Commercial Products

Here are links to commercial sites which carry Linux-related products and information. The Commercial HOWTO also lists commercial Linux products.

• Linux Distributions, Books, CDROMs, and other Merchandise:
  • The ACC Bookstore distributes many Linux-related products, CD-ROMs, books, and more.
  • ADRAS Computing sells very cheap Linux CDROMs.
  • [11/28/96] -- Caldera, Inc. is the manufacturer of the Caldera OpenLinux Base, a complete Linux system including Netscape, Looking Glass (a graphical user interface), MetroX (a commercial X server), and CRiSPlite (a powerful, graphical text editor).
  • Cheap*Bytes sells many Linux products.
  • Cetus Technology, Australia sells CDROMs and hardware.
  • Craftwork Solutions, produces the Craftworks Linux distribution.
  • DataClub Oy carry one of the widest selection of Linux software and books in Finland, and have their store on the same street as Linus' house!
  • Delix Computer GmbH, producer of the DLD - Deutsche Linux Distribution.
  • 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., producers of the Linux Developer's Resource CD-ROM set, and other Linux material.
  • Instant Linux, a new Linux distribution project.
  • Linux-Kheops, a French Linux distribution.
  • [11/28/96] -- O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. publish many Linux books, including Running Linux, the Linux Network Administrator's Guide, the Linux Multimedia Guide and Linux in a Nutshell.
  • Just Computers! distributes Linux products and books.
  • Lasermoon, Ltd., distributors of the Linux-FT all-ELF distribution.
  • Linux-Magazin, a German Linux magazine.
  • Linux Configuration and Installation and Linux Programming, from MIS:Press by Patrick Volkerding, Kevin Reichard, and Eric Johnson.
  • Pacific HiTech, producer of the Linux Runtime system, and vendor of the Linux Developer's 2-CD set.
  • Red Hat Software is the producer of Red Hat Commercial Linux, a fantastic Linux distribution. They also sell the Applixware Office Suite, featuring an integrated and easy-to-use set of office tools.
  • SSC, Inc. are publishers of Linux Journal and sell many Linux-related products.
  • Stat Design, Inc., sell Linux shirts, mousepads and mugs.
  • S.u.S.E. GmbH, a German distributer of Linux software and books.
  • Que, Inc. publishes Using Linux, a Linux book with CDROM.
  • Walnut Creek CDROM, home of the "Slackware 96" distribution.
  • WorkGroup Solutions, Inc., makers of the "Linux Pro" distribution (featuring CDE), "WEBworx" Web Server kit, and the "FlagShip" programming environment, or visit their Linux Shopping Mall. Find out why Mark Bolzern, president of WGS, Inc. thinks Linux is significant.
  • Wrox Press has just published Beginning Linux Programming, by Neil Matthew and Richard Stones. Wrox Press also published many other UNIX related books.
  • Yggdrasil Computing, Inc., producers of the Plug & Play Linux CDROM, and the Linux Bible.

• Software
  • The UNIX Sound System is now available for Linux, by 4Front Technologies.
  • TranSend, by Advanced Network Products, Inc. is a development toolkit that allows rapid construction of real-time client/server and distributed applications.
  • ARDI has released the Executor, a full-featured Macintosh emulator for Linux.
  • Mapedit by Boutell.Com, a shareware imagemap editor.
  • NetCharge, an electronic commerce solution for companies that wish to process credit cards electronically, developed by BCSI.
  • Ceres Multimedia Software.
  • HTMLView Widget, a widget to render text and images for HTML, by Computer Generation, Inc.
  • Independent Insurance Agency, software from Compuwork runs under Linux.
  • Eastern Systems, Inc. offers TestDesigner, a tool for non-intrusive software and hardware compatibility testing, performance, and benchmarking of Linux-based applications.
  • Freedom Software offers the Freedom Desktop an easy-to-use yet powerful desktop manager/GUI integrated to the Linux environment.
  • Innovate Software's InvisibleWeb & Offline Proxy Server.
  • InterBoard, a threaded discussion system to provide a structured, searchable Q&A area for linux newbies and pros.
  • Litsoft, creators of Across Lite, a multi-platform crossword solving and printing software.
  • Wolfram Research's Mathematica software package has been ported to Linux.
  • MATCOM, a Matlab to C++ compiler from MathTools Ltd.
  • Matlab, by MathWorks, Inc. runs under Linux.
  • MARC Designer, a linear finite element analysis program for Linux.
  • Mazama Software Labs produces Linux-based Internet software, such as Mazama Packet Filter, an IP filter (firewall) for Linux.
  • Silent Messenger from MessageNet Systems, a multiuser client/server paging gateway. There is also a graphic representation of a Silent Messenger Network.
  • Metro Link, Inc.'s Metro-X high performance X server for Linux.
  • Mike Gleason's high-performance NcFTPd runs under Linux.
  • NET-Community's GNUstep/MediaBook Developer CD is available for Linux, containing the GNUstep Project plus the complimentary MediaBook libraries.
  • NewsWire, a specialized mini WWW browser that presents information in a ticker-tape manner.
  • Just Logic Technologies' SQL Relational Database Relational System.
  • PowerQuest Corporation, makers of PartitionMagic, a safe repartitioning program for Linux, OS/2, etc.
  • Recital, a fully-functional Relational Database Management System and Fourth Generation Environment (RDBMS and 4GE), now works with Linux.
  • NetZIP, the worlds 1st Network zip product by Software Builders International, Inc. is now available for Linux.
  • Solid Information Technology, Ltd has released a Linux version of its popular relational database management system SOLID Server.
  • StarOffice, a set of productivity applications by Star Division, GmbH.
  • 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.
  • SuperSolutions Corporation produces a commercial-grade UNIX job scheduler for Linux.
  • Megahedron, by Syndesis Corporation, a powerful 3D graphics engine controlled by a simple, high-level interpreted language called SMPL.
  • tummy.com, Ltd. is the supplier of XVScan, scanning software for HP ScanJet scanners for Linux.
  • I-NET Ticker Tape Web Site, a client/server software system consisting of I-NET Ticker Tape servers which provide information to remote clients on request. I-NET Ticker Tape clients display the server provided information in a horizontally scrolled "Ticker Tape" format.
  • Vosaic, Inc. offers Vosaic, a Netscape Navigator plugin, supporting real time video over the Internet over telephone dial up connections.
  • NExS, the Network Extensible Spreadsheet, from X Engineering Software Systems (XESS Corp.) is now available for Linux.

• Hardware
  • Comtrol Corporation, makers of the RocketPort multiport serial board, with Linux drivers available.
  • Cyclades Corporation makers of the Cyclom intelligent multiport serial boards.
  • Digi International now offers officially supported Linux drivers for Digi multiport serial boards.
  • 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.
  • Myricom offers Gigabit-per-second LAN hardware with drivers for Linux.
  • Sangoma Technologies, Inc. sells high-speed serial boards for WAN applications.
  • SDL Communications, Inc. sells cards for 56 Kbps, 64 Kbps, DS1 and DS3 connections, some with internal CSU/DSUs.
  • SpellCaster Telecommunications, BRI and PRIBRI and PRI ISDN boards, with Linux drivers.

• Consulting (also see the Consultants HOWTO)
  • Design Science Labs (they also use Linux exclusively), along with some Linux links.
  • VIA Graphic Networking

• Complete Systems
  • Advanced System Lab, sells preloaded Linux workstations.
  • Apache Digital Corporation, sells many pre-loaded complete systems, including Linux systems.
  • Cosmos Engineering Co. provides "Linux On A Disk", featuring hard disks preloaded with Linux.
  • Netactive Systems, Ltd., sells turnkey Linux Servers and Workstations.
  • Nene Information Systems, sells pre-installed Linux systems, and consulting.
  • Pacific Internet WEBCUBE, a turnkey Internet server running Linux.
  • SW Technology, sells Intel and DEC Alpha Linux systems.
  • VA Reseach (formerly Fintronic), sells workstations pre-installed with Linux.

• Miscellany
  • Linux forums and on-line chat

Last Modified: December 18, 1996 by Greg Hankins

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