Debian is a non commercial project which was revolutionized the perception of non-commercialization in favor of advocating the culture toward open/free software movement. The Debian project is a contribution of many skilled developers from all over the world. To learn more about Debian projects, new releases, and many other on going prjects check out the
Gentoo is a different flavor of Linux, in which optimization and customization assumed to take effect automatically. For more detail check the
official website of Gentoo.
Knoppix was developed in Germany based on Debian GNU/Linux. Some of the positive contribution includes better handling of multimedia and automatic hardware detection. Checkout for complete informtion on the
LindowsOS is also another flavor of Linux, which was developed to achive crossover between LindowsOS and other OS applications access. For detail checkout the official website of LindowsOS.
Mandrake Linux provides an easy installation process, which include features like hardware detection, partion, and post-installtion desktop features considered to be some of the factors attracted many Linux users. For detail checkout the Mandrake Linux
MEPIS is the newest linux distribution. MEPIS contributed many important features to the linux distributions particularly in multimedia, hardware auto-detection. For detail on their work, check their website.
Slackware is one of the oldest, may be the first distribution of Linux and still has a lot to offer. Slackware installation and common utilities can be done through configuration files and may not easy for beginner linux users. As far as functionality slackware is considered the most stable, secure, and bug-free systems. For details check out the
SUSE is another flavor of Linux highly recognized for stability and widely used in Europe but also on a rise in the America's as well. In 2003 SUSE was acquired by Novel and its now part of the Novell company operation. For details, checkout the
The Fedora website made the entire Core download systems available. If you are connected to the Internet using a modem line this may take several hours. For best result its adviced to check the
Xandros Linux brought many features that benifit new users to the Linux systems. Improvements in the core linux has been done on Xandros to achive application cross-functionalities by means of plugins to run MS-applications, like MS-Office products. To learn more about Xandros, check out the
