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AgiliaLinux — свободно распространяемая операционная система, дистрибутив операционной системы Linux. Разработана сообществом MOPSLinux после прекращения поддержки дистрибутива научно-производственным объединением «Сеть», обладающим правами на MOPSLinux. Распространяется по лицензии GNU.
Основные принципы, которых придерживаются разработчики дистрибутива заключаются в легкости установки и освоения системы, а также подборке наиболее стабильных программ.
Поставляется с интегрированной средой рабочего стола GNOME, KDE, Openbox, Fluxbox, Xfce, LXDE (на выбор); в инсталляторе реализован менеджер логических томов.
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aLinux – ранее известный как Peanut Linux (появился под таким названием в 1999 году, а в 2005 произошла смена брэнда на aLinux). Дистрибутив канадского происхождения, независимый потомок Red Hat, соответственно управление пакетами у него на базе rpm.
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Alpine Linux является Linux дистрибутивом основанном на uClibc и BusyBox, которые являются легкими и безопасными по умолчанию для основных задач. Alpine Linux использует PaX и grsec по умолчанию в ядре и компилирует все пакеты с защитой стека от переполнения.
Первоначально, Alpine Linux был как ответвление проекта LEAF. Члены LEAF хотели продолжать разрабатывать дистрибутив Linux, который мог поместиться на одной дискете, а Alpine Linux желали включить еще несколько тяжелых пакетов таких как Squid и Samba, а также дополнительные функции безопасности и новые ядра. Одна из первоначальных целей заключалась в создании основы для большой системы; хотя использовать для этой цели, это была уже не главная цель.
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Дистрибутивы ALT Linux (Альт Линукс) — это семейство дистрибутивов Linux, являющихся отдельной ветвью развития русскоязычного Linux, выпускаемых компанией «Альт Линукс» и её партнёрами, основывающихся на разработках русскоязычной команды разработчиков ALT Linux Team. Большинство дистрибутивов Альт Линукс доступны для свободного скачивания.
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aptosid — это операционная система, предназначенная для работы на настольных компьютерах, основанная на «нестабильной» ветке Debian, которая известна под кодовым именем Sid. До сентября 2010 года aptosid была известна как sidux.
Дистрибутив состоит из Live CD (загрузочного CD диска) для архитектур x86 и x86-64 с возможностью установки на жёсткий диск через графический инсталлятор. Целью дистрибутива является создание стабильной, простой, современной, бесплатной и открытой операционной системы.
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Arch — «легковесный», простой и гибкий дистрибутив Linux, оптимизированный для архитектур i686 и x86-64, использующий последние стабильные версии программ и дополняемый поддерживаемым сообществом репозиторием AUR. Arch «будет тем, что вы из него сделаете», и рассчитан не на новичков, а на более опытных пользователей. Дистрибутив был создан Джаддом Винетом. На его создание Джадда вдохновил CRUX, но мнение о том, что Arch основан на CRUX ошибочно. Arch Linux является дистрибутивом «from scratch», то есть не основан ни на каком другом дистрибутиве Linux.
Arch Linux не предполагает конкретного окружения рабочего стола или оконного менеджера, чтобы пользователь был сам в праве выбирать, что ему использовать.
В отличие от CRUX, Arch Linux распространяется, в основном, в виде готовых бинарных пакетов и более прост в установке. В некоторой степени, Arch напоминает дистрибутив Slackware, но, в отличие от последнего, осуществляет контроль зависимостей пакетов.
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BackBox Linux представляет новый стабильный релиз специализированного дистрибутива GNU/Linux, предназначенного для проведения пен-тестов и оценки безопасности компьютерных систем.
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BeakOS is a Mexican Linux distribution. Built from scratch, but following closely Slackware's file system layout and package management, it offers separate editions for servers and desktops (a choice of GNOME 2 or Xfce). All products come in the form of a live CD with a text-mode hard disk installation program.
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Основное отличие BIG Linux 2.0 от других дистрибутивов состоит в развитых 3D-возможностях. Правда, по умолчанию используется привычный двумерный рабочий стол, однако, с помощью специальных пунктов меню GRUB можно загрузить KDE 3D и Gnome 3D. На что они похожи, можно понять из экранных снимков. При всей своей оригинальности, BIG Linux 2.0 обладает и существенным минусом - интерфейс системы использует португальский язык.
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Дистрибутив Burapha Linux базируется на Slackware и выпускается Университетом Бурафа (Burapha University), Таиланд.
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Calculate Linux — семейство дистрибутивов, предназначенных для малого и среднего бизнеса, в которых применяются перемещаемые профили и централизованное развертывание программного обеспечения. Cозданы на основе проекта Gentoo Linux и полностью с ним совместимы.
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CAOS Linux — поддерживаемый и управляемый сообществом дистрибутив Linux, основанный на системе управления пакетами RPM. Возможно, название дистрибутива является акронимом от «Community Assembled Operating System» («Операционная система, собираемая сообществом»). Заглавные буквы названия дистрибутива печатаются различным способом: в ранних релизах встречалось написание cAos и CAos; в настоящий момент на официальном сайте проекта используются написания CAOS и Caos.
CAOS Linux сочетает в себе наработки операционных систем Debian, Red Hat Linux/Fedora и FreeBSD, стремясь быть достаточно стабильным для использования на серверах и кластерах. Проект CAOS управляется объединённой командой разработчиков открытого программного обеспечения The CAOS Foundation.
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CDlinux - это маленький (около 60Мб) десктоп-дистрибутив Linux.
с оконным менеджером Xfce и распространяемого в виде
LiveCD дисков размером 25 Мб, 60 Мб и 200 Мб.
Обеспечивает хорошую локализацию.
Легок в настройке и удобен в работе.
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Debian — операционная система, состоящая из свободного ПО с открытым исходным кодом. В настоящее время Debian GNU/Linux — один из самых популярных и важных дистрибутивов Linux, в первичной форме оказавший значительное влияние на развитие этого типа ОС в целом. Также существуют проекты на основе других ядер: Debian GNU/Hurd, Debian GNU/kNetBSD и Debian GNU/kFreeBSD. Debian может использоваться как операционная система для серверов, так и для рабочих станций.
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DragonFly BSD — операционная система с открытым кодом, возникшая в середине 2003 года на базе FreeBSD (4-й ветки), ориентированна на платформу x86. Один из разработчиков FreeBSD — Мэтт Диллон (Matt Dillon) с группой товарищей — будучи неудовлетворенным оптимизацией ядра FreeBSD, основал новую операционную систему DragonFlyBSD как систему, предназначенную для работы на высоконагруженных серверах, и более оптимально использующую ресурсы процессора и оперативной памяти, прежде всего на многопроцессорных системах.
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Dragora GNU/Linux - свободный дистрибутив, основной концепцией которого является простота использования. На разработку Dragora значительное влияние оказывает Slackware, но имеется и ряд отличий, включающих рационализированный системный инсталлятор, более мощную систему управления пакетами, поддержку исключительно процессорной архитектуры i686. Немаловажно, что Dragora GNU/Linux является одним из немногих дистрибутивов, признанных Free Software Foundation полностью свободным.
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Dreamlinux — это Бразильский дистрибутив Linux, основанный на Debian и 100%-совместимый с ним. Возможна загрузка с live CD и USB flash диска, или установка на жёсткий диск компьютера.
Главная задача — создать систему сразу готовую к повседневной работе, обладающую изящным интерфейсом, нетребовательную к аппаратуре и поддерживающую дух свободного программного обеспечения.
Дистрибутив использует Xfce, модифицированный так, чтобы быть похожим на Mac OS X.
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Dynebolic Linux (dyne:bolic) - пример специализированного дистрибутива. Его создателями являются европейские разработчики, работающие под эгидой сети PublicVoice.FM. Главной отличительной особенностью Dynebolic Linux является его направленность на живой стриминг аудиопотоков в Интернете. Включая в себя мультимедиа плеер и программное обеспечение для записи и микширования звука, дистрибутив позволяет, не устанавливая на компьютер никакого программного обеспечения, создать свою Интернет-радиостанцию с возможностью стриминга в реальном времени.
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Evinux is a Linux live CD based on Knoppix, but with light-weight window managers - Fluxbox and XFce. It is developed by Linucie.net, a French organisation for promoting Free Software and GNU/Linux.
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Fedora (англ. «мягкая фетровая шляпа», произносится «федо́ра», ранее Fedora Core) — дистрибутив операционной системы Linux. Этот дистрибутив спонсируется фирмой Red Hat и поддерживается сообществом. Проект служит для тестирования новых технологий, которые в дальнейшем включаются в продукты Red Hat и других производителей. Компания Red Hat не предоставляет поддержку пользователям Fedora, поддержка осуществляется открытым сообществом.
Цель проекта Fedora — построение целостной операционной системы из свободного программного обеспечения, хотя она всё ещё содержит некоторые несвободные компоненты.[1] Версии выходят каждые 6-8 месяцев по доступному расписанию.
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Foresight - дистрибутив основан на rPath для демонстрации последних достижений GNOME. Этот релиз отличается новой темой, набором обновлений и багфиксов, в частности, устранена проблема с установкой на некоторых RAID массивах.
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FreeBSD — свободная Unix-подобная операционная система, потомок AT&T Unix по линии BSD, созданной в университете Беркли. FreeBSD работает на PC-совместимых системах семейства x86, включая Microsoft Xbox, а также на DEC Alpha, Sun UltraSPARC, IA-64, AMD64, PowerPC, NEC PC-98, ARM. Готовится поддержка архитектуры MIPS.
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Frugalware Linux — дистрибутив Linux общего назначения, спроектированный для пользователя, знакомого с командной строкой. Он основан на Slackware, но использует другой менеджер пакетов — Pacman. Frugalware — один из дистрибутивов, в которых обновлённые пакеты и обновления безопасности появляются ежедневно.
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Funtoo Linux is a Gentoo-based distribution developed by Daniel Robbins (the founder and former project leader of Gentoo Linux) and a core team of developers, built around a basic vision of improving the core technologies in Gentoo Linux. Funtoo Linux features native UTF-8 support enabled by default, a git-based, distributed Portage tree and Funtoo overlay, an enhanced Portage with more compact mini-manifest tree, automated imports of new Gentoo changes every 12 hours, GPT/GUID boot support and streamlined boot configuration, enhanced network configuration, up-to-date stable and current Funtoo stages - all built using Funtoo's Metro build tool.
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Gentoo Linux — достаточно популярный дистрибутив Linux с мощной и гибкой технологией Portage, которая совмещает в себе возможности конфигурирования, настройки, а также автоматизированную систему управления пакетами. Последняя создавалась под влиянием системы управления пакетами в FreeBSD. Отличительной особенностью Gentoo является наличие оптимизации под конкретное аппаратное обеспечение.
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Gentoox - дистрибутив предназначенный для установки на игровую приставку XBox. Дистрибутив основан на Gentoo и содержит последние сборки популярных программ из портреджей.
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Imagineos (formerly GoblinX) is a bootable live CD distribution based on Slackware Linux. The primary goal for Imagineos is to create a more pleasant and functional desktop, standardising all icons and themes to make it easy for novice users to learn about available applications.
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Jibbed is a (non-installable) live CD based on NetBSD. It is built from the latest NetBSD sources from the HEAD branch. The third-party applications provided on the CD are the latest versions, including experimental packages from wip-pkgsrc.
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JoLinux is a Brazilian desktop Linux distribution for x86_64 platforms based on Slackware Linux.
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KnoSciences is a Knoppix-based bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. It is designed for use in educational institutions.
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Linpus Linux is a commercial, Fedora-based distribution developed by Linpus Technologies, a Linux company with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan and a development office in Shanghai, China. The product's main features are support for both traditional and simplified Chinese, LSB 2.0 certification, support for Unicode character sets, friendly GNOME desktop, and compatibility with a wide range of computer hardware.
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Liquid Lemur Linux is a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's testing branch. It comes in two editions - the default one featuring the Xfce desktop environment, while the alternative comes with the WindowMaker window manager. Other features include a customized Cairo-Dock, the Liquorix kernel and Debian kernel options, including support for older PCs via the i486 kernels, and lots of custom scripts and artwork.
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Lunar is a source based Linux distribution with a unique package management system which builds each software package, or module, for the machine it is being installed on. Though it can take a while to do a complete Lunar installation it's worth it as it tends to be quite fast, once installed! In the beginning Lunar was a fork of Sorcerer GNU Linux (SGL). The fork occurred in late January to early February of 2002 and was originally made up of a small group of people who wanted to collaboratively develop and extend the Sorcerer technology. The original name for the project was Lunar-Penguin but the group decided to re-christen it Lunar Linux while the Lunar-Penguin name has become a sort of umbrella which the team could use if they decide to collaboratively develop something besides Lunar Linux.
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Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, the Mageia project is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.
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Mandriva Linux was launched in 1998 under the name of Mandrake Linux, with the goal of making Linux easier to use for everyone. At that time, Linux was already well-known as a powerful and stable operating system that demanded strong technical knowledge and extensive use of the command line; MandrakeSoft saw this as an opportunity to integrate the best graphical desktop environments and contribute its own graphical configuration utilities to quickly become famous for setting the standard in Linux ease of use. In February 2005, MandrakeSoft merged with Brazil's Conectiva to form Mandriva S.A., with headquarters in Paris, France. The company's flagship product, Mandriva Linux, offers all the power and stability of Linux to both individuals and professional users in an easy-to-use and pleasant environment.
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MidnightBSD is a FreeBSD-derived operating system. A critical goal of the project is to create an easy-to-use desktop environment with graphical ports management, and system configuration using GNUstep. The vast majority of the operating system will maintain a BSD license. MidnightBSD was forked from FreeBSD 6.1 beta.
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Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.
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MirOS is an operating system based on OpenBSD and synchronised with the ongoing development of its parent. The most important differences between OpenBSD and MirOS include a completely rewritten bootloader and boot manager, a slim base system without NIS, Kerberos, BIND and i18n, binary security updates for stable releases, and current versions of the GNU developer toolchain.
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Momonga Linux is a Linux distribution developed in a "bazaar" model style among its user community. Why momonga? you may wonder... A momonga (aka Pteromys momonga) is a flying squirrel found both in Europe and Asia. It's an animal known for a self-asserting behaviour, despite its small size. We, at the Momonga Project, like the momonga, may be small and not well-known, but we do express ourselves without fear or favour, so hopefully a new user can feel our enthusiasm and belief from the Momonga Linux. Also, an installer for Momonga Linux is also called momonga. Taking over its name, it does the job quickly and efficiently, just like a momonga.
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Musix GNU+Linux is a Debian-based distribution featuring a collection of free software for audio production, graphic design and video editing.
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Mythbuntu is an Ubuntu-based distribution and live CD focused upon setting up a standalone MythTV system similar to KnoppMyth or Mythdora. It can be used to install a standalone frontend, backend, or combination machines. Mythbuntu uses Xfce as its default desktop and provides a graphical Control Centre to configure the system.
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NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like Open Source operating system available for many platforms, from 64-bit AlphaServers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make it excellent in both production and research environments, and it is user-supported with complete source. Many applications are easily available through The NetBSD Packages Collection.
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NuTyX is an i686-optimised, French Linux distribution created from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a package manager borrowed from CRUX. The project releases a number of different editions, including an installation CD and DVD, as well as a 4 GB live USB. The distribution is designed primarily for French-speaking intermediate and advanced Linux users.
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Ojuba is a Fedora-based Linux distribution whose main focus is to provide the best Arabic support, as well as some Islamic tools such as Hijra (Hijri calendar) and Minbar (prayer time indicator). It is available as an installation DVD or installable live CD.
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The OpenBSD project produces a FREE, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. OpenBSD supports binary emulation of most programs from SVR4 (Solaris), FreeBSD, Linux, BSD/OS, SunOS and HP-UX. OpenBSD is freely available from our FTP sites, and also available in an inexpensive 3-CD set.
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The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, this program provides free, easy access to openSUSE, a complete Linux distribution. The openSUSE project has three main goals: make openSUSE the easiest Linux for anyone to obtain and the most widely used Linux distribution; leverage open source collaboration to make openSUSE the world's most usable Linux distribution and desktop environment for new and experienced Linux users; dramatically simplify and open the development and packaging processes to make openSUSE the platform of choice for Linux developers and software vendors.
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paldo is a hybrid (source and binary), Upkg-driven GNU/Linux distribution and live CD. Besides aiming to be simple, pure, up-to-date and standards-compliant, paldo offers automatic hardware detection, one application per task, and a standard GNOME desktop.
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Parabola GNU/Linux is an unofficial "libre" variant of Arch Linux. It aims to provide a fully free (as in freedom) distribution based on the packages of the Arch Linux project, with packages optimised for i686 and x86_64 processors. The goal is to give the users complete control over their systems with 100% "libre" software. Parabola GNU/Linux is listed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) as a fully free software distribution.
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PCLinuxOS is a user-friendly Linux distribution with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live CD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and full multimedia playback. The intuitive system configuration tools include Synaptic for package management, Addlocale to add support to many languages, Getopenoffice to install the latest OpenOffice.org, and Mylivecd to create a customised live CD.
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PelicanHPC is a Debian-based live CD image with a goal to make it simple to set up a high performance computing cluster. The front-end node (either a real computer or a virtual machine) boots from the CD image. The compute nodes boot by Pre-Execution Environment (PXE), using the front-end node as the server. All of the nodes of the cluster get their file systems from the same CD image, so it is guaranteed that all nodes run the same software. The CD image is created by running a single script, which makes it possible to customise the live CD image with extra Debian packages.
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Plamo Linux is a Japanese Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux. The installer, and many text-based and graphical tools have been updated to include Japanese language support.
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PLD Linux Distribution is a free, RPM-based Linux distribution, aimed at the more advanced users and administrators, who accept the trade-offs of using a system that might require manual tweaking in exchange for flexibility. Simultaneous support for a wide variety of architectures and non-conservative approach to RPM usage provide the users with a consistent environment on almost all available architectures.
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pQui Linux is a Brazilian desktop-oriented distribution based on Slackware Linux.
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Puredyne is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution aimed at creative people. It provides a number of creative applications, alongside a solid set of graphic, audio and video tools in a fast, minimal package. It includes software for everything an artist might need - from sound art to innovative film-making. Puredyne is optimised for use in real-time audio and video processing and it distinguishes itself by offering a low latency kernel and high responsiveness needed by artists working in this field.
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PureOS and PureOSlight are GNU/Linux live CDs based on Debian's testing repository. These are desktop distributions that can be used as live media (CD or USB) or as full-featured operating systems installed on a hard disk. PureOS is a 700 MB live CD with KDE, Iceweasel, Icedove, OpenOffice.org, Songbird, VLC and K3B. PureOSlight is a small 300 MB live CD with Xfce, Iceweasel, Icedove, AbiWord, Gnumeric and Exaile.
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Qimo 4 Kids is a distribution of Linux, derived from the popular Ubuntu, customised for use by children ages 3 and up. It comes pre-installed with free and open source games that are both educational and entertaining, with many more educational titles available for download from Ubuntu. The interface of Qimo 4 Kids has been specifically designed to be easy to navigate by the youngest of users.
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Sabayon Linux is a Gentoo-based distribution which follows the works-out-of-the-box philosophy, aiming to give the user a wide number of applications that are ready for use and a self-configured operating system. Sabayon offers the user an easy-to-use workspace with a captivating look, good hardware detection and a large number of up-to-date software packages installed by default, with additional software available from a repository. Sabayon is available in several flavors featuring respectively the KDE, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce and Enlightenment desktop environments.
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SalineOS is a lightweight and fast open-source operating system built on the Debian GNU/Linux repositories and uses Xfce as the desktop environment.
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Salix OS is a Slackware-based Linux distribution that is simple, fast, easy to use and compatible with Slackware Linux. Optimised for desktop use, Salix OS features one application per task, custom package repositories, advanced package management with dependency support, localised system administration tools and innovative artwork.
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SAMity Linux, a live and installation CD based on Unity Linux, is an easy-to-use, fast and clean Xfce Linux desktop for home users.
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The siduction distribution is a desktop-oriented operating system and live medium based on the "unstable" branch of Debian GNU/Linux. Forked from aptosid in late 2011, siduction offers three separate live media with KDE, LXDE and Xfce desktops. The project also promises regular releases, an open development model, and friendly relationship with its developer and user community.
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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. Originally developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991, the UNIX-like Linux operating system now benefits from the contributions of millions of users and developers around the world. Slackware Linux provides new and experienced users alike with a fully-featured system, equipped to serve in any capacity from desktop workstation to machine-room server. Web, ftp, and email servers are ready to go out of the box, as are a wide selection of popular desktop environments. A full range of development tools, editors, and current libraries is included for users who wish to develop or compile additional software.
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Solaris is a computer operating system, the proprietary Unix variant developed by Sun Microsystems. Early versions, based on BSD UNIX, were called SunOS. The shift to a System V code base in SunOS 5 was marked by changing the name to Solaris 2. Earlier versions were retroactively named Solaris 1.x. After version 2.6, Sun dropped the "2." from the name. Solaris consists of the SunOS UNIX base operating system plus a graphical user environment. Solaris is written in a platform-independent manner and is available for SPARC and x86 processors (including x86_64). Starting from version 10, the Solaris licence changed and the product was distributed free of charge for any system or purpose, but after the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle in 2009, the product is once again proprietary with a restrictive licence.
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Sorcerer is a source-based Linux distribution. Source tarballs are downloaded directly from software project home pages or as patches when an old source was previously downloaded. Sources are compiled for the architecture and with the optimisations that the system administrator specifies. Sorcerer has both command-line and menu-driven source management programs.
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Sourcemage is a source-based GNU/Linux distribution based on a Sorcery metaphor of 'casting' and 'dispelling' programs, which we refer to as 'spells'.
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SuperGamer is a live DVD based on VectorLinux, intended to showcase gaming on Linux. The distribution is optimised for a gaming computer environment, with some tweaks to help speed up running from the live DVD. Extra games are added along with some demo editions of proprietary games. All games are native Linux games, but users wishing to run Windows games may install WINE or a related emulator, such as Cedega.
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SystemRescueCd is a Gentoo-based Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM or USB drive, designed for repairing a system and data after a crash. It also aims to provide an easy way to carry out administration tasks on a computer, such as creating and editing hard disk partitions. It contains many useful system utilities (GNU Parted, PartImage, FSTools) and some basic ones (editors, Midnight Commander, network tools). It aims to be very easy to use. The kernel of the system supports all of today's most important file systems, including ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, Reiser4FS, btrfs, XFS, JFS, VFAT, NTFS, ISO9660, as well as network file systems, such as Samba and NFS.
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T2 is an open source system development environment (or distribution build kit if you are more familiar with that term). T2 allows the creation of custom distributions with bleeding edge technology. Currently, the Linux kernel is normally used - but we are expanding to Hurd, OpenDarwin and OpenBSD; more to come. T2 started as a community driven fork from the ROCK Linux Project with the aim to create a decentralised development and a clean framework for spin-off projects and customised distributions.
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Toorox is a Gentoo-based live DVD which boots into a KDE desktop using KNOPPIX hardware auto-detection and auto-configuration technologies. It is a useful tool for backing up data, browsing the Internet anonymously, or taking a first look at the capabilities of Linux. The live DVD can be installed to a hard disk with the help of a simple graphical installer.
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Ubuntu Studio is a variant of Ubuntu aimed at the GNU/Linux audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional. The distribution provides a collection of open-source applications available for multimedia creation.
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UHU-Linux is the leading distribution of Linux in Hungary. It is primarily intended for Hungarian users, thus special care is taken to support the Hungarian language as much as possible. Ease of installation and sane default settings both help new users of Linux and make veterans feel comfortable. Usability as the main goal involves having all the cutting-edge yet stable releases of Open Source packages, with dpkg as the package manager. Development is completely open and everyone is invited to join.
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Ultimate Edition, first released in December 2006, is a fork of Ubuntu and Linux Mint. The goal of the project is to create a complete, seamlessly integrated, visually stimulating, and easy-to-install operating system. Single-button upgrade is one of several special characteristics of this distribution. Other main features include custom desktop and theme with 3D effects, support for a wide range of networking options, including WiFi and Bluetooth, and integration of many extra applications and package repositories.
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Untangle Gateway is a Debian-based network gateway with pluggable modules for network applications like spam blocking, web filtering, anti-virus, anti-spyware, intrusion prevention, VPN, SSL VPN, firewall, and more.
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UTUTO GNU/Linux is a Gentoo-based distribution developed by at the Universidad Nacional de Salta in Argentina. Named after a fidgety local lizard that pokes its nose into every hole, UTUTO is a high-performance desktop system designed to be used by home and office users, developers, organisations and government officials.
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VectorLinux is a small, fast, Intel based Linux operating system for PC style computers. The creators of VectorLinux had a single credo: keep it simple, keep it small and let the end user decide what their operating system is going to be. What has evolved from this concept is perhaps the best little Linux operating system available anywhere. For the casual computer user there is a lightening-fast desktop with graphical programs to handle daily activities from web surfing, sending and receiving email, chatting on IRC to running an FTP server. The power user will be pleased because all the tools are there to compile programs, use the system as a server or perhaps the gateway for home or office computer network. Administrators will be equally pleased because of the small size and memory requirements, so the operating system can be deployed on older machines that have long been forgotten.
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Xubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. Unlike its parent, however, Xubuntu uses the light-weight Xfce desktop environment and is optimised for lower-end machines. The distribution includes only GTK+ applications where possible.
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Yellow Dog Linux is an open source Linux operating system for home, office, server, and cluster users. Built upon the Red Hat/CentOS core, Terra Soft and now Fixstars (which acquired Terra Soft in 2008) has since the spring of 1999 developed and maintained Yellow Dog Linux for the Power architecture family of processors. The distribution combines a graphical installer with support for a wide range of Power hardware, leading-edge kernels, stable, functional compilers for code development, and servers for web, database, email, and network services. More than 2,000 packages are included on the install DVD.
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Yoper is a multipurpose high performance operating system which has been carefully optimised for PC's with either 686 or higher processor types. The binaries that come with Yoper have been built from scratch using the original sources combined with the best features of major distros, measuring up to the demanding proliferation of network communications and more intensive digital multimedia, graphics and audio capabilities which are ushering in a new era of business productivity enabled by a new generation of sophisticated microprocessors, and business application tools.
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Zenwalk Linux (formerly Minislack) is a Slackware-based GNU/Linux operating system with a goal of being slim and fast by using only one application per task and with focus on graphical desktop and multimedia usage. Zenwalk features the latest Linux technology along with a complete programming environment and libraries to provide an ideal platform for application programmers. Zenwalk's modular approach also provides a simple way to convert Zenwalk Linux into a finely-tuned modern server (e.g. LAMP, messaging, file sharing).
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ZevenOS is an Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution with focus on providing a fast and easy-to-use system with BeOS-like user interface and support for older hardware. The distribution is built on top of a recent Linux kernel and includes a large number of popular open-source software applications for office use, multimedia playback and software development. ZevenOS also ships with MAGI, a tool for starting applications and managing the system.
