764 Appendixes . Linspire (www.linspire.com) Purchase a computer (Web host forum) running
764 Appendixes . Linspire (www.linspire.com) Purchase a computer running Linspire from this site, or just buy the boxed set. No demo copies are available, but you can get a 15-day free trial of Linspire. . Mandrake (www.mandrakelinux.com) Developers of this distribution ask that you join the Mandrake Club to help support the project. Companies and Groups Supporting Linux Some companies and organizations make important contributions to Linux and open source software without producing their own Linux distribution. Here are some of the most prominent ones: . VA Software (www.vasoftware.com) With its Open Source Technology Group (OSDG), VA Software manages many of the premier open source sites on the Web. It maintains open source development sites Freshmeat (www.freshmeat. net) and SourceForge (www.sourceforge.net). It also maintains information technology sites, such as Slashdot (www.slashdot.org), NewsForge (www. newsforge.com), Linux.com (www.linux.com), and IT Manager s Journal (www.itmanagersjournal.com). . IBM (www.ibm.com/linux) Because IBM has taken on the lion s share of lawsuits against Linux and done a lot to further Linux, especially in the enterprise area, it deserves a mention here. There are many good resources for Linux at IBM s Web site, including some excellent white papers covering Linux in business. . Ibiblio (www.ibiblio.org) Contains a massive archive of Linux software and documentation (www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux). Major Linux Projects As you know by now, the name Linux comes from the Linux kernel created by Linus Torvalds. The desktop, application, server, and other software needed to create a full Linux system are added from other open source projects. The following is a list of some of the major open source software organizations that usually have software included with Linux: . Free Software Foundation (www.fsf.org) Supports the GNU project, which produces much of the software outside the kernel that is associated with Linux. In particular, open source versions of nearly every early UNIX command has been implemented by the GNU project.
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