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2009年1月5日星期一
a little of Linux Distributions
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with more than 18,000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. Debian will run on almost all personal computers, including most older models. Each new release of Debian generally supports a larger number of computer architectures. Debian is produced by almost a thousand active developers spread around the world who volunteer in their spare time. Read more hot
The Fedora Project is an open source project sponsored by Red Hat and supported by the Fedora community. It is also a proving ground for new technology that may eventually make its way into Red Hat products. It is not a supported product of Red Hat, Inc. The Fedora Project announces a new major release of Fedora Core every four to six months. Read more hot
A special flavor of Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. Thanks to a technology called Portage, Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or something else -- whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, we call Gentoo Linux a metadistribution. Read more hot
Mandriva Linux, formerly known as Mandrake Linux, is a friendly Linux Operating System which specializes in ease-of-use for both servers and the home/office. It is freely available in many languages throughout the world. The Mandriva Linux PowerPack contains more than 2300 high-quality applications including a complete Office Suite of programs, plus installation support, for a cost of approximately 10 times less than the equivalent Microsoft Windows + MS Office cost, which comes without any technical support. Read more hot
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the leading platform for open source computing. It is sold by subscription, delivers continuous value and is certified by top enterprise hardware and software vendors. From the desktop to the datacenter, Enterprise Linux couples the innovation of open source technology and the stability of a true enterprise-class platform. Read more hot
The Official Release of Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table. Slackware Linux is a complete 32-bit multitasking "UNIX-like" system.i It's currently based around the 2.4 Linux kernel series and the GNU C Library version 2.3.4 (libc6). It contains an easy to use installation program, extensive online documentation, and a menu-driven package system. Read more hot
SuSE Linux Professional delivers the features you need most for home computing and networking. SUSE LINUX Professional also includes more than 1,000 of the world's leading open source applications. From established solutions like Firefox and OpenOffice.org to "first looks" at emerging technologies like Beagle and Xen. Read more hot
A Linux distribution that starts with the breadth of Debian and adds regular releases (every six months), a clear focus on the user and usability (it should "Just Work", TM) and a commitment to security updates with 18 months of support for every release. Ubuntu ships with the latest Gnome release as well as a selection of server and desktop software that makes for a comfortable desktop experience off a single installation CD. Read more hot
Xandros Desktop OS is built on top of Debian Linux with an enhanced version of the KDE desktop, Xandros Desktop machines peacefully co-exist and inter-operate with Windows desktop and server systems. Its intuitive graphical environment simplifies the transition from using a Windows computer, and the ability to run popular Windows productivity software, such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop make the transition even easier. Read more hot
64 Studio is a collection of software for digital content creation on x86_64 hardware (that's AMD's 64-bit CPUs and Intel's EM64T chips). It's based on the pure 64 port of Debian GNU/Linux, but with a specialised package selection and lots of other customisations. It will be marketed to hardware OEMs in the creative workstation and laptop markets as an alternative to the 64-bit version of Windows XP, or OS X on Apple hardware. Read more
Absolute Slackware is a fast Slackware derivative Linux distribution that uses a Icewm and ROX-Filer window/file manager combination. It comes with Firefox, The GIMP, MPlayer, K3B, Azureus, Gaim, Frostwire, Gftp, StarDict, and many other titles all set up and ready to run. Several utilities are included to ease configuration and management. It is compatible with all Slackware 11 packages and can be installed just like a Slackware disk, except that any choice of packages is removed, as it just installs everything. Read more
Automated Download and Installation of Operating Systems Project: a boot CD using RedHat 8.0, a rebuilt 2.4.19 kernel supporting compressed loopback filesystem, IPsec and the 486 processor
Aegis Linux is a PCLinuxOS based distribution that will be tailored for the small to mid size business and professional user. It will have a server and desktop version.
AGNULA is a GNU/Linux Audio distribution, pronounced with a strong g: main task will be the development of two reference distributions for the GNU/Linux operating system completely based on Free Software (i.e. under a FSF approved Free Software license) and completely devoted to professional and consumer audio applications and multimedia development.
aLinux is a Professional Linux Operating System (700MB) designed for ease of use and sports a visually stunning Graphical User Interface, while maintaining a level of sophistication that experienced linux users can appreciate.
Aloofix is conceptually similar to the Ubuntu JeOS (Just enough OS), but much more aggressive when it comes to the term "just enough". The build environment consists of a collection of Makefiles, scripts, and configuration files capable of creating a bootable ISO image. This ISO image contains a small set of scripts and utility programs for installing Aloofix on a primary hard drive in a VM environment. The build environment provides the raw materials for creating and provisioning a set of guest instances for VirtualBox, VMWare, and Qemu.
andLinux is a complete Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that runs seamlessly in Windows without the need to partition, reboot, or configure.
A distribution of the GNU system and consists only of Free Software.
Arch Linux is a general purpose linux distribution that can be molded to do just about anything. It is fast, lightweight, flexible, and most of the parts under the hood are quite simple to understand and tweak, which can make it a good distro to "learn the ropes" on. We do not provide any configuration helper utilities (ie, you won't find linuxconf in here) so you will quickly become very proficient at configuring your system from the shell commandline. Arch Linux uses i686-optimized packages which gives us improved performance over some of our i386-optimized cousins. This means that Arch Linux will only run on a Pentium II processor or higher. We try to stay fairly bleeding edge, and typically have the latest stable versions of software.
Ark Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution designed especially for desktop use, primarily for people without prior Linux experience.
ARSIG Linux (Arl) is optimized for use on LAN routers. The primary goal of this distribution is that it is adapted to work on a read-only filesystem. Arl is booting up from a flash card (256Mb) and all components of filesystem, that needs write access is mounted in RAM. In result, we have a router, that can work well many-many years, as it contains no spining parts, except for cooler in power source and cooler on CPU.
Asianux is a Linux server operating system which is co-developed by Chinese Leading Linux vendor Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. and Japanese Linux vendor Miracle Linux Cooperation, aiming at the common-standard enterprise Linux platform for Enterprise systems in the Asia. It provides enterprise customers with high reliability, scalability, manageability and better hardware & software compatibility.
The Asterisk@Home project enables the home user to quickly set up an Asterisk PBX. A web GUI makes configuration and operation easy. We also provide an xPL (home automation) interface for easy interaction with other devices in the home.
(ftp only) a distribution that is based on RedHat and additionally includes Kerberos, IPv6, MobileIP and native support for WaveLAN cards
BearOps Desktop Linux OS is bundled with office suite software, web browsers, games and entertainment, other applications and utilities for maximum productivity.
A desktop operating system with a lightweight and object oriented GUI that doesn't rely on X11.
BBLCD is the acronym for Bernhard's Bootable Linux CD. BBLCD is a toolkit for building your own bootable Linux CD from your favorite (and possibly customized) distribution.
BinToo GNU/Linux is a binary Gentoo-based distribution with 2,000+ pre-built packages/applications.
Bio-Linux provides both standard and cutting edge bioinformatics tools on a Linux base. It is powerful, configurable and easy to maintain. Bio-Linux has been customised for ease of use and provides an ideal system for scientists handling and analysing biological data. Bio-Linux also comes with many development tools, providing a solid base for bioinformatics software development. It can also be easily deployed as a computer cluster.
An open source Linux distribution based on the NPACI Rocks cluster software and enhanced for bioinformaticists and life scientists. While it looks, feels, and operates like ordinary Red Hat Linux, BioBrew Linux includes popular cluster software e.g. MPICH, LAM-MPI, PVM, Modules, PVFS, Myrinet GM, Sun Grid Engine, gcc, Ganglia, and Globus, *and* popular bioinformatics software e.g. the NCBI toolkit, BLAST, mpiBLAST, HMMER, ClustalW, GROMACS, PHYLIP, WISE, FASTA, and EMBOSS.
A Red Hat based Linux OS distribution was designed by Donbass Linux User Group members Leonid Kanter and Alexander Kanevskiy.
BLAG Linux And GNU is a Linux distribution that has a suite of graphics, Internet, audio, video, office, and peer-to-peer file sharing applications. BLAG is based on Red Hat 9, and has been reduced to one CD.
Bluewall is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian SID and pkgsrc. It aims to create a complete pkgsrc-based GNU/Linux distribution.
Bluewhite64 Linux is an unofficial port of Slackware Linux to the AMD64/EM64T architectures. It runs on 64-bit AMD Athlon, Opteron, Sempron, and Intel EM64T (Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology) based servers and computers. The goal of this port is to mimic the user experience of the Intel x86 distribution at its best. This port includes the same software and configuration scripts found in slackware-current tree.
BU Linux is based on Fedora Core Linux, but specifically tailored for the BU environment. We've added security updates, made modifications to make software work better with the way things are set up here, and added some applications that we think you might like to have.
BuffaloLinux is a Slackware based distribution. Additionally, it supports both 'rpm' and 'deb' packages through its install and upgrade scripts ('buff', 'Buff', 'sudobuff' and 'sudoBuff'). The default window manager is ICEWM, but BlackBox, FluxBox, XFCE4, and WindowMaker also come pre-installed. Integrated versions of both GNOME and KDE are available on the Buffalo-Extras CD.
Calculate Linux is a compiled stage4 - the image of meta-distribution Gentoo Linux, has its own installer is available as an image archive system, either in ISO-boot disk format.
cAos Linux is a community maintained and managed, RPM based distribution of Linux. It combines aspects of Debian, RH/Fedora, and FBSD in a manner that ends up with a solution that is stable enough for servers and clusters, utilizes a long term life cycle (3-5 years), and built from current cutting edge packages (as of today). It also includes many of the features that are considered standard for desktops and laptops, which makes it a very good general purpose Linux distribution.
CCux Linux is a GNU/Linux Distribution especially optimized for i686 and higher Processor Architectures. For Package Management it uses the old fashioned rpm Format in connection with the also well known apt Tools. Using that, it features automatic Dependency resolving when installing new Software and so making the Installation of new Software much more easier.
CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor (RedHat). CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. Read more
the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. More generally, Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is a port of the Linux kernel that allows it to run cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine. For instance, it allows one to freely run Linux on Windows 2000/XP, without using a commercial PC virtualization software such as VMware, in a way which is much more optimal than using any general purpose PC virtualization software
CRUX is a lightweight, i686-optimized Linux distribution targeted at experienced Linux users. The primary focus of this distribution is "keep it simple", which is reflected in a simple tar.gz-based package system, BSD-style initscripts, and a relatively small collection of trimmed packages. The secondary focus is utilization of new Linux features and recent tools and libraries. CRUX also has a ports system which makes it easy to install and upgrade applications.
An integrated operating system based on the Linux kernel and a stable set of tools.
Digital Audio & Video Entertainment / Digital Interactive Networked Amusement: created to satisfy all the home entertainment needs of the average hacker.
This is a Custom Debian Distribution (CDD) project. Our goal is to make Debian an OS that children of all ages will want to use. Our initial focus will be on producing something for children up to age 8. Once we have accomplished this, our next target age range is 7 to 12.
DeLi Linux stands for "Desktop Light" Linux. It is a Linux Distribution for old computers, from 486 to Pentium MMX 166 or so. It's focused on desktop usage. It includes email clients, graphical web browser, an office package with word processor and spreadsheet, and so on. A full install, including XFree and development tools, needs not more than 250 MB of harddisk space.
DeniX aims to offer a user-friendly full-featured server operating system, pre-configured, well structured and easy to work with, and filled with the latest stable versions of Linux apps. It's easy to install and configure. Every package is downloaded from the author's source and compiled when installed.
Desktop ROCK Linux is an full-featured workstation and desktop distribution for end-user systems. Based upon ROCK Linux, it features the powerful auto-build system which allows easy customization of the included packages to adapt the distribution to personal needs.
Dettu[Xx] Linux is probably the world's nastiest Linux-Distribution. This is meant for the REALLY masochistic geeks out there.
DietLinux is a distribution based on dietlibc. It contains a 2.6.x linux kernel, and will never support older kernels that do not support for devfs and tmpfs. The boot process is optimized for small size, the upcoming 0.2-release should be able to boot from cdrom, floppy or usb-stick on all systems with at least 8mb of RAM.
DiscoverStation is a desktop Linux distribution specifically designed for public access computers. The software also includes Userful's unique "Desktop Multiplier" software. Desktop settings can be easily managed via session profiles which are created and stored via a central Web-portal which lets you customize, update, and view usage reports for hundreds of desktops at once. Key features include time management, Internet filtering, privacy protection, automated clean-up, print-job costing, and much more.
DMZS-Biatchux Bootable CD Distro is a Bootable CD Forensics/Virus Scanning/Recovery/PenTesting platform.
DNALinux is a Linux distribution with bioinformatics software pre-installed. If you find hard to install EMBOSS, Primer3, BLAST and other bioinformatics software, DNALinux is for you.
Dropline GNOME is a version of the GNOME Desktop that has been tweaked for Slackware Linux systems. It is available in Slackware's standard .tgz package format, in addition to the usual source code.
eAR OS is a video- and audiophile Operating System with the eAR Media Center. It is built on top of Ubuntu and features a free version of the Acoustic Reality software technology used in the $100 eAR RT-OS Enterprise Edition
Edubuntu is a Linux distribution for education, designed for a teacher or network administrator to setup a classroom quickly and easily. It is a complete operating system built on Ubuntu and includes educational applications bundled in addition to the office suite, web browser, communication and productivity tools. Read more
ELX BizDesk is a simple and easy to use Desktop OS for business and home users. It brings to normal desktop users the stability, robustness and security or Linux along with unparalled ease of use.
Elysium Project is a collection of projects designed to help improve Linux on the desktop in some way.
A set of Debian GNU / Linux distributions, which transforms in a few minutes a simple computer into a high performance server or firewall installed and configured.
A distro for the desktop-not a server. It is jam packed with all the Windows Killer applications for graphics, games and office work.
Ewrt is the Enhanced WRT linux distribution for the Linksys WRT54G and GS wireless routers. It was forked from the Linksys WRT54G 3.01.3 codebase by Irving Popovetsky and Brandon Psmythe of Portless Networks, a wireless networking company in Portland, OR. The goal of the project is to create a stable and easy to use hotspot-in-a-box for use in community wireless networking projects.
Exherbo is a distribution designed for people who know what they're doing with Linux. It is inspired in many places by Gentoo -- in particular, it supports flexible source-based installation with up-front configuration.
EzPlanet One Enterprise Linux is tuned for Enterprise solutions. EzPlanet One integrates advanced technologies, flexibility, quality, and a more appealing name in one product. Most of the latest advances in technologies available for Linux are also in the EzPlanet One distribution.
FaunOS is a portable (easy-to-carry), fully integrated Linux operating system with over 600 preinstalled packages. It is specifically designed to run from a portable USB memory device (such as a USB flash drive).
Fermi Linux LTS is in essence RedHat Enterprise, recompiled. What we have done is taken the source code from RedHat Enterprise (in srpm form) and recompiled them.
Finnix WAS a self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution, based on Red Hat Linux 6.1. Finnix was created as a system maintnence distribution.
Fluxbuntu is a LPAE-standard compliant, Ubuntu-based distribution. It is lightweight, swift and efficient. These features support the Fluxbuntu Linux Project's Goal of running on a wide range of mobile devices and computers (low-end & high-end).
Foresight Linux is a Distribution which showcases some of the latest and greatest from GNOME. Features include: Beagle, f-spot, Banshee, Avahi, Hal, Conary, OpenOffice, and Mono.
Franki and Earlgrey Linux are small but usable (busybox+uClibc, execute-only-environment) linux distributions designed to demonstrate the full extent of STUBS, the Toolchain and Utility Build Suite.
Freespire is a community-involved, Linux-based operating system that combines the best that free, open source software has to offer (community involved, freely distributed, open source code, etc.), but also provides users the choice of including proprietary codecs, drivers and applications as they see fit. Read more
Fried Chicken Linux (or just FCL) is a Linux software repository designed for use by students and staff at the IT University of Copenhagen. FCL contains Fried Chicken Linux packages and integrates these with Red Hat Linux. The Repository furthermore comprises mirrors of the Red Hat distributions and updates to these. Finally, automatically updated Red Hat distributions are provided.
Frugalware is general purpose linux distribution, designed for intermediate users (who are not afraid of text mode). It uses the pacman package manager.
Future Technologies Operating System X: FTOSX Desktop 2004, today includes 743 software source packages that generates 1,512 binary packages for Intel platform.
The FullPliant server layer is small (10 MB) and very consistent (written in a single language, with all configuration files stored as Pliant databases, most of these beeing organization wide), so it's easier to maintain.
Gluster is a GNU cluster distribution aimed at commoditizing Supercomputing and Superstorage. Core of the Gluster provides a platform for developing clustering applications tailored for a specific tasks such as HPC Clustering, Storage Clustering, Enterprise Provisioning, Database Clustering etc.
GNU-Darwin aims to be the most free software distribution. Our mission is two-fold: Focus on projects that leverage our unique combination of Darwin and GNU, and help users to enjoy the benefits of software freedom. (founded November 2000)
GNU/Linux Terminal Server for Schools is an approach to make administration of networks easier and to enable the reuse of older computers.
GoboLinux is an alternative Linux distribution which redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy. In GoboLinux you don't need a package manager because the filesystem is the package manager: each program resides in its own directory, such as /Programs/Xorg/6.7.0/ and /Programs/KDE/3.2.2.
Goodgoat Linux is a CD, usb key bootable Linux that can be installed on the hard drive. Goodgoat uses the portage (gentoo) package manager. The goal of goodgoat is too make an easy to use Linux that has few duplicated applications so that you don't have to dig through the menus to find the program that you want.
gOS is an Ubuntu based distribution that aims to be a simple, user friendly, beautiful desktop for normal people.
Hedinux GNU/Linux is a french independently developed distribution inspired by the Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch books. Hedinux is optimized for i686 and have its own packages management system.
IDMS Linux is not a home user distribution and is intended solely as the base for server software and hosting. It has no GUIs, no X, and no fancy stuff, just pure Linux.
Ignalum Linux is committed to bridging the gap between collaborative open source projects by developing a unique brand of Linux that offers smooth and unequalled integration among programs and between the operating system and system software.
Impi Linux is a South African Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, which focuses on the enterprise and government sector.
Independence is a free distribution designed by users for the users and particularly those who are left out by present distributions.
Instant OGo is a Linux-based groupware server distribution. It contains all components required to set up a mail and collaboration server from scratch, including the Linux system software, the Cyrus mail server, and the OpenGroupware.org groupware server.
The IPCop Firewall is a Linux firewall distribution. IPCop offers an IPChains based firewall with DHCP server, caching DNS, the Squid web proxy, Snort intrusion detection system, port forwarding, DMZ support and IPSec based VPN support using FreeS/WAN. There is an easy to use web-based admin interface and an SSH server is also available. Read more
K12LTSP is based on RedHat Fedora Linux and the LTSP terminal server packages. It's easy to install and configure. It's distributed under the GNU General Public License . That means it's free and it's based on Open Source software.
Klikit-Linux is an informal project focused on developing a modern, free, user-friendly and fun Linux desktop. It uses the well known, award winning KDE enviroment. It can run as a LIVE-CD on practically any PC (x86), and can be installed to your hard drive in just a few minutes.
A graphics rich, desktop-enhanced GNU/Linux distribution for newbies and casual users focusing on ease of use.
KRUD is a Linux Distribution which tracks Red Hat and Fedora Linux. It is updated every month, and is available by CD and CD Subscription.
The Kubuntu project aims to be to KDE what Ubuntu is to Gnome: a great integrated distro with all the great features of Ubuntu, but based on the KDE desktop. Read more
Leetnux is specifically designed for Linux users who want maximum configuratibility. Therefore, the installation is quite hard, absolutely nothing is done "automagically" as in modern Linux distributions, but the user has total control over the installation. The idea behind Leetnux comes from Linux From Scratch, but a Leetnux system is not as "pure" as an LFS system, because a minimal pre-compiled system must be installed.
Linspire, previously known as LindowsOS is a commercial Linux distribution based on Debian. Read more
Lintrack is a small, easy to configure and highly integrated GNU/Linux distribution for routers, firewalls, network access servers, content filters and more. It is targetted especially to small and medium-sized wireless Internet service providers.
Linux Mint's purpose is to produce an elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. Read more
Linux XP Desktop is a full-featured PC operating system like Windows but based on Linux. Thousands of Windows applications have been tested for compatibility, so you can run them on your Linux XP Desktop. If
LinuxGT is a complete GNU/Linux operating system that can be used as a personal computer and server OS. It offers a complete line of packages for the desktop as well as the high capacity, heavy traffic server farm. You can surf the Web, send instant messages to friends, or write software with the desktop version. With the server version, you can build and deploy highly available LAMP or Java/Tomcat stack applications, support various network file systems, and interact with other operating systems seamlessly.
LormaLINUX is Lorma Colleges' very own Linux Distribution that has been optimized and customized to meet the needs of educational institutions and its students.
Lowarch is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, which is well known for its speed, simplicity, and elegant design. While Arch Linux is optimized for i686 or x86_64 systems, Lowarch aims at supporting i486 and i586 systems. Read more
Lunar-Linux is a source based Linux distribution with a unique package management system that builds each software package or module for the machine it is being installed on.
Desktop/LX is an operating system designed with your ease of use in mind. Desktop/LX loads ready for Internet access, office productivity, multimedia, entertainment, and more.
M.N.I.S LINUX is a Debian metadistribution, fully configured KDE and additional software like RTLinux.
Mastodon features a primarily BSD Unix userland, a completely a.out set of systems (so that when you're forced to update to the libc of the week, it won't blow away your system) and a lot of experimental things.
MCC Interim Linux is currently the oldest distribution listed on the LDL. It was started by the Manchester Computing Centre in February of 1992, after they made Linux availible on their FTP site in November of 1991
MostlyLinux is based on Fedora Core 1 with lots of additional software, including multimedia applications, LTSP packages and more
MURIX is a Linux distribution that has the goal of functioning in all platforms of hardware.
A high performance GNU/Linux distribution. The project provides a suite of source distributions. You can choose a system optimization style that ranges from "ExtremlyStable" to "OverOptimized". The source-based MyGeOs is compiled completely on your own system from the source code, so that the installed Linux system suits your computer perfectly.
Mythbuntu provides an Ubuntu based MythTV distribution that is easy to configure, maintain, and use. All unnecessary applications such as OpenOffice, Evolution, and a full Gnome desktop are not installed for a Mythbuntu installation.
NASLite+ is a CD-ROM based Network Attached Storage (NAS) Server Operating System designed to transform a basic computer into a dedicated SMB/CIFS, NFS, FTP and HTTP file server. NASLite+ is intended primarily for use in a small business or home office network.
Navaho Linux is loosely based around RedHat Linux, that has been tuned to provide a platform with the highest performance, stability and security to support the Navaho Server Suite.
Realm Linux is the distribution of choice for NC State University. It is related to Red Hat Linux but does not have any formal relations with Red Hat Inc. This distribution seamlessly integrates with the NCSU computing environment giving you access to your AFS directories, kerberos authentication, campus applications, campus printers, and many more campus resources.
Nitix is a Linux-based server operating system that provides networking, collaboration, file and storage, security, and application services in an easy-to-deploy and manage environment. Advanced technologies and built in features simplify IT infrastructure, deliver increased productivity and greatly improve cost savings.
NixOS is a Linux distribution based on Nix, a purely functional package management system. NixOS is an experiment to see if we can build an operating system in which software packages, configuration files, boot scripts and the like are all managed in a purely functional way, that is, they are all built by deterministic functions and they never change after they have been built.
NoMad is a linux distribution based on the encap package managing system for ease of installation and upgrades.
Project Ocularis was previously aimed to create a customized distribution for the blind and low-vision. With time and experience, it has become apparent that this is no longer the foremost problem that needs to be solved. If developers come forward and are interested in continuing the work on this proposed distribution, the subproject can be revived.
Run OEone's HomeBase environment on your own machine, or install it on top of any existing Red Hat installation.
The OfficeSpot.Net Collaboration Server is a one-stop solution for all your groupware needs. It is based on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and is preloaded with eGroupWare, Postfix, OpenLDAP, MySQL, DBMail, Spamassasin, and ClamAV.
Onebase Linux is a community based operating system (OS) based on the linux kernel for PC (x86). It provides several inhouse features and comes with a growing software gallery.
Office optimized Linux: a branch of SoL - Server optimized Linux. This branch is a Linux Distribution optimized for pure office work. OoL is availabe with english or german Open Office 1.1.0
OpenGEU is an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution that uses parts of GNOME with Enlightenment DR17.
A Linux distribution for wireless routers that provides WPA Enterprise, VPN, IPS, and web AV capabilities.
paldo is a Upkg driven GNU/Linux distribution. It's kind of a mix of a source and a binary distribution. Even though it builds packages like a source distribution it provides binary packages.
PCFluxboxOS is a remaster series of PCLinuxOS with Fluxbox as the window manager. PCFluxboxOS gives you all the power of PCLinuxOS through Synaptic and the Control Center, whilst delivering a lightning fast operating system, even on older hardware.
Peachtree Linux is developed by several students/former students at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Since it's inception in the fall of 2002, Peachtree Linux has aimed to be a small system for the seasoned Linux user. You won't find GNOME or KDE among Peachtree Linux's packages, so it might not be the system for you.
Phaeronix's goal is to enhance the arabic support of Linux, and collect these enhancements into an installable livecd/distro. This is a gentoo CD with reiser4 enabled grub, auto hardware detection with nvidia 3D support , ready for multimedia, internet, and arabic. It is optimised for i686.
Phat Linux also comes with a complete desktop environment. The packaged environment, XIMIAN GNOME, is a complete desktop environment built completely of free software. It is based on slackware which will run on a DOS/win9* partition and has many features including rpm support.
Pie Box Enterprise Linux is derived from the open source software made available by Red Hat, Inc. The differences between the Pie Box Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions are limited to a small number packages.
Pioneer Linux is a derivative of Ubuntu. Pioneer Linux is targeted at new Linux users as well as experienced Linux users, and provides compatibility with many existing, proprietary applications
The mission for Project dEv is to create a stable and secure Linux distribution based on the lightweight window manager enlightenment, with the latest of hardware detection technology to make sure your hardware is detected and configured as quickly as possible with the most minimal amount of effort.
QiLinux is a Linux distribution made completely from scratch. It has the aim of integrating the work of the vast community of free software developers in order to creare a modern, performant, safe and easy to use system for system administrators and desktop users.
Concurrent Computer Corporation's RedHawk Linux is an industry-standard, POSIX-compliant, real-time version of the open source Linux operating system. RedHawk Linux, compatible with the popular Red Hat Linux distribution, provides high I/O throughput, guaranteed fast response to external events, and optimized interprocess communication.
ROCK is a Distribution Build Kit. You can configure your personal build of ROCK and easily build your own distribution (see the screenshots). It is software for managing operating environments. In a way it is a software development toolkit for building OS solutions.
The ROCK/UML Project aims to create a ROCK sub-distribution who can be installed, primarily, under ROCK - providing tools to quickly and easily set up virtual servers.
Rocks Cluster Distribution is an Open Source High Performance Linux Cluster Solution.
ROOT Linux is an advanced GNU/Linux operating system originally based on Slackware Linux 7.1. It aims to be fast, stable and flexible.
rPath Linux is a freely-available Linux operating system distribution, built with the Conary distributed software management system, supported and maintained by rPath, Inc.
SaxenOS (formerly STX Linux) is a desktop Linux distribution especially targeted to older hardware.
SL is a Linux release put together by various labs and universities around the world. It's primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs, and to have a common install base for the various experimentors. The base SL distribution is basically Enterprise Linux, recompiled from source. Our main goal for the base distribution is to have everything compatible with Enterprise, with only a few minor additions or changes. An example of of items that were added are Pine, and OpenAFS.
A CERN customized version of Scientific Linux which is assembled from freely available Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 sources.
A Linux distribution built from scratch with GNOME and GNU software that is no longer under development.
Sflack Linux is an unofficial port of Slackware to the x86_64 architecture.
SGI ProPack for Linux provides HPC libraries and other system level software to complement and extend a Linux OS distribution to help meet customer demand for solutions to HPC, Storage, and Visualization problems. SGI ProPack is designed and required to be used with SGI Advanced Linux® Environment, which is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server* for providing the base OS and common system software.
Shilosh OS provides a secure and stable OS, based on highly modified Linux Kernel, own package system, like "BSD Ports". Compatible with x86, Power PC. Easy to use of any level users. Complete Documentantion in many languages. 99% compatible with Windows.
This package is a small Linux rescue CD, suitable for booting systems that have become unbootable due to filesystem corruption or whatever. As an added bonus, everything is loaded into RAM - once the machine has booted, you can remove the CD from the drive.
Simply GNUstep is aimed at providing a OpenStep feeling from bootup on. This is a stripped down distribution than most, so as to provide ease of use.
SME Server is a leading distribution for small and medium enterprises. It stands apart from the competition by shipping with most common functionality preconfigured and features a number of popular additional enhancements in the form of downloadable 'contributions'.
Server optimized Linux: independent from other Linux distributions, it was built from the original source packages and is optimized for heavy-duty server work. It contains all common server applications, and features XML boot and script technology that makes it easy to configure and make the server work
Sorcerer is a source-based Linux distribution for system administrators. The sources are downloaded directly from software authors' homepages and mirrors. Then, they are compiled with the architecture and optimizations that the system administrator specifies. Finally, it is installed, tracked, and archived for easy removal and upgrades. Sorcerer has both command line and menu driven source mangement programs.
Source Mage is a source-based GNU/Linux distribution based on a sorcerous metaphor of "casting" and "dispelling" packages, which we refer to as "spells".
Speakimage is a rescue CD based on Linux 2.4.19 with ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, BeFS, and speakup for the blind. It provides everything required for partitionning and formatting hard disks and making backups of system partitions
Specifix has built a Linux distributions around the Conary system to both showcase the abilities Conary provides and to provide a starting point for customization. This disitribution is still immature, but we encourage anyone interested in Conary and flexible Open Source solutions to give it a try.
Stampede Linux aims to be designed to both perform tasks and maintain speed and reliability. It is no longer being developed.
StartCom Enterprise Linux, which is based on the RedHat AS-3 source code, is the ultimate solution for middle sized servers to large data centers. The current version AS-3.0.1 (AS stands for Advanced Server) supports the largest commodity-architecture servers with up to 16 CPUs and 64GB (on X86 systems) of main memory, Global File System - for highly scalable, high performance data sharing in multi-system configurations. Included in this distribution are a comprehensive collection of open source server applications like Mail, File (SMB/NFS), DNS, Web, FTP and a complete desktop environment.
StartCom Developer Edition incorporates the best of Enterprise Linux, with addition of the Eclipse IDE. Eclipse provides a fully featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) based on the open source Eclipse project for application developers.
Specially designed for the demanding home user, the MultiMedia Edition lets you easily communicate with your friends and family members over the Internet, browse the news or watching the latest DVD movie you just bought.
The Office Edition uses the same strong base as the Enterprise Linux, however geared specially for day-to-day office use.
The Sun Java Desktop System is a secure, comprehensive, and affordable enterprise desktop software solution that combines the best of open source innovation with significant contributions from Sun. Initially provided with a Linux OS, Java Desktop System is now also integrated with the Solaris 10 Operating System.
SymphonyOS is based on an advanced GNU/Linux base system. Symphony provides Linux?s renowned stability and immunity to Windows viruses along with what we consider to be the easiest to use interface out there, our Mezzo Desktop Environment.
SystemRescueCd is a linux system on a bootable cdrom for repairing your system and your data after a crash. It also aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system utilities (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic ones (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It aims to be very easy to use: just boot from the cdrom, and you can do everything. The kernel of the system supports most important file systems (ext2/ext3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), and network ones (samba and nfs).
T2 SDE is not just a Linux distribution - it is a flexible Open Source System Development Environment or Distribution Build Kit (some might even name it Meta Distribution ...). T2 allows the creation of custom distributions with bleeding edge technology, up-to-date packages and integrated support for cross compilation. Currently the Linux kernel is normally used - but we are expanding to Minix, Hurd, OpenDarwin and OpenBSD - more to come.
Tao Linux (pronounced 'dow' Linux) is one of several projects to build a free Linux distribution from the sources used in the Red Hat Enterprise product line.
Independence is a Linux distribution aiming to make Linux easier to use and more attractive for non-nerds. It is developed by volunteers on a not for profit basis.
TLCOS (ThinLinc Client Operating System) is a Linux Distribution which is adapted for the ThinLinc Client. It can be used to remake an old computer to a dedicated thin client. TLCOS is based on RedHat 7.3.
Tin Hat is a distribution derived from hardened Gentoo. It aims to provide a very secure, stable, and fast desktop environment that lives purely in RAM. Tin Hat boots from CD, or optionally USB pen drive, but it is not a LiveCD in that it does not mount any file system from the boot device. Rather, Tin Hat employs a massive squashfs image which expands into tmpfs upon booting. This makes for long boot times, but remarkable speeds during human-computer interaction.
Singapore based Tomahawk Computers was launched in April 2005 with the goal of creating a modular operating system, in which most components are open source packages
Topologilinux is a free Linux distribution to be run on top or inside your existing windows system. The main thing with Topologilinux is that it does not require any partitioning at all. It uses a single file as a Linux root system.
Turbolinux 10 F... is the latest desktop operating solution from Turbolinux that brings Multimedia to your fingertips. 10 F extends functionality to support a variety of streaming video, audio and multimedia content delivered over broadband. Turbolinux is the Turbolinux was the first Linux distribution company to partner with CyberLink to offer PowerDVD for Linux. Watch DVDs encrypted with CSS (Content Scrambling System) legally.
Turbolinux for AMD64 is a 64-bit Linux operating system specially designed for the AMD Opteron? and AMD Athlon 64? processor families, designed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Turbolinux for AMD64 integrates a variety of powerful and user-friendly features currently available in our Turbolinux operating systems designed for x86-based systems, while fully utilizing the advantages of open source technologies.
Turbolinux Server is a second-generation Linux operating system, incorporating the latest advances available in the 2.6 kernel, and aims to meet your mid-to-high-range server needs. 10S offers speed, security, as well as a suite of carefully selected open source and commercial software to offer users a portfolio of solutions.
U-lite (formerly Ubuntulite) is a light-weight distribution, based on Ubuntu, designed to run comfortably on old and low-resource computers. It comes with a careful selection of applications, such LXDE (featuring the Openbox window manager), Kazehakase web browser, Sylpheed mail client, AbiWord word processor and Gnumeric spreadsheet. Unlike most light-weight distributions, U-lite strives to provide a complete user experience out of the box.
Ubuntu Multimedia Center is a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution.
Ubuntu Muslim Edition customizes the Ubuntu distro by installing islamic softwares (prayer times, Quran study tool, Arabic learning software etc.) and by changing its "look".
Ulteo is a new innovative project aimed at simplifying the use of computers for both invividual and corporate users by bypassing installation of applications, and bringing mobility features.
UnitedLinux was formed by Caldera, Conectiva, SUSE LINUX and Turbolinux to build a single, world-wide Linux standard that customers and partners could work with for world-class, enterprise deployment of Linux. We believe that we achieved the desired impact. With the release of UnitedLinux version 1.0 in November 2002, we delivered on our vision.
Univention Corporate Server is for single- and distributed servers and desktops, based on Debian. It combines LDAP/DNS/DHCP/Samba/Cups/... with a "single point of administration" web interface which allows to administrate users/computers/ressources for one or hundreds of servers and linux/windows desktops.
Userful Desktop Server is a multi-station Linux-based operating system that allows a single computer to support multiple simultaneous local users by connecting extra video cards, keyboards, and monitors to a single computer box. It is based on Fedora Core and includes support for multi-user sound, USB keys, USB CD drives, both dual-head and single head video cards, and most USB devices.
VideoLinux is a Linux distribution that focuses on video encoding and conversion. Out of the box, it provides the tools a professional would need to encode, convert, and edit video in various formats.
Vixta.org is a Fedora-based Linux distro designed to be user-friendly and eye-catching, similar in look and feel to Windows Vista.
VLOS (Vidalinux Desktop OS) is a powerful, stable and easy to use new Linux distribution. The main goal of Vidalinux Desktop OS is to make Linux Operating System easier to use and administer using the right tools for your daily work at Home or Office. The desktop components are based on the best projects of the open source community including GNOME desktop environment, OpenOffice Ximian productivity suite, Mozilla browser, Evolution mail and calendar client, Gentoo Linux system and portage package manager.
Voltalinux is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Slackware GNU/linux and the pkgsrc package system from NetBSD. This project aims to deliver a prebuilt distribution with the clean design of Slackware and the availability of about 5400 ports (packages) ready to install.
Weasel GNU/Linux is a mostly KDE-based distribution that includes some of the latest desktop features such as Beagle, a kickoff menu, and composite desktop while maintaining a high level of security and reliability.
White Box Enterprise Linux is forked from the source code for Red Hat's _Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. The goal is to provide an unencumbered RPM based Linux distribution that retains enough compatibility with Red Hat Linux to allow easy upgrades and to retain compatibility with their Errata srpms.
WinSlack is a basic Linux install with KDE and Star Office. It requires no logon, and gives you a desktop environment similar to that other leading PC GUI, it also has supermount compiled into the kernel so that CD-ROM's and floppies are automatically mounted and unmounted. It is based primarily on Slackware 7.1 and is just slightly modified.
X/OS Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution for business and enterprise users, featuring: a rock solid enterprise-grade operating system for reliable, high-performance computing, enterprise compatibility for easy migration of third-party applications, and long-term availability of security updates and software enhancements.
The Xandros SurfSide Linux Edition is a great way to maximize use of the Internet. You can surf the Web, send e-mail, talk on the phone, send instant messages, remotely connect to your computer at the office, set up a personal firewall, get weather updates, and more. Xandros SurfSide Linux is bundled with a quality USB headset. We've made it easy to get started with Linux® and use advanced Internet features.
Xitnalta Alindis served as a case study for a GNU/Linux distribution one could build by following the Alindis documentation. It is now discontinued.
The Xorcom Rapid installs Debian Linux operating system and Asterisk PBX software along with other useful software, and automatically installs your computer from scratch. It does not require the operator to possess any knowledge of Linux for a basic installation.
Xubuntu is a complete GNU/Linux based operating system with an Ubuntu base. It is lighter on system requirements and tends to be more efficient than Ubuntu with GNOME or KDE, since it uses the Xfce Desktop environment, which makes it ideal for old or low-end machines. Read more
Yellow Dog Linux is a Fedora / RPM-based operating system for PowerPC computers, offering an intuitive, flexible graphical installer, 1300 packages on 8 CDs (4 Install, 4 Source), a unified KDE and GNOME desktop environment featuring shared menus, applications, and user interface. Read more
YES Linux a distribution that is focused on ease of use, user experience, and the internet. In 2 screens a secure server is installed and administered from a browser. A user should not have to use the console, but can if they wish.
Yoper is a high performance operating system which has been carefully optimized for PC's with either i686 or higher processor types. The binaries that come with Yoper have been built from scratch using the original sources combined with the some of the best features from other Open Source Linux distributions (distros). However, Yoper is not like general purpose distros such as Redhat or Mandriva. It is a high performance Desktop OS. It is compact. It resides on 1 cd-rom.
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