Operating Systems

Ultimate Edition 2.5 64 Bit can be used only by 64 Bit Machine. Single-button upgrade is one of several special characteristics of this distribution. Other main features include custom desktop and theme with 3D effects, support for a wide range of networking options, including WiFi and Bluetooth, and integration of many extra applications and package repositories. Ultimate Edition is based on Ubuntu but should not be confused with or be considered Ubuntu. The major difference between the two is that Ultimate Edition has its own repository that contains restricted multimedia drivers as well as packages that require license acceptance to install. Code Name N/A Distribution Name Ultimate Edition Version 2.05 Architecture x86-64 Number of Media 1 Size 3.0 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

This is based on new GCC 4.4.1 and Glibc 2.10,Shipped with Desktop-optimized Linux kernel 2.6.31 (ready for 2.6.32),Providing extra Server-optimized and OpenVZ-enabled kernels in repositories. Installer now available in multiple languages. It is designed to transform a computer into a powerful Gentoo Linux system in less than 5 minutes. Sabayon Linux or Sabayon, (formerly RR4 Linux and RR64 Linux), is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution created by Fabio Erculiani and the Sabayon development team. Sabayon Linux includes many features and software. Currently AIGLX (and Compiz Fusion in the case of the GNOME edition) is on the installation discs and can be enabled from the ISOLINUX boot prompt. Drivers are provided out of the box for most major video cards, and hardware auto-detection works well for many. For those wanting a quicker install or a CD instead of a DVD, there is the miniEdition. Sabayon Linux is available with KDE and GNOME desktop environments. Alternatively, Fluxbox is also available. Distribution Name Sabayon Version 5.1 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 1.7 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

Sabayon Linux now supports x86-64 platforms also. It includes many features and software. Currently AIGLX is on the installation discs and can be enabled from the ISOLINUX boot prompt. Drivers are provided out of the box for most major video cards, and hardware auto-detection works well for many. About Sabayon Linux Sabayon Linux is a live DVD designed to transform a computer into a powerful Gentoo Linux system in less than 5 minutes. It is a Linux distribution powered by a software install manager engine called "Portage". Besides functioning as a live DVD, Sabayon Linux can also be installed on a hard disk, acting effectively as an easy-to-use Gentoo installation disk. Distribution Name Sabayon Version 5.1 Architecture amd64 Number of Media 1 Size 2.0 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

Mandriva Linux offers all the power and stability of Linux to both individuals and professional users in an easy-to-use and pleasant environment. It contains the Mandriva Control Center, which eases configuration of some settings. It has many programs known as Drakes or Draks, collectively named drakx tools, to configure many different settings. Examples include MouseDrake to set up a mouse, Disk Drake to set up disk partitions and drak connect to set up a network connection. They are written using GTK+ and Perl, and most of them can run in both graphical and text mode using the ncurses interface. Mandriva Linux or Mandrake Linux is a French Linux distribution distributed by Mandriva (formerly Mandrakesoft). It uses the RPM Package Manager. The product life time of Mandriva Linux releases is 18 months for base updates (Linux, system software, etc.) and 12 months for desktop updates (window managers, desktop environments, web browsers, etc.). Server products receive full updates for at least 24 months after their release. Code Name Adelie Distribution Name Mandriva Version 2010.0 Architecture x86-64 Number of Media 1 Size 4.3 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

Free BSD 8.0 is a major new update of the popular operating system for servers, desktops and embedded devices. Free BSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers, computer professionals, students and home users all over the world in their work, education and recreation. About Free BSD FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). It has been characterized as "the unknown giant among free operating systems". It is not a clone of UNIX, but works like UNIX, with UNIX-compliant internals and system APIs. FreeBSD is generally regarded as reliable and robust. In this, the kernel, device drivers and all of the user land utilities, such as the shell, are held in the same source code revision tracking tree, whereas with Linux distributions, the kernel, user land utilities and applications are developed separately, then packaged together in various ways by others. Code Name N/A Distribution Name FreeBSD Version 8.0 Architecture amd64 Number of Media 1 Size 2.0 GB Media Type DVD Software Type BSD

Scientific Linux Live DVD is a bootable CD/DVD that runs Linux directly from CD/DVD without installing. It is based on Scientific Linux 5.4 (SL54). About Scientific Linx Scientific Linux is a recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux, co-developed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Although it aims to be fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it also provides additional packages not found in the upstream product; the most notable among these are various file systems, including Cluster Suite and Global File System (GFS), FUSE, OpenAFS, Squashfs and Unionfs, wireless networking support with Intel wireless firmware, MadWiFi and NDISwrapper, Sun Java and Java Development Kit (JDK), the lightweight IceWM window manager, R - a language and environment for statistical computing, and the Alpine email client. Code Name N/A Distribution Name Scientific Linux Version 5.04 Architecture x86-64 Number of Media 1 Size 2.5 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

Open Education Disc focuses solely on meeting educational needs of students of all ages. Software has been chosen to address specific IT needs across a wide range of subject areas. About Open Disc Open Education Disc is a modification of the Open Disc format by teachers and computer specialists with a passion for education. The purpose of it is to provide students with the software that they need to complete school work at home. The project was started in 2007 by Mr. Kemp, a computing teacher in London, UK. It is now thriving in schools across the globe and was the 2006/2007 winner of the Teach First School Projects Competition. Code Name N/A Distribution Name Open Education Disc Version 9.07 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 1.3 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

Musix GNU+Linux is a Debian-based distribution featuring a collection of free software for audio production, graphic design and video editing. Major new features of Musix are:Linux kernel 2.6.29.4 real-time 'full preempt', ready for low-latency audio operations either live or installed to hard disk; custom KDE as default desktop (you can also run GNOME, IceWM, Fluxbox, LXDE); based on Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 'Lenny'; improved installer and start system; persistent USB edition; extensive and updated set of applications. Code Name N/A Distribution Name Musix GNU Linux Version 2.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 1.9 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

The GNOME project provides an intuitive and attractive desktop for users. It has the GNOME development platform and an extensive framework for building applications that integrate into the rest of the desktop. About Scientific Linux Scientific Linux is a recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux, co-developed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Although it aims to be fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it also provides additional packages not found in the upstream product; the most notable among these are various file systems, including Cluster Suite and Global File System (GFS), FUSE, OpenAFS, Squashfs and Unionfs, wireless networking support with Intel wireless firmware, MadWiFi and NDISwrapper, Sun Java and Java Development Kit (JDK), the lightweight IceWM window manager, R - a language and environment for statistical computing, and the Alpine email client. Distribution Name Scientific Linux Version 5.04 Architecture x86-64 Number of Media 1 Size 681.9 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Free BSD 8.0 is a major new update of the popular operating system for servers, desktops and embedded devices. This release starts off the new 8-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 7.X and introduces many new features. FreeBSD is a Unix-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 8.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 244.2 MB Media Type CD Software Type BSD

This is the 64 bit version of openSUSE 11.2 supporting the following processors: * AMD Opteron, Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2, Sempron 64, Turion 64, Phenom * Intel Xeon, Xeon MP, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo * Processors based on AMD's AMD64 & Intel's EM64T (Intel's implementation of AMD64) openSUSE 11.2 was released on November 12, 2009. It includes KDE 4.3, GNOME 2.28, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, OpenOffice.org 3.1, improved social network support, updated filesystems such as Ext4 as the new default and support for Btrfs, installer support for whole-disk encryption, significant improvements to YaST and zypper, and all ISO images are hybrid and now support both USB and CD-ROM boot. About openSUSE openSUSE is a general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project and sponsored by Novell. It is the equivalent of the historic "SuSE Linux Professional". After their acquisition of SUSE Linux, Novell has decided to make the community an important part of their development process. Code Name N/A Distribution Name openSUSE Version 11.02 Architecture x86-64 Number of Media 1 Size 4.3 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

Free BSD 8.0 i386 CD gives you Xen Dom-U, VirtualBox guest and host, hierarchal jails; NFSv3 GSSAPI support, experimental NFSv4 client and server; 802.11s D3.03 wireless mesh networking and Virtual Access Point support; ZFS no longer in experimental status; ground-up rewrite of USB, including USB target support; continued SMP scalability improvements in many areas, especially VFS; revised network link layer subsystem; experimental MIPS architecture support etc.. Free BSD FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). It has been characterized as "the unknown giant among free operating systems". It is not a clone of UNIX, but works like UNIX, with UNIX-compliant internals and system APIs. FreeBSD is generally regarded as reliable and robust. It has the kernel, device drivers and all of the user land utilities, such as the shell, are held in the same source code revision tracking tree, whereas with Linux distributions, the kernel, user land utilities and applications are developed separately, then packaged together in various ways by others. Code Name N/A Distribution Name FreeBSD Version 8.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 625.2 MB Media Type CD Software Type BSD

NetBSD 5.0.1 is the first security/critical update of the NetBSD 5.0 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed critical in nature for security or stability reasons. Please note that all fixes in security/critical updates (i.e., NetBSD 5.0.1, 5.0.2, etc.) are cumulative, so the latest update contains all such fixes since the corresponding minor release. These fixes will also appear in future minor releases (i.e., NetBSD 5.1, 5.2, etc.), together with other less-critical fixes and feature enhancements. About Net BSD NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable UNIX-like Open Source operating system available for many platforms, from 64-bit AlphaServers and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make it excellent in both production and research environments, and it is user-supported with complete source. Many applications are easily available through The NetBSD Packages Collection. Code Name N/A Distribution Name NetBSD Version 5.0.1 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 229.2 MB Media Type CD Software Type BSD

The new version comes in several editions, including Calculate Directory Server (CDS), Calculate Linux Desktop with either KDE 4.3.3 (CLD) or Xfce 4.6.1 (CLDX), and Calculate Linux Scratch without a desktop (CLS) or with GNOME 2.26.3 (CLSG). Some of the features in this release include: a complete client-server solution; full compatibility with Gentoo Linux, support for German, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian; addition of a pre-configured AdBlock Plus add-on to Firefox, addition of EisKaltDC P2P client, Kbluetooth etc...   About Calculate Linux Calculate Linux is a Gentoo-based family of three distinguished distributions. Calculate Directory Server (CDS) is a solution that supports Windows and Linux clients via LDAP + SAMBA, providing proxy, mail and Jabbers servers with streamlined user management. Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) is live DVD with a build framework for creating a custom distribution. Distribution Name Calculate Linux Version 10.0 Architecture i686 Number of Media 1 Size 1.7 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

Scientific Linux 5.4 i386 CD's features are as follows: live CD/DVD can be installed to local hard disk, runs from USB key, changes can be stored persistently on an external device, can be mounted over NFS (disk less client). Software: Linux kernel 2.6.18, OpenAFS client 1.4.11, X.Org 7.1, 3D desktop with Compiz and AIGLX, ALSA sound library 1.0.17; GNOME 2.16.0 (standard desktop), GIMP 2.2.13, OpenOffice.org 2.3.0, Firefox 3.0.15, Thunderbird 2.0.0.22, KDE 3.5.4. About Scientific Linux Scientific Linux is a recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux, co-developed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Although it aims to be fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it also provides additional packages not found in the upstream product; the most notable among these are various file systems, including Cluster Suite and Global File System (GFS), FUSE, OpenAFS, Squashfs and Unionfs, wireless networking support with Intel wireless firmware, MadWiFi and NDISwrapper, Sun Java and Java Development Kit (JDK), the lightweight IceWM window manager, R - a language and environment for statistical computing, and the Alpine email client. Distribution Name Scientific Linux Version 5.04 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 697.4 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Free BSD 8.0 i386 DVD release starts off the new 8-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 7.X and introduces many new features. Free BSD 8.0's network stack offers multiprocessing optimizations: a revised link layer subsystem, per-CPU flow cache, multi queue transmit support, and significant UDP and TCP protocol scalability improvements. Zero-copy buffer extensions to BPF improve high volume packet capture performance. About Free BSD FreeBSD is a UNiX-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. Code Name N/A Distribution Name FreeBSD Version 8.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 1.9 GB Media Type DVD Software Type BSD

Ulteo Application System (Ulteo AS) is a Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distribution created by Gaël Duval, the original founder of Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva Linux) and co-founder of MandrakeSoft (now Mandriva). It is a hybrid, network-oriented and mostly automatic computing system that ships with hundreds of applications and innovative features. The basic version of the Ulteo AS provides a choice of applications for daily use, such as Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, etc., but can be easily extended with a set of applications from the Ulteo panel. It also provides document and panel content synchronisation capabilities between a local installation of Ulteo AS and Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop Distribution Name Ulteo Version 2.0 Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 845.5 MB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux

NuTyX GNU/Linux is an i686-optimised, French Linux distribution created from Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From Scratch, with a package manager borrowed from CRUX. The project releases a number of different editions, including an installation CD and DVD, as well as a 4 GB live USB. The distribution is designed primarily for French-speaking intermediate and advanced Linux users. Code Name N/A Distribution Name Nutyx Version 2009.01 Architecture i686 Number of Media 1 Size 554.5 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

Greenie Linux is a Slovak desktop distribution based on Ubuntu. It is a CD edition with open source and proprietary software. Distribution Name Greenie Linux Version 6k Architecture i386 Number of Media 1 Size 698.4 MB Media Type CD Software Type Linux

It is the Li-f-e flavor bundles the best software openSUSE has to offer, such as popular desktop environments, educational application, development suites, multimedia, and great out-of-the-box user experience. Some highlights of what makes this a very special distribution: latest desktop environments - GNOME 2.28 (default), KDE 4.3.x, Sugar 0.86, IceWM; applications include tons of educational applications, graphics, development, office suite, and complete multimedia support; LTSP server...." Distribution Name openSUSE Version 11.02 Architecture i686 Number of Media 1 Size 2.9 GB Media Type DVD Software Type Linux