Mandrake Linux 
Description: Mandrake Linux is a RPM-based Linux Distribtion. It excels at usability and simplicity, features thoroughly preconfigured KDE and GNOME desktops, and includes cool tools like supermount (transparent access to removable media) and DiskDrake (a full-featured graphical hard-drive partitioner). Unlike former versions, Mandrake is not a tuned-up Red Hat anymore, but a very mature Linux distribution on its own. Mandrake Linux is published by a company, but is a completely open and transparent free-software project.
Added on: 11-Oct-2002 | Downloads: 4706 | Rating: 9.1 (47 Votes) 
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Gentoo Linux
Description: Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast Linux distribution for x86, PowerPC, Sparc, and Sparc64 that's geared towards Linux power users. Unlike other distros, it has an advanced package management system called Portage. Portage is a true ports system in the tradition of BSD ports, but is Python-based and sports a number of advanced features including dependencies, fine-grained package management, "fake" (OpenBSD-style) installs, path sandboxing, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more.
Added on: 15-Oct-2002 | Downloads: 2828 | Rating: 9.3 (199 Votes)
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Slackware
Description: Slackware is the longest-running distribution of the Linux operating system. Slackware offers a stable and secure version of Linux that is perfect for home, office, or educational use. Slackware is easy for beginners to install, but contains all the advanced features required by the experienced UNIX power-user. Also, it is the generally preferred distro by hard-core linux gurus.
Added on: 15-Oct-2002 | Downloads: 3489 | Rating: 9.4 (36 Votes)
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Debian GNU/Linux
Description: Debian is an operating system for your computer that consists only of Free Software. It uses the Linux kernel, and a large part of the basic tools that fill out the operating system come from GNU, which are also free. It comes with over 10000 packages. Debian is famous for it''s apt-get packaging system which greatly simplifies package installation.
Added on: 16-Oct-2002 | Downloads: 2621 | Rating: 8.7 (26 Votes)
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SuSE Linux
Description: One of the oldest Companies shipping Linux, SuSE is extremely popular in the European Union with verions for Alpha, PC, and PowerPC.
Added on: 25-Oct-2002 | Downloads: 3522 | Rating: 9.2 (35 Votes)
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LindowsOS
Description: LindowsOS is a new operating system that delivers the power, stability and cost-savings of Linux with the ease of windows. Without corporate speak this is one of the most windows-centric looking, operating and feeling Linux Distros anywhere.
Added on: 25-Oct-2002 | Downloads: 4579 | Rating: 4.5 (11 Votes) 
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RedHat
Description: The most popular off the shelf Linux Distributions in North America. Extensive personal and corporate support available. You'll likely find more help online from RedHat users (and maybe mandrake) than any other.
Added on: 05-Nov-2002 | Downloads: 4400 | Rating: 6.7 (33 Votes)
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Virtual Linux
Description: Virtual Linux is basically the Mandrake Linux operating system, modified to run directly from your cd rom drive. It can be run with or without a hard drive. This is great for showing people the power and flexibility of Linux. You can put the cd in your cd rom drive and reboot....and you will soon have a powerful Linux system at your disposal...all without the hassles of loading new software or repartioning your hard drive or any of that technical stuff.
Added on: 13-Jan-2003 | Downloads: 4565 | Rating: 4.0 (3 Votes)
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knoppix
Description: KNOPPIX is a bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software, automatic hardware detection, and support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and other peripherals. KNOPPIX can be used as a Linux demo, educational CD, rescue system, or adapted and used as a platform for commercial software product demos. It is not necessary to install anything on a hard disk. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it.
Added on: 03-Apr-2003 | Downloads: 4721 | Rating: 9.3 (107 Votes)
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YellowDogLinux
Description: Linux on PPC hardware? Yes. Yellow Dog Linux is the only Linux Distribution built specifically to fit the PowerPC hardware architecture most commonly used in Apple's Macintosh computers.
Admittedly, you have to be 'special' to run Linux on a Mac, but Linux users are special people aren't we? We like things a certain way. Working.
All jesting aside Macintosh computers are known for being reliable and fast. Just like Linux. Like peanut butter and chocolate they're better together. And going together they do very easily. Where most Linux installations have to probe for all kinds of hardware configurations 'the dog' only has to deal with Apple's hardware and does so quite nicely.
Based on Redhat's RPM Linux distribution running Yellow Dog (or YDL) is familiar territory for Linux heads, many of whom opt to dual boot their Macs.
Added on: 06-Dec-2003 | Downloads: 720 | Rating: 7.0 (4 Votes)
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