Free linux distro software for linux

Linux distribution race is a cool car race for 4 players, cars are named by Linux distributions (Mandrake, SUSE, RedHat, Debian).

You can create maps in GIMP. Controls: WSAD, TGFH, IKJL, arrows.

LinuxUpdate is a distro-independent automatic package upgrade utility.

LinuxUpdate is written in perl using Gtk2 bindings. It justs sits there in your tray, executing specified commands once in a while and processing the output to produce a viewable list of upgradable packages.

GUI is provided to allow for automatic package upgrade process. Default configuration is right for PLD Linux Distribution using poldek as the package manager.

LiMP is a a tiny LIVE CD based linux distro, that loads into memory and works only in the memory. This is the easiest, simpler yet powerful distro that works in all computers (PIII onwards).
Linux Multimedia Player supports most of the known formats, let it be mpeg-I, or mpeg-II, or divx, or wmv,qt-mov,real video for video and for audio mp3,wav,wma, ogg, real audio. It has the auto detection of partitions (ide or sata or scsi), sound cards,video cards, network cards and supports all the the cards as of kernel 2.6.13. It identifies the Partitions and mounts in the folder START.
It has the network support, which can be configured inside the GUI. It also mounts the Windows Shares, Linux Smb shares in the folder START.
It is complete tiny OS, with menu driven option and requires no knowledge of linux. All in a embedded image file of size 35 MB that gives you the entertainment. It can be easily integrated into WINDOWS XP/2000/98/95 or in linux boot loader or boot from cdrom.
LiMP distro runs only from memory and so CDROM/DVD is free to use. LiMP is completely safe to use as it mounts the partitions (NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, REISERFS) and windows / linux shares in READONLY mode.
Computer Shutdown schedule for bed time listeners. It supports viewing encrypted DVDs (Zone set DVDs). User has to option to load his favorite language font, for viewing subtitle User can set his favorite skin for xmms as default so that it loads on startup.
It runs a vnc server and can be accessed remotely from any vnc client.
Enhancements:
- The kernel was updated to 2.6.21.1.
- ALSA was updated to 1.0.14rc3.
- Idesk, a desktop program, was added.
- Mplayer, conky, and openbox were updated.
- Xdialog was added, providing an even easier interface.
- LiMP includes compressed cache to give better performance (http://linuxcompressed.sourceforge.net/).

Jedo Linux (pronounced jed-o), is a simple, clean Linux distribution that aims to provide a reliable distro for power users. Its best described as a cross between Linux From Scratch (LFS), Redhat and Gentoo.

Jedo Linux is a original distro (not built on any existing one), although it tends to lean towards LFS and feels a bit like Redhat when using it.

Source based distro allows rapid development, and makes it easy for users to tweak the distro to their liking. (most packages can also be installed from binaries)

Vanilla Kernel Jedo Linux runs a vanilla kernel, and this is updated regularly to the latest stable kernel.

Decent Support Life 3yr support life by default (may be adjusted depending on usage and versions avalible).

Release Cycle Aim to release a new version about once every 2 years, and release feature updates roughly every 6months for released versions. (of course security updates are released ASAP)

Desktop Distro Designed for use on desktops and laptops.

OSS All software included in the default install is Open Source (or Freedom Software) - including firmware. Some closed source software is in the repo, but it is clearly marked in the "nonfree" category. If you dont belive in using propietary software or kernel modules, none will be installed without you requesting it. Software that uses patented technology (eg: libdvdcss) is also in the "nonfree" category.

For expert users Its a distro for Linux power users - installer and config tools are all CLI and assumes you know all about partitioning, package management, etc.

New, but not bleeding Jedo Linux uses the latest stable technology - latest & greatest but not bleeding edge - because people like having their systems work as expected. Jedo Linux gives you good tools that work so you can get on with what you want to do without having to mess about fixing the OS.

Basicly, its a distro aimed at your LFS compiling, technically skilled Linux user who wants a distro that is simple to use and install - its not for your average Mum & Dad who just want to send email - that sort of user should look at something like Ubuntu. Neither is it a server distro as its not feature frozen - use something like Redhat EL/CentOS or Debian if you are after a feature distro with a long support life.

Luit Linux is a small bootable live CD distribution based on KNOPPIX and DamnSmall Linux.
Mission is to make a small compact live distribution with tools and applications for day to day needs, without compromising on its looks and feel and ease of use.
Main features of this new distro is its modularity. Additional CDs can be mounted to get additional packages at any time when needed from the desktop menu or through a command prompt. All can be combined to make a Mini CD version also.
Main features:
- Firefox
- Gaim
- Epic IRC Client
- Xmule
- Scribus Desktop Publishing for Linux
- Sqlite and Sqlitebrowser
- GIMP
- Printing utilities with CUPS
- Games like Doom Legacy and X-board ( Chess )
- FTP
- OpenOffice
- IRC servers and others.
I hereby like to thank all of those who have used the previous version of LuitLinux and have made some wonderful suggestions which helped me in bringing out this new version. I also like to apologize to those whom I had initially promised to include certain packages, but then had to finally drop them. Some hardware issues still remains unsolved which I hope can be resolved with your help and suggestions. So please start using the LuitLinux forum which will help in bringing out a better version of LuitLinux in the near future.
NOTE : Luit Linux is free; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your opinion) any later version.
This is being distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU GENERAL Public License for more details.
All packages included are free as far as to my knowledge. I should be brought to light if I am wrong. Different packages have different license agreements. Please do look into them for details.

Frankie Linux is a bootable CD containing the Linux desktop operating system for PC. Frankie Linux runs Linux directly from the CD without installing.

All your available partitions and data storage devices (CD-ROM, USB storage devices, etc.) should be recognized at boot and should be mounted to /mnt/**.

Lots of useful applications are included.And you can also copy the CD to a FAT32 partition, and run it on your hard disk by launching a ms-dos program called loadlin.

A Live-CD is a completely operational Linux system contained on one bootable CD that can de run from any CD-ROM drive, without requering the installation of anything on your hard drive. When you want to return to your previous operating system, reboot and simply remove the CD from your drive. If you want to run Frankie Linux on your harddisk, just copy to a FAT32 Partition.

Frankie Linux is a distro base on Slackware , and it contains almost all usefull software for running full-fledged desktop, including Xwindow graphics user interface and lots of useful applications.

Frankie Linux can also be installed (manually) to a ext2/ext3/Reiserfs partition like other distributions, but you have to configure boot loader manually.

Voyage Linux is a Debian sarge-based distro (voyage) built from scratch. It is best run on a x86-based embedded platform such as Soekris 45xx/48xx and WRAP boards.
Main features:
- based on Debian Sarge r3.1
- 2.6.8.1 kernel
- prism54, hostap, madwifi, ipw2100, rt2400 drivers
- hostapd, wpa_supplicant from sarge
ToDo:
- improving installation scripts to allow different flavour for building customized distro
- scripts for setting up network configuration
- more wireless drivers (ipw2200, rt2500, etc.)
- further reducing in size
- light-weighted web server (thttpd + php) for system configuration
- bootable CD with voyage installer, pxeboot support
- more software features, like zebra/quagga, OpenVPN, FreeSWAN, traffic shaping/QoS, Asterisk/VoIP, etc.

Echelon Linux is a distro designed to monitor services on your network. Echelon Linux is based on the DamnSmallLinux project.
I started building echelonlinux last year but I stopped working on it a few month later. Today I have decided to publish a new release of echelonlinux. It is a little bit different than first one; only 3 components are available :
- Nagios Services and local ressources monitoring
- Ntop Network traffic analyser
- Nessus Remote Security Scanner
Main features:
- Apache based system
- Network monitoring with Nagios.
- Vulnerabilities scan with Nessus.