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Accelerated-X
Accelerated-X is a proprietary port of the X Window System to Intel x86 machines.
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Anaconda (installer)
Anaconda is the installer for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, Scientific Linux, CentOS, Qubes OS and Fedora.
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Berkeley Software Distribution
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) was a Unix operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995.
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BSD licenses
BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and redistribution of covered software.
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C (programming language)
C (as in the letter ''c'') is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations.
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Computer keyboard
In computing, a computer keyboard is a typewriter-style device which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches.
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Computer monitor
A computer monitor is an output device which displays information in pictorial form.
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Concurrent Versions System
The Concurrent Versions System (CVS), also known as the Concurrent Versioning System, is a free client-server revision control system in the field of software development.
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Copyleft
Copyleft (a play on the word copyright) is the practice of offering people the right to freely distribute copies and modified versions of a work with the stipulation that the same rights be preserved in derivative works down the line.
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David A. Wheeler
David A. Wheeler (born 1965) is a computer scientist.
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David Dawes
David Dawes (born 3 December 1964), is one of the founders of the XFree86 project.
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Debian
Debian is a Unix-like computer operating system that is composed entirely of free software, and packaged by a group of individuals participating in the Debian Project.
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Debian configuration system
debconf is a software utility for performing system-wide configuration tasks on Unix-like operating systems.
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Direct Rendering Infrastructure
The Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) is a framework for allowing direct access to graphics hardware under the X Window System in a safe, efficient way.
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DirectFB
DirectFB (Direct Frame Buffer) is a software library with a small memory footprint that provides graphics acceleration, input device handling and abstraction layer, and integrated windowing system with support for translucent windows and multiple display layers on top of the Linux framebuffer without requiring any kernel modifications.
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Display server
A display server or window server is a program whose primary task is to coordinate the input and output of its clients to and from the rest of the operating system, the hardware, and each other.
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Fedora (operating system)
Fedora is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat.
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Fork (software development)
In software engineering, a project fork happens when developers take a copy of source code from one software package and start independent development on it, creating a distinct and separate piece of software.
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Free software
Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.
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Free Software Foundation
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, which promotes the universal freedom to study, distribute, create, and modify computer software, with the organization's preference for software being distributed under copyleft ("share alike") terms, such as with its own GNU General Public License.
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Freedesktop.org
freedesktop.org (fd.o) is a project to work on interoperability and shared base technology for free software desktop environments for the X Window System (X11) on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
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GLX
GLX (initialism for "OpenGL Extension to the X Window System") is an extension to the X Window System core protocol providing an interface between OpenGL and the X Window System as well as extensions to OpenGL itself.
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GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or GPL) is a widely used free software license, which guarantees end users the freedom to run, study, share and modify the software.
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IBM PC compatible
IBM PC compatible computers are computers similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, able to use the same software and expansion cards.
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Keith Packard
Keith Packard (born April 16, 1963) is a software developer, best known for his work on the X Window System.
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Kernel (operating system)
The kernel is a computer program that is the core of a computer's operating system, with complete control over everything in the system.
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License compatibility
License compatibility is a legal framework that allows for pieces of software with different software licenses to be distributed together.
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Linux
Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.
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Linux framebuffer
The Linux framebuffer (fbdev) is a graphic hardware-independent abstraction layer to show graphics on a computer monitor, typically on the console.
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Mandriva Linux
Mandriva Linux (a fusion of the French distribution Mandrakelinux or Mandrake Linux and the Brazilian distribution Conectiva Linux) was a Linux distribution by Mandriva.
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MIT License
The MIT License is a permissive free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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NetBSD
NetBSD is a free and open source Unix-like operating system that descends from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Research Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Open-source model
The open-source model is a decentralized software-development model that encourages open collaboration.
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OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Research Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
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Patch (computing)
A patch is a set of changes to a computer program or its supporting data designed to update, fix, or improve it.
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Permissive software licence
A permissive software license, sometimes also called BSD-like or BSD-style license, is a free software software license with minimal requirements about how the software can be redistributed.
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Pkgsrc
pkgsrc (package source) is a package management system for Unix-like operating systems.
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POSIX
The Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) is a family of standards specified by the IEEE Computer Society for maintaining compatibility between operating systems.
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Proprietary software
Proprietary software is non-free computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights—usually copyright of the source code, but sometimes patent rights.
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Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
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Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux, assembled by the company Red Hat, was a widely used Linux distribution until its discontinuation in 2004.
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Reference implementation
In the software development process, a reference implementation (or, less frequently, sample implementation or model implementation) is the standard from which all other implementations and corresponding customizations are derived.
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Slashdot
Slashdot (sometimes abbreviated as /.) is a social news website that originally billed itself as "News for Nerds.
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Superuser
In computing, the superuser is a special user account used for system administration.
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SUSE Linux
SUSE Linux is a computer operating system.
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The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary (abbreviated CatB) is an essay, and later a book, by Eric S. Raymond on software engineering methods, based on his observations of the Linux kernel development process and his experiences managing an open source project, fetchmail.
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Unix-like
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.
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User identifier
Unix-like operating systems identify a user within the kernel by a value called a user identifier, often abbreviated to user ID or UID.
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Video card
A video card (also called a display card, graphics card, display adapter or graphics adapter) is an expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display (such as a computer monitor).
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X Rendering Extension
The X Rendering Extension (Render or XRender) is an extension to the X11 core protocol to implement image compositing in the X server, to allow an efficient display of transparent images.
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X Window System
The X Window System (X11, or shortened to simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on UNIX-like computer operating systems.
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X.Org Foundation
The X.Org Foundation is a non-profit corporation chartered to research, develop, support, organize, administrate, standardize, promote, and defend a free and open accelerated graphics stack.
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X.Org Server
X.Org Server is the free and open source implementation of the display server for the X Window System stewarded by the X.Org Foundation.
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X386
X386 was the first implementation of the X Window System for IBM PC compatible computers.
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XF86Config
The configuration file XF86Config of the XFree86 project is used by the X server to set necessary configuration parameters.
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XFixes
In computing, XFixes is an X Window System extension which makes useful additions to the X11 protocol.
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XFree86 Acceleration Architecture
In the X Window System, XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA) is a driver architecture to make a video card's 2D hardware acceleration available to the X server.
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XFree86 Modeline
A modeline is a configuration line in xorg.conf or the XFree86 configuration file (XF86Config) that provides information to the display server about a connected computer monitor or television and how to drive it at a specified display resolution.
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YaST
YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) is a Linux operating system setup and configuration tool.
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