Desktop & Server

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 …”


Linpus is a Linux distribution developed and supported by Linpus Technologies, Inc., a company based in Taipei, Taiwan. It is very popular in Asia, with a significant market share in Taiwan and China.


FreeNAS is a m0n0Wall-based, Network Attached Storage (NAS) server designed mostly for embedded systems, but may be installed on generic PCs or USB key. It is developed by Olivier Cochard-Labbé and released under the BSD license.


Debian is a GNU/Linux operating system. It probably has the longest release cycle of any distro, but counts rock-solid stability as a key feature.