Desktop & Server
gNewSense is a Linux desktop operating system that is derived from Ubuntu. It is essentially Ubuntu Linux with all non-free software removed. The project was initiated by Brian Brazil and Paul O’Malley.
OzOS is a desktop Linux operating system based on Xubuntu, and using the Enlightenment (E17) Desktop. It’s still a very “young” distro, but it has attracted the attention of a significant number of Linux enthusiasts.
g OS is a Linux desktop operating system based on Ubuntu, and optimized for the Web. It ships with virtually all known Google applications and services.
Mint is a Linux operating system based on Debian. According to the Linux Mint developers, “the main purpose of Linux Mint is to innovate and constantly bring the best desktop solutions to its users”.
The openSUSE is a binary Linux distro sponsored by Novell. It is one of the first desktop-oriented distros, and has a very active and supportive user community.
Openfiler is an enterprise-grade, Linux-based networked attached server (NAS) cum storage area network (SAN) distro. It is the only Open Source and free NAS/SAN solution that we know of.
Sabayon is a Gentoo-based GNU/Linux distro with binary package installation. That is another way of saying that you can install a Gentoo-based Linux operating system without having to compile the packages from source.
“CentOS is an enterprise-class Linux distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendor’s redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork).”
Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you’ll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools. Ubuntu is and always will be free of [...]
“Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project.” The Fedora Project is sponsored by Redhat, Inc.
“KNOPPIX is a bootable Live system on CD or DVD, consisting of a representative collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a productive Linux system for the desktop, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and [...]
StartCom is a Linux distro “based on the Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora source code, each modified with reliability, security and efficiency in mind, to fit the tasks assigned to each flavor of StartCom Linux”. StartCom may be installed as a server, desktop, virtualization, or clustering system.
Foresight is a Linux distribution built around the Conary package management system. It features Gnome as the installed desktop environment.
Zenwalk is a GNU/Linux distribution optimized for the i686 instruction set, but backward compatible with i486. It is based on Slackware Linux, and uses Xfce as the default desktop environment.
Mandriva is a Linux distro, and it is one of the very first Linux distributions designed with desktop users. “Mandriva is leading the pack, embracing the latest Freedesktop.org standards to provide the best open and standards-based Linux desktop. Implemented standards include …”
