Here are links to all sorts of commercial Linux products and services. The Commercial HOWTO and VAR HOWTO also list commercial products, and the Consultants HOWTO lists consultants. The Distribution HOWTO lists Linux Distributions in greater detail.
New Links:
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The No B.S. Guide To Linux, by Bob Rankin published by No Starch Press.
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Announce Communications, will provide Linux server housing, with network access.
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Perforce Software, Inc. offers a multi-platform client/server code manager.
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FrontPage Server Extensions for Linux are now available from Ready-To-Run Software.
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Network technologies, Inc. makes several video switches which allows systems to share monitors.
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PanGlot Software has designed a multi-language email editor and reader. The reader is freely available.
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e.prize, an environment for creating and managing web sites by NovaLink, Inc.
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Microway packages complete DEC Alpha workstations.
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Willows RT for Tornado, a real-time embedded market development package designed by Wind River Systems, Inc.
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Telaxian Shield, a Firewall system from Network Engineering Technologies.
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NetAquire 3000, a network data aquisition server for processing analog real-time data, by Real Time Integration.
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CTAR backup software, from UniTrends.
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Spire Technologies, sells preloaded Linux Intel workstations.
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Bazaar Analyzer Pro, a Java-based web monitoring and analysis tool created by Aquas, Inc.
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NetTerminal, from Boundless Technologies.
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OpenPath Web, a development environment to help create web applications, from Trilogy Technology.
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InterCam, a telerobotic system that offers interactive video over the web, developed by Perceptual Robotics, Inc.
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WebTech C++, a C++ class library for creating web pages and CGI applications, created by Tech Development and Consulting.
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FootPrints, a web-based helpdesk system, available from UniPress Software, Inc.
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Visual SlickEdit, a multi-language programmer's editor from MicroEdge, Inc.
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KAI C++, a multi-platform C++ compiler from Kuck & Associates, Inc.
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LanSafe III, UPS power management software from Deltec Electronics.
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Rendezvous, real-time workgroup collaboration software from VisualTek Software.
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Starvector Software sells many Linux and related CDROMs.
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The CD-ROM Shop, has many CDs, including Linux CDs.
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Online book stores such as Amazon Books or Book Pool, have lots of Linux books for sale.
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The Portland Group's parallelizing compilers and tools, for FORTRAN, C and C++ are available for Linux.
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Comeau C++, a cross platform C++ solution from Comeau Computing.
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SPATCH paging software and email forwarding software, from the Hyde Company.
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Internet Security Systems makes security software available for Linux.
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APPX, a 4GL RAD solution from APPX Software, Inc.
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ApeX Systems Integration Corp. offers pre-installed i86 Linux systems.
Linux Distributions and Merchandise
- All Linux Shopping Mall, featuring products from Caldera, Red Hat, WGS and more!
- Caldera, Inc. offers the Caldera OpenLinux Base, a complete Linux system including Netscape's FastTrack server and navigator, Sun's Java Development Toolkit, Star Division's StarOffice Productivity Suite, snd Caldera's OpenDOS software.
- Cheap*Bytes sells many Linux
products.
- Cetus Technology, Australia
sells CDROMs and hardware.
- Craftwork Solutions,
produces the Craftworks Linux distribution.
- CS Software offers weekly updated Debian GNU/Linux CDROMs in Europe.
- DataClub Oy carry one of the widest selection of Linux software and books in Finland.
- Delix Computer GmbH, producer of the
DLD - Deutsche Linux Distribution.
- Greenbush Technologies Corporation offers a Debian CDROM subscription with Greenbush additions.
- iConnect is the home of the fantastic Debian GNU/Linux distribution. Debian is the distribution with the largest number of active maintainers and probably the most available software packages.
- InfoMagic, Inc., produces many CDROMs, including Linux archives. They also have an office to service customers in Europe.
- Instant Linux, a new Linux distribution project.
- Linux-Kheops, a French Linux distribution.
- Just Computers! distributes Linux products and books.
- Lasermoon, Ltd., distributors of the Linux-FT distribution.
- Linux Systems Labs sells lots of Linux books, software and other merchandise.
- Pacific HiTech distributed many Linux CDROMs.
- Ramparts Management Group, a Canadian distributor of Linux products, such as Cyclades multiport boards and Caldera software packages.
- Red Hat Software offers the Red Hat Linux Distribution (Intel, Alpha, SPARC), Motif, and TriTeal CDE for Linux.
- ReadyNetGo has Linux polo, sweatshirt and tshirts for Linux fans. They are robust enough to survive ping-of-death attacks.
- SSC, Inc. sell many Linux and Unix related products.
- Stat Design, Inc., sell Linux shirts, mousepads and mugs.
- S.u.S.E makes a Linux distribution in English, and German, and sells Linux books as well.
- TransAmeritech Systems Inc. makes the LinuxWare distribution.
- Unifix Linux, a POSIX.1 compliant Linux distribution from Unifix Software GmbH.
- Universal CDROM resells 1500 CDROMs, including Linux software.
- Walnut Creek CDROM, home of the "Slackware 96" distribution, and many other popular CDROMs.
- WorkGroup Solutions, Inc., makers of the "Linux Pro" distribution. Find out why Mark Bolzern, president of WGS, Inc. thinks Linux is significant.
- Yggdrasil Computing, Inc., producers of the Plug & Play Linux CDROM, and the Linux Bible.
Books and Magazines
- Addison Wesley Longman publishes LINUX Kernel Internals and A Practical Guide to Linux (here is an interview with the author Mark Sobell).
- Linux Journal, published by SSC, Inc.
- Eyrolles publishes Programmation Linux 2.0, and carry French translations of O'Reilly books.
- Linux-Magazin, a German Linux magazine.
- MIS:Press publishes
Linux Configuration and Installation, Linux Programming, The Linux Database, The Linux Internet Server, and Linux in Plain English.
- O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. publish Running Linux, the Linux Network Administrator's Guide, the Linux Multimedia Guide and Linux in a Nutshell.
- Que, Inc. publishes Using Linux,and Running a Perfect Internet Site with Linux, which is available online as well.
- Springer (+1 800 SPRINGER) publishes Linux Universe, Installation and Configuration, Linux, Unleashing the Workstation in Your PC, The Complete Linux Kit, and Power Linux.
- Wrox Press publishes Beginning Linux Programming.
Software
- Applications
- 3DGO, a raytracing, animating and modeling package from ELECTROGIG Technology. They also have Linux benchmarks for their software.
- AcctOnIt, a business accounting package from WorkGroup Solutions, Inc.
- Across Lite, a multi-platform crossword solving and printing software from Literate Software Systems.
- Acrobat, from Adobe Systems, Inc.
- Applixware Office Suite, featuring an integrated and easy-to-use set of office tools by Applix, Inc.
- BB Stock Pro an investment tool to do stock charting, technical analysis, market timing, and portfolio management, from Falkor Technologies.
- Caldera offers Wabi (a Microsoft Windows emulator), WordPerfect, and other software bundles.
- CCVS (Credit Card Verification System), from HKS Inc.
- Cliq, from Quadratron Systems provides a text processor, spreadsheet and other office automation products.
- Clustor, a program for managing large computational tasks from Active Tools, Inc.
- Corel WordPerfect 7 has been ported to Linux by the Software Development Corporation.
- The CRiSP Editor, from Vital, Inc.
- An online version of the Deluxe American Heritage Dictionary with Roget's II Thesaurus is now available from DUX Software.
- Edith Professional, a powerful, good-looking and easy-to-learn text editor for X11 is available from ZFC.
- ARDI's Executor, a full-featured Macintosh emulator for Linux.
- Freedom Software offers the Freedom Desktop an easy-to-use yet powerful desktop manager/GUI integrated to the Linux environment.
- HotWire EasyFAX, by Unisource Systems, Inc.
- Independent Insurance Agency software from Compuwork.
- Ishmail, a X-based mail program from H&L Software, Inc.
- Mapedit by Boutell.Com, a shareware imagemap editor.
- MATCOM, a Matlab to C++ compiler from MathTools Ltd.
- Wolfram Research's Mathematica software package.
- Matlab, by MathWorks, Inc.
- MARC Designer, a linear finite element analysis program.
- Megahedron, by Syndesis Corporation, a powerful 3D graphics engine controlled by a simple, high-level interpreted language.
- Metro Link, Inc.'s Metro-X high performance X server for Linux.
- MpegTV Player, a realtime software MPEG video player by MpegTV LLC.
- NetZIP, the worlds 1st Network zip product by Software Builders International, Inc..
- NExS, the Network Extensible Spreadsheet, from X Engineering Software Systems (XESS Inc.).
- P+owerGraph, a scientific data visualization and graphical editing tool from PowerRoar Software Ltd.
- Silent Messenger from MessageNet Systems, a multiuser client/server paging gateway. There is also a graphic representation of a Silent Messenger Network.
- StarOffice, a set of productivity applications by Star Division, GmbH.
- SuperScheduler, a comprehensive UNIX network job scheduling system from Super Solutions, Inc.
- SoundStudio, a multi-track recorder, mixer and effect software from Ceres Software.
- Development Tools, Languages and Libraries
- CM3, a native object cross-platform compiler from Critical Mass, Inc.
- The D-ISAM development package, from Byte Designs.
- Distributed COM (DCOM), a port of Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM - ActiveX and OLE) will soon be available for Linux, ported by SOFTWARE AG.
- Faircom Corporation, makes many database development and client-server products.
- FlagShip, a programming environment from WorkGroup Solutions, Inc.
- Absoft's FORTRAN compiler.
- The GNUstep/MediaBook Developer CD is available from NET-Community.
- HPFPlus, a distributed FORTRAN compiler and debugger from N.A. Software Ltd.
- Inferno, a new network operating system from Bell Labs.
- Numerical Algorithms Group provides a FORTRAN compiler, as well as FORTRAN libraries.
- NDP FORTRAN, for Linux Alpha systems is availible from Microway, Inc.
- ObjectManual, a C++ to HTML, MIF & Java documentation generator is available from ObjectSoftware, Inc.
- SIMLIB IG, a C library which enables communication with Evans & Sutherland graphics Supercomputers (so called image generators), from KNIENIEDER Simulationstechnik KG.
- TestDesigner, a tool for non-intrusive software and hardware compatibility testing, performance, and benchmarking of Linux-based applications from Eastern Systems, Inc.
- Tower Technology Corporation, offers TowerEiffel (TE), TE Booch Components and TE Motif Components.
- VBVM, a MS Visual Basic 5 virtual machine, by Softworks Ltd.
- VARKON, a high level development tool for CAD and engineering applications.
- VBIX Visual Basic, from Halcyon Software, Inc.
- Visix Software's VIBE, a Java development environment.
- Visual Numerics, Inc. offers products for developing network-centric applications with visual and numerical requirements.
- View Designer/X, a Motif interface builder, from BREDEX GmbH.
- Xi Graphics, offers accelerated X servers, Common Desktop Environment (CDE), OSF-certified Motif and development tools, and SGI-certified OpenGL.
- Database
- DBIX ODBC/SQL Database Engine, from Halcyon Software, Inc.
- ESQLFLEX, INFOFLEX-4GL, QUERYFLEX, and ACCOUNTFLEX are Informix-compatible packages, available from INFOFLEX, Inc. (+1 415 697 6045).
- Integra4 RDBMS, a DBMS package by Coromandel Software Ltd.
- KE Texpress, an Object-Oriented Database system.
- ODBC Drivers, from Openlink Software.
- Raima Corporation's Raima Database Manager++, a high-performance database.
- Recital, a fully-functional Relational Database Management System and Fourth Generation Environment (RDBMS and 4GE).
- Revolutionary Software's RDBMS Package.
- SOLID Server, a plug-and-play database server from Solid Information Technology, Ltd.
- Just Logic Technologies' SQL Relational Database Relational System.
- Qddb, a fast, powerful and flexible database suite is available from Herrin Software Development, Inc.
- Networking
- CDFILE, a CDROM NFS server is available from PSO.
- Digital Showbiz Ltd. has released newsBot, mailBot, siteSee, and linkCheck for Linux.
- I-NET Ticker Tape, a client/server software system which provide information to remote clients on request by virtualBase, Inc.
- The Message Broadcast System, a multi-channel system designed for broadcasting messages over the Internet.
- MPAS, a customizable, system interface that allows Windows and DOS users controlled and secure access to personal or shared files on the network, by Strategic Forecasting.
- Mike Gleason's high-performance NcFTPd.
- Netbula's powerRPC, a RPC development tool.
- Regulus, a real time management system for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), from SAFE Inc.
- TeamWave Workplace, an Internet groupware product to provide shared Internet places, from TeamWave Software Ltd.
- TranSend, by Advanced Network Products, Inc. is a development toolkit that allows rapid construction of real-time client/server and distributed applications.
- ZanNet, provides a Windows 95 network drive that maps to a single process, single client server running under a standard Unix shell account.
- System Administration Software and Utilities
- ARKEIA, Linux and Windows95 backup software from Knox Software.
- BACKUP/9000, backup software from ORBiT Group International.
- BRU, the Backup and Restore Utility by Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc.
- Cactus International offers Cactus Utilities for system administrators.
- LjetMgr, software to manage Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers from softWorks.
- Power Boot, a boot manager utility.
- PartitionMagic, a safe repartitioning program for Linux, OS/2, and others by Powerquest, Inc.
- PerfectBACKUP+, from Unisource Systems, Inc.
- System Commander, a multi-OS boot loader from V Communications, Inc.
- World Wide Web (Applications, Tools and Utilities)
- BugNet, a WWW-based bug tracking system has been released by Hickman-Kenyon Systems, Inc.
- EiffelWeb, from Interactive Software Enginnering, is a library to help develop CGI scripts with Object Technology and Eiffel.
- Empress RDBMS by Empress Software, Inc.
- H.E.I. GmBH's heitml, the hyper "extended interactive" text mark-up language, a server side extension of HTML.
- HTMLView Widget, a widget to render text and images for HTML, by Computer Generation, Inc.
- InterBoard, a Web-based threaded discussion system.
- Innovate Software's InvisibleWeb & Offline Proxy Server.
- LinkScan, a linkchecker and map builder from Electronic Software Publishing, Inc.
- Integrated Intelligence Corporation has released a Multi-language Search Engine for multi-language Web site searches.
- NewsWire, a specialized mini WWW browser that presents information in a ticker-tape manner.
- Progressive Networks makes RealAudio/RealVideo servers.
- Stronghold, a commercial version of the Apache WWW server, uses "Secure Sockets Layer" (SSL), a cryptographically strong protocol to protect sensitive information over the WWW.
- TEAMate, a package of Web server applications from MMB Development Corporation.
- VirtuFlex, an application to help develop dynamic Web applications by VirtuFlex Software.
- Vosaic, Inc. offers Vosaic, a Netscape Navigator plugin, supporting real time video over the Internet on telephone dial up connections.
- TalentSoft's Web+, a web-based application developing platform.
- WebAdmin, a server-side on-line Web editor from InfoMedQue Inc.
- WebThreads, a web site interactivity and visitor tracking product.
- WEBworx, a Web server kit by WorkGroup Solutions, Inc.
- YARC Systems Corporation, has developed an Internet and intranet aware PostScript RIP server, controlled by an HTML interface.
Hardware
- Modem Multiplexer, by ADX.
- BusLogic SCSI drivers and information, for Mylex boards.
- Comtrol Corporation, makers of the RocketPort multiport serial board, with Linux drivers available.
- Computone, Inc. has Linux drivers for intelligent multiport boards.
- Crystal LAN CS8900 and CS8920 ISA ethernet boards.
- Cyclades Corporation makers of the Cyclom intelligent multiport serial boards, terminal servers and routers.
- Digi International now offers officially supported Linux drivers for Digi multiport serial boards.
- Digital Video Systems, Inc., is supporting the Plextor MegaPleX 200 Disc CDROM changer under Linux.
- Emerging Technologies, Inc. manufacture
high-speed serial boards capable of handling Frame Relay and DS1 line speeds.
- Equinox has released Linux drivers
for their intelligent multiport serial boards.
- GTEK, Inc. makes dumb and intelligent multiport serial boards.
Intelligent multiport serial boards, from Maxpeed.
- Myricom offers Gigabit-per-second LAN hardware with drivers for Linux.
- 4Front Technologies' OSS/Linux provides sound card drivers for most popular sound cards and supports digital audio, MIDI, Synthesizers, and mixers found on sound cards.
- Sangoma Technologies, Inc. sells high-speed serial boards for frame-relay applications.
- SDL Communications, Inc. sells cards for 56 Kbps, 64 Kbps, DS1 and DS3 connections, some with internal CSU/DSUs.
- SpellCaster Telecommunications, offers BRI and PRI ISDN boards, with Linux drivers.
- Quickcam Drivers, from Crynwr Software are available for Linux.
- RAStel, a multimodem board with two or four V.34+ modems, by Moreton Bay Ventures.
- XVScan, scanning software for HP ScanJet scanners from tummy.com, Ltd.
Consulting
Complete Systems
- Advanced System Lab.
- Apache Digital Corporation, sells many pre-loaded complete systems, including Linux systems.
- Aspen Systems Inc., sells Linx Alpha-based workstations.
- Cosmos Engineering Co. provides "Linux On A Disk", featuring hard disks preloaded with Linux.
- DCG Computers, Inc. sells preloaded Intel and Alpha Linux machines.
- Kachina Technologies, Inc.
- Linux Hardware Solutions, Inc. specializes in Intel and Alpha Linux systems.
- NekoTech, Inc. sells DEC AlphaStations with Linux preloaded.
- Nene Information Systems, sells pre-installed Linux systems, and consulting.
- Netactive Systems, Ltd., sells turnkey Intel and Alpha Linux Servers and Workstations.
- Pacific Internet WEBCUBE, a turnkey Internet server running Linux.
- Promox Systems sells a wide variety of hardware and software, including Linux Intel and Alpha systems.
- SW Technology, sells Intel and DEC Alpha Linux systems.
- Telenet Systems Solutions.
- VA Reseach.
- WebMan Information Systems.
Please email gregh@sunsite.unc.edu if you want your products or services added to this list.
Greg Hankins,
gregh@sunsite.unc.edu
Last Modified: 14 July, 1997 by Greg Hankins