SolusOS is a recently released linux distribution based on debian. Since it is debian based I thought it may be old enough but I was wrong inside the SolusOS it contains the newer linux kernel 3.3.6. The User Inerface or Desktop Environment is the old faithful Gnome one of my favourite and the menu is also nice and all the other gnome stuff is Ok. One thing I noticed is applications are also absolutely new and this is possible because of debian backports repos. All in all this is nice distro with mix of old and new. try out now.
BOSS stands for Bharat operating system solution . It is an Indian linux distribution sponsered by government of India. It is made by Indians for the Indians. BOSS is based on debian stable. It is meant to lessen the digital divide of India.
Latest version of BOSS is 4.0 codenamed ''Savir'' it is made on top of Debian 6 squeeze. Therefore it features Gnome 2.30.2, KDE 4.4.5 and Linux Kernel 2.6.32. The office suite is Bharteeyaoo which is Indian version of OpenOffice and natively supports Indian languages. Apart from main edition there are also Educational, server edition, netbook edition are also available.
All in all BOSS is a nice distribution for Indian. It is meant to be used in Govt. Office and education institutions but they still use old xp.
Linux deepin is a chinese distribution based on ubuntu. Previously it was known as hiweed.
It features Gnome 3 but the customizing is quite eye catching with transparent panel. It has all usual gnome stuff the music player is dead beef. The software center is best in linux world .
Deepin linux is a nice operating system if you know chinese then you must try if you don't still you should give it a try.
KNOPPIX is a linux distribution based on debian. It is made to run through live CD/DVD but it can also be installed on hard drive. The latest version 7.0.1 features LXDE. There are nearly 1000 application in cd and 2600 in dvd, the applications are present as compressed mode which is loaded in ram. All in all Knoppix is a nice distribution.
Fedora is an open source linux distribution sponsered by Red Hat enterprise. Fedora is the test bed for Red Hat enterprise Linux. Fedora is great distribution but with introduction with gnome 3 many have left it. The latest release is !7 codenamed '' Beefy Miracle" . Lets move around it and see how it behaves this time.
The installation process is like breeze with ease with anaconda installer. The default desktop wallpaper is blue bankground with fireworks. The gnome 3.4 is absolutely silky smooth to use and is absolutely rock solid. Although fedora has now become geeky with addition of JBoss 7, D-progamming language, open stack cloud, GCC 4.7 etc etc. One of the most important change that fedora brings with this release is getting rid of the separation of /bin and /usr/bin,
as well as /sbin and /usr/sbin, /lib and /usr/lib, and /lib64 and
/usr/lib64. All files from the directories in / will be merged into
their respective counterparts in /usr, and symlinks for the old
directories will be created instead.'' although solaris has done this 15 years back and most people will not even recognise it.
Hence recommended audience for fedora are those who wants to live bleeding edge and try new technologies. Fedora download
