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An operating system designed for hosting containers. Bottlerocket is an operating system for the worker nodes in an orchestrated container cluster.
Bottlerocket is a Linux-based operating system optimized for hosting containers. It’s free and open-source software, developed in the open on GitHub. Bottlerocket is installed as the base operating system on the machine or instance where your containers themselves are running. It is specifically designed to work with your container orchestrator (like Kubernetes) to automate the lifecycle of the containers running in your cluster. Bottlerocket runs in the cloud or in your datacenter.
Dr.Parted Live is a bootable GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian testing. Live CD/USB featuring a lightweight Openbox window manager and useful applications for data backup, restore and recovery. It contains Apart GUI that is a front end to the Partclone command line utility, and is capable of bare-metal backup and recovery of disk partitions. It can use external hard drives and network shares. Dr.Parted also aims to provide an easy way to carry out administration tasks on a computer, such as creating and editing hard disk partitions. Although GParted and Apart GTK are the main programs, the CD/USB also offers other applications, such as Netsurf, GSmart Control, Connman, Grsync, Xarchiver, HD Sentinel, USBimager, etc. It also contains a suite of powerful command line tools: clonezilla, testdisk, partimage, photorec, ddrescue, nwipe, scalpel, safecopy, fsarchiver, memtester, curl, wget, cryptsetup, chntpw, wipe and hdparm.
Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
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.
An Open Source ZFS NAS for the community. A community based fork of TrueNAS CORE.
Linux for ARM development boards. Perfect for server and IOT.
Ultralight Linux optimized for custom ARM / RISC-V or Intel / AMD hardware Comes with powerful ZSH or standard BASH shell.
Bringing the console gaming experience to PC. A Steam Big Picture based couch gaming OS
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.
Linutop Kiosk is a software that allows you to set up your computer as Internet kiosk or digital signage.
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Internet Kiosk: This software allows you to select the starting homepage and lock the Linutop on designated websites or block certain websites.
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Linutop Kiosk for digital signage :This software can display automatically JPEG images, web pages URLs, video files and PDF on a screen.
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Linutop OS est disponible pour le Raspberry Pi Zéro @ LinuxFr.org :fr:.
Open-source hyperconverged infrastructure.
The open source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution for a cloud native world. Harvester is a modern, open, interoperable, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution built on Kubernetes. It is an open-source alternative designed for operators seeking a cloud-native HCI solution. Harvester runs on bare metal servers and provides integrated virtualization and distributed storage capabilities. In addition to traditional virtual machines (VMs), Harvester supports containerized environments automatically through integration with Rancher. It offers a solution that unifies legacy virtualized infrastructure while enabling the adoption of containers from core to edge locations.
Flatcar Container Linux,
A community Linux distribution designed for container workloads, with high security and low maintenance.
open source big data platform.
Trunk Data Platform is an Open Source, free, Hadoop distribution.
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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This test will help you choose a suitable Linux distribution.
Bazzite is an OCI image that serves as an alternative operating system for the Steam Deck, and a ready-to-game SteamOS-like for desktop computers, living room home theater PCs, and numerous other handheld PCs.
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- Episode 127 - Can't Fix What You Don't Track @ Self Hosted.
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- Bazzite - Le Linux gaming qui enterre Windows sur Steam Deck (et ailleurs) @ Korben :fr:.
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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.
a Debian based distro
The goal of this project is to make an Xfce Debian based system that is much like Xubuntu.
Beautiful. Efficient. Elegant.
The only operating system you'll ever need. A seamless blend of all Linux distributions, Android apps and web apps.
Arch Linux made declarative, immutable and atomic. With Android app support and Fedora, Debian, CentOS Stream and Ubuntu containers available, as well as system packages/DEs/kernels from Arch Linux and the AUR.
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.
SparkyLinux is a GNU/Linux distribution based on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.
Sparky is a fast, lightweight and fully customizable operating system which offers several versions for different use cases.
Solus is an operating system that is designed for home computing. Every tweak enables us to deliver a cohesive computing experience.
RedCloud OS is a Debian based Cloud Adversary Simulation Operating System for Red Teams to assess the security of leading Cloud Service Providers (CSPs). It includes tools optimized for adversary simulation tasks within Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
A highly customized arch-based distro For All Cybersecurity fields.
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.
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.
The Certified Enterprise Kubernetes Distribution
k0s is a highly scalable, certified Kubernetes distribution that works on any infrastructure. It’s built on open source and free.
The distribution for professional IT.
Kaisen Linux is a distribution for IT professional based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. It is a complete operating system whose originality is to provide a set of tools dedicated to system administration and covering all the needs for diagnosing and dealing with faults or failures of an installed system and its components. The most important system tools are available. It is thus possible to modify the partitioning of hard disks, to save the data or the system, to repair the file system and to recover lost data, or to reactivate the boot manager, to carry out a deep formatting of a hard drive, diagnostics of networks at several levels and on many protocols, creation and management of PKI, virtualization, automation, containerization, network lab with GNS3 and many others!
LibraZiK is digital audio-software studio and related documentation, designed for music production that allows you to install and use all the software tools you need to work with sound. The aim is to provide a robust, ready-to-use system for free software users wishing to make Computer Assisted Music.
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.
VyOS is a fully open-source, enterprise-grade router platform. Being open-source and community-driven is not a liability for us, not an early stage gimmick we want to shed—it’s our distinctive advantage. VyOS started as a community fork of a discontinued Vyatta Core project in 2013, with a promise to live up to free and open-source software values. We kept the promise and turned VyOS into a successful, self-funded project.
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.
IPFire is a dedicated firewall that can be installed in any network - from data center down to your home. It is secure, fast and very versatile. Besides from being a stateful inspection firewall it can work as a VPN gateway, analyze data packets with its Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), and comes with many Add-ons that extend its functionality further.
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.
The DIY open source retrogaming emulation console.
Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown retrogaming console.
Retro-gaming on the Raspberry Pi.
RetroPie allows you to turn your Raspberry Pi, ODroid C1/C2, or PC into a retro-gaming machine. It builds upon Raspbian, EmulationStation, RetroArch and many other projects to enable you to play your favourite Arcade, home-console, and classic PC games with the minimum set-up. For power users it also provides a large variety of configuration tools to customise the system as you want.
Batocera.linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution that can be copied to a USB stick or an SD card with the aim of turning any computer/nano computer into a gaming console during a game or permanently. Batocera.linux does not require any modification on your computer. Note that you must own the games you play in order to comply with the law.
THE all-in-one retro gaming console!
Replay all the consoles, arcades, and computers of your childhood.
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Personal Server at Home. Run your digital services from your home.
FreedomBox is a private server for non-experts: it lets you install and configure server applications with only a few clicks. It runs on cheap hardware of your choice, uses your internet connection and power, and is under your control.
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.
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.
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.
Calculate is a fast and functional user-friendly Linux distribution, based on Gentoo and still backward compatible with it. It maintains an optimal balance between state-of-the-art and stability, providing the latest versions of applications and stable versions of libraries. As Calculate Linux is a rolling-release distribution, you install the system once and update it throughout the life of your hardware.
Trisquel GNU/Linux is a fully free operating system for home users, small enterprises and educational centers.
A terminal-centric distro with a vibrant and friendly community at its core
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.
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.
Linux OS distribution based on Nix package manager, providing reproducible builds and deployments.
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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.
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.
Making Embedded Linux Easy Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation.
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.
Unleash Your Hardware. Unraid OS allows sophisticated media aficionados, gamers, and other intensive data-users to have ultimate control over their data, media, applications, and desktops, using just about any combination of hardware.
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ZFS for the Home to the Data Center.
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- How I Configure TrueNAS (Complete Setup Guide) @ Hardware Haven's YouTube.
- How to install TrueNAS on a Raspberry Pi @ Jeff Geerling.
- Rebuilding my NAS - Moving to Virtual TrueNAS in Proxmox @ Jim's Garage.
- Collect All Media | *arr Stack TrueNAS Community Edition 2025 @ ServeratHome's YouTube.
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.
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.
- Rebuilding My Talos Cluster from Bare Metal @ Nerdz.
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.
Wazo is a unified communication platform for companies
This is a fork of XiVO based on XiVO 16.13. It is compatible with XiVO 16.13 and earlier.
Akaros® is an open source, GPL-licensed operating system for manycore architectures. Our goal is to provide support for parallel and high-performance applications and to scale to a large number of cores.
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/).