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About TuxSoftware.com

We have moved out of Alpha and into Beta development as of July 2, most all options and features have been added, but much more software is still too come! Please register with us, bookmark this site, and check back periodically to observe our progress.

Tux, the Linux communities mascotTuxSoftware.com is a web-based Linux software installation site for Ubuntu, Debian, and derived distributions such as gOS or DreamLinux. On our site you will find hundreds of the most popular Linux applications available for installation directly from your web browser - with links, reviews, screen shots, and additional information for each. Our goal is to provide one place where you can find, research, and install all the free software (cost & libre) you need as quickly and as easily as possible.

Our utility the Linux Software Installer allows you to perform browser based installations and local .deb package installs. It was originally based on a modified version of mintInstall but now implements code from other open source projects also such as GDebi. Our long term goals are to develop a multi-distribution utility for package management that is not only very fast and very easy but also educates and informs the user.

Checkout the How To to learn more about using this web site and then go and download our utility. You may also want to register and visit our community help forum if have any questions, comments, suggestions, or are simply looking for advice on a piece of software.


TuxSoftware.com is developed and maintained primarily by myself, Kevin Thompson with some help from friends and user's own contributions. The first alpha version of the site was launched March 31, 2008. The website itself is built using the popular Joomla CMS on an Apache Server. Additional web design and scripting was done with Mozilla Composer (Iceape) and the Bluefish Web Editor. The graphics and artwork are combinations of several free icon sets, including Dropline Neu, Crystal KDE, and Gnome. Other created and customized images were made using Inkscape Illustrator and the GIMP. All graphics and artwork associated with TuxSoftware.com is absolutely free and CC-SA or GPL'ed.

Our utility the Linux Software Installer is based on a modified version of mintInstall from the LinuxMint distribution and is released under the GNU General Public License. We would like to thank the LinuxMint Community for giving us the kind permission to rebuild this tool and for their contributions to the greater Linux community.

The TuxSoftware.com Core Team:
Webmaster/Development - Kevin L. Thompson
Beta Tester/Packager - Katie McCarley
Beta Tester/Misc - Andrew Garza

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