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Core Low-level Software[edit]
- Kernel space
- User space
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Busybox
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The most used user-space environment for embedded Linux installations.
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Dejagnu
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A Testing suit used in most core Linux software.
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GNU Binary Utilities
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Main tools used for object code manipulation and linking.
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GNU C Library
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Main Linux distributions backward-compatible C library.
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GNU Compiler Collection
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The group of compilers used in compiling most of Linux distributions sources.
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GNU Core Utilities
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Basic Unix-compatible GNU system packages.
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Syscalls and Kernel Features[edit]
Category:Linux kernel features
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Core Language Interpreters[edit]
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Awk
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A tool for processing text based records. A basic block for all distributions.
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GNU Bash
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Core Unix shell in most Linux distributions.
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Perl
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A language Heavily used in Linux distributions for text processing.
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Python
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High level language that also enjoys heavy use in Linux distributions.
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Sed
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Utility for parsing text files. It can be considered a language of its own.
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Technical Underpinnings[edit]
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Desktop Environments / Window Managers[edit]
See also X window manager, Comparison of X Desktop Environments, and Comparison of X window managers
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See also Category: Linux software
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Apparmor
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An LSM adopted largely by Novell, OpenSuze and Ubuntu
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Selinux
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An LSM largely adopted by redhat-based distributions
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SMACK
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A new LSM that aims for simplicity
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Other distributions[edit]
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Companies/Communities[edit]
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