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Thinstation is a thin client linux distro using std. x86 hw. It can boot from network, pxe, syslinux, CD, floppy or flash-disk and connect to servers using VNC, RDP, XDM, SSH, Telnet, tn5250, tarentella, 2X, NX, Thinlinc, VMWare VDI or ICA.
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Tuxboot helps you to create a bootable Live USB drive for Clonezilla live, DRBL live, Gparted live and tux2live. It is modified from unetbootin and runs on both MS Windows and GNU/Linux. You can choose to download the latest version of ISO file then create the live usb.
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Sandboxie
Sandboxie Plus & Classic
Sandboxie (and its enhanced fork Sandboxie Plus) is an open-source sandboxing tool for Windows NT-based systems. It creates isolated virtual environments in which applications can run safely without permanently modifying the system, ideal for testing untrusted software. Sandboxie Classic has the old no longer developed MFC-based UI, hence it lacks native interface support for Plus features. Although some of the missing features can be configured manually in the Sandboxie.ini configuration file or even replaced with custom scripts, the Classic edition is not recommended for users who want to explore the latest security options. A completely different token creation mechanism from Sandboxie's pre-open-source version makes sandboxes more independent in the system. -
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Ultimate Edition
An Ubuntu remix for both new and experienced Linux sophisticates
Ultimate Edition Linux, previously "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition". We cater to a large base of *nix users including, but certainly not limited to gamers & low resource computers. We have a Ultimate Edition for virtually any user. -
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FunOS
FunOS is a Linux distro based on Ubuntu LTS with JWM window manager
FunOS is a lightweight and minimal GNU/Linux distro, based on Ubuntu LTS. Using the JWM window manager. It comes without Snap. -
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Windows 95 in Electron
Windows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows
windows95 in Electron is a quirky, nostalgia-driven project that ports a complete emulation of Microsoft Windows 95 into a desktop application that runs on modern operating systems like Windows, macOS, and Linux. It essentially wraps an emulator — preconfigured to boot Windows 95 — inside a user-friendly app built with web technologies so developers and hobbyists can explore the look and feel of that classic OS without needing legacy hardware or complicated setup. Users can interact with familiar UI elements like the Start menu, File Explorer, and retro applications in a sandboxed environment that evokes early personal computing. Beyond being a playful trip down memory lane, the project demonstrates how emulation can be packaged using modern frameworks & how legacy operating systems can be encapsulated as distributable desktop experiences. It’s become an example of how software preservation and creative programming can intersect, inspiring others to bring historic systems to life. -
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AnduinOS
AnduinOS is a custom Ubuntu-based Linux distribution
AnduinOS is a personal/experimental operating system–style project and collection of components built to explore how a desktop-like environment and tooling could be organized under one coherent repo. It combines configuration, scripts, and UI elements to form a workstation experience that is more opinionated and automation-friendly than a vanilla setup. The project leans toward developer productivity: quick access to tools, reproducible configuration, and a unified place to evolve the environment. Because it is open source, users can inspect how the author wires services, handles packaging, or defines UI/UX conventions. It’s well suited for people who want to understand how to bootstrap and maintain a bespoke, code-driven desktop environment rather than relying on distro defaults. Over time it can serve as a living example of infrastructure-as-code principles applied to a personal OS setup. -
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The AROS Research Operating System is an effort to implement an Open Source and portable operating system that is compatible with AmigaOS(TM). Originally, it was meant as a direct reimplementation, but already has features not existing in AmigaOS.
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ThoriumOS
ChromiumOS fork with Thorium Browser, x264/x265 codecs
ThoriumOS is an experimental Chromium OS fork maintained by the creator of the Thorium web browser. It is focused on optimizing Chrome OS for performance, developer control, and flexibility, especially on legacy or non-Google hardware. ThoriumOS provides a fast and lightweight desktop environment centered around the Chromium browser, aiming to give users a secure, privacy-respecting, and efficient alternative operating system. The project builds on Chromium OS's open-source base while stripping unnecessary components and adding user-requested features. -
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Salix is a linux distribution based on Slackware that is simple and easy to use. Salix aims to be completely backwards compatible with Slackware, so Slackware users can benefit from Salix repositories.
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Synex
A minimalist and reliable operating system built on top of Debian.
Focus on what matters Solid foundation, simple experience: designed for businesses and users who want to work without distractions. Effortless Setup: Quick and easy installation process to get you up and running in no time. Streamlined Performance: Optimized for speed and efficiency, ensuring a smooth user experience. About Synex Synex is an innovative Linux distribution crafted in Argentina, built on the robust foundation of Debian. Our mission is to deliver a minimalist and stable operating system that caters to the needs of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as individual users seeking a straightforward computing experience. We prioritize simplicity without compromising on performance, ensuring that our users can focus on what truly matters. Key Features of Synex Focused: Designed with a clean and intuitive interface that enhances productivity. Stable: Built on top of Debian, providing a reliable and secure platform for all your needs. -
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Dr.Parted Live is a bootable GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian testing. Live CD/USB featuring a lightweight Openbox window manager and useful applications for data backup, restore and recovery. It contains Apart GUI that is a front end to the Partclone command line utility, and is capable of bare-metal backup and recovery of disk partitions. It can use external hard drives and network shares. Dr.Parted also aims to provide an easy way to carry out administration tasks on a computer, such as creating and editing hard disk partitions. Although GParted and Apart GTK are the main programs, the CD/USB also offers other applications, such as Netsurf, GSmart Control, Connman, Grsync, Xarchiver, HD Sentinel, USBimager, etc. It also contains a suite of powerful command line tools: clonezilla, testdisk, partimage, photorec, ddrescue, nwipe, scalpel, safecopy, fsarchiver, memtester, curl, wget, cryptsetup, chntpw, wipe and hdparm.
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Lilidog
Lightweight and stable Debian based Linux distro with Openbox.
Lilidog Linux is a lightweight, full featured distribution based on Debian stable with the Openbox window manager. Both X11, and Wayland versions are based on Debian 13 Trixie. Available versions: Lilidog - Comes with everything necessary to get started. Use this version if looking for an out of the box computing experience with everything you need. Beardog - The 'bare' version of Lilidog, without Lightdm, but the option to install Lightdm and most of the other features of the full version. A great way to get a lightweight environment with all the features you want. Waydog - A Wayland based release with Labwc, Sway, and Waybar. A fun release that shows some of the potential of Wayland and small window managers. Niri and Wayfire are also available as separate installer options. Click on "Files" and then "Releases" for all download options. Click on the “i” information icon next to the file to show its checksum. -
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Vanilla OS Live ISO Builder
Vanilla OS Live ISO Builder.
Vanilla OS Live ISO provides the official live environment and installer for Vanilla OS, a Linux distribution that blends immutability, security, and user-friendliness. Built on Ubuntu with an immutable root file system, Vanilla OS uses ABRoot and Distrobox to offer transactional updates and containerized app environments. The live ISO project enables users to boot and test the OS without installation, and includes the Calamares installer to simplify the setup process. It ensures users can preview the experience, hardware compatibility, and performance before committing. -
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LXLE
LXDE eXtra Luxury Edition
Change is good but changing everything isn't always great. Same is true for aging computers and their operating systems. Support is sometimes lost too quickly with a 6 month core release cycle. Graphics & Audio cards and chipsets get dropped along with other miscellaneous functions with programs or drivers that just go missing. We all like having updated software we certainly don't like down time or loss of features and capabilities. I believe most aging hardware just needs the right system on it, and lets face it, it helps keep a couple bucks in your pocket if you can squeeze a few more years out of your current system; without sacrificing, performance, capability, usability and of course aesthetics. http://lxle.net/forums/ -
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RebornOS
Made For You - Made With You
RebornOS is an Arch Linux based distribution whose goal is to make Arch Linux more approachable to beginners. We stick close to Arch Linux, offer choices without much bloat, and we provide quite a bit more support and handholding than typical distributions so that beginners don't feel overwhelmed. -
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Runtu
Runtu is a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu.
Runtu is a Russian desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It features full support for Russian and a variety of extra applications, tools and media codecs. -
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ExTiX - The Ultimate Linux System
ExTiX with Deepin/LXQt/GNOME/WayDroid and kernel 7.0.2-amd64-exton
Version 26.5, 26.4,, 25.12-2 and 25.12 (four versions - Build 260501, 260410, 251205, and 251201 ) of ExTiX 64 bit are based on Debian/Ubuntu. In ExTiX I have installed the GNOME 50 Desktop (for Waydroid), Deepin Desktop 25.1 respectively LXQt 2.2/LXDE. PROGRAM content etc Among many other programs GParted, SMPlayer, Gimp and Kodi. In addition Java and all necessary additions in order to install programs from source. PASSWORDS The password for root is root. The password for the ordinary user extix is live. Or live/live. Or user/live. ExTiX LXDE Mini Build 251205 ISO is of only 1870 MB - run it super fast from RAM! Refracta Snapshot in ExTiX 26.5, 26.4, 25.12-2 and 25.12 - Create your own live installable Ubuntu/Waydroid/Debian/Deepin system. Slideshow: https://www.extix.se/extix-refracta-slideshow.gif Run Android 13 in ExTiX 26.4 using Waydroid. It works very well. All versions can run LIVE from RAM. READ MORE: https://www.extix.se -
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StartOS
Linux server OS optimized for self-hosting
StartOS is a sovereign, self-hosted operating system built by Start9 Labs to empower individuals with digital independence. Designed to run on personal servers, it provides a privacy-first interface for installing, managing, and running decentralized applications without needing technical expertise. StartOS includes services like Bitcoin nodes, messaging platforms, file hosting, and password managers, all running locally and without third-party control. With a user-friendly UI and strong emphasis on encryption and self-ownership, StartOS offers a holistic alternative to Big Tech infrastructure. -
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Legacy OS
Legacy OS Linux is a Modern up to Date Operating System for older PC's
After a 6 year hiatus LegacyOS is back! Optimized for Monitors 1600 x 900 and smaller! Now based on antiX / Debian Bullseye 64 Bit. After a long development period LegacyOS 2023 is now available for download. As with previous releases LegacyOS uses the Ice Window Manager (icewm) and ROX / PCmanFM File Managers. All included Ice Window Manager Themes have been created for this release. A useful selection of Applications are included by default. VLC, MPV, Strawberry, Peek, FreetuxTV, OnlyOffice, Scribus, Gimp, Inkscape, Firefox-ESR, Thunderbird, Transmission just to name a few. Also available for download through the Synaptic Package Manager are the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge Web Browsers. Unlike previous releases LegacyOS 2023 will receive regular updates. To Login User = demo | Password = demo Install or run live from USB or DVD. -
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STAR
Travel light, run fast, just works! Devuan powered!
This is the home of Star live distro powered by Devuan stable linux (Non-Systemd). Images to choose from: 64 bit - Xfce (minimal), Fluxbox, Openbox, Jwm, i3, Cli 32bit - Jwm, Cli There is a small selection of applications, including: web browser, text editor, image viewer, pdf viewer, file manager, terminal, media player. If you like to customize your desktop, then this is the distro you you! This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. -
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SerenityOS
The Serenity Operating System
SerenityOS is an open source Unix-like operating system project with its own custom kernel, graphical user interface, system libraries, and userland tools. It combines a nostalgic “90s UI aesthetic” with modern system capabilities: a preemptive, multi-threaded kernel, own browsers, network stack, file systems, IPC, security features, and a suite of graphical / developer applications. The project is both a hobbyist OS and a polished engineering sandbox. -
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LinuxonAndroid
A range of linux distros for your Android device
This projects aim is to bring a range of linux distros to your android device through a method known as 'chroot', see it has running a linux distro within a virtual machine on your phone. You can access this virtual machine and run it on your phone without causing any damage to your device, or having to overwrite anything. Why might you want this? well my apps are designed to make the install and set up process as easy as possible (more so in the paid apps) while still giving you some flexibility. Once you have the distro up and running then you can pretty much run and install any linux software you like (so long as there is a arm port or it is not architecturaly dependent). -
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Network Security Toolkit (NST)
A network security analysis and monitoring toolkit Linux distribution.
Network Security Toolkit (NST) is a bootable ISO image (Live USB Flash Drive) based on Fedora 42 providing easy access to best-of-breed Open Source Network Security Applications and should run on most x86_64 systems. The main intent of developing this toolkit was to provide the security professional and network administrator with a comprehensive set of Open Source Network Security Tools. The majority of tools published in the article: Top 125 Security Tools by INSECURE.ORG are available in the toolkit. An advanced Web User Interface (WUI) is provided for system/network administration, navigation, automation, network monitoring, host geolocation, network analysis and configuration of many network and security applications found within the NST distribution. In the virtual world, NST can be used as a network security analysis, validation and monitoring tool on enterprise virtual servers hosting virtual machines.
