(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Mageia
https://www.mageia.org/en/
independent Linux distributions
All posts tagged independent Linux distributions
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Mandriva
was http://www.mandriva.com/linux/overview/
- Mandriva was Mandrake Linux
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Abandoned.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Foresight
foresightlinux.se
- 2015-05-08 – Discontinued.
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Aligned with Red Hat?
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Caos
http://www.caoslinux.org/
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2015-05-15 – Discontinued
Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Arch Linux
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=arch
https://archlinux.org/
Appears to have a good philosophy. In reality it’s over-limited to the point of making life convenient for the developers at the expense of inconveniencing the users.
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Unity Linux
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=unity
was unitylinux.org
Some developers left PCLinuxOS and founded this new distro with others.
It was aimed toward making an easily mklivecd-remasterable base distribution.
- Abandoned – officially discontinued
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As of 2016-04-18 there is some activity again, but they are a ways away from anything release-quality.
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- aka Unity
Discontinued
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=kate
was kateos.org
- Custom + Xfce wm
- LiveCD
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Very nice, but rough around the edges – doesn’t detect my video well. v4 of this distro looks very promising!
Retired, though forks exist.
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Puppy Linux
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=puppy
puppylinux.org
The official distribution has been retired but has been forked/continued as woof-CE. Barry continues to fiddle around with his own stuff. I see Quirky 7.0.3 as of 2015-05-08.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Debian
https://www.debian.org/
I had first tested this a long time ago, perhaps before 2003. My first impressions were that it had a big community, was clumsily-implemented enough to spawn many many sub-distros and had poor governance.
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Properly known as Debian GNU/Linux
See also:
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on PCLinuxOS
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=PCLinuxOS
http://www.pclinuxos.com/
What was, and probably still is, an extremely beautiful and easy to use distribution. Where Slackware had long-held the title “it just works”, PCLinuxOS does that for users who are completely new to Linux.
From its earliest days its hardware detection was renown, its suite of software astounding, and its remastering capability extraordinary.
It was my daily driver for a long time.
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Was nicknamed “pclos” for years.
