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    Window Maker Live

    Window Maker Live

    Window Maker Live Linux Distribution

    Window Maker Live is an installable Linux Live ISO based on the current Bookworm branch of Debian. The system uses the Window Maker window manager as the default graphical user interface. Window Maker Live's components have been carefully preconfigured and the desktop environment has a consistent visual appearance. Window Maker Live integrates selected components from other desktop environments such as XFCE4, MATE, LXQT, with a particular focus on GNUstep. The main idea behind this project is to integrate the Window Maker window manager as default user interface on top of a standard Debian/Bookworm base system. It also serves as an alternate installation medium for Debian/Bookworm. The second main idea not directly visible on the surface level is the inclusion of many useful command line utilities and tools for system administration. This effectively turns wmlive into a UNIX administrator's workbench for rescue and repair operations.
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    DracOS GNU/Linux Remastered
    What is DracOS GNU/Linux Remastered ? DracOS GNU/Linux Remastered ( https://github.com/dracos-linux ) is the Linux operating system from Indonesia , open source is built based on Debian live project under the protection of the GNU General Public License v3.0. This operating system is one variant of Linux distributions, which is used to perform security testing (penetration testing). Dracos linux in Arm by hundreds hydraulic pentest, forensics and reverse engineering. Use a GUI-based tools-tools the software using the CLI (command line interface) and GUI (graphical user interface) to perform its operations. Now Dracos currently already up to version 3.1.5 with the code name "KUNTILANAK WITH REMASTERED".
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    KaNaPi

    KaNaPi

    Educational Linux Distribution

    Main goals: * Prepare operating system based on Linux kernel and free software for use at home from scratch by building sources. Binary packages/images are also available. * Each package is installed in separate directory, so you can use different versions of applications and libraries by design. * There is only one user 'kanapi' with root permissions, so you don't have to login, remember passwords, etc. * Simple configuration * Automatic compilation.
    Downloads: 37 This Week
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    Community Linux

    Community Linux

    USB Drive Writable Linux Distribution

    Community Linux is a USB drive based fully functional writable Linux Distribution. It boots and runs with a comparable speed as a hard drive installation. Community Linux allows one to create a low cost solid state development and production platform. For new ComLin drive creation, one needs to download the full install (comlin-016.tar.gz) ... (not just the scripts) Update: Community Linux will now run on most every machine. Update: Added Sound drivers, Intelligent boot drive search. Upd
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    Live CD With Zerofree Utility i686 32Bit

    Live CD With Zerofree Utility i686 32Bit

    A Custom Puppy Linux Live CD With Zerofree Utility i686 32 Bit

    After Booting with this Live CD, just click on the CDROM icon on the Desktop, to open its folder contents, then Right Click the zerofree.sh file and Choose the "Run in Terminal" option and then follow the instructions shown on the terminal. As you may be aware, Booting with a Live CD, requires that you need to change the Boot Order on your System / Guest BIOS, quickly on startup, by pressing either F2 OR F12 OR F10 OR an equivalent key and then change the Boot Order to boot from the CDROM first. Some Hints: Puppy Linux Live CDs show some dialogs / settings window on first startup / first shutdown. Feel free to dismiss / close them, if you do not want to make any changes, to the live cd's operation, next time, on the same system. This will not affect the zerofree's work in any way. Apart from this, using the Internet Browser, built in, would require a Free Memory of 1 GB or more, for better Performance ( as it is generally a memory intensive activity )
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    DIET-PC (DIskless Embedded Technology Personal Computer) is a software kitset enabling IT professionals to build an open source GUI appliance based on commodity x86 (PC), PowerPC (Mac) or ARM (handheld) hardware, using an embedded Linux methodology.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Live CD With Zerofree Utility AMD 64 Bit

    Live CD With Zerofree Utility AMD 64 Bit

    A Custom Puppy Linux Live CD With Zerofree Utility AMD 64 Bit

    After Booting with this Live CD, just click on the CDROM icon at the bottom of the Desktop, to open its folder contents, then Right Click the zerofree.sh file and Choose the "Run in Terminal" option and then follow the instructions shown on the terminal. As you may be aware, Booting with a Live CD, requires that you need to change the Boot Order on your System / Guest BIOS, quickly on startup, by pressing either F2 OR F12 OR F10 OR an equivalent key and then change the Boot Order to boot from the CDROM first. Some Hints: Puppy Linux Live CDs show some dialogs / settings window on first startup / first shutdown. Feel free to dismiss / close them, if you do not want to make any changes, to the live cd's operation, next time, on the same system. This will not affect the zerofree's work in any way. Apart from this, using the Internet Browser, built in, would require a Free Memory of 1 GB or more, for better Performance ( as it is generally a memory intensive activity )
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    Live CD With Zerofree Utility x86 32Bit

    Live CD With Zerofree Utility x86 32Bit

    A Custom Puppy Linux Live CD With Zerofree Utility x86 32Bit

    After Booting with this Live CD, just click on the MOUNT Application icon on the top of the Desktop, then click the Mount Button that is besides the CDROM entry only, to open its folder contents, then Right Click the zerofree.sh file and Choose the "Window" -> "Terminal Here" option and then type ./zerofree.sh and press Enter Key on the Terminal and follow the instructions shown on the terminal. As you may be aware, Booting with a Live CD, requires that you need to change the Boot Order on your System / Guest BIOS, quickly on startup, by pressing either F2 OR F12 OR F10 OR an equivalent key and then change the Boot Order to boot from the CDROM first. Some Hints: Puppy Linux Live CDs show some dialogs / settings window on first startup / first shutdown. Feel free to dismiss / close them, if you do not want to make any changes, to the live cd's operation, next time, on the same system. This will not affect the zerofree's work in any way.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    ZED OS

    ZED OS

    ZED OS the clone of Windows XP

    ZED OS is a portuguese Linux based distribution (remaster of Ubuntu Mate). It was designed for users who want an innovative system. With both 3D and 2D interfaces you'll be able to chosse the better one according to your hardware/needs. It's Web Based and inspired in Windows XP from Microsoft
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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    Infodomestic Objects
    Infodomestic Objects - This is a set of distribution software that mutate the environment providing and advanced interaction experience. We will use a mixed POSIX/Linux/BSD based platform to develop and distribute our interaction experience improvement.
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    MDF is microkernel operating system. Module architecture minimalistic design.
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    Makerootfs makes it easy to build a root filesystem for embedded devices (e.g. ARM based) by automating the cross-compiling process through shell scripts, patches and default configs. Unlike buildroot which uses uClibc, makerootfs uses the full glibc.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    The Pawn will make it possibly for you to tell the computer exactly what you would like it to do. Fiction. No its reality now. The highly customizable slackware will be the base for Pawn.
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    RaspberryBMS

    RaspberryBMS

    User interface for Simp-BMS throuh Node-Red on a Raspberry Pi

    This is a preconfigured version of Rasbian that communicates with Tom de Bree:s Simp-BMS hardware. Presentation of the data from the CAN-bus is presented in Node-Red through its GUI-capability. Prerequisites: 1 - Raspberry Pi 3 or newer. 1 - USBtin CAN-USB converter 1 - Simp-BMS https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/fs-tesla-vw-outlander-bms-master-198263.html https://www.fischl.de/usbtin/ See README.txt for more info.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    Sakura is a Knowledge Navigator and User Interface for UNIX, which implements HyperMedia and its own windowing and packing system, both in the main program and in an extensive API for Tcl and other languages.
    Downloads: 0 This Week
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    ScratchKit

    ScratchKit

    Build a Linux Operating System using source code.

    The idea is to develop a set of bash scripts designed to automate the building of a Linux OS using source code. This scripts will build pacman - a package manager used & developed for/by ArchLinux, do the branding, build the CDs/DVDs, an installer is also planned for the CDs/DVDs.
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    Sovereign is a portable development framework consisting of GCC, glibc, gtk+ and other common open source programs and libraries. It allows one to have libraries of the same versions across different GNU/Linux distributions.
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    Yaoqiang Linux is a custom Linux Distribution based on Fedora Core Project. Its main objective is to make it easy for developers to do java development on the Linux platform.
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    androidx86-openstack

    Android virtual machines running on Openstack Clouds

    This is the first ever project that ports Android OS into an image that can be used to create Android virtual machines running on Openstack clouds with full virtualisation support. Currently we only support Android 4.4 Kitkat 64bit distribution. Instructons on how to create the image yourself: http://thisismyeye.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/enabling-virtio-drivers-on-kernel-for.html This image is not perfect yet. Contributors are welcome! This work is done by Chathura Madhusanka Sarathchandra Magurawalage as a part of his research activities at Network Convergence Laboratory (NCL), University Of Essex Related Research Projects: *EU-funded FP7 Project MONICA (Mobile Cloud Computing: Networks, Services and Architecture). *EU-funded FP7 Project CLIMBER (Cross-Layer Investigation and Integration of Computing and Networking Aspects of Mobile Social Networks). *EU-funded FP7 Project EVANS (End-to-end Virtual Resource Management..)
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    cpKickstart

    User based kickstart creation and tweaking

    Integrate a KS with the CP installer so that others may quickly install and launch their cpanel licensed software.
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    dep-trace

    gdeptrace dependancy solver correct for pkg or make deps

    gdeptrace sorts an input dependancy list or table and prints it, and can do other actions. It's default operation is to act like tsort (1) except that it sorts by pure pkg / make dependancy (tsort sorts by grapical topology: see notes about differences). EXAMPLE: $ echo -e "b e\ne\nc b" | sort -k1,1 | gdeptrace [opts] e b c (b depends on e, c depends on b, e has no depends) (also: e has more items depending on it and is below anything it depends on; in this case the top, all and only by the rules known and given, in order by given where equal) $ echo -e "b e\ne\nc b" | depsort ditto, no opts needed $ libdeps objdump /lib/*.so.* (outputs if missing, load order (deps), rdeps, which are effected by missing lib/s, etc, see readme) $ doil (a package installer/solver like apt-get+dpkg which uses gdeptrace, see doil on Source Forge) dep-trace is now "gdeptrace" to ease packaging compatibility
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    r4st

    A database rapid application development tool

    The r4st ("Our Forest") project is a set of tools to assist with the rapid development of a database application. It uses shell scripts to drop/add Postgresql database tables/views with data loaded from sql and csv files. This process allows users to apply changes then re-build the system. It is essentially a customizable database regression system. The base schema and data module represent a plant database intended for educational and scientific usage.
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    vEMan - VMware ESX/ESXi Manager

    vEMan - VMware ESX/ESXi Manager

    An unofficial VMware® ESX/ESXi Manager for Linux

    vEMan - [v]Mware [E]SX [Man]ager provides a GUI for managing ESX servers natively from within your Linux desktop without the need to use Windows vSphere® anymore! Support vEMan development for v2.0 by gofundme! http://www.gofundme.com/vEMan Why I started vEMan? Because I hate it to start my Windows VM to manage ESX(i) servers ;o) vEMan is (maybe) not needed if you use vCenter 5.x: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2005377 --> vSphere >= v5 has a "web client" BUT keep in mind that there are caveats: Not all features are available in the web client AND it can connect to vCenters only (see: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006095) - ESX(i) v3.x or 4.x? - v5.x - but no vCenter? - you want a native Linux vSphere client? Then try vEMan! ------- vEMan is not published or pronounced by VMware Inc. vEMan is an OpenSource project from a private person without any warranty or claim to bother VMware Inc. VMware,vSphere,ESX/ESXi,vCenter are trademarks by VMware Inc.
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    EasyArch

    EasyArch

    Arch Linux Installer ISO

    A simple yet full featured Archlinux installer ISO. Minimum system requirements- Processor - 2 core 64 bit Ram - 1 GB HDD space - 10 GB If you are looking for another linux distro, then you are at wrong place, this is not a new or separate distribution. It is just a live ISO to provide simple and easy way to get Archlinux up and running in very little time and with or without internet connection. Yes, you read it right, you can install Archlinux without internet with this ISO. Check out the project git repo- https://github.com/easyarch-iso for source code and everything else. Along with the simple and custom graphical installer, you will get a fully functional desktop environment (XFCE based) with little customization and pre-configured applications. Other than that, there isn't anything else. No extra repository, just vanilla Archlinux. Hope you find it useful in your quest to try out Archlinux.
    Downloads: 1 This Week
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