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SpiralLinux is a selection of Linux spins built from Debian GNU/Linux, with a focus on simplicity and out-of-the-box usability across all the major desktop environments. SpiralLinux serves as an alternative live installation method for a highly reliable customized Debian system using only official Debian package repositories.
Solus is an operating system that is designed for home computing. Every tweak enables us to deliver a cohesive computing experience.
The Chromebook experience you love. The PC you already have. Install Chromebook OS on any PC
Pentoo is a Live CD and Live USB designed for penetration testing and security assessment. Based off Gentoo Linux, Pentoo is provided both as 32 and 64 bit installable livecd.
Open source Linux distro optimized for self-hosting.
StartOS is an open source Linux distribution optimized for running a personal server. It facilitates the discovery, installation, network configuration, service configuration, data backup, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services.
Just enough OS for KODI.
LibreELEC is a minimalist 'Just enough OS' Linux distribution for running Kodi. Our documentation can help you install and configure LibreELEC to run Kodi, or develop and build installation images using our buildsystem.
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Convert your old computer (even chromebook) to a user friendly, lightweight, durable, and auto updating operating system build on top of NixOS.
The goal is to create a "chromebook like" unbreakable computer to give to basic users who know nothing about Linux and won't need to ever worry about updates / upgrades.
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The DIY open source retrogaming emulation console. The open source game console.
Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown retrogaming console.
Talos is a modern OS designed to be secure, immutable, and minimal. Its purpose is to host Kubernetes clusters, so it is tightly integrated with Kubernetes.
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- Proxmox Kubernetes Install with Talos Linux @ Virtualization Howto.
- Talos, Proxmox and OpenTofu: Beginner's Guide - Part 1 @ Eleni Grosdouli.
- Talos, Proxmox and OpenTofu: Beginner's Guide - Part 2 @ Eleni Grosdouli.
- Talos, Proxmox and OpenTofu: Beginner's Guide - Part 3 @ Eleni Grosdouli.
- A Simple Way to Install Talos Linux on Any Machine, with Any Provider @ Linux.com.
- No SSH? What Is Talos, This Linux Distro for Kubernetes? @ The New Stack.
Converged Container and Virtual Machine Hypervisor.
SmartOS, with its remarkable blend of the illumos kernel's power and the agility of a lightweight OS, has become the preferred choice for many specialized applications. While it shines as a standalone system, its capabilities are truly amplified when used with Triton Compute.
The Linux Desktop for people who want to "get stuff done".
Aeon is great for anyone who wants a computer that "just works"; in particular it is perfect for the "lazy developer" who prefers to spend their time getting things done while letting their desktop take care of itself. The OS is static, automated and reliable, letting you focus on your apps and work.
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Artica V4 is an appliance based on Debian 10 Operating system. Your can install it on the Hardware or Virtual Machine of your choice and get a Web Gateway appliance within minutes.
Ubuntu Unity is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the Unity7 desktop environment (the default desktop environment used by Ubuntu from 2010-2017).
It is actively developed and maintained, with releases of Unity7 every year. Learn more about Unity7 at unityd.org.
A reasonably secure operating system.
Qubes OS is a free and open-source, security-oriented operating system for single-user desktop computing. Qubes OS leverages Xen-based virtualization to allow for the creation and management of isolated compartments called qubes.
It's your Operating System.
An innovative platform for hardware, clouds, and containers, built with love by you. 100% Free & Open Source.
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Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
Mageia is a GNU/Linux-based, Free Software operating system. It is a community project, supported by a nonprofit organisation of elected contributors.
Our mission: to build great tools for people. Beyond just delivering a secure, stable and sustainable operating system, the goal is also to become and maintain a credible and recognized community in the free software world.
Mageia started in September 2010 as a fork of Mandriva Linux.
Blazingly Fast & Customizable Linux distribution based on Arch Linux.
CachyOS is designed to deliver lightning-fast speeds and stability, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable computing experience every time you use it. Whether you're a seasoned Linux user or just starting out, CachyOS is the ideal choice for those looking for a powerful, customizable and blazingly fast operating system.
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NayuOS is an ongoing project at Nexedi: since we mainly use Chromebooks as part of our development tools, we want to have more customizable, secure and privacy-compliant devices. We also love Free Software so we do want a Free alternative for Chrome OS that fits our needs.
A Lean KDE Distribution.
KaOS is an independent distribution focused on Qt and KDE. The idea behind KaOS is to create a tightly integrated rolling and transparent distribution for the modern desktop, build from scratch with a very specific focus. Focus on one DE (KDE Plasma), one toolkit (Qt), one architecture (x86_64) plus a focus on evaluating and selecting the most suitable tools and applications.
A simple, elegant desktop BSD Operating System.
GhostBSD provides a simple desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD with MATE and OS packages for simplicity. In addition, GhostBSD has a selection of commonly used software preinstalled to make it easy on your computing journey.
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Bringing the console gaming experience to PC. A Steam Big Picture based couch gaming OS
Nixpkgs is a collection of over 80,000 software packages that can be installed with the Nix package manager. It also implements NixOS, a purely-functional Linux distribution.
The open network attached storage solution. openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins.
A free Windows-compatible Operating System.
Imagine running your favorite Windows applications and drivers in an open-source environment you can trust. That's the mission of ReactOS
Replicant is a fully free Android distribution running on several devices, a free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on freedom and privacy/security.
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a Debian based distro
The goal of this project is to make an Xfce Debian based system that is much like Xubuntu.
increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device. After-market highly customized Android platform for select devices.
pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution. pfSense is a popular project with more than 1 million downloads since its inception, and proven in countless installations ranging from small home networks protecting a PC and an Xbox to large corporations, universities and other organizations protecting thousands of network devices.
EyesOfNetwork (“EON”) is the OpenSource solution combining a pragmatic usage of ITIL processes and a technological interface allowing their workaday application. EyesOfNetwork Supervision is the first brick of a range of products targeting to assist IT managment and gouvernance. EyesOfNetwork Supervision provides event management, availability, problems and capacity.
The Universal Blue project builds a diverse set of continuously delivered operating system images using Fedora Atomic Desktop's support for OCI/Docker containers. That's nerdspeak for the ultimate Linux client: the reliability of a Chromebook, but with the flexibility and power of a traditional Linux desktop.
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The Yocto Project. It's not an embedded Linux Distribution, It creates a custom one for you. The Yocto Project (YP) is an open source collaboration project that helps developers create custom Linux-based systems regardless of the hardware architecture. The project provides a flexible set of tools and a space where embedded developers worldwide can share technologies, software stacks, configurations, and best practices that can be used to create tailored Linux images for embedded and IOT devices, or anywhere a customized Linux OS is needed.
Beautiful UI design, intimate human-computer interaction, and friendly community environment make you feel at home.
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The DIY open source retrogaming emulation console.
Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown retrogaming console.
A highly customized arch-based distro For All Cybersecurity fields.
An Omakase Developer Setup for Ubuntu 24.04 by DHH.
Turn a fresh Ubuntu installation into a fully-configured, beautiful, and modern web development system by running a single command. That's the one-line pitch for Omakub. No need to write bespoke configs for every essential tool just to get started or to be up on all the latest command-line tools. Omakub is an opinionated take on what Linux can be at its best.
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Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Distrobox uses podman or docker to create containers using the Linux distribution of your choice. The created container will be tightly integrated with the host, allowing sharing of the HOME directory of the user, external storage, external USB devices and graphical apps (X11/Wayland), and audio.
Siduction is an operating system based on the Linux kernel and the GNU project. In addition, there are applications and libraries from Debian. The name siduction is a play on two words. The word sid, which is the codename of Debian Unstable, and seduction in the sense of seduce.
More than an edge OS . The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes.
Transform your Linux system and preferred Kubernetes distribution into a secure bootable image for your edge devices.
With Kairos you can build immutable, bootable Kubernetes and OS images for your edge devices as easily as writing a Dockerfile. Optional P2P mesh with distributed ledger automates node bootstrapping and coordination. Updating nodes is as easy as CI/CD: push a new image to your container registry and let secure, risk-free A/B atomic upgrades do the rest. Kairos is part of the Secure Edge-Native Architecture (SENA) to securely run workloads at the Edge.
SELKS is a free and open source Debian (with LXDE X-window manager) based IDS/IPS platform released under GPLv3 from Stamus Networks (https://www.stamus-networks.com/).
ZFS for the Home to the Data Center.
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open source big data platform.
Trunk Data Platform is an Open Source, free, Hadoop distribution.
OverTheBox s'appuie sur plusieurs connexions internet pour les agréger et vous offrir plus de débit. Avec une variété de connexions, le trafic internet est réparti automatiquement et cela permet aussi d'être tolérant à une coupure momentanée d’un accès. OverTheBox sécurise votre connectivité, mais également le contenu de vos échanges. Le chiffrement AES256 est activé par défaut jusqu'au réseau hébergeur d'OVH.
OpenBMC is a Linux distribution for management controllers used in devices such as servers, top of rack switches or RAID appliances. It uses Yocto, OpenEmbedded, systemd, and D-Bus to allow easy customization for your platform.
Convert any laptop and most chromebooks into a writer deck. A device designed solely for writing.
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A terminal-centric distro with a vibrant and friendly community at its core
BlackArch Linux is an Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution for pentesters and security researchers. The BlackArch package repository is compatible with existing Arch installs.
Rolling Rhino Remix is an unofficial Ubuntu flavour which converts the Ubuntu operating system into a rolling release Linux distribution by tracking the devel series.
The Official Web Site for Cubic (Custom Ubuntu ISO Creator).
Cubic permits effortless navigation through the ISO customization steps and features an integrated virtual command line environment to customize the Linux file system. You can create new customization projects or modify existing projects. Important parameters are dynamically populated with intelligent defaults to simplify the customization process.
A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source personal cloud system. Community-based open source software focused on delivering simple personal cloud experience around Docker ecosystem.
This test will help you choose a suitable Linux distribution.
Automatically build (netboot) images for NixOS.
Automatically weekly updated images for NixOS. This project is intended to extend the images created by hydra.nixos.org.
RouterOS is the operating system of RouterBOARD
It can also be installed on a PC and will turn it into a router with all the necessary features - routing, firewall, bandwidth management, wireless access point, backhaul link, hotspot gateway, VPN server and more.
Penetration Testing Distribution.
BlackArch Linux is an Arch Linux-based penetration testing distribution for penetration testers and security researchers. The repository contains 2828 tools. You can install tools individually or in groups. BlackArch Linux is compatible with existing Arch installs.
The most advanced penetration testing distribution, ever.
Plasma Mobile is an open-source user interface for mobile devices developed by the KDE community. The project works with various Linux distributions to bring an open platform to your mobile device.
Built on the foundations of Plasma Desktop, Plasma Mobile brings its flexibility to a mobile form factor.
Community-driven illumos Distribution. The OpenIndiana project is the open source community which develops, maintains, and supports the OpenIndiana distribution, an illumos based Unix-like operating system derived from OpenSolaris. The purpose of the OpenIndiana Project is to ensure the continued availability of an openly developed distribution based on OpenSolaris. The OpenIndiana project is also a continuation of the collaborative effort and community spirit of the OpenSolaris project.
GNU's advanced distro and transactional package manager. Guix is an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer users.
Your Beautiful Ubuntu Linux Distribution.
UbuntuDDE is a Remix flavor of Ubuntu system with Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) . UbuntuDDE is a linux distribution based on Ubuntu with the most beautiful desktop environment. UbuntuDDE Remix is developed and maintained by the UbuntuDDE Community.