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Sunday, November 15, 2009

List... What about the unknown Linux distros?

What about the unknown Linux distros?

Practically the entire planet has heard of Ubuntu due to it's colossal marketing machine, free CD's, huge online community and related user blogs. Not to mention the now renamed DiggBuntu, which used to be the Digg Linux section. Ubuntu has topped the charts at Distrowatch since it's release, closely followed by the likes of the other Top 10 distros like Debian (the father of Ubuntu), Mint, Fedora, Suse, Mandriva et al.
But what about all the other distros that haven't made it to Distrowatch yet?
I visit Distrowatch everyday, and also have an RSS feed here at Total Linux listing the latest releases, and only recently did I see the long waiting list of new projects who are hoping that a spot on Distrowatch will launch them to ÜberStardom, or even ÜbuStardom ;) 
Check out the waiting list below, you never know, you may find a hidden little gem of a distro that hasn't got the backing of the likes of Canonical or Novell, so remains unknown. (Take into account that the list goes back to 2004 and some projects have been discontinued)
(List courtesy of Distrowatch.Com)
The current list of to-be-included distributions:
Go there...
http://totalinux.org/2009/11/what-about-the-unknown-linux-distros/

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