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User:Spack

2005-07-21T04:36:52Z

Spack:

==Spack==

Contact : <tt>spack.wiki@gmail.com</tt>

===My wiki links===

[[Special:Randompage | Random page]] 
 
[[Slackware]] 
[[Blender]] 
[[Linux software equivalent to Windows software]] 
 
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[[Special:Wantedpages | Wanted pages]] |
[[Special:Recentchanges | Recent changes]] |
[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Spack My Contributions]

User:Spack

2005-07-21T04:26:55Z

Spack: /* Spack */

==Spack==

Contact : <tt>spack.wiki@gmail.com</tt>

===My wiki links===

[[Special:Randompage | Random page]] 
 
[[Slackware]] 
[[Blender]] 
[[Linux software equivalent to Windows software]] 
 
----
[[Special:Wantedpages | Wanted pages]] |
[[Special:Recentchanges | Recent changes]] |
[[Special:Contributions&hideminor=0&target=Spack&limit=2100&offset=0 | My Contributions]]

List of Linux distributions

2005-07-19T16:22:37Z

Spack: /* Alphabetical distribution listing */

[http://kernel.org Linux] is a [[kernel]], in itself not an extremely useful piece of software to the user, but very important: it provides hardware resources management, and access to the hardware is necessary to get anything done, of course. To have a fully functional [[operating system]], some basic software is needed as well. A [[GNU/Linux]] [[distribution]] is the complete package. Most modern distributions also come with graphical installers to help with the initial setup.

==Special categories==
*[[Live CD distributions]]
*[[Source distributions]]
*[[Firewall distributions]]
*[[Embedded Linux]]
*[[ISO CD Vendors]]

==Alphabetical distribution listing==
*[http://www.altlinux.ru ALTLinux]
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Amigo Linux]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Ark linux]]
*[[ASPLinux]]
*[[Aurox]]
*[[BasicLinux]]
*[[BioKnoppix]]
*[[BLAG]]
*[[Buffalo]]
*[[cAos]]
*[[CentOS]]
*[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*[[CollegeLinux]]
*[[Conectiva]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*[[Debian]]
*[[DeLi Linux]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[DragonLinux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Feather]]
*[[Fedora]]
*[[Floppix]]
*[[FloppyFW]]
*[[Fnord Linux]]
*[[Foresight]]
*[[Freesco]]
*[[Frugalware]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*[[Goppex]]
*[[Gnoppix]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Kanotix]]
*[[Kate OS]]
*[[KnopILS]]
*[[Knoppix]]
*[[Kubuntu]]
*[[Kurumin]]
*[[Libranet]]
*[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lorma]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandows]]
*[[MEPIS]]
*[[MiniSlack]]
*[[Morphix]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Peanut]]
*[[PCLinuxOS]]
*[[PHLAK]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*[[Rifai Linux]]
*[[Rinux]]
*[[RiOZ]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*[[SLAX]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[SOT Linux]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[Sun JDS]]
*[[SuSE]]
*[[SystemRescue]]
*[[Thiz]]
*[[tinysofa]]
*[[TopologiLinux]]
*[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*[[TurboLinux]]
*[[Turkix]]
*[[Ubuntu Linux]]
*[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[VectorLinux]]
*[[Vida Linux]]
*[[Whitebox Linux]]
*[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[Yoper]]
*[[Xandros]]

==Family-Tree distribution listing==
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[Debian]]
*#[[Corel Linux]]
*##[[Xandros]]
*#[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*#[[Floppix]]
*#[[Knoppix]]
*##[[BioKnoppix]]
*##[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*##[[Feather]]
*##[[Gnoppix]]
*##[[Kanotix]]
*##[[KnopILS]]
*##[[Kurumin]]
*##[[MEPIS]]
*##[[Morphix]]
*###[[PHLAK]]
*#[[Libranet]]
*#[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*#[[Ubuntu]]
*##[[Kubuntu]]
*#[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*#[[SystemRescue]]
*#[[Vida Linux]]
*#[[Goppex]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*#[[Mandows]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*#[[Ark linux]]
*#[[Aurox]]
*#[[BLAG]]
*#[[cAos]]
*#[[Conectiva]]
*#[[Fedora]]
*##[[ASPLinux]]
*##[[tinysofa]]
*#[[Lorma]]
*#[[Mandrake]]
*##[[PCLinuxOS]]
*##[[ALTLinux]]
*##[[Turkix]]
*#[[Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)]]
*##[[CentOS]]
*##[[Whitebox_Linux]]
*#[[SOT Linux]]
*#[[Thiz]]
*#[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*#[[TurboLinux]]
*#[[Whitebox Linux]]
*#[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*#[[Amigo Linux]]
*#[[BasicLinux]]
*#[[CollegeLinux]]
*#[[DeLi Linux]]
*#[[DragonLinux]] -- currently inactive
*#[[Peanut]]
*#[[Slax]]
*#[[VectorLinux]]
*##[[Buffalo]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[SuSE]]
*#[[Sun JDS]]
*[[Yoper]]

Don't know what distribution is right for you? See [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

==Sites with distro lists==
*http://www.distromania.com
*http://www.linux.com
*http://www.linux.org
*http://www.linuxiso.org
*http://www.distrowatch.org
*[http://www.confederatelinux.com/linux/index.htm www.confederatelinux.com]
*[http://perso.wanadoo.es/xose/linux/linux_ports.html Ports of Linux]

List of Linux distributions

2005-07-19T16:20:46Z

Spack: /* Alphabetical distribution listing */

[http://kernel.org Linux] is a [[kernel]], in itself not an extremely useful piece of software to the user, but very important: it provides hardware resources management, and access to the hardware is necessary to get anything done, of course. To have a fully functional [[operating system]], some basic software is needed as well. A [[GNU/Linux]] [[distribution]] is the complete package. Most modern distributions also come with graphical installers to help with the initial setup.

==Special categories==
*[[Live CD distributions]]
*[[Source distributions]]
*[[Firewall distributions]]
*[[Embedded Linux]]
*[[ISO CD Vendors]]

==Alphabetical distribution listing==
*[http://www.altlinux.ru ALTLinux]
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Amigo Linux]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Ark linux]]
*[[ASPLinux]]
*[[Aurox]]
*[[BasicLinux]]
*[[BioKnoppix]]
*[[BLAG]]
*[[Buffalo]]
*[[cAos]]
*[[CentOS]]
*[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*[[CollegeLinux]]
*[[Conectiva]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*[[Debian]]
*[[DeLi Linux]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[DragonLinux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Feather]]
*[[Fedora]]
*[[Floppix]]
*[[FloppyFW]]
*[[Fnord Linux]]
*[[Foresight]]
*[[Freesco]]
*[[Frugalware]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*[[Goppex]]
*[[Gnoppix]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Kanotix]]
*[[Kate OS]]
*[[KnopILS]]
*[[Knoppix]]
*[[Kubuntu]]
*[[Kurumin]]
*[[Libranet]]
*[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lorma]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandows]]
*[[MEPIS]]
*[[MiniSlack]]
*[[Morphix]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Peanut]]
*[[PCLinuxOS]]
*[[PHLAK]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*[[Rifai Linux]]
*[[Rinux]]
*[[RiOZ]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*[[SLAX]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[SOT Linux]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[Sun JDS]]
*[[SuSE]]
*[[SystemRescue]]
*[[Thiz]]
*[[tinysofa]]
*[[TopologiLinux]]
*[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*[[TurboLinux]]
*[[Turkix]]
*[[Ubuntu Linux]]
*[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[VectorLinux]]
*[[Vida Linux]]
*[[Whitebox Linux]]
*[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[http://www.yoper.com Yoper]
*[[Xandros]]

==Family-Tree distribution listing==
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[Debian]]
*#[[Corel Linux]]
*##[[Xandros]]
*#[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*#[[Floppix]]
*#[[Knoppix]]
*##[[BioKnoppix]]
*##[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*##[[Feather]]
*##[[Gnoppix]]
*##[[Kanotix]]
*##[[KnopILS]]
*##[[Kurumin]]
*##[[MEPIS]]
*##[[Morphix]]
*###[[PHLAK]]
*#[[Libranet]]
*#[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*#[[Ubuntu]]
*##[[Kubuntu]]
*#[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*#[[SystemRescue]]
*#[[Vida Linux]]
*#[[Goppex]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*#[[Mandows]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*#[[Ark linux]]
*#[[Aurox]]
*#[[BLAG]]
*#[[cAos]]
*#[[Conectiva]]
*#[[Fedora]]
*##[[ASPLinux]]
*##[[tinysofa]]
*#[[Lorma]]
*#[[Mandrake]]
*##[[PCLinuxOS]]
*##[[ALTLinux]]
*##[[Turkix]]
*#[[Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)]]
*##[[CentOS]]
*##[[Whitebox_Linux]]
*#[[SOT Linux]]
*#[[Thiz]]
*#[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*#[[TurboLinux]]
*#[[Whitebox Linux]]
*#[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*#[[Amigo Linux]]
*#[[BasicLinux]]
*#[[CollegeLinux]]
*#[[DeLi Linux]]
*#[[DragonLinux]] -- currently inactive
*#[[Peanut]]
*#[[Slax]]
*#[[VectorLinux]]
*##[[Buffalo]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[SuSE]]
*#[[Sun JDS]]
*[[Yoper]]

Don't know what distribution is right for you? See [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

==Sites with distro lists==
*http://www.distromania.com
*http://www.linux.com
*http://www.linux.org
*http://www.linuxiso.org
*http://www.distrowatch.org
*[http://www.confederatelinux.com/linux/index.htm www.confederatelinux.com]
*[http://perso.wanadoo.es/xose/linux/linux_ports.html Ports of Linux]

Useful Sites

2005-07-19T04:07:23Z

Spack:

This page lists a few websites that are a valuable for obtaining [[open source]] [[software]].
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*[http://www.sourceforge.net Sourceforge.net] - First port of call, provides a large collection of open source software for many platforms. Plus provides free hosting for open source developers.
*[http://freshmeat.net Freshmeat] - freshmeat maintains the Web's largest index of Unix and cross-platform software. Thousands of applications, which are preferably released under an open source license, are meticulously catalogued in the freshmeat database, and links to new applications are added daily. 
*[http://www.rpmfind.com rpmfind] - Provides software packaged in RPMs for a variety of distros, with a fast RPM search engine that supports finding individual files within packages, and several mirrors. There are many other [[RPM search engines]] as well - RPMfind is probably just the most well-known, in the English-speaking world anyway.
*[http://www.linuxpackages.net/ LinuxPackages] - A source for community-built Slackware packages with many other resources.
*[http://www.apt-get.org Apt-Get.org] - A great source for unofficial, backported, and other Debian packages.
*[http://www.linuxiso.org LinuxISO.org] - An excellent source for [[ISO]]s for your favorite distro.
*[http://www.linuxhelp.ca/isos/ Linux Help - ISOs] - Another good source of mirrored ISO images of popular Linux distributions.
*[http://www.nabble.com/ Nabble Forums] - Nabble hosts thousands of technical forums on open source projects. It has a clean UI for browsing and also has a good search.
*[http://distrowatch.com/ Distrowatch] - News about release announcements of Linux [[distribution]]s and *[[BSD]]s.
*[http://www.kernel.org/ The Linux Kernel Archives] - Lists all the latest [[kernel]]s releases.

K-3D

2005-07-18T17:32:08Z

Spack:

K-3D like [[Blender]] is a [[3D modeling]], animation and rendering application under the GNU General Public License ([[GPL]]) available for GNU / Linux, Posix, and Win32 systems. By its object-oriented plugin architecture, K-3D is designed to scale to the needs of professional artists to generate motion-picture-quality animation using RenderMan-compliant render engines and allows you to create and edit documents in multiple realtime OpenGL solid, shaded, texture-mapped views.
K-3D can be associated with a lot render engine like : Pixie, BMRT, PRman, 3Delight, Render Dot C, but Aqsis [http://www.aqsis.com/] is strongly recommended.

It also support scripting language based on Python and JavaScript to make scripts and plugins to carry of repetitive functions.

==External links==
* [http://k3d.sourceforge.net/ K-3D]
* [http://k3d.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/wiki/Gallery K-3D Gallery]
* [http://www.aqsis.com/ Aqsis]

''This article is a [[LQWiki:stub_articles|stub]] and needs to be finished. [[LQWiki:plunging_forward|Plunge forward]] and [[LQWiki:How_to_edit_a_page|help it grow]]!''

Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

2005-07-18T17:29:54Z

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Red Hat Entreprise Linux (RHEL [http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/]) is an another distribution which take part of the [[Red Hat]] family. Based on [[Fedora]] by selecting the most stable packages, RHEL is mainly designed for professional users. 
RHEL realses are provided aproximately every 18 mounths and supported by Red Hat and its parteners for seven years. 
 
The RHEL family is comprised of four products, two designed for server sytems and two designed for client systems :

* '''Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS'''
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (“Advanced Server”) is designed for large departmental and datacenter server deployments, best suited for systems with more than 2 CPUs or more than 16 GB of main memory.

* '''Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES'''
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (“Entry/mid Server”) provides an entrylevel
and midrange server operating system for the Intel x86, EM64T, Itanium2, and AMD64 markets. It's differentiated from Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS by its support for smaller systems and lower price.

* '''Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS'''
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (“WorkStation”) is ideal for “power
user”, software development, and technical applications such as
virtualization/rendering. It includes a full suite of
desktop productivity applications for tasks such as document creation, email,
instant messaging, and web browsing.

* '''Red Hat Desktop'''
Red Hat Desktop supports 32bit Intel x86 and 64bit Intel EM64T and AMD64 systems with one CPU and up to 4 GB of main memory. It provides the same software functionality as Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS but for smaller systems and at a lower price point.

==See also==
* [[Red Hat]]
* [[Fedora]]

==External Links==
* [http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/ RedHat Entreprise Linux]
* [http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/compare/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux edition]

''This article is a [[LQWiki:stub_articles|stub]] and needs to be finished. [[LQWiki:plunging_forward|Plunge forward]] and [[LQWiki:How_to_edit_a_page|help it grow]]!''

User:Spack

2005-07-18T16:46:40Z

Spack:

==Spack==
[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Special:Randompage Random page] 
 
[[Slackware]] 
[[Linux software equivalent to Windows software]] 

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* [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Special:Wantedpages&limit=500&offset=0 Wanted pages]
* [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Special:Recentchanges Recent changes]
* [http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&hideminor=0&target=Spack&limit=2100&offset=0 My Contributions]

User:Spack

2005-07-18T15:58:54Z

Spack:

[http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&hideminor=0&target=Spack&limit=2100&offset=0 User Contributions]

List of Linux distributions

2005-07-18T15:55:36Z

Spack: /* Family-Tree distribution listing */

[http://kernel.org Linux] is a [[kernel]], in itself not an extremely useful piece of software to the user, but very important: it provides hardware resources management, and access to the hardware is necessary to get anything done, of course. To have a fully functional [[operating system]], some basic software is needed as well. A [[GNU/Linux]] [[distribution]] is the complete package. Most modern distributions also come with graphical installers to help with the initial setup.

==Special categories==
*[[Live CD distributions]]
*[[Source distributions]]
*[[Firewall distributions]]
*[[Embedded Linux]]
*[[ISO CD Vendors]]

==Alphabetical distribution listing==
*[http://www.altlinux.ru ALTLinux]
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Amigo Linux]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Ark linux]]
*[http://www.asplinux.ru ASPLinux]
*[[Aurox]]
*[[BasicLinux]]
*[[BioKnoppix]]
*[[BLAG]]
*[[Buffalo]]
*[[cAos]]
*[[CentOS]]
*[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*[[CollegeLinux]]
*[[Conectiva]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*[[Debian]]
*[[DeLi Linux]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[DragonLinux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Feather]]
*[[Fedora]]
*[[Floppix]]
*[[FloppyFW]]
*[[Fnord Linux]]
*[[Foresight]]
*[[Freesco]]
*[[Frugalware]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*[[Goppex]]
*[[Gnoppix]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Kanotix]]
*[[Kate OS]]
*[[KnopILS]]
*[[Knoppix]]
*[[Kubuntu]]
*[[Kurumin]]
*[[Libranet]]
*[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lorma]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandows]]
*[[MEPIS]]
*[[MiniSlack]]
*[[Morphix]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Peanut]]
*[[PCLinuxOS]]
*[[PHLAK]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*[[Rifai Linux]]
*[[Rinux]]
*[[RiOZ]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*[[SLAX]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[SOT Linux]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[Sun JDS]]
*[[SuSE]]
*[[SystemRescue]]
*[[Thiz]]
*[[tinysofa]]
*[[TopologiLinux]]
*[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*[[TurboLinux]]
*[[Turkix]]
*[[Ubuntu Linux]]
*[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[VectorLinux]]
*[[Vida Linux]]
*[[Whitebox Linux]]
*[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[http://www.yoper.com Yoper]
*[[Xandros]]

==Family-Tree distribution listing==
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[Debian]]
*#[[Corel Linux]]
*##[[Xandros]]
*#[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*#[[Floppix]]
*#[[Knoppix]]
*##[[BioKnoppix]]
*##[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*##[[Feather]]
*##[[Gnoppix]]
*##[[Kanotix]]
*##[[KnopILS]]
*##[[Kurumin]]
*##[[MEPIS]]
*##[[Morphix]]
*###[[PHLAK]]
*#[[Libranet]]
*#[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*#[[Ubuntu]]
*##[[Kubuntu]]
*#[[Underground Desktop]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*#[[SystemRescue]]
*#[[Vida Linux]]
*#[[Goppex]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*#[[Mandows]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*#[[Ark linux]]
*#[[Aurox]]
*#[[BLAG]]
*#[[cAos]]
*#[[Conectiva]]
*#[[Fedora]]
*##[[ASPLinux]]
*##[[tinysofa]]
*#[[Lorma]]
*#[[Mandrake]]
*##[[PCLinuxOS]]
*##[[ALTLinux]]
*##[[Turkix]]
*#[[Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)]]
*##[[CentOS]]
*##[[Whitebox_Linux]]
*#[[SOT Linux]]
*#[[Thiz]]
*#[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*#[[TurboLinux]]
*#[[Whitebox Linux]]
*#[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*#[[Amigo Linux]]
*#[[BasicLinux]]
*#[[CollegeLinux]]
*#[[DeLi Linux]]
*#[[DragonLinux]] -- currently inactive
*#[[Peanut]]
*#[[Slax]]
*#[[VectorLinux]]
*##[[Buffalo]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[SuSE]]
*#[[Sun JDS]]
*[[Yoper]]

Don't know what distribution is right for you? See [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

==Sites with distro lists==
*http://www.distromania.com
*http://www.linux.com
*http://www.linux.org
*http://www.linuxiso.org
*http://www.distrowatch.org
*[http://www.confederatelinux.com/linux/index.htm www.confederatelinux.com]
*[http://perso.wanadoo.es/xose/linux/linux_ports.html Ports of Linux]

Slackware

2005-07-18T15:39:57Z

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'''Slackware''' is the oldest active Linux [[distribution]], having begun life as a much improved variant of [[SLS]] (Soft Landing System) in 1993 and was perhaps the first distro to really put itself on the map. After that, [[Red Hat]] and [[Debian]] and other distributions followed. Slackware is primarily the work of [[Patrick J. Volkerding]].

Of note, Slackware's recent version 10.1 is currently enjoying the reputation of being the highest-rated Linux distro at the LQ Distribution Review section. Over a dozen Linux distro reviewers have given it a mean score of 9.6 out of a possible perfect score of 10.
Slackware has continued to have a mixed reputation, being seen as pure, genuine, simple and a great distro to learn Linux on, or possibly also as old-fashioned, unfriendly, and difficult for newbies. Slackware software packages tend to be modified as little as possible for inclusion into the distribution. The software you get is pretty much as the developer made it (rather than it being patched in various ways to work with a given distro's idiosyncrasies).

Although it is as graphical as any distro, Slackware places an emphasis on the [[command line]] and text file configuration. While it has very straightforward [[Installing Software|package management]] tools used by the majority of system admins, Slackware encourages advanced users to compile program sources into binaries by its providing well-stocked libraries, a complete suite of development tools, and everything in its place.

The installer is text-based, unlike the vast majority of graphical installers which themselves can place demands upon available system resources. Slackware's 'setup' installer is relatively straightforward and simple. [[LILO]] is the default loader, as opposed to the newer [[GRUB]]. Although partitioning is left to be performed by the user, done with either [[fdisk]] or [[cfdisk]], Patrick J. Volkerding provides a great deal of straightforward user assistance on the install media itself for partitioning and the other first installation steps. The default runlevel defined in /etc/inittab is 3, which boots to a console login which leads to a [[bash]] prompt. The startup configuration is defined by relatively clear and straightforward [[BSD]]-style init scripts, as opposed to [[SysV]]. Most of the few Slackware-specific tools are bash scripts. The default /etc/skel contains only a '.screenrc'. An easily manageable and wide array of packages are included with Slackware -- it has only expanded beyond a single CD of binaries with Slackware release 9.1, 10.0 and 10.1, now having two CD's, while many distros include 3, 4, 7 or more. The packages included are generally well-tested and reasonably secure. The result is a fast, lean, stable system.

[[SLAX]] is a [[Live CD]] based on Slackware.

The 'official' Slackware IRC channel is #slackware on irc.freenode.net. The #slackware channel on [http://www.efnet.net EFNet] is also very active and helpful.

==See also==
* [[Slackware-Introduction]] -- A Quick Introduction to Slackware
* [[Slackware-FAQ]] -- The Slackware FAQ

==External links==


* [http://www.slackware.com slackware.com] -- Official Website
* [http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/intro0.html shilo's Slackware site] -- Step-by-step help getting your Slackware box set up start-to-finish.
* [http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?forumid=14 Slackware Forum] -- at linuxquestions.org
* [http://www.linuxpackages.net/ LinuxPackages] -- User made packages for the Slackware package manager system
* [http://www.slackcare.com/ Slackcare] -- Slackware support, packages, and news
* [http://www.userlocal.com/ UserLocal] -- Slackware community, news, forums, and information
*[http://lwn.net/Articles/91467/ A look at Slackware 10.0]

Slackware

2005-07-18T15:33:26Z

Spack: /* External links */

'''Slackware''' is the oldest active Linux [[distribution]], having begun life as a much improved variant of [[SLS]] (Soft Landing System) in 1993 and was perhaps the first distro to really put itself on the map. After that, [[Red Hat]] and [[Debian]] and other distributions followed. Slackware is primarily the work of [[Patrick J. Volkerding]].

Of note, Slackware's recent version 10.1 is currently enjoying the reputation of being the highest-rated Linux distro at the LQ Distribution Review section. Over a dozen Linux distro reviewers have given it a mean score of 9.6 out of a possible perfect score of 10.
Slackware has continued to have a mixed reputation, being seen as pure, genuine, simple and a great distro to learn Linux on, or possibly also as old-fashioned, unfriendly, and difficult for newbies. Slackware software packages tend to be modified as little as possible for inclusion into the distribution. The software you get is pretty much as the developer made it (rather than it being patched in various ways to work with a given distro's idiosyncrasies).

Although it is as graphical as any distro, Slackware places an emphasis on the [[command line]] and text file configuration. While it has very straightforward [[Installing Software|package management]] tools used by the majority of system admins, Slackware encourages advanced users to compile program sources into binaries by its providing well-stocked libraries, a complete suite of development tools, and everything in its place.

The installer is text-based, unlike the vast majority of graphical installers which themselves can place demands upon available system resources. Slackware's 'setup' installer is relatively straightforward and simple. [[LILO]] is the default loader, as opposed to the newer [[GRUB]]. Although partitioning is left to be performed by the user, done with either [[fdisk]] or [[cfdisk]], Patrick J. Volkerding provides a great deal of straightforward user assistance on the install media itself for partitioning and the other first installation steps. The default runlevel defined in /etc/inittab is 3, which boots to a console login which leads to a [[bash]] prompt. The startup configuration is defined by relatively clear and straightforward [[BSD]]-style init scripts, as opposed to [[SysV]]. Most of the few Slackware-specific tools are bash scripts. The default /etc/skel contains only a '.screenrc'. An easily manageable and wide array of packages are included with Slackware -- it has only expanded beyond a single CD of binaries with Slackware release 9.1, 10.0 and 10.1, now having two CD's, while many distros include 3, 4, 7 or more. The packages included are generally well-tested and reasonably secure. The result is a fast, lean, stable system.

[[SLAX]] is a [[Live CD]] based on Slackware.

The 'official' Slackware IRC channel is #slackware on irc.freenode.net. The #slackware channel on [http://www.efnet.net EFNet] is also very active and helpful.

==LQ Wiki links==
* [[Slackware-Introduction]] -- A Quick Introduction to Slackware
* [[Slackware-FAQ]] -- The Slackware FAQ

==External links==


* [http://www.slackware.com slackware.com] -- Official Website
* [http://shilo.is-a-geek.com/slack/intro0.html shilo's Slackware site] -- Step-by-step help getting your Slackware box set up start-to-finish.
* [http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/forumdisplay.php?forumid=14 Slackware Forum] -- at linuxquestions.org
* [http://www.linuxpackages.net/ LinuxPackages] -- User made packages for the Slackware package manager system
* [http://www.slackcare.com/ Slackcare] -- Slackware support, packages, and news
* [http://www.userlocal.com/ UserLocal] -- Slackware community, news, forums, and information
*[http://lwn.net/Articles/91467/ A look at Slackware 10.0]

Linux software equivalent to Windows software

2005-07-18T15:20:00Z

Spack: /* Networking */

In migrating to Linux from Windows, a common question is "Where can I get a program for Linux that is similar to XYZ program on Windows?" Fear not! Listed below are programs that could be considered roughly equivalent to certain popular Windows applications.

== Networking ==

{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, etc. ||
[[Epiphany]],
[[Firefox]],
[[Galeon]],
[[Konqueror]],
[[Lynx]],
[[Mozilla]],
[[Nautilus]],
[[Netscape]],
[[Opera]]
|-
| Outlook Express ||
[[KMail]],
[[Evolution]],
[[Thunderbird]],
[[Sylpheed-Claws]]
|-
| ICQ, MSN Messenger ||
[[aMSN]],
[[Gaim]],
[[Kopete]],
[[KICQ]],
[[Gabber]],
[[Centericq]]
|-
| Microsoft Netmeeting ||
[[Gnomemeeting]]
|-
| WS FTP, Bullet Proof FTP, CuteFTP ||
[[Kasablanca]],
[[GFTP]],
[[KBear]],
[[FireFTP]]
|-
| mIRC ||
[[KVIrc]],
[[XChat]],
[[BitchX]]
|}

== Multimedia ==

{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Adobe Photoshop ||
[[GIMP]]
|-
| 3D Studio MAX ||
[[Blender]],
[[K-3D]]
|-
| Windows Media Player, PowerDVD ||
[[MPlayer]],
[[Xine]],
[[Totem]],
[[Kaffeine]],
[[VLC]]
|-
| Winamp, Sonique ||
[[XMMS]],
[[Beep media player|BMP]],
[[juke]],
[[noatun]],
[[RhythmBox]],
[[xine]] will play aac and wma
|-
| Windows Movie Maker ||
[[Cinelerra]],
[[KDenlive]],
[[LiVES]]
|-
| Cubase, CoolEdit ||
[[Ardour]],
[[Rosegarden]],
[[Audacity]],
[[Beast]]
|-
| Audio Catalyst ||
[[Grip]],
[[audacity]]
|-
| Cakewalk ||
[[kmid]],
[[kmidi]]

|}

== Office ==

{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Microsoft Office ||
[[OpenOffice]],
[[KOffice]],
[[Siag Office]]
|-
| Word ||
[[AbiWord]],
[[KWord]],
[[OOWriter]]
|-
| Access ||
[[PgAccess]]*,
[[Rekall]]*,
[[Knoda]]*

|-
| Excel ||
[[Gnumeric]],
[[KSpread]],
[[OOCalc]]
|-
| Visio ||
[[Kivio]],
[[Dia]]
|-
| PowerPoint ||
[[KPresenter]],
[[OOImpress]]
|-
| Microsoft Project Manager ||
[[MrProject]]

|-
| Outlook ||
[[Evolution]],
[[Kontact]],
[[BALSA]]

|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>PgAccess, Rexall, and Knoda are front-ends to an [[SQL server]].

== Desktop Publishing ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver ||
[[OOWeb]],
[[NVU]],
[[Quanta Plus]],
[[Mozilla]],
[[Screem]],
[[Bluefish]]
|-
| Quark, Quark Express, Microsoft Publisher ||
[[Scribus]],
OpenOffice.org [[oodraw]]
|-
| Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader ||
[[Adobe Acrobat Reader]],
[[Xpdf]],
[[Ghostview]]
|-
| Adobe Acrobat PDF Creator ||
With [[Ghostscript]], many Linux apps can print or export to PDF.,
[[OpenOffice.org]],
[[kprint]] -- can fax, convert to pdf, and combine pages
|}

== Utilities ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Winzip, Winrar ||
[[Karchiver]],
[[File Roller]],
[[ark]]
|-
| Easy CD Creator, Nero Burning ROM ||
[[Arson]],
[[Eroaster]],
[[gcombust]],
[[K3b]],
[[XCDRoast]]
|-
| Edit (DOS) ||
[[vi]],
[[ne]],
[[pico]],
[[nano]],
[[Emacs]]
|-
| Norton Ghost ||
[[Partition Image]],
[[g4u]],
[[Mondo]]
|-
| Notepad, Wordpad ||
[[KWrite]],
[[Kate]], [[Gedit]], [[Joe]]
|-
| Veritas Netbackup ||
[[BackupPC]]
|-
| Disclib ||
[[gWhere]]
|}

== Server ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| IIS ||
[[Apache]]
|-
| Other server stuff ||
[[Samba]]
|-
| FTP ||
[[proftpd]]
|-
| Exchange ||
[[Citadel]]
|}

== Other ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps


|-
| SPSS ||
[[R-project]],
[[PSPP]]
|-
| ActiveSync ||
[[SynCE]]
|-
| Endnote ||
[[Pybliographer]]

|}

''Please add new applications to this list. A good resource is the [http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml Table of Equivalents], which is GNU FDL licensed.''

{{stub}}

Linux software equivalent to Windows software

2005-07-18T15:17:20Z

Spack: /* Multimedia */

In migrating to Linux from Windows, a common question is "Where can I get a program for Linux that is similar to XYZ program on Windows?" Fear not! Listed below are programs that could be considered roughly equivalent to certain popular Windows applications.

== Networking ==

{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, etc. ||
[[Epiphany]],
[[Firefox]],
[[Galeon]],
[[Konqueror]],
[[Lynx]],
[[Mozilla]],
[[Nautilus]],
[[Netscape]],
[[Opera]]
|-
| Outlook Express ||
[[KMail]],
[[Evolution]],
[[Thunderbird]],
[[Sylpheed-Claws]]
|-
| ICQ, MSN Messenger ||
[[aMSN]]
[[Gaim]],
[[Kopete]],
[[KICQ]],
[[Gabber]],
[[Centericq]]
|-
| Microsoft Netmeeting ||
[[Gnomemeeting]]
|-
| WS FTP, Bullet Proof FTP, CuteFTP ||
[[Kasablanca]],
[[GFTP]],
[[KBear]],
[[FireFTP]]
|-
| mIRC ||
[[KVIrc]],
[[XChat]], [[BitchX]]
|}

== Multimedia ==

{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Adobe Photoshop ||
[[GIMP]]
|-
| 3D Studio MAX ||
[[Blender]],
[[K-3D]]
|-
| Windows Media Player, PowerDVD ||
[[MPlayer]],
[[Xine]],
[[Totem]],
[[Kaffeine]],
[[VLC]]
|-
| Winamp, Sonique ||
[[XMMS]],
[[Beep media player|BMP]],
[[juke]],
[[noatun]],
[[RhythmBox]],
[[xine]] will play aac and wma
|-
| Windows Movie Maker ||
[[Cinelerra]],
[[KDenlive]],
[[LiVES]]
|-
| Cubase, CoolEdit ||
[[Ardour]],
[[Rosegarden]],
[[Audacity]],
[[Beast]]
|-
| Audio Catalyst ||
[[Grip]],
[[audacity]]
|-
| Cakewalk ||
[[kmid]],
[[kmidi]]

|}

== Office ==

{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Microsoft Office ||
[[OpenOffice]],
[[KOffice]],
[[Siag Office]]
|-
| Word ||
[[AbiWord]],
[[KWord]],
[[OOWriter]]
|-
| Access ||
[[PgAccess]]*,
[[Rekall]]*,
[[Knoda]]*

|-
| Excel ||
[[Gnumeric]],
[[KSpread]],
[[OOCalc]]
|-
| Visio ||
[[Kivio]],
[[Dia]]
|-
| PowerPoint ||
[[KPresenter]],
[[OOImpress]]
|-
| Microsoft Project Manager ||
[[MrProject]]

|-
| Outlook ||
[[Evolution]],
[[Kontact]],
[[BALSA]]

|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>PgAccess, Rexall, and Knoda are front-ends to an [[SQL server]].

== Desktop Publishing ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver ||
[[OOWeb]],
[[NVU]],
[[Quanta Plus]],
[[Mozilla]],
[[Screem]],
[[Bluefish]]
|-
| Quark, Quark Express, Microsoft Publisher ||
[[Scribus]],
OpenOffice.org [[oodraw]]
|-
| Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader ||
[[Adobe Acrobat Reader]],
[[Xpdf]],
[[Ghostview]]
|-
| Adobe Acrobat PDF Creator ||
With [[Ghostscript]], many Linux apps can print or export to PDF.,
[[OpenOffice.org]],
[[kprint]] -- can fax, convert to pdf, and combine pages
|}

== Utilities ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Winzip, Winrar ||
[[Karchiver]],
[[File Roller]],
[[ark]]
|-
| Easy CD Creator, Nero Burning ROM ||
[[Arson]],
[[Eroaster]],
[[gcombust]],
[[K3b]],
[[XCDRoast]]
|-
| Edit (DOS) ||
[[vi]],
[[ne]],
[[pico]],
[[nano]],
[[Emacs]]
|-
| Norton Ghost ||
[[Partition Image]],
[[g4u]],
[[Mondo]]
|-
| Notepad, Wordpad ||
[[KWrite]],
[[Kate]], [[Gedit]], [[Joe]]
|-
| Veritas Netbackup ||
[[BackupPC]]
|-
| Disclib ||
[[gWhere]]
|}

== Server ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| IIS ||
[[Apache]]
|-
| Other server stuff ||
[[Samba]]
|-
| FTP ||
[[proftpd]]
|-
| Exchange ||
[[Citadel]]
|}

== Other ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps


|-
| SPSS ||
[[R-project]],
[[PSPP]]
|-
| ActiveSync ||
[[SynCE]]
|-
| Endnote ||
[[Pybliographer]]

|}

''Please add new applications to this list. A good resource is the [http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml Table of Equivalents], which is GNU FDL licensed.''

{{stub}}

Linux software equivalent to Windows software

2005-07-18T15:16:38Z

Spack: /* Utilities */

In migrating to Linux from Windows, a common question is "Where can I get a program for Linux that is similar to XYZ program on Windows?" Fear not! Listed below are programs that could be considered roughly equivalent to certain popular Windows applications.

== Networking ==

{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, etc. ||
[[Epiphany]],
[[Firefox]],
[[Galeon]],
[[Konqueror]],
[[Lynx]],
[[Mozilla]],
[[Nautilus]],
[[Netscape]],
[[Opera]]
|-
| Outlook Express ||
[[KMail]],
[[Evolution]],
[[Thunderbird]],
[[Sylpheed-Claws]]
|-
| ICQ, MSN Messenger ||
[[aMSN]]
[[Gaim]],
[[Kopete]],
[[KICQ]],
[[Gabber]],
[[Centericq]]
|-
| Microsoft Netmeeting ||
[[Gnomemeeting]]
|-
| WS FTP, Bullet Proof FTP, CuteFTP ||
[[Kasablanca]],
[[GFTP]],
[[KBear]],
[[FireFTP]]
|-
| mIRC ||
[[KVIrc]],
[[XChat]], [[BitchX]]
|}

== Multimedia ==

{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Adobe Photoshop ||
[[GIMP]]
|-
| 3D Studio MAX ||
[[Blender]]
|-
| Windows Media Player, PowerDVD ||
[[MPlayer]],
[[Xine]],
[[Totem]],
[[Kaffeine]],
[[VLC]]
|-
| Winamp, Sonique ||
[[XMMS]],
[[Beep media player|BMP]],
[[juke]],
[[noatun]],
[[RhythmBox]],
[[xine]] will play aac and wma
|-
| Windows Movie Maker ||
[[Cinelerra]],
[[KDenlive]],
[[LiVES]]
|-
| Cubase, CoolEdit ||
[[Ardour]],
[[Rosegarden]],
[[Audacity]],
[[Beast]]
|-
| Audio Catalyst ||
[[Grip]],
[[audacity]]
|-
| Cakewalk ||
[[kmid]],
[[kmidi]]

|}

== Office ==

{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Microsoft Office ||
[[OpenOffice]],
[[KOffice]],
[[Siag Office]]
|-
| Word ||
[[AbiWord]],
[[KWord]],
[[OOWriter]]
|-
| Access ||
[[PgAccess]]*,
[[Rekall]]*,
[[Knoda]]*

|-
| Excel ||
[[Gnumeric]],
[[KSpread]],
[[OOCalc]]
|-
| Visio ||
[[Kivio]],
[[Dia]]
|-
| PowerPoint ||
[[KPresenter]],
[[OOImpress]]
|-
| Microsoft Project Manager ||
[[MrProject]]

|-
| Outlook ||
[[Evolution]],
[[Kontact]],
[[BALSA]]

|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>PgAccess, Rexall, and Knoda are front-ends to an [[SQL server]].

== Desktop Publishing ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver ||
[[OOWeb]],
[[NVU]],
[[Quanta Plus]],
[[Mozilla]],
[[Screem]],
[[Bluefish]]
|-
| Quark, Quark Express, Microsoft Publisher ||
[[Scribus]],
OpenOffice.org [[oodraw]]
|-
| Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader ||
[[Adobe Acrobat Reader]],
[[Xpdf]],
[[Ghostview]]
|-
| Adobe Acrobat PDF Creator ||
With [[Ghostscript]], many Linux apps can print or export to PDF.,
[[OpenOffice.org]],
[[kprint]] -- can fax, convert to pdf, and combine pages
|}

== Utilities ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| Winzip, Winrar ||
[[Karchiver]],
[[File Roller]],
[[ark]]
|-
| Easy CD Creator, Nero Burning ROM ||
[[Arson]],
[[Eroaster]],
[[gcombust]],
[[K3b]],
[[XCDRoast]]
|-
| Edit (DOS) ||
[[vi]],
[[ne]],
[[pico]],
[[nano]],
[[Emacs]]
|-
| Norton Ghost ||
[[Partition Image]],
[[g4u]],
[[Mondo]]
|-
| Notepad, Wordpad ||
[[KWrite]],
[[Kate]], [[Gedit]], [[Joe]]
|-
| Veritas Netbackup ||
[[BackupPC]]
|-
| Disclib ||
[[gWhere]]
|}

== Server ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps
|-
| IIS ||
[[Apache]]
|-
| Other server stuff ||
[[Samba]]
|-
| FTP ||
[[proftpd]]
|-
| Exchange ||
[[Citadel]]
|}

== Other ==
{|
! Windows apps !! Linux apps


|-
| SPSS ||
[[R-project]],
[[PSPP]]
|-
| ActiveSync ||
[[SynCE]]
|-
| Endnote ||
[[Pybliographer]]

|}

''Please add new applications to this list. A good resource is the [http://linuxshop.ru/linuxbegin/win-lin-soft-en/table.shtml Table of Equivalents], which is GNU FDL licensed.''

{{stub}}

K-3D

2005-07-18T03:03:13Z

Spack:

K-3D like [[Blender]] is a [[3D modeling]], animation and rendering application under the GNU General Public License ([[GPL]]) available for GNU / Linux, Posix, and Win32 systems. By his object-oriented plugin architecture, K-3D is designed to scale to the needs of professional artists to generate motion-picture-quality animation using RenderMan-compliant render engines and allows you to create and edit documents in multiple realtime OpenGL solid, shaded, texture-mapped views.
K-3D can be associated with a lot render engine like : Pixie, BMRT, PRman, 3Delight, Render Dot C, but Aqsis [http://www.aqsis.com/] is strongly recommended.

It also support scripting language based on Python and JavaScript to make scripts and plugins to carry of repetitive functions.

==External links==
* [http://k3d.sourceforge.net/ K-3D]
* [http://k3d.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/wiki/Gallery K-3D Gallery]
* [http://www.aqsis.com/ Aqsis]

''This article is a [[LQWiki:stub_articles|stub]] and needs to be finished. [[LQWiki:plunging_forward|Plunge forward]] and [[LQWiki:How_to_edit_a_page|help it grow]]!''