Linux Distributions
| ArcheOS ArcheOS is the acronym of Archeological Operating System. It is a GNU/Linux live distribution built for archaeological aims and based on Kubuntu v. 7.10. Here you can download the .iso image. To run ArcheOS, you have to burn a DVD with the .iso image and put it inside your DVD reader. Then restart the computer. It is also possible to install ArcheOs on your hardisk (click on the install ArcheOS icon). ArcheOS is developed following the OpArc project guidelines and it is released by Arc-Team s.n.... |
| BackTrack BackTrack is a Linux distribution distributed as a Live CD which resulted from the merger of WHAX and the Auditor Security Collection, which is used for Penetration testing. It allows the user to include customizable scripts, additional tools and configurable kernels in personalized distributions. The BackTrack project was created by Mati Aharoni and Max Moser and is a collaborative effort involving the community. BackTrack 2 was released on March 6, 2007 and includes over 300 security tools.... |
| CentOS CentOS is a community-supported, freely-available operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform and strives to maintain 100% binary compatibility with its upstream distribution. CentOS stands for Community ENTerprise Operating System. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a commercial product, available only through a subscription service that provides access to software updates and varying levels of technical support. The product is... |
| Damn Small Linux Damn Small Linux or DSL is a computer operating system for the x86 family of personal computers. It is Free software under the terms of its main license the GNU GPL. It was designed to run graphical applications on older PC hardware; for example, machines with 486/early Pentium processors and very little memory. DSL is a Live CD with a size of 50 MB. What originally started as an experiment to see how much software could fit in 50 MB eventually became a full-fledged Linux distribution. It can be... |
| Debian GNU+Linux Debian is a computer operating system composed of free and open source software. The primary form, Debian GNU/Linux, is a popular and influential Linux distribution. It is distributed with access to repositories containing thousands of software packages ready for installation and use. These packages are distributed under free software / open source licenses. Debian is known for strict adherence to the Unix and free software philosophies as well as using collaborative software development and tes... |
| Edubuntu Edubuntu, also known as Ubuntu Education Edition, is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system designed for use in classrooms and schools. Edubuntu has been developed in collaboration with teachers and technologists in multiple countries. Edubuntu is built on top of the Ubuntu base, incorporates the LTSP thin client architecture and several education-specific applications, and is aimed at users aged 6 to 18. The primary goal of Edubuntu is to enable an educator with limited tec... |
| Fedora Fedora is an RPM-based, general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora's mission statement is: "Fedora is about the rapid progress of Free and Open Source software." One of Fedora's main objectives is not only to contain software distributed under a free software / open source license, but also to be on the leading edge of such technologies. Fedora developers prefer to make upstream change... |
| Fluxbuntu Fluxbuntu is a lightweight operating system (Linux distribution) which uses the Fluxbox window manager and is based on Ubuntu. By contrast, Ubuntu uses the GNOME desktop environment, Kubuntu uses KDE, and Xubuntu uses Xfce, all of which are somewhat more demanding of computer memory and resources. Fluxbuntu is designed to be versatile, while minimizing the need of system resources and can run on a system with only a 300 MHz CPU and 64 MB of RAM. The Fluxbuntu project is still being developed, ac... |
| GeeXboX GeeXboX is a free Linux distribution providing a media center software suite for personal computers. GeeXboX uses MPlayer for media playback and is implemented as a Live CD. As such, the system does not need to be permanently installed to a hard drive, as most modern operating systems would. Instead, the computer can be booted with the GeeXboX CD when media playback is desired. This is a reasonable approach for those who do not need media playback services while performing other tasks with the s... |
| Gentoo Gentoo is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux kernel and based on the Portage package management system. It is distributed as free software. Unlike a conventional software distribution, the user compiles the source code locally according to their chosen configuration. There are normally no precompiled binaries for software, continuing the tradition of the ports collection, although for convenience, some software packages are also available as precompiled binaries for various ar... |
| KNOPPIX Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD, one of the first of its kind for any operating system. Knoppix was developed by Linux consultant Klaus Knopper. When starting a program it is loaded from the optical disc and decompressed into a RAM drive. The decompression is transparent and on-the-fly. Although Knoppix is primarily designed to be used as a Live CD, it can also be installed on a hard disk like a typical operating system. Computers tha... |
| Kubuntu Kubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system using the KDE graphical environment instead of GNOME. It is part of the Ubuntu project and uses the same underlying system. It is possible to run both the KDE desktop (kubuntu-desktop) as well as the Gnome desktop (ubuntu-desktop) interchangeably on the same machine. Every package in Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu. Kubuntu CDs can be ordered through the Shipit service. It is released regularly and predictably on the... |
| Linux Mint Linux Mint is an operating system for personal computers. While Mint is mostly based on (and compatible with) Ubuntu, the design of the user interface differs. Design differences include: * A distinct user interface, including a simplified bootloader, desktop layout, theme, and the custom Mint menu. * A strong focus on full functionality out of the box (E.g.: Wireless drivers included, plugins required to play common media formats installed by default, screen resolution automatically set, et... |
| Mandriva Linux Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrakelinux or Mandrake Linux) is an operating system created by Mandriva (formerly Mandrakesoft). It uses the RPM Package Manager. The product lifetime of Mandriva Linux releases is 18 months for base updates (kernel, drivers etc.) and 12 months for desktop updates (window managers, desktop environments, web browsers etc.). Server products receive full updates for at least 24 months after their release. The first release was based on Red Hat Linux (version 5.1) and... |
| Musix GNU+Linux Musix GNU+Linux is a Live CD and Live DVD operating system for the x86 processor family based on Debian. It contains a collection of software for audio production, graphic design, video editing and general purpose applications. The initiator and co-director of the project is Marcos German Guglielmetti. Musix GNU+Linux is one of the few Linux distributions recognized by the Free Software Foundation as not being primarily distributed on distribution sites distributing non-free software and not ... |
| Mythbuntu Mythbuntu is an media center operating system (OS). As the name references, it is based on the Ubuntu OS and integrates the MythTV Media center software as its main function, and does not contain most of pre-installed software of the original Ubuntu OS. Following the principles of KnoppMyth and Mythdora, Mythbuntu is designed to simplify the installation of MythTV on a home theater PC. After Mythbuntu has been installed the MythTV setup program begins in which it can be configured as a fronte... |
| nUbuntu nUbuntu or Network Ubuntu is a project to take the existing Ubuntu operating system LiveCD and Full Installer and remaster it with tools needed for penetration testing servers and networks. The main idea is to keep Ubuntu's ease of use and mix it with popular penetration testing tools. Besides usage for network and server testing, nUbuntu will be made to be a desktop distribution for advanced Linux users. |
| OpenSolaris OpenSolaris is an open source operating system based on Sun Microsystems' Solaris. It is also the name of the project initiated by Sun to build a developer and user community around it. OpenSolaris is derived from the Unix System V Release 4 codebase, with significant modifications made by Sun since it bought the rights to that code in 1994. It is the only open source System V derivative available. Open sourced components are snapshots of the latest Solaris release under development. Sun has ... |
| openSUSE openSUSE is a general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project and sponsored by Novell. After acquiring SUSE Linux in January 2004, Novell decided to release the SUSE Linux Professional product as a 100% open source project, involving the community in the development process. The initial release of the community project was a beta version of SUSE Linux 10.0, and as of December 2008 the current stable release is openSUSE 1... |
| PCLinuxOS PCLinuxOS, often abbreviated as PCLOS, is a desktop operating system. It is a free operating system for personal computers aimed at ease of use. The precursor to PCLinuxOS was a set of RPM packages created to improve successive versions of Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva Linux). These packages were created by Bill Reynolds, a packager better known as Texstar. From the year 2000 to 2003, Texstar maintained his repository of RPM packages in parallel with the PCLinuxOnline Web site. In an interview... |
| Pentoo Pentoo is a Linux Live CD designed for penetration testing and security assessment. Based on Gentoo and Enlightenment, Pentoo includes Nessus and Metasploit for penetration testing and security assessment. Pentoo can boot off a CD or USB flash drive and is optimized for Pentium III architecture. Pentoo supports package modularity in the same fashion that Slax does. |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for 7 years after its release. All of Red Hat's official support, all of Red Hat's training and the Red Hat Certification Program center is on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is often abbreviated to RHEL, even though Red Hat is now attempting to discourage this. ... |
| Sabayon Linux Sabayon Linux or SabayonLinux, (formerly known as RR4 Linux/RR64 Linux), is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution created by Fabio Erculiani. Sabayon Linux differs from Gentoo in that instead of installing the entire system from source code, the initial install is made using packages which are pre-compiled and bundled with the source code. Sabayon Linux currently supports the x86 and x86-64 platforms. Sabayon Linux uses the Portage system from Gentoo for package management, meaning that all up... |
| Slackintosh Slackintosh is a port of Slackware to the "NewWorld" Macintosh's PowerPC architecture. |
| Slackware Slackware is a free operating system. It is one of the earliest Linux distributions and is the oldest currently being maintained. Slackware was created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. in 1993. The current stable version is 12.2, released on December 10, 2008. Slackware aims for design stability and simplicity, and to be the most "Unix-like" Linux distribution, using plain text files for configuration and making as few modifications to software packages as possible from upstream... |
| Slax Slax is a Linux Live CD operating system based on Slackware. It does not need to be installed on a computer system's hard drive; it boots and runs from either a CD or USB drive. There is also an option to run Slax from RAM. SLAX was developed by Tomas Matejicek in Czech republic using the Linux Live scripts. |
| Solaris Operating System Solaris is a UNIX-based operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1992 as the successor to SunOS. Solaris is known for its scalability, especially on SPARC systems, and for originating many innovative features such as DTrace and ZFS. Solaris supports SPARC-based and x86-based workstations and servers from Sun and other vendors, with efforts underway to port to additional platforms. Solaris is certified against the Single Unix Specification. Although it was historically developed a... |
| Super OS Super OS (formerly: Super Ubuntu) is a Linux-based operating system. It is a remastered version of Ubuntu made with reconstructor. It's main goal is to provide an "Out of the Box" experience, containing various enhancements over Ubuntu. Features: * First Linux distro to include an easy way to run executable files and scripts (with App Runner) * Multimedia support: Super OS is prepackaged with support for MP3 files and video-DVDs by default, it also includes additional codec... |
| Trinity Rescue Kit Trinity Rescue Kit (also known as TRK) is a free Live CD Linux distribution based on Mandriva Linux, aimed specifically at offline operations for Windows and Linux systems such as rescue, repair, password resets and disk cloning. Trinity Rescue Kit is bootable from a CD, USB media or a network using PXE. Documentation for TRK exists both on the website, as well as in the console by using the command "trkhelp -l -t". Trinity Rescue Kit omits the standard Linux manual command in order to conserve ... |
| Turbolinux Turbolinux is a Japanese Linux distribution targeting Asian users. |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu is a free Debian-derived computer operating system based on GNU/Linux. Ubuntu's goals include providing an up-to-date, stable operating system for the average user, with a strong focus on usability and ease-of-installation. Ubuntu has been selected by readers of desktoplinux.com as the most popular Linux distribution for the desktop, claiming approximately 30% of their desktop installations in both 2006 and 2007. Ubuntu is composed of multiple software packages distributed under free/o... |
| Ubuntu Rescue Remix Ubuntu Rescue Remix is a GNU/Linux live system which runs from CD or USB flash device. It provides the data recovery specialist with a command-line interface environment equipped with the best free-libre, open source data recovery and forensics tools available. |
| Ubuntu Studio Ubuntu Studio is an officially recognized derivative of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which is explicitly geared to general multimedia production. The original version, based on Ubuntu 7.04, was released on May 10, 2007. |
| Vine Linux Vine Linux is a Japanese Linux distribution sponsored by VineCaves. It is a fork of Red Hat Linux 7.2 since Vine Linux 3.0. |
| Xandros Desktop OS Xandros is both the name of a line of operating systems and Xandros Corporation, the company which creates them. Xandros Desktop is a Linux distribution. The name Xandros is derived from the X Window System and the Greek island of Andros. Founded in May 2001 by Linux Global Partners, the company is headquartered in New York City. Their distributions are based on Corel Linux, a Debian-based distribution which was acquired along with the development team behind the product from Corel Corporatio... |
| Xubuntu Xubuntu is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system, using the Xfce desktop environment. Because the Xfce desktop environment uses fewer system resources, Xubuntu is often used on older computers, systems with limited resources, laptops, netbooks and high-efficiency workstations. |
| Yellow Dog Linux Yellow Dog Linux, also YDL, is a free-software, open-source operating system for Power Architecture computers. Developed by Fixstars (formerly known as Terra Soft), Yellow Dog Linux was first released in 1999 for the Apple Macintosh. The most recent version, version 6.1 was released on 19 November 2008 to members only and a month later to everyone. |
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