Projects tagged ‘linux’, ‘operating’, and ‘operating_system’

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]

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]

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 ... [More] popular software while retaining a sense of 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]

The goal of the Syllable project is to create a family of easy-to-use free software operating systems. It is the continuation of the BeOS-like AtheOS. Syllable Desktop has its own C kernel with ... [More] symmetric multiprocessing, multithreaded pre-emptive multitasking, high POSIX compliancy, 64-bit journaled filesystem (AFS) with metadata, an integrated native GUI architecture with an object-oriented C++ API, SDL, singular native toolkit and multi-user desktop environment. The system seeks to be an integrated, lightweight, easy-to-program, powerful, high-performance graphical desktop environment which avoids legacy OS paradigms that frustrate developers and have hindered the computing masses' adoption of a free-software desktop. Syllable Server is a matching small and efficient Linux server. [Less]

Foresight Desktop Linux is a GNOME based Linux distribution that showcases some of the latest bells and whistles. It currently sports GNOME 2.20 as the preferred desktop environment. Foresight, because your desktop should be freaking cool.

Linux From Scratch is an instruction manual detailing how you can bootstrap, build, configure and install your very own GNU/Linux system from the ground up. Each piece of the Linux puzzle is ... [More] explained, with instructions on how to configure and compile everything from source. [Less]

If Art would have a name, its name would be Sabayon. The most advanced, scalable and community driven Linux distribution of this odd world, brought to you from a fashion-leading country. Home, Server ... [More] and Business computing at the service of human beings, with beauty. Don't wait, get it today for free. [Less]

Slamd64 is an unofficial port of Slackware® Linux to the x86_64 architecture. It was started from slackware-current in 2004, and was created by cross-compiling from scratch, rather than using an ... [More] existing 64-bit distribution as a base. Slamd64 is a multi-lib distribution, which means that you can run 32-bit applications easily, without a chroot. You can directly install most packages targeted at x86 Slackware®. [Less]