List of Linux and FOSS websites
A comprehensive list of websites related to Linux or open source, sorted by categories.
You can ask me to add the website you want (this is intended to be a community-driven list, contact me on social networks or go to the GitHub repo and open an issue). Websites and categories are ordered alphabetically.
Table of Contents
- BitTorrent
- Communities
- Desktop environments
- Display managers
- Distros
- Documentation
- Learning
- Linux Content Creators
- Messengers
- Multimedia
- News/Blogs
- Office
- Password managers
- Q&A
- Shells
- Uncategorized
- Web browsers
- Window managers
BitTorrent
Clients
- Deluge - https://github.com/deluge-torrent/deluge
- Fragments - https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Fragments
- qBittorrent - https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent
- Transmission - https://github.com/transmission/transmission
Sites
- FOSS Torrents - https://fosstorrents.com/
- Linuxtracker - https://linuxtracker.org/
Communities
- Linux.org - https://www.linux.org
- r/archlinux - https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/
- r/EndeavourOS - https://www.reddit.com/r/EndeavourOS/
- r/linux - https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/
- r/linux_gaming - https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/
- r/linux4noobs - https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/
- r/linuxmasterrace - https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/
- r/linuxmemes - https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/
- r/linuxquestions - https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/
- r/MXLinux - https://www.reddit.com/r/MXLinux/
- r/Ubuntu - https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/
Desktop environments
- GNOME - https://www.gnome.org
- KDE Plasma - https://kde.org
- LXDE - http://www.lxde.org
- LXQt - https://lxqt.github.io/
- MATE - https://mate-desktop.org/
- XFCE - https://www.xfce.org
Display managers
- GNOME Display Manager - https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GDM
- LightDM - https://github.com/canonical/lightdm
- LXDM - https://sourceforge.net/projects/lxdm/
- SDDM - https://github.com/sddm/sddm
Distros
- ArchiveOS - https://archiveos.org/
- Distrochooser - https://distrochooser.de/
Alpine
- Alpine Linux - https://www.alpinelinux.org
- postmarketOS - https://postmarketos.org/
Arch
- Arch Linux - https://archlinux.org
- ArcoLinux - https://arcolinux.com
- Artix Linux - https://artixlinux.org
- Bluestar Linux - https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/
- EndeavourOS - https://endeavouros.com
- Garuda Linux - https://garudalinux.org
- KaOS - https://kaosx.us/
- Manjaro - https://manjaro.org
Debian/Ubuntu
- AntiX Linux - https://antixlinux.com
- Deepin - https://www.deepin.org/en/
- Debian - https://www.debian.org
- Devuan - https://www.devuan.org/
- DEKUVE - https://dekuve.top/
- Elementary OS - https://elementary.io
- Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org
- KDE neon - https://neon.kde.org/
- Linux Lite - https://www.linuxliteos.com/
- Linux Mint - https://linuxmint.com
- Linuxfx - https://www.linuxfx.org/
- MX Linux - https://mxlinux.org
- Nitrux - https://nxos.org
- Peppermint OS - https://peppermintos.com/
- Pop! OS - https://pop.system76.com
- Puppy Linux - https://puppylinux.com/index.html
- Q4OS - https://q4os.org
- SparkyLinux - https://sparkylinux.org/
- Trisquel - https://trisquel.info/
- Ubuntu - https://ubuntu.com
- Ubuntu flavours (Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE) - https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours
- Zorin OS - https://zorin.com/os/
Fedora
- Fedora - https://getfedora.org/en/
- Qubes OS - https://www.qubes-os.org/
Gentoo
- Calculate Linux - https://www.calculate-linux.org/
- Gentoo Linux - https://www.gentoo.org
NixOS
- NixOS - https://nixos.org
OpenSUSE
- GeckoLinux - https://geckolinux.github.io/
- OpenSUSE - https://www.opensuse.org
PCLinuxOS
- PCLinuxOS - https://www.pclinuxos.com/
Red Hat
- AlmaLinux - https://almalinux.org/
- CentOS - https://www.centos.org
- Oracle Linux - https://www.oracle.com/linux/
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux - https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux
- Rocky Linux - https://rockylinux.org
Slackware
- Absolute Linux - https://www.absolutelinux.org/
- Slackware Linux - http://www.slackware.com/
- Zenwalk - http://www.zenwalk.org/
Solus
- Solus - https://getsol.us/home/
Void
- Void Linux - https://voidlinux.org/
Documentation
Guides
- The Linux Documentation Project guides - https://tldp.org/guides.html
Networking
- IBM Content Delivery Networks - https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/content-delivery-networks
- IBM Load Balancing - https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/load-balancing
- IBM The Fundamentals of Networking - https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/networking-a-complete-guide
- RHEL 7 Networking Guide - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/networking_guide
Old guides and articles
- QED Text Editor Reference Manual (D.M. Ritchie and Ken Thompson, 1970) - https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/qedman.pdf
- The Design of the UNIX Operating System (Maurice J. Bach, 1986) - https://archive.org/details/DesignOfTheUnixOperatingSystemByMauriceBach
- The Evolution of the UNIX Time-Sharing System (D.M. Ritchie, 1979, 1984) - https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/hist.pdf
- The UNIX Time-Sharing System (D.M. Ritchie and Ken Thompson, 1974, 1978) - https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/cacm.pdf
- UNIX Programmer’s Manual (D.M. Ritchie and Ken Thompson, 1971) - https://www.erdogantan.com/trdos/archive/pdf_archive/unix_v1_programmers_manual.pdf
- UNIX Programmer’s Manual, Seventh Edition (Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1979) - https://s3.amazonaws.com/plan9-bell-labs/7thEdMan/bswv7.html
- UNIX System: Readings and Applications, Vol. II (AT&T, 1987) - https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_attunixUNIpplicationsVolume21987_25157701
- UNIX System V: User’s Guide (AT&T, 1987) - https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_attunixSystemVUsersGuideSecondEdition1987_20536106
- X Window System User’s Guide (Valeria Quercia and Tim O’Reilly, 1990) - https://archive.org/details/xwindowsystem03quermiss
Other
- Advanced Bash-scripting guide (Mendel Cooper) - https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html
- Linux - The Penguin Marches On (Patrick McClanahan) - https://eng.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Computer_Science/Operating_Systems/Linux_-_The_Penguin_Marches_On_(McClanahan)
- RHEL 7 Installation Guide - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/installation_guide
Security
- RHEL 7 Security Guide - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/security_guide
Storage
- IBM What is Block Storage? - https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/block-storage
- Oracle Solaris Administration: ZFS File Systems - https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1448/toc.html
- RHEL 7 Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Administration - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/logical_volume_manager_administration
- RHEL 7 Storage Administration Guide - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/storage_administration_guide
System Administration
- RHEL 7 System Administrator’s Guide - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/system_administrators_guide
- The Linux System Administrator’s Guide (Lars Wirzenius and others) - https://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html
Man pages
- Arch manual pages - https://man.archlinux.org
- Debian Manpage - https://manpages.debian.org
- die.net - https://linux.die.net/man/
- man7 - https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/dir_all_alphabetic.html
- mankier - https://www.mankier.com/
- Ubuntu Manpage Repository - https://manpages.ubuntu.com
Wikis
- ArchWiki - https://wiki.archlinux.org
- Debian Wiki - https://wiki.debian.org
- Gentoo Wiki - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Main_Page
- MX/AntiX Technical Documentation Wiki - https://mxlinux.org/wiki/
Learning
- Free Linux Tutorials - https://freelinuxtutorials.com/
- Guru99 - https://www.guru99.com/unix-linux-tutorial.html
- Linux Handbook - https://linuxhandbook.com/
- Linux Survival - https://linuxsurvival.com
- nixCraft - https://www.cyberciti.biz/
- Ryans Tutorials - https://ryanstutorials.net/linuxtutorial/
- Tips on UNIX - https://www.tipsonunix.com/
- Tutorialspoint - https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/index.htm
Linux Content Creators
Peertube channels
English
- Free Software Foundation - https://framatube.org/a/fsf/video-channels
Non-English
Portuguese/Brazilian
YouTube channels
English
- Average Linux User - https://www.youtube.com/c/AverageLinuxUser
- Brodie Robertson - https://www.youtube.com/c/BrodieRobertson
- Destination Linux Network - https://www.youtube.com/c/DestinationLinuxNetwork
- DistroTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DistroTube
- EF - Linux Made Simple - https://www.youtube.com/c/EFLinuxMadeSimple
- Egee - https://www.youtube.com/c/OGEgee
- Explaining Computers - https://youtube.com/c/explainingcomputers
- InfinitelyGalactic - https://www.youtube.com/c/InfinitelyGalactic
- It’s FOSS - https://www.youtube.com/c/Itsfoss
- LearnLinuxTV - https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnLinuxtv
- Linux For Everyone - https://www.youtube.com/c/LinuxForEveryone
- Linux Scoop - https://www.youtube.com/c/LinuxScoop
- Linux Tex - https://www.youtube.com/c/LinuxTex
- Michael Tunnell - TuxDigital - https://www.youtube.com/c/TuxDigital
- MicroLinux - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwFQAEj1lp3out4n7BeBatQ
- Niccolò Ve - https://www.youtube.com/c/Niccol%C3%B2Ve
- OldTechBloke - https://www.youtube.com/c/OldTechBloke
- PizzaLovingNerd - https://www.youtube.com/c/PizzaLovingNerd
- Primal Penguin - https://www.youtube.com/user/XRatchet777xKyogreX4
- Riba Linux - https://www.youtube.com/c/RibaLinux
- Switched to Linux - https://www.youtube.com/c/SwitchedtoLinux
- TechHut - https://www.youtube.com/c/TechHutHD
- The Linux Cast - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheLinuxCast
- The Linux Experiment - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheLinuxExperiment
Non-English
Portuguese/Brazilian
- Diolinux - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEf5U1dB5a2e2S-XUlnhxSA
- Distro Hopper - https://www.youtube.com/c/DistroHopper
- Slackjeff - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClz3DneoYlccluy4hBlx86Q
Spanish
- Cumpi Linux - https://www.youtube.com/c/CumpiLinux
- Desde Linux con amor - https://www.youtube.com/c/DesdeLinuxConAmor
- Linux en Casa - https://www.youtube.com/c/LinuxenCasa
- Locos por Linux - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl8XUDjAOLc7GNKcDp9Nepg
- Nate Gentile - https://www.youtube.com/c/NateGentile7
- s4vitar - https://www.youtube.com/c/s4vitar
Messengers
- Delta Chat - https://delta.chat/en/
- Session - https://getsession.org/
- Signal - https://www.signal.org/
Multimedia
Audio
- Audacious - https://audacious-media-player.org/
- Audacity - https://www.audacityteam.org/
Image
- Darktable - https://www.darktable.org/
- digiKam - https://www.digikam.org/
- GIMP - https://www.gimp.org/
- Inkscape - https://inkscape.org/
- nomacs - https://nomacs.org/
- Pixelitor - https://pixelitor.sourceforge.io/
- RawTherapee - https://www.rawtherapee.com/
Video
- Avidemux - http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/
- Handbrake - https://handbrake.fr/
- Kdenlive - https://kdenlive.org/en/
- VLC media player - https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
News/Blogs
English
- 9to5Linux - https://9to5linux.com
- Baytecka - https://www.baytecka.com/
- DistroWatch.com - https://distrowatch.com
- GamingOnLinux - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/
- It’s FOSS - https://itsfoss.com/
- itsfoss - https://www.itsfoss.net
- Linux Journal - https://www.linuxjournal.com/
- LInux on MOBile - https://linmob.net/
- Linux Stans - https://linuxstans.com/
- Linux Today - https://www.linuxtoday.com
- Linuxiac - https://linuxiac.com
- LinuxLinks - https://www.linuxlinks.com/
- LinuxStoney - https://linuxstoney.com/
- LXer - http://lxer.com/
- OMG!Ubuntu! - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/
- Phoronix - https://www.phoronix.com/
- Tecmint - https://www.tecmint.com/
Non-English
Spanish
- Desde Linux - https://desdelinux.net/
- Linux Adictos - https://www.linuxadictos.com/
- linuxmobile - https://linuxmobile.github.io/
Office
- Calligra - https://calligra.org/
- LibreOffice - https://www.libreoffice.org/
- ONLYOFFICE - https://www.onlyoffice.com/
Password managers
- Bitwarden - https://bitwarden.com/
- Buttercup - https://buttercup.pw/
- KeePassXC - https://keepassxc.org/
- pass - https://www.passwordstore.org/
- Passit - https://passit.io/
- Secrets - https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/secrets
- Swifty - https://github.com/swiftyapp/swifty
Q&A
- Ask Ubuntu - https://askubuntu.com
- LinuxQuestions - https://www.linuxquestions.org/
- Quora - https://www.quora.com
- Stack Overflow - https://stackoverflow.com
Shells
- Bash - https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
- Dash - http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/
- Fish - https://fishshell.com
- Zsh - https://www.zsh.org
Uncategorized
- FOSSHUB - https://www.fosshub.com/
- Fresh FOSS - https://freshfoss.com/
- OSDN - https://osdn.net/
Web browsers
- Brave - https://brave.com/
- Chromium - https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/
- Google Chrome - https://www.google.com/chrome/index.html
- LibreWolf - https://librewolf.net/
- Midori - https://sourceforge.net/projects/midori-browser/
- Mozilla Firefox - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
- surf - https://surf.suckless.org/
- ungoogled-chromium - https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
- Vivaldi - https://vivaldi.com/
Window managers
Tiling
- bspwm - https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
- i3 - https://i3wm.org
- Qtile - http://www.qtile.org
- XMonad - https://xmonad.org
Stacking
- Enlightenment - https://www.enlightenment.org
- IceWM - https://ice-wm.org
- Mutter - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter
- Openbox - http://openbox.org/wiki/Main_Page
- xfwm - https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/start
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