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The Linux Journal, first published in 1994, covers the Linux community. It contains general information about the system, editorial comment, advertising, and distributors/retailers.

Novell began in 1979 in Utah as a hardware manufacturer. Today the company produces identity, security and systems management software; Linux servers and Linux desktop, and workshop collaboration tools.

AIM is AOLs Instant Messenger site. On the website, users can find all the information they need to set up an instant messaging account using Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Asterisk is an extensible, downloadable, open source telephone system. This software-based PBX supports Voice over IP in many protocols, and runs on a variety of operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Sun Solaris.

Debian is a computer operating system based on Linux. The system was developed by a student in 1993 and is now an organization of volunteers. The software can be downloaded for free from the Debian site or a CD can be purchased.

Linspire, in business since 2001, delivers an easy desktop Linux to general computer users, enthusiasts, and hobbyists. The website describes Linspire products, where to purchase them, and how to buy computers with the software preinstalled.

Mandriva, founded in 1998 and with main offices in France, U.S. and Brazil, is a company that results from the merger of several open-source software projects.

MySQL is a database management system developed in Sweden. The website describes the product and its connection to LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) and how to order the system.

Redhat is a trusted provider of Linux and open source technology that began in 2003. They work with small and medium sized businesses as well as educational, telecom, financial, government and more large organizations.