Distributions

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Finding a Distribution

http://distrowatch.com has an extensive list of distributions that are searchable by type and architecture.

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Installed Distributions

Debian - see http://www.debian.org Debian was begun in August 1993 by Ian Murdock, as a new distribution which would be made openly, in the spirit of Linux and GNU. Debian was meant to be carefully and conscientiously put together, and to be maintained and supported with similar care. It started as a small, tightly-knit group of Free Software hackers, and gradually grew to become a large, well-organized community of developers and users.

  • The network install version is a quick download (180 MB) that installs applications from the net other than the base install for an uptodate install. See http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/

Ubuntu - see http://www.ubuntu.com/ Ubuntu is a complete Debian 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!

FreeSpire - see FreeSpire Home Page (http://www.freespire.org). FreeSpire is a free (as in beer) derivative of Linspire (http://www.linspire.com), formerly "Lindows". FreeSpire is Debian based, and runs as a live CD or an installed version. It can be installed as OSS, free of Proprietary components, but also provides users the choice of including proprietary codecs, drivers and applications as they see fit. Installing with the proprietary applications means you get to proprietary streaming media, and you have Flash and RealPlayer installed with the default Firefox web browser. You can update with CNR, Linspire's paid service, or use apt-get to install software.

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Live CD's

Puppy Linux (http://www.puppylinux.org) - "Overall, Puppy Linux is a superb, light-weight, fast and versatile Linux distribution with a great selection of applications, graphical system administration utilities and all sorts of unique features not readily available elsewhere. A great choice not only for older computers, but also for those who dislike the bloat of most modern distributions." - Distrowatch.com

This one runs in ram, is built on 2.6 kernel and under 100meg download. --Dpembrook 17:08, 18 Jun 2006 (Eastern)

Slax (http://www.slax.org/) SLAX is a 186Mb Linux operating system which fits on small (3.14") CD-ROM disc. It is one of the faster KDE based live CDs. It uses KOffice for it's office functions.--Wcreswell 00:34, 21 Jul 2006 (Eastern)

Grafpup (http://www.grafpup.com/) Grafpup Linux is Based on Puppy Linux, mentioned above,and emphasized graphics with Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus, and also Bluefish html editor.--Wcreswell 00:34, 21 Jul 2006 (Eastern)

Austrumi (http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/index_en.html) AUSTRUMI is a business card size (50MB) bootable Live CD Linux distribution that runs in Ram if available. Very fast way to run a live CD. Uses AbiWord and Gnumeric for office functions, and enlightenment for a window manager.--Wcreswell 00:34, 21 Jul 2006 (Eastern)

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