Top 20 Specialized Linux Distros
Handpicked Linux distros to create a media center, rescue Windows machines from crashes, clone disks for DR, build secure network gateways, and much more.We discuss some of them here
Ubuntu: The Ubuntu OS powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world. And it comes with thousands of free apps.
Trinity Rescue Kit: This distro aims specifically at recovery and repair operations on Windows machines, but is equally usable for Linux recovery issues.
Clonezilla: This allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla --Clonezilla live for for single machine backup and restore and Clonezilla SE Clonezilla live is for massive deployment.
KNOPPIX: Knoppix is a bootable CD can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos.
Fedora: Fedora is a popular Linux OS, that provides a collection of software that makes your computer run. You can use Fedora in addition to, or instead of, other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X.
PCLinuxOS: A user-friendly Linux distro with out-of-the-box support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. The bootable live CD provides an easy-to-use graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user.
Debian: A free OS for your computer that uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux.
Slax: A modern, portable, small and fast Linux OS with a modular approach and provides a wide collection of pre-installed software for daily use.
Puppy Linux: One of the most amazing features of Puppy is the range of powerful applications yet such tiny size .and the speed.
OpenDiagnostics Live CD: This OpenDiagnostics Live CD was created a few years back when this guy named Brandon Perry thought it would be awesome to be able to scan computers on the fly regardless of the OS.
Vyatta Core: Vyatta commercial customers get access to exclusive subscription-only features, proactive notifications of security alerts, software releases, patches & bug fixes.
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Adobe Air 2.7: This enables you to have your favorite web applications with you all the time.
Flash Player 10.3.181.34 IE & Non-IE: A high performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones and devices.
Thunderbird 5.0: Thunderbird is a great email client from the same people who brought you the Firefox browser. It gives you IMAP/POP support, a built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search folders, etc.
KeePass 1.20: A free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.
PhpMyAdmin 3.4: A free software tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web.
Opera 11.50: A full-featured Internet browser, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat.
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