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Operating Systems & Virtualization
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64 Studio
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A distribution focussed on multimedia, this is an operating system which allows the user to take full control of their PC, turning it into a complete multimedia center, and media creation studio.
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Absolute
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A modified version of Slackware, this distribution has a much more simplified installer, and also contains many common applications already installed, making it ready to use, right out of the box.
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andLinux
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A full Ubuntu system, which allows the user to work in a Linux environment, while not having to modify their hard disk drive, preventing any accidental data loss, corruption, or other possible side effects of having to partition a hard disk, or install a new operating system.
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Arch Linux
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An operating system, with one goal. That goal is to keep it simple. This is a compact distribution, with simplicity at the forefront, making this a great choice for the user who is looking for the basics, without the sacrifice of functionality.
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Austrumi
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A simple, fast operating system, with 3D support for both nVidia and Intel video cards, this distributin features many useful applications, for both work and entertainment, as well as a wide variety of other features, meant for both basic and advanced users.
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CentOS
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An operating system mostly used on servers, this distribution allows users to use a quick, easy, but stable operating system.
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Cooperative Linux
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A unique application, which allows the running of Linux applications inside of Windows, without the use of other emulation methods, virtual machines, or other form of operating system installation, traditionally associated with such a task.
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DAEMON Tools Lite
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This program allows for the mounting of an image on a virtual disc drive. The benefit of this is that it allows the user to browse, and use, an ISO image, a Bin/CUE image, and other popular image formats, without having to burn teh image to disc first. The number of virtual drives, and many other parameters can be easily set.
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Damn Small Linux (DSL)
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As the name suggests, this is a very small Linux distribution. However, despite its extremely compact size, DSL does not sacrifice features. This distribution still contains all of the most popular features a modern Linux user might want to use, including media, FTP, document processing, and more.
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Debian
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Dubbed the "Universal Operating System," this platform allows the user to have a stable, powerful, reliable operating system, as well as a strong, large community, for support.
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eAR OS
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An operating system, extremely focussed on multimedia support, this distribution allows the most demanding audio, video, and graphics creators, editors, and users to take full advantage of all of their media, easily, quickly, and effectively.
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easys
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A distribution, with a name that says it all. This distribution focusses on ease-of-use, among other things, and makes it a pleasant experience, from install, to boot, to everyday use, while offering a wide variety of other features as well.
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EnGarde Secure Linux Community Edition
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As the name suggests, this distribution is focussed primarily around security, making it easy for even the less advanced users to have a secure distribution of Linux installed, and to maintain and manage that security easily.
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FaunOS shadow
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This distribution comes with a wide variety of pre-installed packages, making it a good choice for a user with a wide array of needs. The distribution is somewhat small, and a USB version is offered, for added portability.
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Fedora Desktop Edition
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Fedora, created as a spin-off from Red Hat, is a simple distribution, which offers a combination of powerful, customization, and ease-of-use to the user.
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FreeBSD
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This operating system is used on both desktops and servers, and offers a long history of development, a large support community, and a powerful set of tools, among many other features.
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Freespire
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A Debian-based distribution, offering a broad community, easy-to-use itnerface, powerful tools, and a wide range of applications, to fit the wide variety of user needs.
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Gentoo
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The Gentoo distribution of Linux is popular among users looking for a general, but easy-to-use distribution.
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gNewSense
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A solid distribution, meant to satisfy the most demanding of users, while maintaining a strong sense of simplicity, and ease-of-use. This distribution is built with a strong, supportive community.
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GoblinX
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This is a distribution, which contains the most popular, and commonly-used Linux applications. With this distribution, users can browse the web, create documents, work in various development environments, view and edit media, and much more.
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Knoppix
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Although smaller, this distribution is still powerful, reliable, stable, and offers users a wide range of functionality, in a small package.
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Knoppix-STD (Security Tools Distribution)
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A Linux distribution, entirely based around the concept of security. This tool is used to access data, retrieve information, check for vulnerabilities, and perform many other functions on machines, which might not otherwise be accessible.
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linuX.Gamers.net
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As the name might suggest, this is a distribution of Linux, based on Arch Linux, focussed entirely on gaming. This is a bootable DVD, which allows the user to boot directly from the disc, then play games directly from that disc.
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Linux Mint
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A Debian-based distribution, this distribution focusses on ease-of-use, as well as making things work, without additional effort. WiFi drivers are included, as well as support for many different multimedia file types, screen resolutions, and a wide variety of other useful, and important, tools.
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Mandriva Linux Free
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A long-standing distribution, this particular package offers a long history of stability, a wide variety of features, and an innovative look, which is geared towards both the novice Linux user, as well as an experienced Linux professional.
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Microsoft Virtual PC
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An application, which can be used to create a virtual environment, in which the user can run different operating systems. These are useful for testing, development, validation, and experimentation, along with a method for experiencing a new operating system, without modifying the host PC.
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MINIX
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Designed to be reliable, flexible, and stable, this operating system has evolved from an educational tool, to a full-fledged operating system, meant to be used full-time. Security, stability, and flexibility make this an ideal choice, for users looking for a new operating system.
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NetBSD
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An ultra-lite operating system, this distribution is highly portable, and offers packages for many different types of systems, such as servers, high-end desktops, average computers, handheld devices, and more.
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NetSecL
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A Linux distribution focussed on security, this distribution is, by default, configured with a hardened level of security, focussing on making the user secure, as well as offering a variety of security tools, to ensure that their network, and other PCs are secure.
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OpenBSD
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A BSD-based distribution, this is a stable, secure, practical, and smaller operating system, which allows the user to work with a customizable, flexible, and stable platform.
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OpenGEU
A distribution, focussed on bringing the GNOME desktop, and E17 project together, and making this distribution both a functional, and visual experience for its users.
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OpenSolaris
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An open-sourced distribution of the Sun Microsystems distribution, Solaris, this operating system offers a wide variety of packages, making it very customizable, and offering a wide variety of options for the user, allowing for the customization of a personal computer, while not sacrificing stability.
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openSUSE
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A free base of the SUSE project, run by Novell, this distribution brings an extremely wide variety of features to the desktop user, as well as a simple, but powerful distribution.
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Paldo
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A distribution, which aims to be simple, up-to-date, and standards compliant, this distribution aims to offer the latest in the most valuable software, while ensuring ease-of-use, simplicity, and compatibility.
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Pardus
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An advanced distribution, which focusses both on being an advanced version of Linux, while still offering simplicity and ease-of-use, in order that less experienced users can still utilize this distribution.
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Parsix
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This distribution aims to be an out-of-the-box distribution. This means that it is geared towards working, without a lot of complicated configurations after install, in order that the user can begin productivity right away.
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Parted Magic
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While this is a partitioning tool, it presents itself as an operating system. Many useful tools, such as Paretd and GParted, are included, and ready to meet the user's partitioning needs.
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PC/OS
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This is a distribution meant to work right out of the box. Among other things, the distribution contains all media codecs, making it easy to view video files of all kinds, and listen to audio files of all kinds as well. Many other features are also included.
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PC-BSD
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Built on top of the FreeBSD project, this distribution focusses on bringing security, stability, and speed, while staying geared towards a casual user, who may wish to simply use their PC, without having to spend a lot of time on configuration, fending off malicious software, and other commonly time consuming tasks, which often take time away from actual use on other operating systems.
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PCLinuxOS
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A distribution, founded by Texstar, which offers a combination of the Debian package management system, along with a front-end GUI, for ease-of-use, as well as a long list of other features, which make the distribution both stable, and simple.
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Pismo File Mount Audit Package
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A tool, which allows the user to mount many compressed file formats, including ZIP, ISO, etc., in order to test them, without risking the integrity of their operating system, or the host PC.
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Poseidon Linux
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A Linux distribution, focussed on mathematics, Science, physics, chemistry, and other subjects. This distribution contains many tools and applications, which allows the user to take full advantage of their operating system, to work with various aspects of these subjects, and others.
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Puppy Linux
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A distribution of Linux, known to be a rather quick-to-load distribution. This particular distro contains a lot of useful features, and is a rather popular distribution among both beginners and professional Linux users.
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Sabayon
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Claiming to be the most advanced, most scalable, and most community-driven Linux distribution around, this is a very easy-to-use operating system, which still offers a great deal of power, and can meet the needs of the most demanding user as well.
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SimplyMEPIS
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Focussed primarily on "just working," this distribution offers such time-saving features as detecting new hardware, on each boot, and installing the correct driver, in addition to offering a vast collection of applications, both pre-installed, and available for download afterwards. The large, supportive community makes getting help quick, easy, and painless as well.
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Slackware
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A distribution, featuring the most recent stable versions of many of the leading components, which allows the user to take full control, and experience the full advantage of those components.
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Slax
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This small, portable version of Linux will allow the user to save disk space, while still having the functionality of the most frequently used everyday applications. There are more modules, which can be downloaded from the web site, allowing users to customize Slax completely.
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Sun XVM VirtualBox
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A virtualization solution, which allows the user to run operating systems inside of the host operating system. Creating virtual disks, running an operating system in a virtualized environment allows the user to test, work, and explore, without causing potential harm to the host operating system.
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Super OS
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This is a distribution, based on Ubuntu, but with some added features. The idea is that this distribution takes Ubuntu, but includes a bunch of other popular applications, in order to give the user richer support for multimedia, web browsing, and many more commonly performed tasks in Linux.
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Ubuntu
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The so-called "Linux for human beings," distribution, brings simplicity to a traditionally complex operating system, making it accessible to a new Linux user.
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UNetbootin
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This tool allows the user to download, and install, a wide variety of Linux distributions on to a USB device, without having to burn a CD of that distribution first, making it easy to boot from that device, and also offers support for many useful tools.
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Virtual CloneDrive
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This tool emulates a CD/DVD drive, allowing the user to mount CD/DVD images on to a virtual drive, which they can then use just as though they had inserted an actual CD or DVD into an actual disc drive. Users can install applications, work with files, and view contents, just as if they were using the real disc media.
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ZenWalk
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An operating system, which focusses on being fast, practical, and complete. This distribution contains a single mainstream application, for each task, and is optimized to work quickly. It is also a simple, easy-to-navigate operating system.
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