Projects tagged ‘distribution’, ‘linux’, and ‘os’

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. It is developed by a large community and we invite you to participate too!

Gentoo Linux

Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience.

Metrics updated 22 Dec 07

Fedora

Fedora is a free operating system that offers the best combination of stable and cutting-edge software that exists in the free software world. Latest version is Fedora 9!

Metrics updated 14 Aug 08

Kubuntu Linux

Kubuntu is a a user friendly operating system based on KDE, the K Desktop Environment. With a predictable 6 month release cycle and part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu is the GNU/Linux distribution for everyone.

openSUSE Linux

The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, openSUSE.org provides free, easy access to the world's most usable Linux distribution, openSUSE. The openSUSE project gives Linux developers and enthusiasts everything they need to get started with Linux.

Metrics updated 03 Sep 08

Mandriva Linux

Mandriva Linux is a community-based Linux distribution, suitable for a wide range of solutions: from clustering to servers, firewalls and - most commonly - desktops. Mandriva Linux has a long history of open development, especially via the "Cooker", a fluid distribution that resembles a stable release for a few weeks every six months.

Metrics updated 30 Jul 08

Pardus Linux

Pardus is GNU/Linux distribution developed by TUBITAK/UEKAE according to computer literates' basic desktop needs; uses existing distributions' dominant parts as concept, architecture or code; provides easy use, configuration, installation with configuration environment and tools that can be converted to an autonomous system.

Metrics updated 04 Sep 08

Arch Linux

Arch Linux is a lightweight and flexible linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. Official packages optimized for the i686 and x86-64 architectures are available. We complement our official package sets with a community-operated package repository that grows in size and quality each and every day.

Source Mage GNU/Linux

Source Mage is a source-based GNU/Linux distribution based on a Sorcery metaphor of "casting" and "dispelling" programs, which we refer to as "spells", and a package manager called "Sorcery". Our packages are designed to allow the user to customize ... [More] the package any way they want (custom CFLAGS, LDFLAGS, ./configure flags, etc.) as well as offering as many of the package options as possible to the user up-front (you will not need to know what options a package has or what optional dependencies it can use ahead of time). All of our scripts are GPL'd and our package manager and packages are written in bash, so they are easy to learn and modify. Sorcery supports custom packages maintained by users, which can override the default package and will never be touched by updates. [Less]

Metrics updated 11 Aug 08

Slackware Linux

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 ... [More] tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table. Since its first release in April of 1993, the Slackware Linux Project has aimed at producing the most "UNIX-like" Linux distribution out there. Slackware complies with the published Linux standards, such as the Linux File System Standard. Simplicity and stability has always been considered paramount, and as a result Slackware has become one of the most popular, stable, and friendly distributions available. [Less]