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Musix GNU+Linux is a Free Operating system intended for musicians and users in general. Musix GNU+Linux also contains an enormous collection of free programs.
The system will boot from your CD/DVD drive, with no need to install anything on your hard disk. The programs currently support the Spanish and English languages.
Main features:
- Master for CD
- Publish musical scores
- Print musical scores
- Create MIDI Instruments
- Record and reproduce Audio and MIDI
- Edit and mix Audio and MIDI tracks with Multitrack Sequencers/Editors
- Perform noise-reduction to recover recordings
- Use effects in real time with any device (microphone, line, etc.)
- Connect a keyboard or another MIDI device and control the available software synthesizers

easys GNU/Linux was formerly known as "pocketlinux".
easys GNU/Linux main aims are to be small, fast and easy to use. If you think your live isnt slacked, yet, give this one a try.
easys GNU/Linux is a Slackware-based distribution developed by former developers of the now-discontinued Bonzai Linux.
easys GNU/Linux has a different approach then most other distributions. We want to build up a version of linux you can count on, and you can do your daily work with.
In the past 10 years in computer business I have noticed that most users only need a few applications (f.e. a texteditor, a spreadsheet, a browser or an email client). Current Desktop Environemnts like KDE offer a lot more. But can you tell me WHO really needs 3 different texteditors? So we slimmed it all down a bit. And thats what pocketlinux is about. We do not offer any administration frontends for deep system tweeks, as we think a "normal" user should not touch these things. Experienced Users can use the on board administration tools that come with the Slackware core. (Of course, if you really want to change any hardware specific settings like your monitor resolution, feel free to ask someone in the forum).
We only offer 1 application per task, so there is only one texteditor visible for the end user. (Please note that the kde-light environment is based on a complete KDE version, so most of the KDE application are onboard, too. But they are not visible to the end user per default.)
So we took a look at other installers and noticed the "shell script" based Slackware installer. The only thing we do not like about it is that its not i18n-able. So we took some time to customize the installer to be able to write back a complete tar archive on nearly any harddrive. We added i18n support (English and German right now. We are still looking for translators) and modified the kernel installation.
Enhancements:
- We are proud to present the next generation of the easys GNU/Linux operating system. The OS is now based on Slackware Linux 11.0 which comes with full kernel 2.6 support, including udev for device initialization. Kernel 2.6.17.13 is the default for a fresh installation. Besides current versions of glibc (2.3.6), GCC (3.4.6) and X.Org 6.9.0, we have included a full version of KDE 3.5.4 instead of KDE light. It has been optimized for easier usage including one application per task and a fresh enterprise GUI design called waveline. Kiosktool and KDE Kiosk Mode can be used to create user and group policies which allows you to easily setup internet kiosks or locked down workstations.

Live GNU/Linux the free Knoppix as it takes the usual Knoppix from Klaus Knopper, and strips off all non-free bits and bytes. The result is a product that consists entirely of Free Software.

We hope to provide a useful Free Software resource for you. Live GNU/Linux is also meant as a live system others can base customised version on, if they want to build up a Free Software system as well.

Live GNU/Linux is based on Knoppix which itself is based on Debian GNU/Linux. Freeing the original Knoppix was developed at Intevation.

Version 1.4 (Pommes) of the GNU/Linux operating system ROOT has been released! ROOT is a complete GNU/Linux operating system with the latest GNU and Linux technology.
Release 1.4 includes lots of high quality software like GCC 3.4.3, Perl 5.8.6, WindowMaker 0.91.0, X.org 6.8.1, KDE 3.2.3, TeTeX 2.0.2 and Linux 2.4.18.
The 1.4 generation of ROOT contains many major changes from the previous release 1.3. This is a small list of new features or other changes:
The package system
ROOT now includes a much more advanced package system with many new features based on pkgutils from CRUX.
The system installer
The system installer has been updated. It fixes many bugs and is generally more stable.
Latest KDE
The latest stable KDE, version 3.3.2, is included. It is the best and most stable KDE release ever.
GNOME libraries
GNOME1 and GNOME2 libraries are included for compatibility with programs. However, the GNOME2 desktop is not included because its hard to maintain and takes up too much space on the CD.
Translations
All translations of programs has been removed.
New packages
The new version of ROOT contains a very large number of updated packages. For a full list, see the manual.
Main features:
- Kernel 2.4.28
- Init BSD-style
- X X.org 6.8.1
- GNOME 2.8.2 libraries
- KDE 3.3.2
- WindowMaker 0.91.0
- File Systems ext[2,3], reiserfs, jfs
- Office Suite KOffice
- Optimization i586
- Web Server Apache 2.0.52
- FTP Server PureFTPd 1.0.20
- Remote Login OpenSSH 3.9

Openwall GNU/*/Linux (or Owl for short) is a security-enhanced operating system with Linux and GNU software as its core, compatible with other major distributions of GNU/*/Linux. Openwall GNU/*/Linux is intended as a server platform. And, of course, it is free.
Main features:
- While we value quality above feature set, Owl does indeed offer a number of features besides just trying to be more secure.
- Most obviously, Owl can be used as a base for installing whatever software is generally available for GNU/*/Linux systems. It offers some compatibility (read below) for software packages found in or developed for other major Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Linux.
- Additionally, being a server platform, Owl will include a growing set of integrated Internet services.
- Owl includes a complete build environment capable to re-build the entire system from source with one simple command ("make buildworld"). (This is explained in more detail below.)
- Owl supports multiple architectures (currently x86, SPARC, and Alpha), as this lets you use it in more cases and helps us catch certain classes of software bugs earlier, thus improving the reliability of Owl packages.
Security:
- Owl combines several approaches to reduce the number and/or impact of flaws in its software components and impact of flaws in third-party software that one might install on the system.
- The primary approach used is proactive source code review for several classes of software vulnerabilities. However, because of the large amount of code, theres a certain level of "importance" for a software component or a part thereof to be audited. - Currently, only pieces of code which are typically run with privileges greater than those of a regular user and/or typically process data obtained over a network are audited before the corresponding software component is included. This covers relevant code paths in many of the system libraries, all SUID/ SGID programs, all daemons and network services. Other software may be audited when it is already a part of Owl. Potential problems found during the audit are fixed or, in some pathological cases, may prevent the software component from being included. In general, code quality and privilege management are always considered when theres a choice between implementations of a feature. As the project evolves, many of the software components will be replaced with ones of our own.
- When packaged for Owl, the software components are configured or, when necessary, modified in order to provide safe defaults, apply the least privilege principle, and introduce privilege separation. The use of safe defaults, where optional and potentially dangerous features need to be turned on explicitly, lets us audit the pieces of code used in in the default configuration in a more thorough way. Extra systems administration facilities ("owl-control") are provided for managing system features such as the optional SUID/SGID binaries independently from installing the corresponding packages. Every Owl package will have its audit status documented to allow for risk assessment.
- While source code review is the preferred way to deal with software vulnerabilities, it cant be applied in all cases. Typically, when insecure third-party software is installed on an otherwise secure system, "the game" is lost. The only thing an operating system can guarantee is that potential unauthorized access would be limited to those privileges granted to the software in question. However, in the recent years, a number of approaches were developed which reduce the likelihood and/or may reduce the impact of successful real-world attacks on insecure third-party software. Owl will use some of those "hardening" approaches in various parts of the system.
- Owl uses "strong" cryptography within its core components, and already includes some security policy enforcement (proactive password checking with "pam_passwdqc", password and account expiration, network address- based access control) and integrity checking ("mtree") capabilities. It is one of our goals to provide a wide range of security tools with Owl, available for use "out of the box".
Enhancements:
- After many Owl-current snapshots, Owl 2.0 release is finally out.
- Owl 2.0 is built around Linux kernel 2.4.32-ow1, glibc 2.3.6 (with our security enhancements), GCC 3.4.5, and recent versions of over 100 other packages.
- It offers binary- and package-level compatibility for most packages intended for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (RHEL4) and Fedora Core 3 (FC3), as well as for many FC4 packages.
- Additionally, Owl 2.0 uses our new installer, making installation a lot easier than it used to be for Owl 1.1 and below.

Taprobane is a convenient GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian. It can be installed to persistent media or used as a live CD.
Taprobane GNU/Linux is free software (open source). Its a collective work released under the Artistic License 2.0. Taprobane components are released under the GNU General Public License.
Main features:
- Xorg 6.8.2
- Official Nvidia driver support out of the box
- KDE 3.4.1
- OpenOffice 2
- Linux 2.6.12.4
- Squashfs/Unionfs
- Apache/PgSQL/MySQL/Zope, started/stopped from the K-menu
- Excellent hotplug support
- Saving data to persistant media
- Educational software such as Stellarium and Octave
Enhancements:
- Taprobane 0.4.1 works around a couple of bugs in 0.4, and is the first official `public release.

Quake 4 for GNU/Linux is available now! Were very pleased to announce that this it with both a dedicated server and a native client.

A licensed copy of Quake 4 retail for Windows is required. You will copy the assets files from it and use the CD key (a CD key is not required to run a dedicated server).