Other Debian based Distributions
- Debian based distribution list
- Ubuntu Linux
(Desktop distributon with a focus on the
GNOME desktop)
(ml)
(forums)
(Planet Ubuntu developers journal)
(wp)
- Kubuntu
(Ubuntu based desktop distributon with a focus on the
KDE desktop)
(wp)
- Knoppix
(Desktop distribution which runs from a CD-ROM)
(ml)
(Building a custom
Debian CD from Knoppix)
(wp)
- Morphix (Modular
Knoppix
variant. There are pre-build CD-ROM ISO's available with GNOME,
KDE, XFCE or games.)
(ml)
- Gnoppix (GNOME based
Knoppix variant)
(cvs)
(ml)
- ClusterKnoppix
(Knoppix
variant which uses the OpenMosix
system for transparent network clustering)
(ml)
- KnoppMyth
(Knoppix
based MythTV installation CD)
(forum)
- Quantian
(Knoppix
variant tailored to numerical and quantitative analysis tasks)
- DebToo (Debian distro which
can build packages from source using the 'apt-build' tool. Alpha status.)
(cvs)
(ml)
- Skolelinux (School desktop
distribution)
(cvs)
(ml)
- Pebble (Debian variant
for 'embedded' wireless devices. Pebble is designed to fit on a 128 MB flash card.)
- Oralux
(Knoppix
variant for vision impaired people)
- BRLSpeak (Debian for
blind people. It includes support for braille and computer speech)
- DeadCD
(Small - less than 100 MB - Debian livecd)
- Damn Small Linux
(Knoppix variant which fits on a 50MB business card size CD-ROM)
- Familiar (Handheld
computer distribution)
(iPKG a lightweight
and partial re-implementation of dpkg's functionality)
(ml)
- TeleMetryBox (Fully automated
network diagnostics and reporting system)
(ml)
- Euronode
(Router/firewall distribution)
(cvs)
(ml)
- Gibraltar
(Commercial CD-ROM based router/firewall distribution)
(ml)
- EngardeLinux (Commercial, security
focussed distribution for servers)
- Libranet (Commercial desktop distribution)
- Xandros (Commercial desktop distribution,
originally named "Corel Linux". Xandros formed the base for the "Linspire"
distribution.)
- Linpire (Commercial desktop
distribution, which was based on the Xandros distribution.)
- Emdebian (Project to make
Debian better suited for embedded systems. Inactive project.)
(cvs)
(ml)
- Aid
Server (Project to enable email communication in areas with low-quality
network conditions. UUCP is an important part of this system. Inactive
project.)