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Linux OpenSource uses Linux for the following functions:
- X-Windows:
- X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
- X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)
- Network file server:
- Samba server for a network of PCs.
- NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.
- File server for other types of clients.
- Print server:
- Print spooler using lpd (Unix, NFS clients)
- Print spooler using samba (PC clients)
- Fax spooler:
- Fax server for incoming fax transmissions.
- Fax server for outgoing fax transmissions.
- Modem communications:
- Server answers the phone, provides shell logins.
- Server answers the phone, provides PPP, SLIP or term logins.
- Desktop environment:
- OpenStep.
- KDE.
- GNOME.
- Motif.
- Other.
- Office productivity software:
- Document preparation with Star Office.
- Document preparation with TeX, LaTeX and derivatives.
- Document preparation with TROFF, NROFF, GROFF or derivatives.
- Graphics prepared with Xfig.
- Graphics prepared with GIMP.
- Other document management.
- Backup services
- HTTP servers
- Databases
- PostgreSQL.
- Adabas D.
- DB/2.
- Empress.
- Informix.
- InterBase.
- mSQL.
- Magic.
- mySQL.
- Oracle.
- Sybase.
- Other.
- Internet client software - WWW
- NetScape Navigator.
- Lynx.
- Other browsers.
- Internet client software - mail
- Pine.
- Elm.
- Mail.
- Netscape's mail client.
- Other mail clients.
- Network management:
- Internet or WAN router.
- Internet or WAN firewall.
- NIS server.
- Electronic mail server:
- POP-3 server.
- IMAP server.
- SMTP server (sendmail, others).
- SMTP mail router.
- Network services provided to local users:
- HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
- ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
- Anonymous ftp server.
- News server or cache.
- Accepts telnet connections.
- Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
- Services finger requests.
- Other services.
- Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:
- HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
- ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
- Anonymous ftp server.
- News server or cache.
- Accepts telnet connections.
- Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
- Services finger requests.
- Other services.
- Software development tools:
- C and/or C++
- Java
- Perl
- Guile
- Tcl/Tk
- Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.
- Fortran
- Pascal
- BASIC
- SmallTalk
- Eiffel
- Others.
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