Linux and *BSD Distros and Links

  http://www.sonic.net/~peterbe/distros.html

• Red Hat The most common "commercial" distro
• Fedora Linux Non-commercial, free distro sponsored by Red Hat
• SuSE SuSE Linux (now from Novell)
• OpenSuSE Get OpenSuSE beta here
• Turbolinux major Asia-Pacific distro
• Red Flag Linux from Beijing
• Debian The developer's favorite ... and Debian-based distros:
  • Debian Live Tools and some prebuilt images
  • Knoppix - A free bootable CD based on Debian.
  • Ubuntu Linux for Human Beings .. and Spawn of Ubuntu:
  • CrunchBang Linux
  • Linux Mint
  • Freespire related to Linspire
  • gOS used on the gPC
  • Mepis Linux
  • antiX Linux - based on Mepis and Debian - (see also)
  • Damn Small Linux
• Yellow Dog for Macintosh and PPC
• Slackware
• Absolute Linux Slackware derivative
• Frugalware Slackware derivative
• Slax Pocket OS - Slackware derivative
• Zenwalk Slackware derivative
• Puppy Linux
• Tiny Core Linux
• Mandriva: (Merger of French Mandrake with Brazilian Conectiva)
  • Corporate Page
  • Web-based Support
• Arch Linux
• Xandros Linux Descended from Corel Linux
• Rock Linux - build yourself!
• Gentoo Linux Moo!
• Yoper Linux from Germany
• Sabayon Linux arte: essenza libera
• PC LInux
• Source Mage Linux
• Linux From Scratch build-your-own distro ... and Beyond ...
• Search for distros on Linux.org
• Distrowatch Comparison of a lot of distros
• Some 'Minimal' Distros from OLPC site
• Make the Move to Linux and open-source

• FreeBSD "Unix" (Not legally UNIX, but technically UNIX)
• PC-BSD - FreeBSD on the Desktop (KDE)
• OpenBSD "Unix" (Same comment)
• NetBSD "Unix" (Same comment)
• FreeBSD Mall former Walnut Creek CDROM
• TrustedBSD
• MirOS BSD
• m0n0wall
• ServerWatch
• www.bsd.org

Other Linux and Open Source Links

• The Linux Foundation (formerly OSDL)
• RPM Find
• Linux.org
• Linux Documentation Project
• GNU Project
• Opensource.org
• Kernel.org Where to get the latest Linux kernels
• Linux Certification from CompTIA
• Hardware Compatibility HOW-TO Southern Illinois User's Group
• OpenPrinting - Linux Foundation
• Linux system administration at Cabrillo College
• Sendmail MTA (mail server)
• Postfix MTA (mail server)
• Qmail MTA (mail server)
• EXIM MTA (mail server)
• BIND DNS Server
• SAMBA for SMB/CIFS connectivity
• KDE Desktop
• Gnome Desktop
• MySQL - Sun database
• PostgreSQL - Oracle database
• Apache web server
• Webopedia Dictionary of internet and computer technology
• SlashDot News for Nerds