2014

FREESCO

FREESCO

Web site: www.freesco.org
Origin: ?
Category: Router
Desktop environment: CLI
Architecture: x86
Based on: Independent ?
Wikipedia:
Media: Live
The last version | Released: 0.4.5 | March 30, 2014

FREESCO – a NAT/firewall router/server based on Linux and runs on a single 1.44MB floppy. Freesco is very powerful and versatile and can connect multiple home or small office networks to most types of Internet connections including dialup.

FREESCO was developed in the open source tradition as an alternative to routing products offered by Cisco, 3-Com, Accend, Nortel etc. While all of these companies offer products that are well made, the overhead and overall costs can be expensive.

FREESCO is based on the Linux operating system. And incorporates many of the features of other Linux distributions into software that fits onto a single 1.44 meg floppy diskette. With FREESCO, you can configure:
– a simple bridge with up to 10 Ethernet segments
– a router with up to 10 Ethernet segments
– a dialup line router
– a leased line router
– an Ethernet router
– a dial-in server with up to 10 modems (with multiport modems).
– a time server
– a dhcp server
– a http server
– a ftp server
– a dns server
– a ssh server
– a print server (requires TCP/IP printing client software)

FREESCO also incorporates firewalling and NAT, which are resident within the Linux kernel, to help protect you and your network. All of these features can be used in conjunction with each other or individually.

Minimum install requires a 486sx with 12mb of ram. 16+mb of ram is recommended for enabling servers.

The project coordinator and lead developer is Lewis “Lightning” Baughman.

 

ZachOS

ZachOS

Web site: zachos.sourceforge.io
Origin: ?
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: TUI
Architecture: x86
Based on: MikeOS
Wikipedia:
Media: Live
The last version | Released: ? | April 4, 2014

ZachOS – a small, open-source, MikeOS based 16 Bit X86 operating system. The goal is to create an OS that was very small in size but fun to use at the same time.

The developer wanted to remove all the complex layers of abstraction that are present in the Operating Systems of today such as Graphical Interfaces and Networking etc etc and just have a simple OS that loads programs.

Download

ZachOS (source code + ISO) i386 220KB.zip
md5sum: 5557a8b7264e33b7101f983a06335aff

 

BonsaiOS

BonsaiOS

Web site: bonsaios.sourceforge.io
Origin: ?
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: IceWM
Architecture: x86
Based on: Puppy Linux
Wikipedia:
Media: Live CD
The last version | Released: ? | March 1, 2014

BonsaiOS – the os from the creator of Anitaos is for 1st generation pentiums and maybe 486’s. Follows the same kitset approach as Anitaos. This os however is designed for older hardware that other os’s won’t run on and is based on Puppy Linux Fatfree 2.17 an absolute barebones iso and I provide what you need to make your own system.

Download

BonsaiOS (Puppy Fat Free Pup 2.17) i386 54MB.iso
md5sum: 4022fe74eea243488550b5c48955c180

 

LorenOS

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Web site: sourceforge.net/projects/lorenos/
Origin: ?
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: CLI
Architecture: x86
Based on: MikeOS
Wikipedia:
Media: Live
The last version | Released: 2.0 | May 8, 2014

LorenOS – a simple x86 basic operating system, based on MikeOS and written in the assembly language. LorenOS is an educational project.

Download

LorenOS 2.0 i386 19KB.tar.gz
md5sum: a91ac768ade5d89f712032a3978215bf

 

StarlungOS

StarlungOS

Web site: sourceforge.net/projects/starlungos/
Origin: USA
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: TUI
Architecture: x86
Based on: MikeOS
Wikipedia:
Media: Live
The last version | Released: 14 | December 29, 2014

StarlungOS – a simple but complex OS based on MikeOS. It includes user configurable programs and an easy to use interface.

Features:
– User configurable interface
– Many command line features
– User editable programs
– Great software support

The project developer is John Roper.

 

Chitwanix OS

Chitwanix

Web site: chitwanix.com
Origin: Nepal
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: Sagarmatha
Architecture: x86
Based on: Ubuntu
Wikipedia:
Media: Live DVD
The last version | Released: 1.5 | July 12, 2014

Chitwanix – a free and open source operating system which is secure, reliable, fast and that fits Nepalese computing habits.

Chitwanix OS released its first version with code name Kadey Vyakur (Spiny Babbler) on September 21st 2013 on the occasion of Software Freedom Day Celebration by FOSS Nepal Community from Kathmandu, Nepal. Chitwanix OS naming convention is based on Nepal recognizing object, place, animal, person name starting with Nepali Letters Ka (क) Kha(ख) Ga(ग) … variation with respective version.

Chitwanix OS version 2.0 is in underdevelopment (?) where side-wise, Chitwanix OS is also localizing into Nepali, Tharu, Newari, Gurung, Magar languages by communities.

Goals:
– Serving with Nepalese computing feel and taste
– With easy learning curve.
– Promote Create, Share and Collaborate Culture
– Pool of Nepali developers applications
– Pool of Localized applications

Download

Chitwanix 1.5 i386 2.61GB.iso
md5sum: 807059802a63a9df71034c3b23f612df

 

Jarro Negro

Jarro Negro

Web site: www.jarronegrolinux.com
Origin: Mexico
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: Enlightenment
Architecture: x86
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia:
Media: Live CD
The last version | Released: 3.0.0 | February 17, 2014

Jarro Negro – a live Linux distribution development by the Linux Community UNAM Naucalpan CLUN, by students of the College of Sciences and Humanities campus Naucalpan. JarroNegro project started in 2005 during the Technical Option “Maintenance of microcomputer systems”.

The first version of the distribution was based on Slackware, then on Debian, and the latest one is an independent developed.
The version which was based on Slackware, was shipped with Gnome, Xfce, Wmaker and Icewm desktop environments/window managers.
The latest ones featured Enlightenment 17 window manager as default.

The project founder is Armando Rodriguez Arguijo.

Download

Jarro Negro 3.0.0 i386 711MB.iso
md5sum: c20e25be3e503df829a738dc5c9d42c2

 

Bardinux

Bardinux

Web site: bardinux.ull.es
Origin: Spain
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: KDE
Architecture: x86, x86_64
Based on: Kubuntu
Wikipedia:
Media: Live DVD
The last version | Released: 3.4 | May 28, 2014

Bardinux – an official distribution of the University of La Laguna (ULL), Canary Islands, Spain; which is based on GNU/Linux (Xubuntu), originally based on Kubuntu, developed by the Office of Free Software to cover the software needs of the members of the university community of the ULL. In this distribution, the most relevant software for the realization of practices, research and general use has been compiled, in easily installable packages.

In the distribution, the needs of the majority of university students have been taken into account, so the available applications are very varied:
– Office suite: OpenOffice.
– Browsers: Mozilla Firefox.
– Mail clients: Mozilla Thunderbird.
– Graphic design: Inkscape, Scribus, Blender, Yafray, …
– Audio players: Amarok.
– Photo retouching: Gimp.
– And a long etc…

The Office of Free Software of the University of La Laguna is the entity of the University created to promote the use of Free Software and open standards. In addition to Bardinux, multiple projects have been created, such as student mail, the virtual hard drive, and others intended for training, such as the ISLA courses, courses for teachers and the PAS.

Download

Bardinux 3.4 i386 807MB.iso
md5sum: f570b64622e39ba755ab72e147b8db0f
Bardinux 3.4 amd64 829MB.iso
md5sum: bdcf863ad805ce19baad956808bc65be

 

ESCLinux

ESCLinux 2014

ESCLinux 2009    ESCLinux 2007

Web site: esclinux.tk
Origin: France
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: GNOME, Xfce
Architecture: x86
Based on: Arch Linux, Linux Mint
Wikipedia:
Media: Live DVD
The last version | Released: 2014-06-27 | July 27, 2009

ESCLinux – a Linux live-CD, made for carrying interpreters, compilers and libraries for a few IF authoring systems. It boots from the cdrom drive or from an usb key, and doesn’t need any other operative system on the hard drive (e.g. Microsoft Windows) to work. It focuses mostly on Inform, but TADS and Hugo tools are included too.

The first version of ESCLinux was released in 2005 (?) and was based on Knoppix, with KDE desktop as default.
After that, up to version 2009, ESCLinux was based on Arch Linux and was using GNOME desktop environment.
The latest version of ESCLinux 2014 is based on Linux Mint 13 “Maya”, which is based on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS (Precise Pangolin), and features Xfce desktop as default.

As the developer said (translation from French):

I wanted the system to fit on a mini-CD, but it was expense of available features: this cd was a little too complicated to use optimally for those who do not know linux.

I have restarted this project by releasing it on a complete cd, with a much more modern desktop: KDE. The fact that this cdrom is based on the linux-live script makes it much easier to work with. Unfortunately, it is still not easy to install the live-cd on a hard drive, even if it is possible, this is not for the beginner. On the other hand, it is planned all that it is necessary to connect by the network on this machine (ideal if one has several computers available).

The maintainer of ESCLinux is Eric Forgeot.

Download

ESCLinux 2014-06-27 Xfce i386 948MB.iso
md5sum: 8ab74d10906e130812ab69a39d7187cf
ESCLinux 2009 GNOME i386 579MB.iso
md5sum: de63d66fa5734d2d0026dffe99245000

 

Zencafe

Zencafe

Web site: www.zencafe.web.id
Origin: Indonesia
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: IceWM, Xfce
Architecture: x86
Based on: Slackware, Zenwalk
Wikipedia:
Media: Install CD
The last version | Released: 3.2-rc1 | May 2, 2014

Zencafe GNU/Linux – a Linux distribution from Indonesia based on Slackware and Zenwalk Linux. The distribution was specifically designed for internet cafes and had features such as automatic restart by crash, payment system for internet cafes, management software and other graphics system management.

Zencafe GNU/Linux supported platforms i486 and i686. The distribution came in a “Light” edition with the IceWM window manager and in a standard edition with the Xfce desktop environment.

Version 2.2 was launched July 10, 2010, and the latest release candidate 3.2-rc1 was released May 2, 2014.

Download

Zencafe GNU/Linux 3.2-rc1 i686-pae 669MB.iso
md5sum: 1b03d14a982a4182688eee761ad89cd4
Zencafe GNU/Linux 2.2 i486 623MB.iso
md5sum: 4a9a704f5ab1d332459e0077c15762ce