Updated Linux Distributions

Artix Linux is a fork (or continuation as an autonomous project) of the Arch-OpenRC and Manjaro-OpenRC projects. Artix Linux offers a lightweight, rolling-release operating system featuring the OpenRC init software. (Alternative spins feature the runit and s6 init software.) Several editions of Artix Linux are available, featuring either a plain command line or one of several desktop environments.

PH4NTXM is a Debian-based live Linux distribution that features a customised Xfce desktop and an extensive range of privacy tools that mask the user's identity. Some of the tools include adaptive identity engine with a linked identity for each session, profile-aligned hardware and system reports, packet transformation and firewall protection, choice of identity modes ("Linux" or "Windows" with encrypted DNS and Firefox browser, "Lone Wolf" with Tor DNS and Tor Browser), disposable live sessions with no automatic persistence, user-defined session password for screen unlock and administration, health diagnostics, offline sandboxed media viewers, and many others. The distribution is available as two separate ISO images with light ("Ghost") or dark ("Abyss") desktop interfaces.

StratOS Linux is an Arch-based Linux distribution which uses scripts from Bedrock Linux to include various packages and repositories from other Linux distributions. It provides several desktop variants featuring the GNOME desktop as well as the Hyprland and the Niri Wayland compositors. The project also develops several custom tools, such as StratVIM (a fork of the Neovim text editor), Rockers (a custom package manager wrapper able to fetch and install binary and source packages from other Linux distributions and from Flatpaks), Stratmacs (a custom Emacs configuration), grab (a fetch script), and Maneki-Neko (a Welcome application).

NebiOS is an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution with a custom Wayland compositor called NebiDE (based on Wayfire). It features various user interface enhancements, an initial setup module called OOBE, the NebiOS App Runtime (napp-runtime) portable application format with bubblewrap containerization, improved gaming performance with Steam Proton integration, a kernel switcher for easy multi-kernel installation, and the Wine compatibility layer for running some Windows applications. NebiOS is intended as a general-purpose operating system for daily computing tasks, including creative work and gaming.

Omarchy is an Arch-based Linux distribution featuring the Hyprland tiling window manager. It ships with what a modern software developer would need to be productive immediately, including Neovim, Spotify, Chromium, Typora, Alacritty, LibreOffice and Zoom. The distribution boots into a text-mode system installer that downloads the latest packages from the Arch Linux repositories during installation to build a complete Hyprland desktop.

MocaccinoOS is an independently-developed Linux distribution that has its origins in source-based Gentoo Linux and Sabayon Linux. It uses a custom-built package manager called "Luet", which acts as a front-end for container-based software. The distribution's main features are minimalism and small footprint, ease of use, native vanilla Linux kernels, and support for most important cloud technologies. MocaccinoOS is offered in several variants, including live images with GNOME, KDE Plasma, MATE and Xfce desktops, as well as command-line-only "Minimal Desktop" edition.

ML4W OS is an Arch Linux-based distribution featuring a heavily customised Hyprland tiling compositor. The project specialises primarily in creating advanced configuration for Hyprland, so called "dotfiles", which are available for installation on several other Arch-based distributions, as well as Fedora and openSUSE. However, the live ML4W OS ISO image is a standalone, full-featured Linux distribution with all Hyprland configuration files, applications, icons, themes and wallpapers included. It can be installed to a hard disk using a custom text-mode system installer. The project also provides extensive documentation about setting up and configuring Hyprland.

FuguIta is an OpenBSD live operating system featuring portable workplace, low hardware requirements, additional software, and partial support for Japanese. It strives to provide a live environment which is as close to an installed OpenBSD system as possible. The live environment can be saved to storage and reloaded in a later session, enabling persistent storage and consistent use.

RakuOS is an immutable Linux distribution based on Fedora, with a choice of KDE Plasma, GNOME, niri, and COSMIC desktops. It combines an immutable, read-only base system with the full package flexibility of a traditional Linux distribution. While the core system updates atomically and can be instantly rolled back, the system's persistent overlay lets the user install any package, either through the dnf package manager or the distribution's own software center called RakuOS Software. Installation of Flatpak packages is also supported. RakuOS uses the performance-optimised p03 Linux kernel and also includes a graphical CPU scheduling utility to fine-tune the system for gaming, workloads or power efficiency use cases.

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 Desktop (CLD) is a workstation and client distribution (with a choice of Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE or Xfce desktops) that includes a wizard to configure a connection to Calculate Directory Server. Calculate Linux Scratch (CLS) is a live CD with a build framework for creating a custom distribution.

CapivaraOS is a Brazilian desktop and server Linux distribution based on Fedora. It is available in three desktop editions - "Marsh" (KDE Plasma), "Snout" (GNOME) and "Pup" (Xfce), as well as a separate home server variant called "HERD". All editions are localised into Brazilian Portuguese. The distribution uses the Anaconda system installer and includes many popular web, productivity and multimedia applications.

Ludora is a gaming-ready, Fedora-based Linux distribution with built-in bootable snapshots. It takes an automatic snapshot of the system before and after every package update and places it in the GRUB boot menu, thus offering a one-click rollback in cases when a problematic update breaks the system. The distribution also provides a full gaming stack with a custom kernel, the Steam client, and all the tools that facilitate gaming on Linux. Ludora uses the KDE Plasma desktop in its live mode and the Calamares system installer with a choice of languages, filesystems and desktop options.

Lyra OS is a Brazilian desktop and server Linux distribution based on openSUSE Tumbleweed, a rolling-release variant of openSUSE. The desktop edition features a customised GNOME desktop. It provides a simple and intuitive system installer called Lyra Install and a comprehensive control centre termed Vega, which is also available as a command-line and web-based application in Lyra's Server edition. The distribution also ships with LinuxToys, a unified system management, configuration and software installation tool. Lyra OS supports Portuguese (both Brazilian and European) and English languages.

T4n OS is a lightweight, fast and minimalist Linux distribution based on Void Linux. It uses a vanilla Xfce desktop. Besides some of the standard characteristics inherited from upstream, such as rolling release model, XBPS package manager, and runit init system, the project also features VUR (Void User Repository), a software repository concept inspired by Arch's AUR (Arch User Repository).

Deblinux is an Italian desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch and featuring the MATE desktop environment. Its main focus is to provide a ready-to-use Debian environment with pre-configured drivers and multimedia support. The distribution uses the Calamares system installer and offers a large variety of useful software for general computing tasks.

KDE neon is a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution and live DVD featuring the latest KDE Plasma desktop and other KDE community software. Besides the installable DVD image, the project provides a rapidly-evolving software repository with all the latest KDE software. Two editions of the product are available - a "User" edition, designed for those interested in checking out the latest KDE software as it gets released, and a "Developer's" edition, created as a platform for testing cutting-edge KDE applications.

FLinux is a minimalist Linux distribution forked from Tiny Core Linux. It is built with FLTK, a cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit. The distribution uses the flwm window manager and includes a bare minimum of lightweight applications, such as Dillo (a web browser), Fluff (a file manager) and flpicsee (an image viewer). Extra applications can be install through a graphical software management utility and the project maintains a repository of custom-built packages, in addition to those provided by Tiny Core Linux. The distribution is available in two variants - one without any WiFi support and one with a wide range of wireless firmware included. FLinux is designed to be extremely lightweight; it can run in installed mode without swap on systems with as little as 96 MB of memory.

Unraid OS is a Linux-based commercial operating system designed to provide an easy-to-use and flexible platform for building and managing a Network-Attached Storage (NAS). Some of Unraid's main features include the ability to mix and match drives of different sizes, an easy-to-use web interface for managing storage, virtual machines and Docker containers, protection to safeguard against drive failures, ability to expand the storage by adding more drives.

NagisinnraLinux is a Japanese Linux distribution based on Debian's "Stable" branch. Featuring a lightweight Xfce desktop, it is specifically designed to revive older hardware and provide a snappy and minimal, yet fully functional desktop environment for daily use. The distribution's main features include out-of-the-box support for the Japanese language, advanced memory optimisation, use of zram compression to guarantee smooth multitasking, and removal of unnecessary and redundant services to maximise battery life and CPU responsiveness.

Alpine Linux is a community developed operating system designed for routers, firewalls, VPNs, VoIP boxes, containers, and servers. It was designed with security in mind; it has proactive security features like PaX and SSP that prevent security holes in the software to be exploited. The C library used is musl and the base tools are all in BusyBox. Those are normally found in embedded systems and are smaller than the tools found in GNU/Linux systems.