Linux Distributions that may be handy or fun to explore

in linux •  5 years ago  (edited)

Ubuntu Studio, AV Linux - mUltimedia content creation
https://ubuntustudio.org/
http://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/

Tuxtrans - for translators
https://www.uibk.ac.at/tuxtrans/

Bitkey - bitkoin oriented distro
https://bitkey.io/

Stress linux - for system builders, overclockers
https://www.stresslinux.org/sl/

Skywave linux - to accessing software defined radio servers
https://skywavelinux.com/

Live Raizo - network simulation
https://sourceforge.net/projects/live-raizo/

Batocera linux - retrogaming
https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/

Trisquel - "ubuntu" over the kernel Libre-Linux
https://trisquel.info/

Tromjaro - to support a trade-free economy ...?
https://www.tromjaro.com/

Wifislax - Forensic, good support for network cards
https://www.wifislax.com/

Ubuntu Budgie - ubuntu with a simple and elegant GUI
https://ubuntubudgie.org/

OSGeoLive - for geologists
https://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html

Linux from scratch - if you want to know how linux works
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

Daphile - Headless music server OS
https://www.daphile.com/

Heads, Devuan - no systemd by default
https://heads.dyne.org/about.html
https://devuan.org/

Ubuntu Mate - ubuntu with the Mate desktop
https://ubuntu-mate.org/

CAELinux, Poseidon - Engineering
https://www.caelinux.com/CMS3/
https://sites.google.com/site/poseidonlinux/

LinuXXX - porn oriented linux distro OMG!!! ;)
http://humorix.org/10534

PinguyOS, Netrunner - distros ready to browse
https://pinguyos.com/about-us/
https://www.netrunner.com/

UBports - Ubuntu for mobile
https://ubuntu-touch.io/

QubesOs - security oriented
https://www.qubes-os.org/

Turnkey - with LAMP and some other mainstream programming softwares
https://www.turnkeylinux.org/

Raspberry Digital Signage - for digital signage
https://www.binaryemotions.com/digital-signage/raspberry-digital-signage/

Kanotix - for recognizing modern hardware
https://kanotix.com/index.html

PearlOs, Peach OSI - distros with beautiful GUIs ( Mac-like )
http://www.pearllinux.com/
https://www.peachosi.com/

Kali linux - penetration distro
https://www.kali.org/

Bedrock Linux, Yocto, T2 SDE, Funtoo - linux meta-distributions
https://bedrocklinux.org/
https://www.yoctoproject.org/
https://t2sde.org/index.cgi/
https://www.funtoo.org/Welcome

Crux, PLD Linux - for advance users
https://crux.nu/
https://pld-linux.org/

D.L. Linux - a meta-meta-distro OMG!!! ;)
https://www.sudosatirical.com/articles/dl-linux-0-0-1-released/

GuixSD, NixOS - secure package upgrading, system rollbacks
https://guix.gnu.org/
https://nixos.org/nixos/

Parabuntu - Ubuntu for the parallela board
https://github.com/parallella/parabuntu/releases

Talking Arch - a distro for blind people
https://talkingarch.tk/

Gobolinux - system hierarchy redefined as a database
https://www.gobolinux.org/

Debian-hurd - Debian over Hurd instead of the Linux kernel
https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/

Nitrux - distro build over the appimage format
https://nxos.org/

Linux Mangaka - for manga/anime fans
https://animesoft.wordpress.com/linux/

THIS LAST 2 MAY SAVE YOUR ASS SOME DAY ;)

Rescatux, Parted Magic - Rescue distros
https://www.supergrubdisk.org/rescatux/
https://partedmagic.com/

Main source : https://www.distrowatch.com/ ;)

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