Projects tagged ‘distro’

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!

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an ... [More] operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux. [Less]

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 ... [More] top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. [Less]

FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium and Athlon), amd64 compatible (including Opteron, Athlon64, and EM64T), UltraSPARC, IA-64, PC-98 and ARM architectures. It ... [More] is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. Additional platforms are in various stages of development. [Less]

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

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.

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. ... [More] The openSUSE project gives Linux developers and enthusiasts everything they need to get started with Linux. [Less]

CentOS is a clone of Red Hat's Enterprise Linux (RHEL). CentOS is based on the same source RPMS, except for modified artwork, trademark, etc. This means near-perfect binary compatibility with RHEL ... [More] , and it probably means that CentOS will be supported for a very long time because the CentOS developers just need to re-compile Red Hat's source RPM packages. That way, your CentOS installations have a good chance of a long life without need for re-installations. CentOS doesn't have the same level of support options as RHEL, but is free ("as in beer"). Thus, applications like Oracle (which targets very specific Linux distributions, including RHEL) easily installs on CentOS. [Less]

OpenSolaris is an open source project created by Sun Microsystems to build a developer community around the Solaris Operating System technology.

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 ... [More] package sets with a community-operated package repository that grows in size and quality each and every day. This Ohloh project tracks all our projects except package repositories and AUR webinterface. Check Arch Linux Packages and AUR Ohloh projects. [Less]