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Genera

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Web site: symbolics-dks.com
Origin: USA
Category: Workstation
Desktop environment: CLI
Architecture: arm64, DEC Alpha, Apple M1,x86_64
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia: Genera_(operating_system)
Media: Install
The last version | Released: 2.0 Portable | 2021

Genera – a proprietary, commercial operating system and integrated development environment for Lisp machines created in 1982 by Symbolics. It is a fork of an operating system created on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AI Lab’s Lisp machines which Symbolics had used in common with Lisp Machines, Inc. (LMI), and Texas Instruments (TI).

Symbolics is currently a privately held company which acquired the assets and intellectual property of the old public company called Symbolics, Inc. The old Symbolics was the premier producer of special-purpose computer systems for running and developing state-of-the-art object-oriented programs in Lisp. It designed and built workstations as well as writing a fully object-oriented operating system and development environment called “Genera” to run on those workstations. Symbolics also created a number of software tools to work with Genera. The new Symbolics continues to sell and maintain these products, along with Open Genera which runs on Alpha processor based workstations running Tru64 Unix. If you would like to know why you should be interested in developing your application in Genera, click here to see 25 reasons. Symbolics also distributes the Macsyma and PDEase software products for Windows PCs.

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Genera Core-i5 649KB
md5sum: 57c72642a9ce10422e5dc58535caeff4
Genera Core-i7 485KB
md5sum: f9ee7c8cc2648b36ffb144a22599d7d8
Genera 8.5 Xlib Patched amd64 53MB.vlod
md5sum: 95995142e0032ea53121fa2d6f267511

F.H.C.

F.H.C.

Web site: fhclive.org (not active)
Origin: Italy?
Category: Security, Pentest
Desktop environment: CLI
Architecture: x86, x86_64
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia:
Media: Live USB
The last version | Released: 2019.02 | June 9, 2019
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F.H.C. (Forensic Hard Copy) – a Linux distribution, bootable from CD / USB (live), created exclusively to automate and speed up the identical copy of mass memories.

Such copying procedures are commonly used in the field of forensic computers; it is orthodox practice in this field of information technology, to acquire data from the offending media so as to preserve them from possible alterations or damage, and then subsequently analyze the identical copy. The project was created to meet the operational needs of law enforcement agencies involved in investigative activities of judicial police, technical consultants (CTU) and part (CTP), ensuring the inalterability and use of IT evidence in the criminal trial.

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F.H.C. live 2019.02 i386 471MB.iso
md5sum: 725c616024888eba53c152048131ae75

F.H.C. live 2019.02 amd64 471MB.iso
md5sum: 8232690add2e00fe630730d1a2ae9014

Zeroshell

Zeroshell

Web site: zeroshell.org
Origin: Italy
Category: Firewall
Desktop environment: CLI
Architecture: x86, ARM
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia: Zeroshell
Media: Live CD
The last version | Released: 3.9.5 | January 16, 2021
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Zeroshell – a Linux based distribution dedicated to the implementation of Router and Firewall Appliances completely administrable via web interface. Zeroshell is available for x86/x86-64 platforms and ARM based devices such as Raspberry Pi.

Features:
– Load Balancing and Failover of Multiple Internet Connections
– VPN Site to Site and VPN Host to Site
– Captive Portal Access for Internet Hotspot
– Firewall Rules using Deep Packet Inspection (Layer 7 Filters and nDPI)
– Quality of Services and Traffic Shaping using Deep Packet Inspection
– Transparent Web Proxy with Antivirus and URL Black Lists
– RADIUS Authentication and Accounting
– Bridging and VLAN Management
– Wireless Access Point with Multiple SSID Support
– Mobile Connections
– Tracking and Logging of the Network Connections

Zeroshell is available as a live CD or Flash disk image and can be configured using a web browser.

The distribution has been developed since 2005 (first beta on June 25, 2006), its developer is Fulvio Ricciardi.

On April 18, 2021 the developer announced of closing down the project.

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Zeroshell 3.9.5 x86 285MB.iso
md5sum: f85fbc9d094b4cbe1ecef44477d8fe20
Zeroshell 3.9.4A RPI ARM 620MB.img.gz
md5sum: 768ac00913ed1a0776a971935eb8494d

OpenELEC

OpenELEC

Web site: openelec.tv (not active)
Origin: Switzerland
Category: Multimedia
Desktop environment: Kodi
Architecture: ARMHF, x86_64
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia: OpenELEC
Media: Install USB
The last version | Released: 8.0.4 | June 4, 2017
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OpenELEC (Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) – a free, embedded, source-based operating system providing a complete media center software suite. OpenELEC is a small and fast-booting Linux distribution.

OpenELEC is based on the Linux kernel and providing a complete XBMC based multimedia center. It allows users to manage a home entertainment center (home theater) offering easy access to TV channels, DVD player and Sky box.

Unlike orhers operating systems, OpenELEC is very small and fast, however it allows you to manage and configure the system and devices.
OpenELEC is available for machines/devices such as: i386, x86_64 and Raspberry Pi.

To install OpenELEC:
– unpack the downloaded OpenELEC archive
– create a bootable Live USB using included script (256MB minimum)
– boot the computer from the USB drive, which will run the Live installer
– install OpenELEC on the second USB Flash drive (2GB)

Starting from version 5.0, OpenELEC is equipped with Kodi (formerly XBMC).
With the release of version 6.0, support for i386 machines was dropped.

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OpenELEC 20101218 devel i386 114MB.tar.bz2
md5sum: d955367834de980847a6d7616162ad4c
OpenELEC 20101218 devel amd64 92MB.tar.bz2
md5sum: 1b5b972d7ea6813493278486aed0fb76

Stampede

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Web site: stampede.org
Origin: USA
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: AfterStep, Blackbox, Enlightenment, IceWM, WindowMaker
Architecture: x86
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia:
Media: Install CD
The last version | Released: 0.90 | August 10, 2001

Stampede Linux – an independent Linux distribution developed by the Stampede Linux Foundation. Stampede is a remarkable new approach to Linux distributions. Ironically enough, in a world of so many Linux distributions that claim to do everything under the sun, it seems that none really exist that are designed to both perform tasks and maintain speed and reliability. Furthermore, most Linux distributions make too many compromises, whether it be sacrificing functionality to deliver ease of use, or vice versa, Stampede aims to take the middle road.

Stampede Linux was created on December 4th, 1997. This date holds significance as it is the birthday of Stampede Linux’s founder, Matt Wood. The distribution was named after Matt’s personal domain, which he created 6 months before work began on Stampede Linux. He decided to work on Stampede out of his frustration with the present distributions, since none of them could adequately fulfill his needs. Although Matt doesn’t actively work in the distribution today, we still continue on in the original spirit of the project, and he is available as an advisor when necessary.

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Container Linux

CoreOS

Web site: coreos.com (not active)
Origin: USA
Category: Server
Desktop environment: CLI
Architecture: x86_64
Based on: Independent (based on Gentoo Linux)
Wikipedia: Container Linux
Media: Install CD
The last version | Released: 2512.3.0 | May 26, 2020
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Container Linux (previously: CoreOS) – an open source operating system based on the Linux kernel. It was designed to work on server stations, providing infrastructure to support computer clusters. The aim of the system is automation of operation, ease of application implementation, security, reliability and scalability.

CoreOS is a fork of Chrome OS – thanks to the software development kit (SDK) that comes with Chromium OS. Adding new features allows you to adapt your system to support the hardware used on your servers.

CoreOS provides only the minimal functionality required to deploy applications inside containers that provide isolated virtualization environments to safely run applications.

The system does not have a package manager, applications run in containers, using Docker and virtualization technology. This allows to run isolated Linux systems on a single host system and resource allocation is done through multiple isolated user spaces instead of using a hypervisor.

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CoreOS production ISO image amd64 466MB.iso
md5sum: a4d0abfd9df8993d16edaac8c46b25dd

 

Generations

Generations

Web site: softcraft.org (not active)
Origin: USA
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: Openbox
Architecture: x86, x86_64
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia:
Media: Live CD
The last version | Released: 3.3 | January 7, 2019

Generations – a Linux distribution build from scratch easily customizable using GNU/Linux, Open Source and source contributions world wide.
The distribution that boots and runs completely from CD-ROM media. It includes the Linux kernel,v 2.4.22(XFS), the K Desktop Environment (KDE), Apache, PostgreSQL, security, pcmcia, and more.

The live system uses a lightweight Openbox window manager as default.

There are exactly two interactive logins, the guest account (passwd: welcome)
and the administrator root account (passwd: admin).
The guest account has sudo priviledges on all commands.

The project developer is SoftCraft Impresa LLC, USA.

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Generations 3.2.2 i386 577MB.iso
md5sum: 4c8f73931224d908dbecef57c395f237

 

rPath

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Web site: rpath.com (not active)
Origin: USA
Category: Specialist
Desktop environment: GNOME, KDE
Architecture: x86, x86_64
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia:
Media: Install CD
The last version | Released: 2.0.1 | May 17, 2009

rPath – an independent distribution based around the new Conary package management, created by ex-Red Hat engineers, to both showcase the abilities Conary provides and to provide a starting point for customisation.

Conary is a distributed software management system for Linux distributions. It replaces traditional package management solutions (such as RPM and dpkg) with one designed to enable loose collaboration across the Internet.

It ships with the Anaconda system installer.

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Conectiva Linux

Conectiva Linux

Web site: conectiva.com.br (not active)
Origin: Brazil
Category: Desktop, Server
Desktop environment: AfterStep, Blackbox, Fluxbox, GNOME, IceWM, KDE, WindowMaker, Xfce
Architecture: x86
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia (PT): Conectiva
Media: Install, Live CD
The last version | Released: 10 | July 5, 2004

Conectiva Linux – an independent Linux distribution for the Latin American market. Conectiva Linux was forked from Red Hat Linux, based on RPM packages and used APT to update and install packages.

Conectiva was a company founded on August 28, 1995 in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, by a group of friends, mostly public employees of Banco do Brasil, together with Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, who was a pioneer in Linux distributions and free software in Brazil and throughout Latin America.

The “Crystal” icons for KDE, which were designed by Conectiva employee Esveraldo Coelho, and the “apt4rpm” port for the Debian GNU / Linux package management, were developed by Conectiva. Conectiva also developed the Synaptic graphical user interface. Conectiva employed a.o. Rik van Riel and the kernel maintainer Marcelo Tosatti.

Conectiva also developed in the area of ​​the Linux kernel, the high availability of Linux and in the area of ​​drivers. Also: XFree86, network protocols, firewall, Linux clusters, performance analysis and optimization, file and resource management.

On January 24, 2005 it was announced that the company MandrakeSoft had acquired Conectiva for 1.79 million euros. On April 7, 2005 MandrakeSoft announced the change of the company’s name to Mandriva and its distributions to the name of Mandriva Linux.

The first version of Conectiva Linux 1.0 Parolin was released October 7, 1997.
The last one version 10 released July 5, 2004.

The live ISO’s user is: default/conectiva/root without password.

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Conectiva Linux 2.0 i386 628MB.iso
md5sum: b39f2ddb9f64bb7d93dc9c1e9cd7156e

Conectiva Linux 3.0 i386 644MB.iso
md5sum: e5bb6d624977a83a0bad5d3f4483fac6

Conectiva Linux 4.0 i386 628MB.iso
md5sum: 81a21151ae30c39ed11a3a4fc04c1292

Conectiva Linux 5.0 i386 619MB.iso
md5sum: 521f3f35914f65d2afb33c04df8ec2c9

Conectiva Linux 6.0 i386 669MB.iso
md5sum: ae4f3b40df1fd9ecea8225275933e2e8

Conectiva Linux 7.0 i386 660MB.iso
md5sum: 35f97ceac654a2cd0dc874f0701a640d

Conectiva Linux 8.0 i386 668MB.iso
md5sum: 35f97ceac654a2cd0dc874f0701a640d

Conectiva Linux 9.0 i386 644MB.iso
md5sum: f6b62428d4a5b880dba54e854088647b

Conectiva Linux 10.0 i386 659MB.iso
md5sum: c645ca0e8464e4571dd4b5a5b20ecbc7

Conectiva Linux livecd 0.5 GNOME i386 MB.iso
md5sum: 5f34e40ef5d47738b4422e5611dcd86a

 

MkLinux

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Web site: mklinux.org
Origin: USA
Category: Desktop
Desktop environment: CLI
Architecture: PowerPC
Based on: Independent
Wikipedia: MkLinux
Media: Install
The last version | Released: Pre-R2 | August 5, 2002

MkLinux – an Open Source operating system which consists of an implementation of the Linux operating system hosted on the Mach microkernel. We estimate that there are somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 MkLinux users. A significant number of the installed MkLinux systems are being used in mission-critical applications.

During the early years, most MkLinux development occurred either at Apple or at The Open Group Research Institute in Grenoble, France. MkLinux Developer Release 1 (DR1) was released in early 1996.

MkLinux is a project begun by the OSF Research Institute (now Silicomp RI) and Apple Computer to port Linux, a freely distributed UNIX-like operating system, to a variety of Power Macintosh platforms running on top of OSF Research Institute’s implementation of the Mach microkernel.

Later that year, DR2 was released, incorporating numerous bug fixes. The Linux server was updated to the 2.0.x source base shortly thereafter. At about the same time, (December, 1996) PCI machines were supported and DR2.1 was completed and incorporated into Apple’s “Reference Release”. DR2.1 was released a few months later. With the exception of shared library support and support for 603e machines, very little changed until the appearance of the G3 PowerMacs in late 1997. Support for these machines trickled into the source base over the course of a few months, and pre-DR3, as it was then known, was frozen about March of 1998. While Apple’s quality assurance people tested the disk, the world moved on without it. As a result, a substantial number of bug fixes didn’t make it into the DR3 release.

By the time DR3 was released, at least three additional PowerBook models were partially supported (1400, 2400, and G3 series), and numerous major causes of crashes had been eliminated. At this point, a number of developers had made various fixes to PowerBook support, but they weren’t all in the same kernel.

At that point, at the request of Gilbert Coville, I sent out a request for patches and changes. The GENERIC kernels were born. Several developers joined me in setting up a CVS server for sources so that developers from around the world could easily coordinate their development efforts and maintain a single source tree.

Since the DR3 release, MkLinux has made significant advances in multiple Ethernet support, IDE support, floppy support, and overall stability. Literally hundreds of bug fixes and patches have been submitted in the past few months, and MkLinux is in a stronger position than ever to grow and improve for years to come.

Beginning in the summer of 1998, development work on MkLinux transitioned from Apple and OSF to a community-led effort.

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MkLinux DR3 cdimage 648MB
md5sum: e9b4b07649e9fd7e74431a8267b96784
MkLinux DR3 7.18MB.src.tgz
md5sum: ad36bf17f2856ba7a980574b40b3c6e0
DR3 osfmk.export 379KB.tgz
md5sum: d11f1b9c38ccb9df2fc9112109a8afe5
DR3 osfmk 4.6MB.src.tgz
md5sum: e4e914d9f849f77fb3746be02ccde1df
DR3 tools 174KB.tgz
md5sum: d2e9fe89c6bd61097b5de18cfdee66f8

MkLinux MAINDISK 669MB.img
md5sum: a33137a038bbc84a7348a4746fe9f825
MkLinux MAINDISK-OLD 673MB.img
md5sum: 4ef456439841c13ac71f6a6c0d550b7d