Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux

WikiProject Linux
Category	WikiProject Linux
Portal	Linux
Wikimedia Commons	Linux
Parent; project(s)	Software, Computing, Technology
Userbox	{{User WPLinux}}
Assessment	WikiProject Linux/Assessment

This WikiProject is believed to be inactive.

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There are four milestones for improving Linux articles:

25% of articles B-Class or better: 18.9% complete

(62 / 328)

90% of articles Start-Class or better: 88.6% complete

(1046 / 984)

All Mid/High/Top-Importance articles C-Class or better: 49.4% complete

(229 / 464)

5% of articles GA-Class or better: 12.2% complete

(8 / 66)

A bot produces a list of content recognized as related to this project. It contains among other things featured articles and good articles directly related to Linux.

Articles for deletion

10 Nov 2026 – PacBSD (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
05 Nov 2026 – Mission Center (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Ksp-atlas (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
31 Oct 2026 – Jono Bacon (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Ighs (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 07 Nov 2026; see discussion (9 participants)

Redirects for discussion

20 Oct 2026 – Firefox minefield (talk · edit · hist) →Firefox was RfDed by Jay (t · c); see discussion
11 Oct 2026 – Real time Linux (talk · edit · hist) →RTLinux was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
11 Oct 2026 – Real-Time Linux (talk · edit · hist) →PREEMPT RT was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
11 Oct 2026 – Realtime linux (talk · edit · hist) →RTLinux was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
11 Oct 2026 – SUSE Linux (talk · edit · hist) →OpenSUSE was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
11 Oct 2026 – S.u.S.E. Linux (talk · edit · hist) →OpenSUSE was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
11 Oct 2026 – Suse Linux (talk · edit · hist) →OpenSUSE was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
11 Oct 2026 – Suselinux (talk · edit · hist) →OpenSUSE was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
11 Oct 2026 – SuSE Linux (talk · edit · hist) →OpenSUSE was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion
11 Oct 2026 – SUSE linux (talk · edit · hist) →OpenSUSE was RfDed by Mathguy2718 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

04 Nov 2026 – Draft:Freedesktop SDK (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Aedanmchale-ct (t · c)
08 Oct 2026 – Draft:Year of the Linux desktop (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Polibeerex (t · c)
02 Oct 2026 – Draft:List of atomic Linux distributions (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by WhosDready (t · c)
12 Aug 2026 – Draft:Talos Linux (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by WhosDready (t · c)

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