The best 20 Linux distributions 2020
Kali Linux is preinstalled with over 600 penetration-testing programs including nmap a port scanner Wireshark a packet analyzer John the Ripper a password cracker Aircrack-ng a software suite for penetration-testing wireless LANs Burp suite and OWASP ZAP both web application security scanners Kali Linux can run natively when installed on a computer's hard disk can be booted from a liv CD or live USB or it can run within a virtual machine It is a supported platform of the Metasploit Project's Metasploit Framework a tool for developing and executing security exploits
Parrot formerly Parrot Security OS is a Debian-based security-oriented distribution featuring a collection of utilities designed for penetration testing computer forensics reverse engineering hacking privacy anonymity and cryptography The product developed by Frozenbox
providing Tails complete Internet anonymity for the user The product ships with several Internet applications including web browser IRC client mail client and instant messenger all pre-configured with security in mind and with all traffic anonymised To achieve this Incognito uses the Tor network to make Internet traffic very hard to trace
Wifislax tests your WiFi security by accessing
passwords quality MAC changes wireless
configuration automatic connection networks
cookbook decryption and also Bluetooth
scan It has a set of tools including drivers
and functionalities that support the wireless
card chipsets It is presented in both English
and Spanish It is freeware It works with
Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT Windows XP
Windows Vista Windows 2003 WindowMe
Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows 10
Cyborg Hawk – a Linux distribution based on
Ubuntu platform with latest kernel for cyber
security professionals but can be used by
everyone however it it recommended to be not
used by those who are unfamiliar with Linux
as it contains major tools for penetration
testing and cyber security purpose
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deepin formerly Deepin Linux Deepin Hiweed
GNU/Linux is a Debian-based distribution it was
Ubuntu-based until version 15 released in late 2015
that aims to provide an elegant user-friendly and
reliable operating system It does not only include
the best the open source world has to offer but it
has also created its own desktop environment called
DDE or Deepin Desktop Environment which is based on
the Qt 5 toolkit Deepin focuses much of its attention
on intuitive design Its home-grown applications like
Deepin Software Centre DMusic and DPlayer are tailored
to the average user Being easy to install and use
deepin can be a good Windows
NuTyX is a French Linux distribution
with multi-language support built from
Linux From Scratch and Beyond Linux From
Scratch with a custom package manager
called "cards" The project's latest release
is NuTyX 11.4: "I'm very pleased to announce
the new NuTyX 11.4 release. The 64-bit version
contains about 1,150 packages upgraded The
32-bit version of NuTyX still actively supported
In the newest release base NuTyX comes with the
Long-Term Support LTS kernel 4.19.108 4.9.206 for
the 32-bit edition For 64-bit systems the kernel
release 5.5.8 is also available The GNU C library
glibc is now glibc 2.30 The graphical server is
xorg-server 1.20.7. The Mesa library is 19.3.4
GTK is 3.24.14 and Qt has been updated to 5.14.1
Python interpreters 3.8.2 and 2.7.17 have been included
in this release The MATE desktop environment comes
in 1.24.0 the latest version The Xfce desktop
environment comes in 4.14.1, the latest version
The KDE Plasma desktop is now 5.18.2, the KDE Framework
is now 5.67.0 and applications are now 19.12.3
Zorin OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution
designed especially for newcomers to Linux It
has a Windows-like graphical user interface and
many programs similar to those found in Windows
Zorin OS also comes with an application that lets
users run many Windows programs The distribution's
ultimate goal is to provide a Linux alternative to
Windows and let Windows users enjoy all the features
of Linux without complications
Manjaro Linux is a fast user-friendly
desktop-oriented operating system based
on Arch Linux Key features include intuitive
installation process automatic hardware detection
stable rolling-release model ability to install
multiple kernels special Bash scripts for managing
graphics drivers and extensive desktop configurability
Manjaro Linux offers Xfce as the core desktop options
as well as KDE GNOME and a minimalist Net edition for
more advanced users
Elive is not made for newbies Elive is not made
for experienced people Elive is not made for
enterprise or personal use Elive is art It is
simply for those who appreciate it and want to
use it Feel free to try Elive because only you
decide what you want in this world!
Elive or Enlightenment live CD is a Debian-based
desktop Linux distribution and live CD featuring the
Enlightenment window manager Besides being
pre-configured and ready for daily desktop use it
also includes "Elpanel" a control centre for
easy system and desktop administration
The Ubuntu DesktopPack distribution is a remix
of the Ubuntu distribution by UALinux The
Ubuntu DesktopPack features software updates and
multimedia support on the installation disc The
Ubuntu DesktopPack version 16.04 is available
in six editions for both the 32-bit and 64-bit x86
architecture "Available to download images of
Ubuntu*Pack 16.04 systems Distributions are
available in six independent systems with different
graphic interfaces Unity Flashback GNOME 3 the
GNOME 3 Classic MATE and Cinnamon Images of all
editions are prepared for the i386 and amd64 platforms
This release is based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS operating
system that offers long term support and includes all
the innovations presented in the original
This is a project to port Android open source
project to x86 platform formerly known as patch
hosting for android x86 support The original plan
is to host different patches for android x86 support
from open source community.A few months after we
created the project we found out that we could do
much more than just hosting patches So we decide to
create our code base to provide support on different x86
platforms and set up a git server to host it
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL is a Linux distribution developed
by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market Red Hat
Enterprise Linux is released in server editions for x86, x86_64 Itanium
PowerPC and IBM System z architectures and desktop editions for x86 and x86_64 processors All of Red Hat's official support and training and the Red Hat Certification Program centres around the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform Red Hat uses strict trademark rules to restrict free re-distribution of its officially supported versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux but still freely provides its source code Third-party derivatives can be built and redistributed by stripping away non-free components
MX Linux a desktop-oriented Linux distribution
based on Debian's stable branch is a cooperative
venture between the antiX and former MEPIS Linux
communities.Using Xfce as the default desktop it
is a mid-weight operating system designed to combine
an elegant and efficient desktop with simple configuration
high stability solid performance and medium-sized footprint
Absolute is a 64-bit Linux distribution based upon
Slackware It concentrates on desktop use so that it
is ready for internet multimedia document and general
home use out of the box Absolute is lightweight
meaning 2 things that it can run on on modest hardware
and that the OS interface stays out of your way but
includes the latest software like Kodi Inkscape GIMP
LibreOffice Google Earth Google-Chrome Calibre etc
Joe Maloney has announced the availability of a new
set of releases by FuryBSD a FreeBSD-based
desktop-oriented operating system featuring the Xfce
and KDE Plasma desktops The images continue to be
labelled as 12.1 to indicate that they are based
on FreeBSD 12.1 but they also include a datestamp
to differentiate them from any previous FuryBSD 12.1
builds FuryBSD 2020-Q3 the world's first OpenZFS-based
live image In order to provide the most reliable
experience possible and while preserving integrity of the
system the live CD now leverages ZFS compression
replication memory file systems and reroot Changes
since 2020-Q2 12.1-RELEASE-p9 X.Org 1.20.8 NVIDIA
driver 440.100 Xfce 4.14 Firefox 79.0 added check
for 4GB minimum system memory to boot the image
replaced UnionFS with compressed ZFS memdisk added
VMSVGA support for VirtualBox 6
IPFire is a Linux distribution that focuses on easy
setup good handling and high level of security It is
operated via an intuitive web-based interface which
offers many configuration options for beginning and
experienced system administrators IPFire is maintained
by developers who are concerned about security and who
update the product regularly to keep it secure IPFire
ships with a custom package manager called Pakfire and
the system can be expanded with various add-ons
IPFire is a hardened versatile state-of-the-art Open
Source firewall based on Linux Its ease of use high
performance in any scenario and extensibility make it
usable for everyone
4MLinux is a miniature Linux distribution focusing
on four capabilities maintenance as a system rescue
live CD multimedia for playing video DVDs and other
multimedia files miniserver using the inetd daemon
and mystery providing several small Linux games
The distribution includes support
