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Desktop Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
BunsenLabs Linux is a distribution offering a light-weight and easily customizable Openbox desktop. The BunsenLabs distribution is based on Debian's Stable branch and is a community continuation of the CrunchBang Linux d…
BunsenLabs Linux is a distribution offering a light-weight and easily customizable Openbox desktop. The BunsenLabs distribution is based on Debian's Stable branch and is a community continuation of the CrunchBang Linux distribution.
DesktopOpenbox
Based onDebian
OriginGlobal
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
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Forensics, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is an Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux live distribution created as a project of digital forensics. It offers a complete forensic environment that is organised to integrate existing…
CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is an Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux live distribution created as a project of digital forensics. It offers a complete forensic environment that is organised to integrate existing software tools as software modules and to provide a friendly graphical interface. The main design objectives that CAINE aims to guarantee are: an interoperable environment that supports the digital investigator during the four phases of the digital investigation, a user-friendly graphical interface, and a semi-automated compilation of the final report.
DesktopMATE
Based onDebian, Ubuntu (LTS)
OriginItaly
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Verified
Desktop, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
Calam Arch Installer is an Arch-based Linux distribution created to facilitate the installation of an Arch Linux system to a hard disk. It is also a full-featured live Linux system with Xfce as the preferred desktop. The…
Calam Arch Installer is an Arch-based Linux distribution created to facilitate the installation of an Arch Linux system to a hard disk. It is also a full-featured live Linux system with Xfce as the preferred desktop. The Calamares system installer offers a choice of several popular desktop environments and window managers, including Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, GNOME, i3, KDE Plasma, MATE, Openbox and Xfce. The distribution also offers support for both BIOS and UEFI boot, as well as hard disk encryption with LUKS.
DesktopXfce
Based onArch
OriginGreece
Archx86_64
PackagesFlatpak, Pacman
ReleaseRolling
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
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Desktop, Live Medium, Server, Source-based Active Verified
Jan 23, 2026
Calculate Linux is a Gentoo-based family of three distinguished distributions. Calculate Directory Server (CDS) is a solution that supports Windows and Linux clients via LDAP + SAMBA, providing proxy, mail and Jabbers se…
Calculate Linux is a Gentoo-based family of three distinguished distributions. Calculate Directory Server (CDS) is a solution that supports Windows and Linux clients via LDAP + SAMBA, providing proxy, mail and Jabbers servers with streamlined user management. Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD) is a workstation and client distribution (with a choice of Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE or Xfce desktops) that includes a wizard to configure a connection to Calculate Directory Server. Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) is a live CD with a build framework for creating a custom distribution.
DesktopCinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE, Xfce
Based onGentoo
OriginRussia
Archx86_64
PackagesPortage
ReleaseRolling
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Desktop, Server
Jul 29, 2026
Caldera OpenLinux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Red Hat. It was designed for desktop, server use and commonly used the KDE environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and used RPM package …
Caldera OpenLinux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Red Hat. It was designed for desktop, server use and commonly used the KDE environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and used RPM package management.
DesktopKDE
Based onRed Hat
OriginUnited States
Archx86
PackagesRPM
ReleaseFixed
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Desktop, Gaming, Live Medium, Multimedia Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
Canaima GNU/Linux is a Venezuelan desktop distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It is primarily designed as a solution for the computers of National Public Administration in accordance with the presidential decree numb…
Canaima GNU/Linux is a Venezuelan desktop distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It is primarily designed as a solution for the computers of National Public Administration in accordance with the presidential decree number 3.390 about the use of free technologies in National Public Administration in the country.
DesktopCinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce
Based onDebian (Testing)
OriginVenezuela
Archaarch64, i386, x86_64
PackagesDEB, Flatpak
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
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Desktop, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
Catbird Linux is a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "Unstable" branch and featuring the minimalist dwm window manager. It is designed for more technical users with needs for media creation, web scraping or so…
Catbird Linux is a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "Unstable" branch and featuring the minimalist dwm window manager. It is designed for more technical users with needs for media creation, web scraping or software programming. The distribution includes content creation software (Audacity, GIMP, ImageMagick, Inkscape, OBS-Studio, Shotcut, LibreOffice), various data science and artificial intelligence tools, Go and Lua programming languages, and many powerful command-line tools. Catbird Linux is built primarily to run as a live environment from a flash drive, although various options to install it to hard drive are also provided.
Desktopdwm
Based onDebian (Unstable)
OriginUSA
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB, Flatpak
ReleaseRolling
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Verified
Desktop, Live Medium, Server Active Verified
Jan 28, 2026
CentOS as a group is a community of open source contributors and users which started in 2003 and has been sponsored by Red Hat since 2014. CentOS Linux versions up to CentOS Linux 8 are 100% compatible rebuilds of Red Ha…
CentOS as a group is a community of open source contributors and users which started in 2003 and has been sponsored by Red Hat since 2014. CentOS Linux versions up to CentOS Linux 8 are 100% compatible rebuilds of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, in full compliance with Red Hat's redistribution requirements. In 2020 it was announced CentOS Linux is being discontinued and replaced with CentOS Stream, a developer-focused distribution which acts as a middle-stream between Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
DesktopGNOME
Based onFedora, Red Hat
OriginUSA
Archaarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
PackagesFlatpak, RPM (dnf)
ReleaseSemi-Rolling
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Server, Desktop
Jul 29, 2026
CentOS Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It was designed for server, desktop use and commonly used the GNOME environment or interface. The project supported x86_64 systems and …
CentOS Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It was designed for server, desktop use and commonly used the GNOME environment or interface. The project supported x86_64 systems and used RPM package management.
DesktopGNOME
Based onRed Hat Enterprise Linux
OriginUnited States
Archx86_64
PackagesRPM
ReleaseFixed
Jul 29, 2026
Chakra GNU/Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It was designed for desktop use and commonly used the KDE Plasma environment or interface. The project supported x86_64 systems and used Pacman p…
Chakra GNU/Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Arch Linux. It was designed for desktop use and commonly used the KDE Plasma environment or interface. The project supported x86_64 systems and used Pacman package management.
DesktopKDE Plasma
Based onArch Linux
OriginGermany
Archx86_64
PackagesPacman
ReleaseRolling
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