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    Tools and patches for the Linux Diskquota system as part of the Linux kernel
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    Ufficio Zero Linux OS

    Ufficio Zero Linux OS

    Linux Desktop OS for professionals

    Ufficio Zero Linux OS is a desktop operating system offered in many versions based on PCLinuxOS, Linux Mint and Devuan. We also have created Duplica, a Bare Metal Restore Solution. This distro has many packages for professional use. The project is managed by the Italian company SIITE SRLS and promoted by the Italian Association Boost Media APS. Ufficio Zero Linux OS is trademarked through the Linux Mark Institute. All rights reserved. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries. website https://ufficiozero.org forum https://forum.ufficiozero.org wiki https://wiki.ufficiozero.org YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@UfficioZeroLinuxOS Boost Media APS https://boostmedia.it
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    The goal of the project is now to develop a user library called libpfm4 to help setup performance events for use with the perf_events Linux kernel interface. The development of the perfmon kernel subsystem, libpfm and pfmon has now stopped.
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    Project's goal is to create better tools for diagnosing Linux systems. Diagnostics include first failure data capture, error log analysis, preventative testing, and system inventory gathering. You can now find Power System specific packages on github. libservicelog : https://github.com/power-ras/libservicelog servicelog : https://github.com/power-ras/servicelog lsvpd : https://github.com/power-ras/lsvpd libvpd : https://github.com/power-ras/libvpd ppc64-diag : https://github.com/power-ras/ppc64-diag sysfsutils is moved to github. New home for sysfsutils : https://github.com/linux-ras/sysfsutils
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    Downloads: 38,828 This Week
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    Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. Squashfs compresses both files, inodes and directories, and supports block sizes up to 1Mbytes for greater compression. It is implemented as a kernel module under VFS.
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    Linuxfx Operating System

    Linuxfx Operating System

    Linuxfx Operating System

    Linuxfx is an Ubuntu-based operating system that contains a powerful set of tools and an amazing look and feel. It has compatibility with Windows apps through Wine and also runs Android apps. It's super stable, solid as a rock and very secure. It also does not need TPM or any other requirement for its operation and is compatible with any computer that has 2 cores and 3GB of RAM memory.
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    Downloads: 2,900 This Week
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    CachyOS

    CachyOS

    Blazingly Fast & Customizable Linux distribution

    CachyOS - Arch Linux Based Distribution With Heavy Optimizations & Multi-Architectures For Ultimate Desktop Experience Filesystems: - btrfs - zfs - ext4 - xfs - f2fs Our installer will auto detect which micro architecture your machine got, if x86-64-v3 or x86-64-v4 is detected it will automatically use the optimized packages, which is around a 10 % performance improvement. Desktop Environments: - KDE - CuteFish - i3 - Gnome - Openbox - Wayfire - Xfce - LXQT - bspwm All packages are compiled with Full LTO and other optimization flags. Depending on the march your cpu have it is compiled against x86-64, x86-64-v3 or x86-64-v4. For the Desktop Environment we provide basic theming. In CachyOS-Hello can be also security related packages enabled, like: DNScrypt-proxy Firejail apparmor Security and Performance! https://discord.gg/qJqj94uFwE https://t.me/+zCzPX4cAFjk1MTY
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    Archcraft

    Archcraft

    Yet another minimal Linux distribution, based on Arch Linux.

    Archcraft is an arch-based rolling-release distribution aimed at users who cares more about minimalism and aesthetics of their desktop. It comes pre-configured with various lightweight applications which makes it super fast. It can run under 500Mb of memory. There's no desktop environment in (main) Archcraft, just two highly configured window managers - Openbox and Bspwm. The default username & password is 'liveuser' for live ISO. The installer can be found in the app launcher and in openbox menu under the Application > System category, namely 'Install Archcraft'. Archcraft uses two Installers, Calamares and ABIF
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    Winux / Wubuntu Operating System

    Winux / Wubuntu Operating System

    Windows Theme Over Linux a.k.a "WINUX" (old Wubuntu)

    Windows Theme Over Linux a.k.a "Winux" (old Wubuntu) is a super secure Linux operating system that is completely inspired by Microsoft Windows, but does not require any special hardware requirements and can be installed on any device. With Winux you can maintain your workflow or games without worrying about having to relearn computing.
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    OpenMandriva Lx

    OpenMandriva Lx

    Easy, yet powerful, GNU/Linux distribution

    OpenMandriva Lx is a unique and independent distribution and direct descendant of Mandriva Linux. It comes from a 100% community-driven association that believes in the values of free software & collaboration and whose founding values are development, equality, co-operation, openness, freedom, group achievement, independence, and solidarity. Source code: Software: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaSoftware Packages: https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation Build system: https://abf.openmandriva.org/ Contact: * Chat - https://wiki.openmandriva.org/en/team/chat * Forum - https://forum.openmandriva.org Issue tracking and feature requests: * Issue Tracking - https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/distribution/issues Donate - https://liberapay.com/OpenMandriva
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    Downloads: 1,417 This Week
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    Super Grub2 Disk

    Super Grub2 Disk

    Boots into many systems and GRUB2 ones!

    Super GRUB2 Disk helps you to boot into most any Operating System (OS) even if you cannot boot into it by normal means.
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    Downloads: 1,781 This Week
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    This project is a random collection of Linux kernel-related projects and source code.
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    XanMod Kernel
    XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. Built to provide a stable, smooth and solid system experience. https://gitlab.com/xanmod/linux https://xanmod.org
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    Downloads: 1,514 This Week
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    FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel (RTOS)

    FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel (RTOS)

    Market leading real time kernel for 40+ microcontroller architectures

    ************************************************************************************************************************ * The primary FreeRTOS repository is now in Git. Go to https://github.com/freertos for the latest FreeRTOS kernel and libraries. * Our support has moved to https://forums.freertos.org. ************************************************************************************************************************ FreeRTOS is a market-leading real-time operating system (RTOS) for microcontrollers and small microprocessors. Distributed freely under the MIT open source license, FreeRTOS includes a kernel and a growing set of libraries suitable for use across all industry sectors. Visit https://www.freertos.org for more information and other download options. Note about support/discussions forum: The FreeRTOS support forum has moved to https://forums.freertos.org. Please update your bookmarks and create new posts in the appropriate category in the new community forums.
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    Downloads: 629 This Week
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    Calam-Arch-Installer.iso

    Calam-Arch-Installer.iso

    Current Release: Calam-Arch-Installer-2025-07 Kernel: 6.15.4

    Now you can easily install pure arch linux from my Arch Live Linux with Calam-Arch-Installer through video instructions, following the steps. Install Legacy-Bios or UEFI, Support Luks Yes There are also 9 selectable graphical environments for installation, Xfce, Gnome, Plasma,Cinnamon, Budgie, Openbox, I3, Mate, Deepin Good Luck!
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    Downloads: 675 This Week
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    lmbench is a suite of simple, portable, ANSI/C microbenchmarks for UNIX/POSIX. In general, it measures two key features: latency and bandwidth. lmbench is intended to give system developers insight into basic costs of key operations.
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    Downloads: 3,488 This Week
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    Linux Test Project

    Testsuite to validate the reliability, robustness, stability of Linux.

    Linux Test Project (LTP) is a joint project started by SGI, OSDL and Bull developed and maintained by SUSE, Red Hat, Fujitsu, IBM, Cisco, Oracle and others. The project goal is to deliver tests to the open source community that validate reliability, robustness, and stability of the Linux Kernel. The testing suites contain a collection of tools for testing the Linux kernel and related features. Our goal is to improve the Linux kernel and system libraries by bringing test automation.
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    Control Group Configuration

    https://github.com/libcgroup/libcgroup

    This page is deprecated - please go to https://github.com/libcgroup/libcgroup
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    ExTiX - The Ultimate Linux System

    ExTiX - The Ultimate Linux System

    Based on Debian with Deepin/LXQt/KDE/Waydroid and kernel 6.15.3-exton

    Version 25.7, 25.3, 24.12, 23.5 (five versions - Build 250701, 250305, 241223, 230530, 230510 ) of ExTiX 64 bit are based on Debian/Ubuntu. In ExTiX I have installed Deepin Desktop 25, LXQt 2.0 respectively KDE Plasma Desktop together with Ubuntu Desktop (for Wayland). 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 LXQt Mini Build 230510 ISO is of only 1550 MB - run it super fast from RAM! Refracta Snapshot in ExTiX 25.7, 25.3, 24.12, and 23.5 - Create your own live installable Ubuntu/Waydroid/Debian/Deepin system. Slideshow: https://www.extix.se/extix-refracta-slideshow.gif Build 161203 is for Intel Compute Sticks - https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/boards-kits/compute-stick.html
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    Downloads: 1,291 This Week
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    New implementation of the traceroute utility for modern Linux systems. Backward compatible with the traditional traceroute. Supports both IPv4 and IPv6, additional types of trace (including TCP), allows some traces for unprivileged users.
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    Downloads: 1,810 This Week
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    JBoss Community
    Community driven projects featuring the latest innovations for cutting edge apps. Our flagship project JBoss AS is the leading Open Source, standards-compliant, Java EE based application server implemented in 100% Pure Java.
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    RichARCH

    RichARCH

    Creating a Rich experience to ARCH

    RichARCH is designed to be a Simple Quick Pure path to Arch Linux including kickstart like automation features. One goal of the project is to only use packages in the basic Arch Linux repos by default with the option to install a few non-standard packages (like Pamac, Spotify, and Warp Terminal). Our hope is that this will help to make Arch Linux more approachable to individual and corporate users. Make sure to backup any data you wish to keep from the storage device you plan to use with the RichARCH installer. Details and installation info can be found at: https://download.sf.net/richarch/InstallAndInfo.pdf - or - https://sites.google.com/view/richarch Supports - AMD / Nvidia drivers - Fully automated installs - LVM storage setup options - Multiple storage formats, including: BTRFS, EXT4, XFS - Desktop Environments: Budgie, Cinnamon, Cosmic, Cutefish, Enlightenment, Gnome, Hyprland, KDE, LXDE, LXQT, Mate, Niri, River, Sway, XFCE
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    Downloads: 859 This Week
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    EmuTOS

    EmuTOS

    Free operating system for Atari computers, and more.

    EmuTOS is a TOS compatible operating system for Atari ST series computers, and more. It is made from Digital Research's GPLed original sources and is a free and open source alternative to Atari proprietary ROMs.
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    Downloads: 423 This Week
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    This project maintains the Linux Console tools, which include utilities to test and configure joysticks, connect legacy devices to the kernel's input subsystem (providing support for serial mice, touchscreens etc.), and test the input event layer.
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    Downloads: 1,341 This Week
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    Runtu

    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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    Downloads: 263 This Week
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