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Verified
Desktop, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
Berry Linux is a bootable CD Linux with automatic hardware detection and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. Berry Linux can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD o…
Berry Linux is a bootable CD Linux with automatic hardware detection and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. Berry Linux can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD or as a rescue system. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk, although this option is also available (it needs 1.2GB of hard disk space). Berry Linux is based on Fedora (previously it was based on Red Hat Linux and KNOPPIX).
DesktopLXDE
Based onFedora
OriginJapan
Archx86_64
PackagesRPM
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Verified
Desktop, Live Medium, Security Active Verified
Jan 26, 2026
Berserk Arch is an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution designed primarily for power users, security researchers and developers. It uses a customised Openbox window manager. The distribution offers a modular en…
Berserk Arch is an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution designed primarily for power users, security researchers and developers. It uses a customised Openbox window manager. The distribution offers a modular environment with pre-configured desktop profiles, secure package infrastructure and curated toolsets.
DesktopOpenbox
Based onArch
OriginIndia
Archx86_64
PackagesPacman
ReleaseRolling
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Verified
Desktop, Live Medium, Old Computers Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
Besgnulinux is a lightweight, desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "stable" branch. Using the JWM window manager, it is designed to be fast, lightweight and easy to use, suitable for older and low-specification c…
Besgnulinux is a lightweight, desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "stable" branch. Using the JWM window manager, it is designed to be fast, lightweight and easy to use, suitable for older and low-specification computers. Besgnulinux comes with the Calamares system installer, the Brave web browser, and over 40 custom-built tools to control the systems settings as well as the desktop's look-and-feel.
DesktopJWM
Based onDebian (Stable)
OriginTürkiye
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Verified
Server Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
Bicom Systems' SERVERware is a commercial, Gentoo-based, purpose-built virtualization platform designed specifically for telephony and cloud-based Unified Communications (UC) environments. Its goal is to deliver high per…
Bicom Systems' SERVERware is a commercial, Gentoo-based, purpose-built virtualization platform designed specifically for telephony and cloud-based Unified Communications (UC) environments. Its goal is to deliver high performance, reliability and scalability in a modern, intuitive user interface. The distribution's main features include built-in data integrity and resilience, geo-redundancy for disaster preparedness, user-friendly management, and support for modern virtualization technologies. Bicom SERVERware can be used as a standalone server, as a mirror for enhanced redundancy via real-time mirrored storage, or as a cluster.
DesktopNo Desktop, WebUI
Based onGentoo
OriginFrance
Archx86_64
PackagesPortage
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Security, Lightweight
Jul 29, 2026
BlackArch Slim is a active Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It was designed for security, lightweight use and commonly used the Xfce environment or interface. The project supported x86_64 systems and used Pacman p…
BlackArch Slim is a active Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It was designed for security, lightweight use and commonly used the Xfce environment or interface. The project supported x86_64 systems and used Pacman package management.
DesktopXfce
Based onArch Linux
OriginInternational
Archx86_64
PackagesPacman
ReleaseRolling
Free Software, Desktop
Jul 29, 2026
BLAG Linux and GNU is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Fedora. It was designed for free software, desktop use and commonly used the GNOME environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and used RPM…
BLAG Linux and GNU is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Fedora. It was designed for free software, desktop use and commonly used the GNOME environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and used RPM package management.
DesktopGNOME
Based onFedora
OriginUnited Kingdom
Archx86
PackagesRPM
ReleaseFixed
Verified
Declarative, Desktop, Immutable, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 19, 2026
blendOS is an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution which automates installing software from supported distributions (Arch Linux, Fedora and Ubuntu) into containers. blendOS tries to make software management in …
blendOS is an Arch Linux-based, rolling-release distribution which automates installing software from supported distributions (Arch Linux, Fedora and Ubuntu) into containers. blendOS tries to make software management in across containers feel native and provides access to the user's home directory for each container.
DesktopGNOME
Based onArch
OriginIndia
Archx86_64
PackagesFlatpak, Pacman
ReleaseRolling
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Verified
Desktop, Immutable Active Verified
Jan 22, 2026
Bluefin is an Linux distribution, based on Fedora Silverblue or CentOS, that aims to provide a stable and secure system with pre-installed software and hardware support, GNOME desktop, Flatpak integration, and Distrobox …
Bluefin is an Linux distribution, based on Fedora Silverblue or CentOS, that aims to provide a stable and secure system with pre-installed software and hardware support, GNOME desktop, Flatpak integration, and Distrobox inclusion. It features an immutable, read-only root file system, enhancing system stability and security. Bluefin provides various editions of the product, including "gts" (based on the previous stable version of Fedora), "stable" (based on the current stable version of Fedora), and "lts" (based on the current version of CentOS Stream). It also offers a developer mode with various tools and container-based technologies for developers.
DesktopGNOME
Based onCentOS, Fedora
OriginGlobal
Archx86_64
PackagesRPM, Flatpak
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Verified
Server Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
BlueOnyx is a server distribution based on AlmaLinux OS. It is the mission of BlueOnyx to provide a fully-integrated Internet hosting platform that includes web, e-mail, DNS and file transfer services from a simple, user…
BlueOnyx is a server distribution based on AlmaLinux OS. It is the mission of BlueOnyx to provide a fully-integrated Internet hosting platform that includes web, e-mail, DNS and file transfer services from a simple, user-friendly web-based interface that is easily installed on commodity hardware or virtual private server.
DesktopNo Desktop, WebUI
Based onAlmaLinux
OriginItaly
Archx86_64
PackagesRPM
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Verified
Desktop, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 29, 2026
Bluestar Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that is based on Arch Linux. The Bluestar distribution features up to date packages, a full range of desktop and multimedia software in the default installation and a live deskt…
Bluestar Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that is based on Arch Linux. The Bluestar distribution features up to date packages, a full range of desktop and multimedia software in the default installation and a live desktop DVD.
DesktopKDE Plasma
Based onArch
OriginGermany
Archx86_64
PackagesFlatpak, Pacman
ReleaseRolling
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
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