. Screenshots and wallpapers too. If you are too lazy/busy to surf for your own geeky linux content, then let me feed you mine. Non news and personal blog type stuff from time to time as well. Subscribe to blog feed from here.
- forum
- *forum* New for me, old for you. Yet another linux forum. If you would like to dicuss my podcast, linux stuff, or anything else, here is the place to do it.
- Underground
- *UG* Underground: Tales of hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic frontier by Suelette Dreyfus with research by Julian Assange. This is an audio version of the book, converted from text using festival and audacity, and download-able in a podcast-style feed, or as individual files. Both ogg and mp3 verisons are available. Give it a chance, the festival generated voice will get easier to understand the longer you listen.
- lottalinuxlinks Store
- *CP* Get your lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast t-shirts and stuff here.
- Holy Bible
- *kjv* Holy Bible in html format. Browse or read online. (opens in a new window)
- SourceForge - Open Source Development Website
- *source* The world's largest Open Source development website, with the largest repository of Open Source code and applications available on the Internet.
- Random Linux Tips
- *tips* Random Linux Tips can be found here. Over 550 tips and counting. Just reload page for another tip.
- My WEBCAM
- *webcam* My WEBCAM: Not on much and always boring. Something I wanted to try and quickly got bored with. Check it if you dare. I probably won't be on.
- nixCRAFT
- *nc* nixCRAFT: insight into linux admin work. nixCRAFT is a leading Linux blog by Vivek covering open source software and related technologies. Read about linux tips, tricks, shell scripts, tutorials,articles, and more.
- Debian GNU/Linux: The Universal OS
- *deb* Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system; it comes with more than 8710 precompiled software packages bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. Pure OS Goodness.
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- The Linux Foundation
- A nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007 by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group, it sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is
supported by leading Linux and open source companies and developers from around the world.
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- Andreas' Linux Logo page
- A variety of Tux and Linux logos available for download.
- Tux Penguin Stickers, Buttons & Fun Stuff : CafePress.com
- *cool* Over 800 designs for Tux buttons and stickers are available on this site.
- Freedom to Tinker
- Edward W. Felten's website about freedom to understand, discuss,
repair, and modify your own technological devices.
- Builder AU Article - "How To Make Money From Open Source"
- A detailed, easy-to-follow guide for potential open source entrepreneurs written by Con Zymaris, Australian Linux advocate and businessman. (2005)
- Welcome to Linux International
- A non-profit association of groups, corporations and others that work towards the promotion of growth of the Linux operating system and the Linux community.
- Netcraft - What's That Site Running Results
- Reports on a site's operating system, web server, and netblock owner together with, if available, a graphical view of the time since last reboot for each of the computers serving the site.
- LinuxLots
- A site that offers free web and ftp space for contributors to the Linux cause.
- Open Source Initiative (OSI)
- A non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community; an advocacy site.
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar
- *look*A treatise on open source software.
- KDE Women Project
- Purpose is to build a community of female KDE contributors and users.
- The Magic Cauldron
- Eric Raymond analyzes the evolving economic substrate of the
open source phenomenon.
- Linux PR
- How to write a press release for Linux advocacy; last updated in 1999, but the information is still relevant, although some links are broken.
- IBM Linux Portal
- IBM Linux information portal.
- LinuxChix Africa
- An African-based Linux and computing support group for women.
- SchoolForge
- The purpose of this site is to unify independent organizations that advocate, use, and develop open resources for primary and secondary education. SchoolForge members advocate the use of open source and free software, open texts and lessons, and open curricula for the advancement of education and the betterment of humankind.
- Audio Recordings about Our (Free Software Foundation) Philosophy
- This site contains the key speeches of Richard S. Stallman. These are available for download. A guide to audio formats is also included.
- The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual - Online Book
- How the Internet will change business and our lives forever. A classic. (2001)
- EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation Article - "Noncommercial Email Lists; Collateral Damage in the Fight Against Spam"
- Outlines the problems with current spam filtering techniques and the basic principles and best practices for both email list
owners and ISPs. (2004) This article is still relevant today (2008).
- EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Defending freedom in the digital world.
- League for Programming Freedom (LPF)
- An organization that opposes software patents and user interface copyrights.
- GNU's Not Unix! - the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- *look* Premier meta site for GNU/Linux and open source software information.
- Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!
- *look* Comprehensive article on the economics of Linux. Contains numerous links. Czech, French, Japanese and Spanish translations available. (2007)
- Free Software in Education - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- An advocacy and resource site for free (as in freedom) software in schools maintained by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
- ACCRC - Computer Recyclers
- A Microsoft-free organisation that recycles and refurbishes PCs (installed with SUSE or Ubuntu) to schools, non-profit organizations, and economically and/or physically disadvantaged individuals.
- OpenDocument Fellowship
- A worldwide, non-profit, volunteer organization to promote the adoption, use and development of the OpenDocument format (ODF).
- The Last Dinosaur and the Tarpits of Doom; How Linux Smashed Windows
- A classic. Available in Danish, English, and French.
- DigitalConsumer.org Home Page
- Advocacy group whose purpose is to protect fair-use rights in
the digital world.
- Congressman Villanueva's reply letter to Microsoft
- Peruvian Congressman Dr. Edgar David Villanueva's detailed rebuttle to Microsoft's now-infamous response to Peruvian Bill Number
1609, Free Software in Public Administration. Excellent advocacy piece. (May, 2002)
- Linux Today - Update: Ending Microsoft FUD: An Interview with Peruvian Congressman Villanueva
- An outstanding advocacy story, which still is relevant today (2006). (Original date of this interview: 2002-05.)
- Netcraft Web Site Finder
- Research data and analysis on many aspects of the Internet including server statistics.
- Netcraft Web Server Survey
- Monthly survey of web server software usage. Includes: market share for top servers across all domains from August 1995 to present; top developers and active sites.
- Netcraft Web Server Survey--Active Sites
- The first report (July 2000) when Linux took over the server world!
- Security Space -- Free Reports
- Note in particular Web Server Market Share report. This report is
archived from June 1998.
- Canopener -- Canadian Open Source Education and Research
- A Canadian open source advocacy and research site.
- First Monday Article - "Open Source Intelligence"
- Article about open source collaborative principles; examples of open source intelligence (OS-INT); and
the future of OS-INT); a little dated, but still quite relevant and provides an interesting historical
perspective. (2002)
- LinuxEDA.com - Electronic design automation software
- Advocacy site for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software on Linux.
- A Business Case Study of Open Source Software
- Complete report available in PDF format.
- FSF - The Free Software Foundation - India
- A non-profit organisation committed to advocating, promoting and propagating the use and development of swatantra software in India.
- FSF Europe - Free Software Foundation Europe
- A European advocacy site which actively supports development of free software (as in freedom) and GNU-based
operating systems such as GNU/Linux. Site available in all European languanges.
- Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO
- How the Linux community can effectively advocate the use of Linux. (2005) Complements the Linux User Group HOWTO
(http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO.html). This document has been translated into French, Japanese, Polish, Portugeuse, and Spanish.
- DesktopLinux.com ... Windependence Day Essays
- Outstanding collection of Linux advocacy essays.
- 'Trusted Computing' FAQ - TC / TCG / LaGrande / NGSCB / Longhorn / Palladium / TCPA
- Excellent review of Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) and Microsoft's Palladium and the threat to Linux and the open source movement. (2003) This document is a little dated, but unfortunately the problems identified here are still with us today. In other words Microsoft is still being a pain. (2007)
- KDE Myths
- Addresses some of the common misconceptions about KDE. Some parts are a little dated, but still useful nonetheless.
- OSNews.com Article -"Why Free Software Matters"
- A thoughtful article about why you should care about the politics and freedoms (or lack thereof) associated with proprietary and open source
software. Good examples of how proprietary software restricts your freedom. (2004) This article still rings true today (2008).
- Why Open Source in Schools
- An essay which makes the case for open source software in schools. Includes references to websites devoted to open source software in the education sector.
- Linux T-Shirts, UNIX T-Shirts - Linux Tux Apparel
- A variety of Linux-related clothing and merchandise.
- AFFS (Association for Free Software) Homepage
- UK organization which supports and defends free software.
- Linux Business Applications
- Directory of businesses that use Linux in their day-to-operations and
a good place to find out about Linux in business; also availble in French.
- Living Without Microsoft
- This site is designed to help anyone who wishes to explore the possibility of living without Microsoft software.
- The Community/Linux Training Centre Project
- U.K. project to develop a mobile computer network for teaching
computer and networking skills to community groups.
- O'Reilly Network: Free Culture: Lawrence Lessig Keynote from OSCON 2002
- This keynote address is still relevant today. Lessig challenged the audience to get more involved in the political process to
ensure that free culture and open source continues in our society.
- LinuxPlanet - Reports - Koha: A Library Checks Out Open Source - Welcome to Nelsonville, Ohio; Hot Bed of Open Source
- Nelsonville Public Library has chosen KOHA, an open source library system for public libraries. (2002) In 2008 they are
still using this system.
- Linux in Universities
- An advocacy site for Linux in universities; a little dated, but the basic information is still valid particularly for those institutions that have not made the switch to Linux. (2002)
- OfB.biz: - Open for Business Commentary - "Free Software Does Matter"
- Excellent commentary on the role of free software and the pursuit of
human freedom. (2002) Still relevant today (2007).
- HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux
- An excellent HOWTO aimed at male Linux enthusiasts who would like to see more women involved in Linux. It also contains good advice to LUGs
about encouraging new members.
- FREE GEEK - Home
- A Portland, Oregon (USA) non-profit computer recycling organization which provides free GNU/Linux OS computers and computer/internet training in
exchange for a few hours of community service. There are now other Free Geek and other computer recycling centres available; check the recycling links on the main page for more information.
- Linux Advocates Turn Violent, Riot In Seattle
- A humourous, satirical account of the WTO "Battle of Seattle" and Linux advocates.
- Linuxmanship
- An outstanding advocacy essay.
- Affero Software Project
- Fund raiser enabler for open source/Linux and non-profit
organizations.
- The Halloween Documents
- Classic FUD documents (1-12) from Microsoft along with other documents in the collection written by Eric Raymond refuting this FUD. This shows an awareness that Linux and open source are threats to the proprietary world.
- OpenInformatics.org Homepage
- Making scientists more aware of open source software and the benefits to them. Site also contains a science-related software resource list.
- Open Source and These United States
- Treatise on open source and open licensing.
- Open Source Software in Libraries
- An introductory article about Open Source Software (OSS) and libraries; the shared, underlying principles of OSS and librarianship; and a description of well-known OSS software projects. (2002 and updated in 2007).
- Viewable with Any Browser: Campaign
- A site dedicated to advocating a non-browser-specific WWW; available in many languages.
- Libervis.com - Free Open Source Software (FOSS) Community Center
- A portal site dedicated to free and open source software; a community site complete with blogs, forums, news headlines, articles, FudZilla Project (reporting and responding to FUD articles about open source software), related links, IRC chat and web digest.
- GNUWin II : Open your Windows
- Free software distribution for MS-Windows with the ultimate aim to
assist in the transition to a free operating system such as GNU/Linux
- Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
- A non-profit organization that supports, encourages and promotes
the creation and development of open software available to the general public;
has mailing lists and archives.
- Innovation Happens Elsewhere; Open Source as a Business Strategy - Online Book
- Aimed primarily at business executives who need to understand the basic concepts of open source and how it will benefit their companies. This book is also useful for engineers who find themselves working in an open
source work environment. (2005)
- Getting Linux Onto the Desktop: A Small Business Guide
- How to introduce and successfully make the switch to the Linux Desktop. This article is dated 2003, but is still relevant today
(2008).
- Promote Linux
- A site that presents great ways to promote Linux.
- Seeds for Change Network
- Guide to switching to Linux for non-profit groups; includes information on computer security, X terminals, and general information on
Linux.
- CLUE: The Canadian Association for Open Source
- The mission of this organization is to promote the use and development of free, open source software, by providing a public voice to the community of its Canadian users, developers and supporters.
- Ankur - Home
- A project run by people in Bangladesh and India to provide Bangla support for some major XServer applications and to create awareness about
Linux/GNU and the FLOSS movement.
- GROKLAW Article - "Why Linux Is Conquering the World"
- An excellent Linux advocacy article (2003) by the indefatigable PJ. This still rings true today (2007)
- Open Source Software Institute (OSSI)
- A U.S. non-profit organization which promotes, develops and implements open source software solutions between government, corporate and
academic sectors.
- Linux Brochure Project (LBP): Home
- *look* LBP is GPLed data and software which is used to document key Linux information in a standard-size brochure; an excellent advocacy and publicity tool for LUGs and other Linux organizations.
- Wired Magazine Article - "Open Source Everywhere"
- A still-relevant article on how the concept of open source will slowly but surely replace the proprietary world with a collaborative one. (2003)
- EDRi-gram Newsletter
- European Digital Rights (EDRi) bi-weekly newsletter.
- Migrate With Confidence From Microsoft Windows Servers to UNIX/Linux
- A comprehensive, guide for IT executives and managers; guide also available
in Catalan, Danish and Spanish.
- OfB.biz: Open for Business Commentary - "Gurus versus Newbies"
- How to make it easier for the home user to adopt Linux; a little dated, but the advice is still valid. (2003)
- "REVOLUTION OS"
- Site dedicated to the Linux advocacy video and DVD, "REVOLUTION-OS".
- IBM devloperWorks: Linux Zone: Windows-to-Linux Roadmap: Series Overview
- *cool* A nine-part series roadmap for developers making the transition to Linux; a little dated (2003), but the information is still relevant.
- LinuxPlanet - Interviews - The Voice of Groklaw
- An excellent interview with Pamela Jones of Groklaw. Notable quote: "Proprietary software is like petrified wood. It used to be alive,
but then it was fixed in time and put in a box." (2003)
- Irish Free Software Organisation (IFSO) - Homepage
- This organization works to promote awareness of Free
Software, and to protect the rights of those who use and write it.
- Welcome - Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF)
- An industry consortium for promoting the use of Linux in consumer
electronic devices.
- CIO Magazine Article - "The Myths of Open Source"
- A still-relevant article debunking the myths of open source: cost, no support, lack of good desktop, legal issues, can't handle mission-critical applications. (2004)
- Software Freedom Day
- An advocacy initiative to raise awareness of the benefits of Free and Open Software (FOSS) and to encourage more use globally.
- EFF - Electronic Freedom Frontier - The Patent Busting Project
- The Electronic Freedom Foundation's initiative to protect
innovation and freedom.
- The Public Patent Foundation
- A U.S.-based a non-profit legal services organization working to mitigate the harms caused by the patent system; of particular interest to
the open source and Linux communities who face software patent challenges.
- Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: Patent
- Information about patents in the U.S.; specific information about computer technology patents; recent news and cease & desist (c&d) orders.
- LinuxChix
- A Linux and computing support group for women.
- Open Source Now
- An open source community advocacy site sponsored by Red Hat.
- Tim.oreilly.com Article - "The Open Source Paradigm Shift"
- A thought-provoking article about the evolution and the future of the open source phenomenon. (2004) This article is still pertinent today (2008).
- Linux.com Article - "'Creative destruction' and the future of the software industry"
- How Free/Open Source Software is changing the software industry. (2004) FOSS is still changing the software industry today (2008).
- Linux.com Article - "Going open source: A manager's guide to doing it right"
- A guide to open sourcing code; includes a handy checklist for managers to use before making the open source decision. (2004) The information in this article is still relevant today (2008).
- IBM developerWorks : Migration Station: Linux Track
- *look* A comprehensive resource site for Linux migration information.
- LXer Article - "Linux - Millenium Momentum"
- Notes from Paul Ferris' Keynote Address at the 2004 Ohio LinuxFest. This is an example of great Linux advocacy, and is still
relevant today (2008).
- No Software Patents!
- *cool* Campaign against the legalization of software patents in Europe; a multi-lingual site.
- HOSEF - Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation
- An open source in education advocacy group.
- Penguin Day: Free and Open Source Software for Non-Profits
- An advocacy site for Linux and FOSS in North America.
- Spread Firefox - Home of Firefox Community Marketing
- An advocacy site for the Firefox browser.
- Community Free Software Group (CFSG)
- A New York City non-profit group that helps young people in city neighborhoods learn how to install and run Debian
Linux on hardware donated by area businesses and individuals.
- IBM Redbooks | Linux Client Migration Cookbook A Practical Planning and Implementation Guide for Migrating to Desktop Linux
- A detailed guide for IT departments planning a switch to Linux on the desktop; suitable for any size company. (2006)
- Linux.com Article - "10 ways to pay back the open source community"
- *cool* An amazing article that summarizes the ways Linux users can
give back to the community; a must read. (2005)
- LinuxDevCenter Article - "Sowing the Seeds of Open Source Advocacy"
- An overview article on the techniques for advocating open source software. (2005)
- UNDP-APDIP International Open Source Network
- A Centre of Excellence for FOSS (Free/Open Source Software) in the Asia-Pacific region. Information on education, licensing, localisation, networking/security, govenment, open standards, open access, training and a FOSS resource directory for Asia-Pacific countries. Note in particular the link to Foss Primers, which
is an ongoing series of downloadable primers series on Free/Open Source Software.
- Mad Penguin Article - "Open Source : Where We Are Now. Where We Are Going"
- An excellent article on open source, which is still relevant today (2008). It includes a historical perspective, the current situation, what's likely to happen in the future, and lots of useful links to explore throughout the article. (2005)
- Debian Women
- Promotes and encourages women's involvement in the Debian Project.
- Digital Tipping Point
- A Linux and Open Source advocacy and news site. Of particular interest is the open source documentary film project.
Site also available in Spanish.
- Get the Facts
- A comprehensive information site on migrating to Linux; includes guides, articles, HOWTOs, and success stories.
- EACOSS - East African Center for Open Source Software
- An advocacy and training centre focussing on free and open source software.
- OpenCafe - Building Open Source Communities
- Open source advocacy in South Africa using the Internet cafe model with all profits used to setup new open cafes and open source school labs. OpenCafe specialises in the usage, distribution, training and technical support for open source software.
- Freedom Toaster
- Sponsored by the Shuttleworth Foundation in South Africa,
the Freedom Toaster is a self-contained machine where users can make free copies of open source software; now (April, 2006) these machines will allow content-sharing as well. Available in several locations across the country.
- OSS Watch - Open Source Software Advisory Service
- Provides advice and guidance about free and open source software for the education sector in the UK.
- FSF - The Free Software Foundation
- *look* A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting computer users' rights to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs; promotes the development and use of free software, particularly the GNU/Linux
operating system. Principal organizational sponsor of the GNU project.
- Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII)
- A European non-profit association dedicated to the development of public information goods based on copyright, free competition, open standards; an advocate for public policy questions concerning exclusion rights (intellectual property)
in data processing.
- Digital Doorway Home
- This project provides freely available open source software and computer kiosks throughout rural and disadvantaged areas of South Africa. The aim is to provide an environment for people to experiment with and learn computer skills without formal training and with minimal external input.
- Lobby4Linux - Bringing Help to the New Linux User
- An advocacy site for the Linux desktop and the beginning Linux user. Of particular note is the
Linux4Austin Project, a radio advertising campaign to bring desktop Linux to the attention of the general public.
- Linux Librarian
- A Linux and open source advocacy site. This site also contains book and software reviews, some items on libraries (as in books), and hardware.
- Martus.org -- Human Rights Bulletin System
- A cross-platform application that assists non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to collect information on human rights abuses. Also available in Arabic, French, Nepali, Persian, Russian, Spanish,and Thai.
- Open Access News
- This is the primary record of the open access movement whose objective is to have peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature on the Internet without financial, copyright, and licensing barriers that
currently exist in scholarly publishing.
- Linuxcaffe - Coffee, Code, Culture, Community
- *cool* A Linux user's dream -- a Toronto coffee/internet cafe totally run on open source software. Offers
good food, coffee, music, art, free WiFi, Linux distros, and Linux help.
- Malaysian OSS (MyOSS) Magazine
- A Malaysian publication which provides resources and information about Linux and Open Source with the aim to expand their use in the region; welcomes contributions from new and experienced users. Each issue is available in PDF format.
- Ubuntu Women
- This website promotes and encourages women to become involved and contribute to Ubuntu-Linux.
- Desktop Linux At Home
- An advocacy and Linux desktop news site geared towards the home user. Site provides Linux news feeds, distribution news, a FAQ for new Linux users, an annotated list (with links) of common software applications most users will need, a distribution selector, and recommended reading.
- Get GNU/Linux!
- *cool* Promotes the use of Linux and freedom (from restrictive software licenses) for everyday users. A site to visit for those thinking of switching to Linux or have already decided to use Linux and want to learn more. Also available in Catalan, French, and Spanish (Castilian).
- Video Compilation on Free Digital Culture
- An annotated list of freely available videos about Free Culture and Free Software.
- Moving to Freedom
- This site deals with free/open source software, moving to GNU/Linux plus related issues such as copyright, software patents, and DRM.
- Digital Copyright Canada - All Canadian Citizens are "Rights Holders"!
- A digital rights advocacy site for Canadians.
- Welcome to DRM.info - Digital Restrictions Management
- The purpose of this new website is to educate the public about the use of technological restrictions on digital media.
- A Guide to Earning an Income From a Free and Open Source Project
- John Andrews, creator of the Damn Small Linux distribution, offers advice on earning a living from FOSS projects. (2006)
- LocalFOSS - Promoting FOSS in Your Backyard
- An Australian weekly online radio programme ("Open Source On The Air") whose primary focus is helping smaller and regional LUGs raise their profiles and spreading awareness of FOSS in the region.
- Against Intellectual Monopoly - Online Book
- This book demonstrates why "Intellectual Property", otherwise known as Intellectual Monopoly, does not foster and protect innovation like the IP pundits claim. PDF format only. (2007)
- "Commercial" is not the opposite of Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS)
- This essay explains why it's important for Linux advocacy to understand that "commercial" is not the opposite of FLOSS. Many useful links are included throughout the document. (2007)
- Texts & Transcripts on Software Freedom
- *cool* A collection of texts & transcripts on software freedom, software patents, copyright, and The GNU GPL.
Maintained by Ciaran O'Riordan, Linux and software freedom advocate.
- Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)
- University of Ottawa Faculty of Law initiative to deal with law, technology and public interest issues such as copyright, file sharing, domain name disputes, privacy, Internet censorship in public libraries. Also available in French.
- World Domination 201
- Eric Raymond and Rob Landley discuss what needs to be done for the Linux community to take over the world. (2006)
- Software Wars
- *cool* A graphic map depicting the epic struggle of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) against the Empire of Microsoft.
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- The aim of this project is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.
- Groklaw: Eben Moglen: "The Global Software Industry in Transformation: After GPLv3"
- *look* Intellectual freedom is an enormous subject but Eben Moglen ties it all together in an inspiring way. Read, enjoy, and reread! (2007)
- Blue GNU - News for Gnus
- A Free Software news, advocacy, and opinion site which uses only Free Software. This site talks the talk *and* walks
the walk re Free Software.
- BinaryFreedom | Free as in Freedom and We Really Mean It!
- An advocacy site for freedom and fairness in the digital world.
- Women in Technology - Hear Us Roar
- *cool* This series is comprised of articles written by women on the topic of "Women in Technology". Many of the articles highlight the authors' experiences in the IT and FOSS communities. (2006-2007)
- Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC)
- This organization provides legal representation and other law related services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software. SFLC offers direct services to nonprofit FOSS developers without charge, as well as resources for everyone.
- The Tux Project | Openly Promoting GNU/Linux
- A community-based Linux advocacy site for sharing promotional ideas as well as collaborating with others to make them
a reality.
- Ontario Linux Fest
- An annual, grassroots Linux and Open Source event in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) featuring talks for all levels of Linux users, and an exhibit area for commericial companies and a Dot Org pavillion for non-profit software projects and Linux advocacy groups.
- Spread Open Media
- A community portal for the promotion of open media formats.
- OpenDisc
- A collection of open source software for users of the Microsoft Windows platform. The goals of this project are to provide free alternatives to costly proprietary equivalents and to educate people about the Linux operating system. There is
also an OpenEducationDisc specifically targeting the education sector. Continues TheOpenCD project.
- Online Rights Canada
- A Canadian grassroots organization that promotes the public's interest in technology and information policy, in particular copyright law, access to information, and freedom from censorship in the digital world.
- Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA)
- OSIA is the national industry body for Open Source within Australia. The purpose of this organization is promote the cause of both Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Australia and to help members to improve their business success using FOSS.
- OLPC - One Laptop per Child
- *cool* The mission of this non-profit association (One Laptop Per Child) is to develop a low-cost laptop - the "$100
Laptop" - a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Their goal is to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves. Website also available in German.
- The Rabid Penguin
- The raison d'etre for this site is simple: spread awareness of Free/Libre Open Source Software in governments across Canada. Their first project is Free Ontario (from the clutches of proprietary software in the Ontario provincial government).
- Anatomy of the Irrational Microsoft User Response
- Advice on advocating Free and Open Software and for dealing with typical responses from Microsoft users. (2008)
- End Software Patents
- An advocacy site for eliminating software patents.
- GNU/Linux World Domination for the Wrong Reasons
- An excellent advocacy piece for software freedom. (2008)
- The Humanitarian FOSS Project
- The goal of this project is to build a community of academic computing departments, IT corporations, and local and global humanitarian and community organizations dedicated to building and using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) to
benefit humanity.
- GNU/Linux: Too Much about Hate, Not Enough about Pride
- This Linux advocacy article is spot-on: be proud of what the free software and Linux community has accomplished and what it has to offer computer users today. (2008)
- Free Geek Vancouver | Ethical Computer Recycling for Vancouver
- This is a non-profit computer recycling and reuse centre. The refurbished computers, called FreekBoxes, are loaded with a Linux distribution (Ubuntu), and other Free Software.
- Consortium Standards Journal Article - "Openness" and the Pursuit of Knowledge
- *cool* Andy Updegrove writes about how the Internet is changing the way knowledge is acquired and shared; how it is providing incentives to adjust traditional ideas regarding the proper balance between the intellectual property rights (IPR) of individual owners and those of collaborative communities and end users; and reviews some of the new legal tools and organizational structures that have been created in order to fully realize this revolution in knowledge sharing. (2008)
- Open Media Now! Foundation | Implementing the future!
- This non-profit foundation promotes an infrastructure that enables the creation, the streaming, and the viewing of digital content (using free software) in a legally conforming way.
- Free Software Magazine Article - "GNU/Linux free Software Tools to Preserve Your Online Privacy, Anonymity and Security"
- *cool* A great advocacy piece for online freedom, privacy, anonymity, and security. A "must read". (2008)
- Geek Feminism Wiki
- An overview and resource centre about issues facing women in geek communities.
Audio/Video
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- The CMU Sphinx Group Open Source Speech Recognition Engines
- Open source speech recognition engines.
- Text-Mode RealMedia Player
- A text-mode RealMedia Player (TRPlayer) for Linux/Unix which has a command-line interface and is
especially designed for visually-impaired users. Latest release is: 1.2.0, 2001 and appears to be
still used.
- The Speakup Project
- Screen review package for Linux; allows users to interact with applications and the OS with audible feedback from the console using a synthetic speech device. Currently works on Linux kernels, 2.2.x,
2.4.x and 2.6.x (no development on 2.2.x and 2.4.x). There are links to other projects this group is working on for the visually impaired.
- XVoice
- Enables continuous speech dictation and speech control of most X applications.
- Speak-Freely
- A cross-platform Internet telephony (Voice Chat) application; latest version: 7.6a, 2004.
- Speech Synthesis
- Links to other voice synthesis sites; last updated in 2002, but links are still valid.
- The Festival Speech Synthesis System
- A general framework for building speech synthesis systems.
- The pVoice Software Homepage - Enabling the Disabled
- An application that allows disabled children to communicate using symbols and speech synthesis.
- The MBROLA Project Homepage
- *cool* The goal of this project is to collect a set of speech synthesizers for as many languages as possible, and provide them free for non-commercial and non-military applications.
- Perlbox.org Linux Speech Control and Voice Recognition
- Voice software for Linux.
- The espeak Homepage
- A software speech synthesizer for English, and many other languages.
- DictionaryMaker
- A cross-platform graphical tool for creating electronic pronunciation dictionaries (for natural languages). The system allows a user to develop a pronunciation dictionary without requiring expert linguistic knowledge or programming expertise.
MP3
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Napster
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- Lopster - a File-Sharing Client
- A peer-to-peer software supporting multi-network protocols using a plugin system. Currently supporting Napster (Opennap), Directconnect, and Soulseek. Latest stable release is 1.2.1, 2004-07-03. Also available in French,
German, and Italian.
- Linux Napster Client
- A console napster client. Last stable release is 1.5.4, 2006-11-04.
- XNap
- A Java plugin-based peer-to-peer (P2P) framework and client including an OpenNap plugin with multiple server support, as well as Gnutella, giFT (OpenFT), IRC, ICQ and an OverNet plugin. Latest release is 2.5r3, 2004-06-20.
- EasyTAG Project Web Page
- Tag editor for MP3, Ogg Vorbis and other sound files. Latest stable release is 2.1, 2007-05-07.
- Mpg123 - Fast MP3 Player for Linux and UNIX systems
- A console-based real time MPEG audio player for Layer 1,2 and
Layer3. Latest stable release is 1.2.0, 2008-01-31.
- RipperX
- A GTK program to rip CD audio tracks and encode them to the Ogg, MP3, or FLAC formats. Latest stable release is 2.7.0, 2006-04-18.
- WSPse: MP3c
- A program for converting audio CDs to mp3/ogg-format; available in English and German. Latest release is 0.31, 2006-07-30.
- GlobeCom Jukebox
- An MP3 jukebox with a web-based interface; for use home, work, or car.
- LAME MP3 Encoder
- An educational tool to be used for learning about MP3 encoding. The goal of the LAME project is to
improve the psycho acoustics, quality and speed of MP3 encoding. Latest version is 3.97, 2006-09.
- MP3Blaster - Interactive MP3 Player for Linux
- An interactive text-based program that plays MP3, Ogg Vorbis, wav, and sid audio files. Latest stable release is 3.2.3, 2006-08-05.
- Streamripper
- A GPL'd application that records streaming mp3s (shoutcast-compatible streams) to hard drives; latest stable release is
1.61.24, July, 2006.
- Lars - MP3 to CD GUI
- An application to burn MP3 files to CDs; also provides sound normalization. latest release is: 0.99beta1, 2006.
- IRMP3 Multimedia Jukebox
- A multimedia jukebox for Linux, and supports audio formats including mp3, Ogg, FLAC, CD-ROM, and FM radio. Latest release is 0.5.7, 2007-02-15.
- Pymps - Python Music Play System
- A web-based mp3/ogg jukebox written in Python; latest release is 0.12.1, 2002.
- Abcde - A Better CD Encoder
- A frontend command-line utility (a shell script) that grabs tracks off a CD, encodes them to ogg or mp3 format, and tags them, all in one step.
N.B.: website no longer maintained; last version is: 2.3.0, August, 2005.
- GQmpeg
- Front end to various audio players, including mpg123, ogg123, and
xmp.
- Prokyon3 - MP3/OggVorbis Manager
- A multi-threaded music manager and tag editor supporting MP3, OGG and FLAC. Latest stable release is 0.9.6, 2007-07-01.
- GNUMP3d - The GNU MP3 Streamer
- A cross-platform streaming server for MP3s, OGG vorbis files, movies and other media formats. Latest stable release is 3.0,
2008-10-18.
- PyTone: MP3 jukebox redux
- A music jukebox written in Python with a curses based GUI. Latest stable release is 3.0.1, 2007-08-14.
- The iRATE radio homepage
- A collaborative filtering client/server mp3 player/downloader; server has a large database of music from websites that allow free and legal music downloads. Latest release is 0.5, 2008-01-03.
- The hymn Homepage -- Hear Your Music Anywhere
- Software that allows purchased iTunes songs to be played on
operating systems not supported by iTunes.
- Streamtuner
- A radio stream directory browser that automatically downloads listings from various services, such as SHOUTcast, icecast.org.
These downloads can be sorted by genre, quality of stream, and what is currently playing. Latest stable release is 0.99.99, 2004-12-21. N.B.: As of 2007-12, there will be no more development on this project in its current form, but the software is quite functional.
Video
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Conferencing Tools
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- OpenMASH
- A comprehensive toolkit for multimedia communication and collaboration over the Internet using IP multi-cast. Latest stable release is 5.2, 2002-02-24.
- Ekiga - Free Your Speech
- A GPLed SIP and H.323-compatible VoIP, IP telephony, and video conferencing application; formerly called GnomeMeeting.
- SILC - Secure Internet Live Conferencing
- The SILC Project has developed the Secure Internet Live Conferencing protocol, which provides secure conferencing services.
- Ogle DVD Player
- An open source DVD player; latest version is 0.9.2, 2003.
- Linux DV - Digital Video for Linux
- Two software packages for video: Kino (a non-linear DV editor) and dv/grab. Kino is a free, open source video editing programme that captures video through firewire then adds titles, transitions and video effects to the footage.
- DV(Digital Video) over IP [DVTS]
- DVTS (Digital Video Transport System) is an application for sending and receiving DV(Digital Video) streams using the Internet. Latest Linux release is 1.0a, 2007-10-10. Also available in Japanese.
- Making Movies with Linux from Production to Distribution
- A little dated (reference to the 2.4 kernel), but information is still helpful.
- Linux Tutorial: Video, DVD, TV and Multimedia
- Linux video, DVD, TV, HDTV and Hauppauge WinTV PCI card use. Included in this tutorial are links to software, video formats and information pertaining to video multimedia on Linux. This page also includes
a tutorial on the use of the Hauppauge WinTV PCI card under Linux. (2007)
- Motion
- Motion detection software. Latest stable release is 3.2.10.1, 2008-06-08.
- Stony Brook Video Server project
- 1999 Master's thesis but still contains very useful
information.
- GNU VCDImager
- A full-featured mastering suite for authoring, disassembling and analyzing video CDs and super video CDs. Latest release
is: 0.723, 2005-07-11. N.B.: The main site, www.vcdimager.org, is down until further notice due to hardware issues.
- Xine
- *cool* A free multimedia player; plays CDs, DVDs, and VCDs; decodes multimedia files from local disk drives, and displays multimedia streamed over the Internet.
- The dvdauthor Homepage
- A set of tools to generate DVD files for playback on a stand-alone DVD player.
- DVDStyler
- A cross-platform DVD authoring system; available in several languages.
- Cinelerra
- A movie studio in a Linux box.
- XMovie
- Intended for uncompressed movie playback, nonstandard output from Cinelerra, and testing decoder libraries.
- Quicktime for Linux
- A convenient way to read and write uncompressed Quicktime movies on Linux.
- Mplayer - the Movie Player
- A movie player for Linux with support for many formats including MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4. Site also available in Hungarian and Spanish. The documentation is available in many languages.
Latest release is 1.0rc1, 2006-10-22.
- TVNow for Linux
- A program that displays the North American satellite and network TV Listings that are provided by the TVNOW company.
- Motion Guide
- User guide for Motion software detector edited by Kenneth Lavrsen. (2006)
- The Drip Project - DVD to DIVX conversion
- A DVD transcoder for Linux with a Gnome environment.
- VideoLAN - VLC Media Player
- *cool* A cross-platform media player which can also act as a server to stream a wide variety of formats including MPEG 1,2, and 4, dvds, satellite and ground-based digital TV.
- HasciiCam
- Live ASCII video on the Web. Latest version is 1.0, 2006-07-25.
- CamStream
- Webcam and video applications for Linux.
- Ming - an SWF Output Library and PHP Module
- A C library for generating SWF ("Flash") format movies, plus a set of wrappers for using the library from C++ and popular scripting languages like PHP, Perl, Python, and Ruby. Latest stable release is 0.30, 2006-02-15. There have been development releases since then.
- DVD Resources for Open Source Development
- A repository of DVD-related software and DVD information resources for Open Source development.
- FAME - Fast Assembly MPEG Encoder
- A real-time MPEG-1/MPEG-4 encoder; tools for encoding multimedia content. Latest release is: 0.9.0, 2002-05-30
- MJPEG - Tools for recording/playback of videos
- A set of tools that can do recording of videos and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing and the MPEG compression
of audio and video under Linux; latest version is 1.8, 2005-09-25.
- FreeJ
- A vision mixer: an instrument for real-time video manipulation used in the fields of dance teather, veejaying, medical
visualisation and TV. Latest release is 0.9.1, 2007-11-26.
- Quasar DV Codec Home Page
- A software decoder for DV format video, as defined by the IEC 61834 and SMPTE 314M standards. DV is the encoding format used by consumer-grade digital camcorders. Latest stable release is 1.0.0, 2006-09-26.
- FFMpeg Streaming Multimedia System
- An audio/video conversion tool; includes libavcodec, the leading open source codec library.
- The DVD Rip Site
- A full-featured DVD copy program written in Perl; an easy-to-use Gtk+ GUI to control almost all aspects of the ripping and transcoding process.
- Digital Tipping Point
- A Linux and Open Source advocacy and news site. Of particular interest is the open source documentary film project.
Site also available in Spanish.
- DVD Ripping and Transcoding with Linux
- Last updated in 2002; author will not be updating this, but some of the information is still useful and not outdated. Note: this guide is not for the faint-hearted. It involves a lot of compiling code, installing
software, doing things on the command line. Also available in German and Italian.
- Linux AVI file library
- A working implementation of a few multimedia-related utilities for x86 Linux. Some of these utilities include: video capture and recompression applications that would work with most popular AVI file formats, and, the
most popular, an AVI movie player that plays DivX. Latest release is 0.7.45-20060306, 2006-03-06.
- The oKle Home Page - KDE 3.x DVD Player
- Last version is 0.4, 2003.
- Video Disk Recorder
- Instructions for a home-built digital satellite receiver and video recorder; latest version is 1.1.4, 2006-06-11.
- The aviManager Homepage
- A movie database for large movie (DivX,DVD,...) collections written in Perl.
- Doom9.net - The Definitive DVD Backup Resource
- *cool* A goldmine of information about DVD backups (ripping); contains news, guides, FAQs, downloads, glossary of terms, and useful links; a multilingual site.
- XviD.org :: Home of the XviD codec
- Software for video compression.
- KMPlayer
- A KDE Video player plugin for Konqueror using MPlayer or Xine.
- Totem
- The official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on Xine-lib or GStreamer.
- Swfdec
- A decoder/renderer for Macromedia Flash animations. Latest release is 0.5.0, 2007-07-13.
- LinuxMovies
- An association of over 300 technologists advancing Linux motion picture technology.
- MythTV
- Linux PVR (personal video recorder) software. Note: as of January 2006 an information and documentation
wiki for MythTV has started. See: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page.
- Freevo
- An open source home theatre PC platform based on Linux with open source audio/video tools, such as MPlayer and Xine.
- Varsha - Making DVD on Linux
- A DVD authoring tool for Linux.
- DVR - Digital Video Recorder for Linux
- DVR is a small tool to record movie clips. It relies on GStreamer as backend, and Qt for the user interface. Latest stable release is 3.99.3, 2007-06-02.
- Kaffeine Media Player
- A full-featured multimedia-player for KDE. Latest release is 0.8.5, 2007-07-28.
- FreeFrame Open Video Plugin System - Homepage
- A cross-platform real-time video effects plugin API.
- OpenAL
- A cross-platform 3D audio API appropriate for use with gaming
applications and many other types of audio applications.
- WebVCR+
- Web interface to record TV shows on a hard drive.
- LiVES
- A free and open source video editor *and* a VJ (Video Jockey) tool. Latest release is 0.9.8.9, 2008-03-10.
- Video Whale Project
- An implementation of video-wall that uses GStreamer and Xinerama.
- MythTV Forum - MythTVtalk.com
- The Myth-TV users community forum; available in English, French, German, and Spanish.
- Transcode
- A Linux text-console utility for video streams; video encoding suite.
- KDEnlive - Open Source Video for Linux
- A non-linear video editor for the KDE environment running on Linux. Multilingual support in 10 languages. Latest stable release is 0.5, 2007-08-11.
- EffecTV
- A real-time video effector; a wide variety of effectors are available for use while watching video or TV; site available in English and Japanese.
- PhpDvr
- A digital video recorder for Linux; features include: remote control
motion detection, full record history, record management, live monitoring and configuration from a web browser.
- Welcome to Veejay - Video Editing & Visual Instrument
- A real-time video sampler and interactive video instrument.
- KnoppMyth
- *cool* A 500 MB bootable CD that installs a special Linux version with all the MythTV commands; allows the user to get MythTV up and running easily.
- Fedora Myth(TV)ology
- An information site for MythTV on Fedora; includes a comprehensive HOWTO (Step-by-step guide to building a MythTV System on Fedora Core 3 w/ATrpms); tips and tricks, universal remotes and setting up a high-definition TV.
- Linux.com Article - "MythTV: Easy Personal Video Recording with Linux"
- A summary article about MythTV PVR software; includes many helpful resource links. (2005)
- Maxemum TV-Guide
- A KDE TV-guide; has backends to grab TV listings from many countries including Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the UK and the U.S.
- OGMRip
- An application and a set of libraries for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI or OGM files using a wide variety of codecs; for GNOME 2.
- DVD Slideshow
- Software that creates DVD slideshows from a group of pictures, directories, and/or online photo albums; special effects, such as cross-fading, are available as well. Latest release is 0.8.0, 2007-01-15.
- GCfilms
- An application for managing movie collections.
- Gnash - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
- A GNU Flash movie player.
- ZoneMinder - Linux Video Camera and CCTV Security with Motion Detection
- A Linux-based motion detection system.
- DVD-Baker Homepage
- A cross-platform application designed to turn image collections into DVD slideshows.
- Griffith
- A cross-platform movie collection manager application with multilingual support.
- Celtx
- A cross-platform, pre-production software for film, video, theatre, and animation; multilingual support.
- Videotrans
- A set of scripts to convert movies in any format to a DVD-compatible VOB format and then combine one or more of these movies into a complete DVD with a movie selection menu.
- Miro - Free and Open Source Internet TV and Video Player Platform
- An open and democratic television and video platform with tools for creating, finding and distributing videos without the DRM nonsense. Formerly called Democracy.
- XdTV
- Software to watch, record, and stream TV which supports the bttv, bktr, and dvb APIs.
- Video on Linux
- A series of short articles about video production/engineering on the Linux platform.
- Linux Video Tools
- A database of video tools for Linux.
- 'Q' DVD-Author
- A Linux DVD authoring suite with many features.
- Synfig
- A cross-platform 2D vector animation film production system.
- Open Movie Editor
- An easy-to-use and simple Linux video editor, that provides basic movie making capabilities.
- Avidemux
- A cross-platform video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering, and encoding tasks. It supports many different file types.
- 42 of the Best Free Linux Video Software
- A compilation of Linux video software organized into broad subject areas. Each entry has a summary, license information, developer list, system requirements, and a link to the homepage.
- Elphel, Inc. | Imaging Solutions with Free Software and Open Hardware
- This U.S.-based company manufactures high-performance cameras based on free software and hardware designs. The GNU General Public License (GPL) covers all the Elphel software and hardware designs. Website also available in Chinese, French, and Russian.
- Linabx
- A program to determine audibility.
- Xiph.Org Foundation
- A non-profit corporation dedicated to protecting the foundations of Internet multimedia from control by
private interests; end-user download links for Vorbis, FLAC, Theora, Speex, and Icecast can be found here;
documentation links to these projects as well as links to other multimedia open source projects.
- Ogg Vorbis
- An open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology; this is the main Ogg Vorbis site.
- KGuitar official Homepage
- KDE-based music tabulature editor with support of guitar, drums, classic note scores, MIDI synthesizer output, chord, scales, modes, melody and rhythm construction and analysis tools.
- The Mutopia Project
- Over 850 pieces of classical and contemporary sheet music available for download.
- Arkkra Enterprises
- Music publication software (Mup). This software is available on Linux but the source code cannot be modified in any way;
a license is required if this software is used on more than 1 computer.
- Normalize
- An audio file volume normalizer.
- Pitchtune homepage
- A oscilloscope-style musical instrument tuning program; also can be used to find the frequency of sounds.
- The PROTUX Digital Media Workstation
- A complete digital media production tool that runs on any GNU/Linux workstation; an integrated environment for audio, video and midi production.
- Pawfal v3.0.1
- A wiki site for audio/visual foolishness for Linux.
- Extace - Audio visualization tool
- Audio visualization plugin for GNOME.