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<H2><A NAME="s4">4. An Incomplete List of Ported Programs and Other Software</A></H2>
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<P> Most of the common Unix tools and programs have been ported
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to Linux, including almost all GNU software and many X
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clients from various sources. Actually, ported is often too
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strong a word, since many programs compile out of the box
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without modifications, or only small modifications, because
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Linux tracks POSIX quite closely. There are never enough
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applications for any operating system, but Linux is gaining
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both end-user applications and server applications.
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Contact the vendor of your favorite
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commercial Unix application and ask if they have ported it to Linux.
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<P>Here is an incomplete list of
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software that is known to work under Linux:
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<DT><B>Basic Unix commands:</B><DD><P><CODE>ls</CODE>, <CODE>tr</CODE>, <CODE>sed</CODE>, <CODE>awk</CODE> and so
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on (you name it, Linux probably has it).
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<DT><B>Development tools:</B><DD><P><CODE>gcc</CODE>, <CODE>gdb</CODE>, <CODE>make</CODE>, <CODE>bison</CODE>,
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<CODE>flex</CODE>, <CODE>perl</CODE>, <CODE>rcs</CODE>, <CODE>cvs</CODE>, <CODE>prof</CODE>.
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<DT><B>Languages and Environments:</B><DD><P>C, C++, Objective C, Java, Modula-3,
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Modula-2, Oberon, Ada95, Pascal, Fortran, ML, scheme, Tcl/tk, Perl, Python,
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Common Lisp, and many others.
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<DT><B>Graphical environments:</B><DD><P>GNOME and KDE (desktops),
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X11R6 (XFree86 3.x),
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X11R5 (XFree86 2.x), MGR.
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<DT><B>Editors:</B><DD><P>GNU Emacs, XEmacs, MicroEmacs, <CODE>jove</CODE>, ez,
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<CODE>epoch</CODE>, <CODE>elvis</CODE> (GNU vi), <CODE>vim</CODE>, <CODE>vile</CODE>, <CODE>joe</CODE>,
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<CODE>pico</CODE>, <CODE>jed</CODE>, and others.
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<DT><B>Shells:</B><DD><P><CODE>bash</CODE> (POSIX sh-compatible), <CODE>zsh</CODE> (includes <CODE>ksh</CODE>
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compatiblity mode), <CODE>pdksh</CODE>, <CODE>tcsh</CODE>, <CODE>csh</CODE>, <CODE>rc</CODE>,
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<CODE>es</CODE>, <CODE>ash</CODE>
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(mostly sh-compatible shell used as <CODE>/bin/sh</CODE> by BSD), and
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many more.
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<DT><B>Telecommunication:</B><DD><P>PPP, UUCP, SLIP, CSLIP, full TCP/IP
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communication toolset,
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<CODE>kermit</CODE>, <CODE>szrz</CODE>, <CODE>minicom</CODE>, <CODE>pcomm</CODE>,
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<CODE>xcomm</CODE>, <CODE>term</CODE> (runs multiple shells, redirects network
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activity, and allows remote X, all over one modem line), Seyon
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(popular X-windows communications program), and several fax and
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voice-mail (using ZyXEL and other modems) packages are
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available. Of course, remote serial and network logins are supported.
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<DT><B>News and mail:</B><DD><P>C-news, <CODE>innd</CODE>, <CODE>trn</CODE>, <CODE>nn</CODE>, <CODE>tin</CODE>,
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<CODE>smail</CODE>, <CODE>elm</CODE>, <CODE>mh</CODE>, <CODE>exmh</CODE>, <CODE>pine</CODE>, <CODE>mutt</CODE>, etc.
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<DT><B>Textprocessing:</B><DD><P>TeX, <CODE>groff</CODE>, <CODE>doc</CODE>, <CODE>ez</CODE>, LyX, Lout,
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Linuxdoc-SGML, and others.
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<DT><B>Games:</B><DD><P>Nethack, several Muds and X games, and lots of
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others. One of those games is looking through all the games available
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at tsx-11 and sunsite.
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<P>All of these programs (and this isn't even a hundredth of what
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is available) are freely available. Commercial software is
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becoming widely available; ask the vendor of your favorite
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commercial software if they support Linux.
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