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The Gnoppix project presents version 1.0 of the Gnoppix Linux live CD. Gnoppix 1.0 can be downloaded for the Intel i386 platform here. PowerPC and AMD64 platforms will be ready soon. Gnoppix 1.0 comes with GNOME 2.10. About Gnoppix Gnoppix is a Linux live CD based on Ubuntu Linux. It can be compared to Knoppix, but Gnoppix uses GNOME as the desktop environment. Code Name N/A Distribution Name Gnoppix Version 1.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 650 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Gnewsense 2.1 i386 Live deltah CD brings in a number of updates, fixes and improvements. Changes since 2.0 include: Linux-ubuntu-modules cleared of non-free blobs; usplash added; new theme and artwork; re-added fix for module-init-tools for eepro100; builder - live CD no longer asks for password on sudo; builder - added support for extra repositories in python-apt; builder - various tweaks, fixes and improvements. Upgrading from 1.9/2.0: Follow the upgrade notifications in GNOME. There's no need to download the 2.1 CD. To change to the gNewSense theme in GNOME, go to System -> Preferences -> Appearance. Select 'gNewSense' in the 'Themes' tab and press 'Close. About Gnewsense A product sponsored by the Free Software Foundation, gNewSense is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution released without any proprietary and non-free components, and several enhancements. Notably, all proprietary firmware, restricted modules and Ubuntu logos are removed, while the "Universe" repository is enabled by default and several GNU applications, such as Emacs and development libraries, as well as bsdgames and NetHack, are included in the default installation. The goal of the project is to produce a totally free (libre) Linux distribution. Code Name N/A Distribution Name GnewSense Version 2.1 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 603.9 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Gnewsense 2.0 Live CD deltah's main features are as follows: all bugs reported since the 1.9 beta have been addressed. Features since 1.1: now based on Ubuntu 'Hardy Heron', new artwork, switched from BurningDog (Firefox) to Epiphany, switched to BLAG's 'deblob' script for the kernel, non-free GLX removed from X/mesa; builder - use chroot for building; builder - added support for Debian source packages About Gnew Sense A product sponsored by the Free Software Foundation, gNewSense is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution released without any proprietary and non-free components, and several enhancements. Notably, all proprietary firmware, restricted modules and Ubuntu logos are removed, while the "Universe" repository is enabled by default and several GNU applications, such as Emacs and development libraries, as well as bsdgames and NetHack, are included in the default installation. The goal of the project is to produce a totally free (libre) Linux distribution. Code Name N/A Distribution Name gNewSense Version 2.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 384.9 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

GIMP is a versatile graphics manipulation package. Features are as follows: Bugs fixed: Fixed display problem in the Animation Playback plug-in (bug #338378), Fixed misbehaviour of the user installation dialog (bug #324254),Make sure that session-managed windows are mapped completely inside a, Monitor (bug #339099, bug #324254), Don't use long deprecated libpng API (bug #339402), Fixed possible segfault when closing image while saving it (bug #322978), Halt tools when the image mode changes (bug #330083), Fixed problem in Scale and Resize widgets (bug #336259), Fixed wrong offset in transform PDB functions (bug #342548) Fixed bugs in the Dicom load plug-in (bug #163256), Make sure text widgets get all key events first (bug #301006), Fixed problems with default values in the PNG save plug-in (bug #343284), Fixed Save As dialog not displaying the filename (bug #343284), fixed compilation problem with gcc 4.1 (bug #345473) Plugged a possible buffer overrun in the XCF parser (bug #346742), Don't save image parasites twice in XCF files (bug #346754). About GIMP GIMP (short for the GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free software raster graphics editor. It is primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool. In addition to free-form drawing, GIMP can accomplish essential image work-flow steps such as resizing, editing, and cropping photos, combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format. At present, GIMP is usable for amateur or professional work with images intended for viewing on monitors and printing on ink-jet printers. The product vision for GIMP is to become a high-end graphics application for the editing and creation of original images, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements. One point in GIMP's product vision would see GIMP used for the development of cutting-edge image-processing algorithms. Distribution Name Gimp Version 2.2.12 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 33.9 MB Media Type CD Software Type Other

Gentoo Linux 2007.0 Live CD 64 bit 2007.0 can be used only with 64bit PC. This release includes a completely rewritten version of the Gentoo Linux Installer on the AMD64 and x86 live CD and live DVD images. It also includes GNOME 2.16.2, KDE 3.5.5, Xfce 4.4, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3, OpenOffice.org 2.1.0, and the 2.6.19 Linux kernel. Updated hardware support is among the highlights of the x86 release. Besides the many updated office and productivity packages x86 also brings an update to glibc 2.5. On amd64 you can enjoy updated 32-bit emulation libraries improving support for many closed source applications and browser plugins. About Gentoo Linux Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution geared towards developers and network professionals. Unlike other distros, Gentoo Linux 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, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more. Code Name Secret Sauce Distribution Name Gentoo Linux Version 2007.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 700 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Gentoo Linux 2007.0 Live CD 64 bit 2007.0 can be used only with 64bit PC. This release includes a completely rewritten version of the Gentoo Linux Installer on the AMD64 and x86 live CD and live DVD images. It also includes GNOME 2.16.2, KDE 3.5.5, Xfce 4.4, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3, OpenOffice.org 2.1.0, and the 2.6.19 Linux kernel. Updated hardware support is among the highlights of the x86 release. Besides the many updated office and productivity packages x86 also brings an update to glibc 2.5. On amd64 you can enjoy updated 32-bit emulation libraries improving support for many closed source applications and browser plugins. About Gentoo Linux Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution geared towards developers and network professionals. Unlike other distros, Gentoo Linux 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, safe unmerging, system profiles, virtual packages, config file management, and more. Code Name Secret Sauce Distribution Name Gentoo Linux Version 2007.0 Architecture x86-64 Number of Media 1 Size 700 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

GeeXboX 1.2.1 i386 CD is the latest version. About GeeXboX GeeXboX is a full operating system, running under Linux and based on the excellent MPlayer. No need of hard drive, you just have to put the GeeXboX bootable CD into the CD-Drive of any pentium-class computer to boot it. Moreover, GeeXboX is a free software, created thanks to many open-source software. This means that everyone can modify it and build his own release of the GeeXboX. You may wonder why you could have to boot on another operating system to play your media files, but just think about the Mini-ITX plat forms like VIA Epia/Eden or Shuttle barebones. It's now affordable to bring DivX to your home cinema, plugging this kind of computers directly to your TV. At the time of the first development release (December 2002), it was only able to play DivX movies, but for now, nearly every kind of media files can be played from GeeXboX. Code Name N/A Distribution Name GeeXboX Version 1.2.1 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 18.9 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

G-Noblin 3.0 i386 beta 01 CD is an old desire of GoblinX users. It includes GNOME 2.24.3 and several improvements and modifications in the core of the system. The method of save changes are different in this edition. Now all changes are saved in different directories when the Netbook interface is used or a non english language. Also we added a second check for swap partition when blkid fails to find it, we changed the default graphical boot to use GDM for english and also all other languages and added some other improvements. The G:Noblin brings to you two kinds of desktop environment inside the same ISO (cdrom). The first is the default Gnome desktop and the second is a special prepared interface for Netbooks, using the Ubuntu Netbook Remix model and some ideas provided by Foresight. The GoblinX Project is a union of GNU/Linux distributions that use the same resources and are based on the excellent Slackware. Code Name N/A Distribution Name G Noblin Version 3.0 beta 01 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 427.3 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

The version number 1.0 does not indicate anything really special, the new release will bring you as many new features and bugfixes as usual, but it's still a milestone in the development of the last five years About Frugulware Linux Frugalware Linux is an independently developed general purpose desktop Linux distribution designed for intermediate users. It follows simple Slackware-like design concepts and includes the "pacman" package management utility from Arch Linux. Code Name N/A Distribution Name Frugalware Linux Version 1.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 48.2 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Freespire is a community-involved, Linux-based operating system that combines the best that free, open source software has to offer (community involved, freely distributed, open source code, etc.), but also provides users the choice of including propriet Code Name N/A Distribution Name Freespire Version 2.0.8 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 683.9 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Free NAS 0.69 i386 CD is a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. Main features : Majors changes: add TFTP service, it is accessible via 'Services, TFTP' in the WebGUI; add Samba patch; upgrade nano to 2.0.9; upgrade PHP to 5.2.8; add WOL support for miscellaneous NICs; upgrade nfe driver; fixed Samba lock file problem; replace FTP server Pure-FTPd with ProFTPD 1.3.2rc3; add TCP wrappers, the rules can be configured via WebGUI 'Network, Hosts'; upgrade ATAidle to 2.4, Transmission to 1.42, rsync to 3.0.5; add ability to create a SWAP partition during installation; enhance the 'System, Advanced, Swap' page to select a file or disk device as swap space. About Freenas FreeNAS is a tiny FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services (CIFS, FTP and NFS). Code Name Kwisatz Haderach Distribution Name FreeNAS Version 0.69.4276 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 60.2 MB Media Type CD Software Type BSD

Free BSD 7.0 i386 CD can be used with any machine. Free BSD 7.0 is the first release from the 7-STABLE branch which introduces many new features along with many improvements to functionality present in the earlier branches. Some of the highlights: dramatic improvements in performance and SMP scalability shown by various database and other benchmarks; the ULE scheduler is vastly improved, providing improved performance and interactive response; experimental support for Sun's ZFS file system; gjournal can be used to set up journaled file systems, gvirstor can be used as a virtualized storage provider; read-only support for the XFS file system; the Unionfs file system has been fixed etc. About Free BSD FreeBSD is a UN*X-like operating system for the i386, IA-64, PC-98, Alpha/AXP, and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. Distribution Name FreeBSD Version 7.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 3 Size 4 GB Media Type CD Software Type BSD

Free BSD 7.0 is the first release from the 7-STABLE branch which introduces many new features along with many improvements to functionality present in the earlier branches. Some of the highlights: dramatic improvements in performance and SMP scalability shown by various database and other benchmarks; the ULE scheduler is vastly improved, providing improved performance and interactive response; experimental support for Sun's ZFS file system; gjournal can be used to set up journaled file systems, gvirstor can be used as a virtualized storage provider; read-only support for the XFS file system; the Unionfs file system has been fixed etc. Free BSD 7.0 64bit CD can be used only with 64bit machines. About Free BSD FreeBSD is a UN*X-like operating system for the i386, IA-64, PC-98, Alpha/AXP, and UltraSPARC platforms based on U.C. Berkeley's "4.4BSD-Lite" release, with some "4.4BSD-Lite2" enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's "Net/2" to the i386, known as "386BSD", though very little of the 386BSD code remains. FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. Distribution Name FreeBSD Version 7.0 Architecture x86-64 Number of Media 3 Size 1.4 GB Media Type CD Software Type BSD

Foresight lite 2.0.6 i386 CD is the latest version. The Foresight GNOME Lite edition features the ability to install using only one CD. Foresight GNOME Lite Edition does not include some software and features available in the full version About Foresight Foresight GNOME Edition features the GNOME desktop environment, created and maintained by The GNOME Project, as the interface for Foresight Linux. Thanks to dedicated teams within The GNOME Project, GNOME provides usability, accessibility, and freedom focused on creating software that is easy and enjoyable for everyone to use. Taking advantage of its rolling releases, Foresight can promptly release an updated GNOME edition each time GNOME has a new release, making Foresight the top choice when demonstrating the latest GNOME. Distribution Name Foresight Version 2.0.6 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 681.1 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Fluxbuntu is a lightweight operating system (Linux distribution) which uses the Fluxbox window manager and is based on Ubuntu Distribution Name Fluxubuntu Version 7.10 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 306.4 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Fedora Unity are re-spin ISOs of LINUX fedora core with all the patches pre-applied to the images (up to the time of the re-spin Distribution Name Fedora Version 200810501-8 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 3.1 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

Fedora 11 is the latest version of its free open source operating system. The community's eleventh release includes the broadest feature set to date, spotlights developments in software management and sound, improves key virtualization components and introduces Fedora Community, a portal project beta. About Fedora The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat, open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, following a set of project objectives. The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software. Development will be done in a public forum. The project will produce time-based releases of Fedora about 2-3 times a year, with a public release schedule. The Red Hat engineering team will continue to participate in building Fedora and will invite and encourage more outside participation than in past releases. By using this more open process, we hope to provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free software and more appealing to the open source community. Code Name Leonidas Distribution Name Fedora Version 11 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 688.1 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Fedora 10.0 i386 Live KDE CD provides you the best of KDE desktop. Fedora 10 is the latest version of its free, open source operating system distribution. This release includes the premiere of a new graphical boot system called Plymouth, designed to speed up the boot process by taking advantage of a new kernel mode setting feature. Fedora 10 also features increased hardware support for a vast array of webcams, and better handling of printers via both direct physical connections and networks. Further, PackageKit, a software management tool that originally debuted in Fedora 9, has been extended in this release to provide on-demand codec software installation. About Fedora The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat, open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, following a set of project objectives. The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software. Development will be done in a public forum. The project will produce time-based releases of Fedora about 2-3 times a year, with a public release schedule. The Red Hat engineering team will continue to participate in building Fedora and will invite and encourage more outside participation than in past releases. By using this more open process, we hope to provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free software and more appealing to the open source community. Code Name Cambrigde Distribution Name Fedora Version 10 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 678.9 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Fedora 9 i386 main features are: PackageKit, a cross-distribution package management solution, GNOME 2.22; KDE desktop 4.0.3 featuring upgrades to core components such as the port to Qt 4, NetworkManager improvements, Firefox 3 Beta 5, SELinux confined web browser,OpenJDK6, the release of Sun Java SDK under a free and open source license, X.Org updates, consolidated dictionary support, Bluetooth enhancements, persistent live USB support, Upstart init daemo, ext4 file system support etc... Fedora 9 i386 KDE Live CD provides you the best of KDE desktop About Fedora The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat, open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, following a set of project objectives. The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software. Development will be done in a public forum. The project will produce time-based releases of Fedora about 2-3 times a year, with a public release schedule. The Red Hat engineering team will continue to participate in building Fedora and will invite and encourage more outside participation than in past releases. By using this more open process, we hope to provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free software and more appealing to the open source community. Code Name Sulphur Distribution Name Fedora Version 9.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 690 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Fedora 9 is the latest stable Live CD release from the Fedora project. Its main features are : PackageKit, a cross-distribution package management solution, GNOME 2.22, KDE desktop 4.0.3 featuring upgrades to core components such as the port to Qt 4, NetworkManager improvements; Firefox 3 Beta 5, SELinux confined web browser, OpenJDK6, the release of Sun Java SDK under a free and open source license, X.Org updates, consolidated dictionary support, Bluetooth enhancements; persistent live USB support, Upstart init daemon; ext4 file system support etc.. About Fedora The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat, open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, following a set of project objectives. The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software. Development will be done in a public forum. The project will produce time-based releases of Fedora about 2-3 times a year, with a public release schedule. The Red Hat engineering team will continue to participate in building Fedora and will invite and encourage more outside participation than in past releases. By using this more open process, we hope to provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free software and more appealing to the open source community. Code Name Sulphur Distribution Name Fedora Version 9.0 Architecture i686 Number of Media 1 Size 690 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux