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Data Rescue, Desktop, Live Medium, Old Computers Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
Exe GNU/Linux was a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution, it transitioned to using a Devuan base in 2017. Its primary goal is to provide a Debian variant that ships with a slightly re-themed Trinity desktop environmen…
Exe GNU/Linux was a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution, it transitioned to using a Devuan base in 2017. Its primary goal is to provide a Debian variant that ships with a slightly re-themed Trinity desktop environment (a fork of KDE 3), as well as several useful scripts and utilities. It offers LXDE as an alternative desktop. It uses the official Devuan repositories, as well as the Trinity mirror for updating the desktop environment. The project strives to ship free software only and provides a collection of system rescue tools.
DesktopOpenbox, Trinity
Based onDebian (Stable), Devuan
OriginUnited Kingdom
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Details Visit Website
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Desktop, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 22, 2026
Expirion Linux is a Devuan-based desktop distribution which offers LXQt and Xfce desktop editions. The project provides separate releases built from the latest "stable" and "testing" branches of Devuan, with runit and Sy…
Expirion Linux is a Devuan-based desktop distribution which offers LXQt and Xfce desktop editions. The project provides separate releases built from the latest "stable" and "testing" branches of Devuan, with runit and SysV as init system options. Expirion ships with a more recent kernel than Devuan does and it also adds some user-friendly touches, custom themes and wallpapers, as well as productivity applications, such as LibreOffice, Chromium, Firefox, Thunderbird, Audacity, Brasero and VLC.
DesktopLXQt, Xfce
Based onDevuan
OriginUSA
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB, Flatpak
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Details Visit Website
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Desktop, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 23, 2026
ExTiX is a desktop Linux distribution and live DVD based on Ubuntu, offering a choice of alternative desktop environments.
DesktopBudgie, Deepin, KDE Plasma, LXQt
Based onDebian, deepin
OriginSweden
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
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Desktop, Gaming, Live Medium, Multimedia Active Verified
Jan 25, 2026
Exton Linux is a set of over 15 Linux distributions based on Arch Linux, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, openSUSE, Puppy Linux and Slackware Linux. They are designed to be lightweight, fast and easy to use. Exton Linux com…
Exton Linux is a set of over 15 Linux distributions based on Arch Linux, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, openSUSE, Puppy Linux and Slackware Linux. They are designed to be lightweight, fast and easy to use. Exton Linux comes with popular pre-configured desktop environments and a set of pre-installed software packages, including web browsers, office suites, multimedia players and development tools. It also includes various customization options, such as the ability to change the appearance of the desktop and install additional software packages. Exton Linux is available in several editions, each tailored to a specific use case, such as general-purpose computing, gaming, multimedia or servers.
DesktopBudgie, Deepin, Enlightenment, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, PIXEL, Xfce
Based onArch, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Puppy, Slackware
OriginSweden
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB
ReleaseSemi-Rollling
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
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Desktop, Multimedia, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 17, 2026
extrox is a spin of MX Linux by a member of the MX Linux development team, featuring custom art and theme, careful application selection, various user-friendly improvements, and an audio filter (developed in-house) for e…
extrox is a spin of MX Linux by a member of the MX Linux development team, featuring custom art and theme, careful application selection, various user-friendly improvements, and an audio filter (developed in-house) for enhanced sound quality in music playback and streaming. The distribution uses the Xfce desktop with the Compiz compositing window manager.
DesktopXfce
Based onDebian, MX Linux
OriginJapan
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB, Flatpak
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
Lightweight, Live Medium
Jul 29, 2026
Feather Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Knoppix. It was designed for lightweight, live medium use and commonly used the Fluxbox environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and used DEB…
Feather Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Knoppix. It was designed for lightweight, live medium use and commonly used the Fluxbox environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and used DEB package management.
DesktopFluxbox
Based onKnoppix
OriginUnited Kingdom
Archx86
PackagesDEB
ReleaseFixed
Historical, Desktop, Server
Jul 29, 2026
Fedora Core is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Red Hat Linux. It was designed for historical, desktop, server use and commonly used the GNOME environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and use…
Fedora Core is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Red Hat Linux. It was designed for historical, desktop, server use and commonly used the GNOME environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and used RPM package management.
DesktopGNOME
Based onRed Hat Linux
OriginUnited States
Archx86
PackagesRPM
ReleaseFixed
Science, Server
Jul 29, 2026
Fermi Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Red Hat Linux. It was designed for science, server use and commonly used the GNOME environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and used RPM packag…
Fermi Linux is a discontinued Linux distribution based on Red Hat Linux. It was designed for science, server use and commonly used the GNOME environment or interface. The project supported x86 systems and used RPM package management.
DesktopGNOME
Based onRed Hat Linux
OriginUnited States
Archx86
PackagesRPM
ReleaseFixed
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Container, Immutatable, Live Medium, Server Active Verified
Jan 27, 2026
Flatcar Container Linux is a container-optimized operating system based on Gentoo Linux. It is a minimal operating system image which includes only the tools needed to run containers and it supports all of the popular me…
Flatcar Container Linux is a container-optimized operating system based on Gentoo Linux. It is a minimal operating system image which includes only the tools needed to run containers and it supports all of the popular methods for running containers. The distribution ships an immutable filesystem and includes automatic atomic updates. Flatcar Container Linux runs on most cloud providers, virtualization platforms and bare metal servers.
DesktopNo Desktop
Based onGentoo
OriginUSA
Archaarch64, x86_64
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
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Desktop, Free Software, Live Medium Active Verified
Jan 29, 2026
Flora Linux-libre is a Linux distribution that uses the Linux-libre kernel, a modified version of the Linux kernel that contains no binary blobs, obfuscated code, or code released under proprietary licenses. It also excl…
Flora Linux-libre is a Linux distribution that uses the Linux-libre kernel, a modified version of the Linux kernel that contains no binary blobs, obfuscated code, or code released under proprietary licenses. It also excludes any non-free firmware. The project rebuilds Debian's "Stable" and some other Debian derivatives, such as MX Linux, and creates a "libre" flavour of those distributions with either MATE or Xfce desktop. Flora Linux-libre also comes with snapshot tools and installers that enable easy remastering of the distribution, as well as uim (short for universal input method), a multilingual input method framework.
DesktopCinnamon, GNOME, MATE, Xfce
Based onDebian (Stable), MX Linux
OriginJapan
Archx86_64
PackagesDEB
ReleaseFixed
Beginner
0.0/5
Easy install
0.0/5
1 member rating
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