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Hardware Based Linux Distributions |
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(Alpha)
LinuxAlpha.org
http://www.linuxalpha.org/
A resource for Linux on Alpha processors.
(ARM)
Aleph
ARMlinux
http://www.aleph1.co.uk/armlinux/distros.html
Aleph One provides well-documented Linux distributions
for various ARM-based systems. LWN distribution survey
results for February
6, 2000.
ARM Linux
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
ARM Linux is a port of the Linux Operating System to ARM
processor based machines mainly by Russell King with
contributions from others.
(IBM)
Note: Most of the Leading Distributions support IBM
mainframes.
Think Blue
Linux
http://linux.s390.org/
Think Blue was the original port of Linux to the IBM
mainframe. ThinkBlue/64 7.1a, a respin of ThinkBlue/64
7.1 with all updates integrated was released October 11,
2001.
(Oracle's NIC)
NIC
Linux
http://www.thinknic.com/thinknic/
The New Internet Computer (NIC) project provides an
inexpensive computer, starting at $199.99, for homes,
schools and other places where cost is an issue. It
supports popular plug-ins like Real Player, Java and
Macromedia Flash Player, so it's just as
Internet-capable. Lots of people run Linux on their NICs
and there is a discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thinknic/
where you can share information about the device,
including tips on preparing operating system CDs,
running additional programs, tips on new things to do
with the NIC, and other data sharing.
(PA-RISC)
PA-RISC
Linux
http://parisc-linux.org/
On December 11, 2001 the PA-RISC Linux development
community announced version 0.9.3, the latest version of
Linux for computers using Hewlett Packard's PA-RISC
processor. This release is the latest in a series
representing several years of work by developers in the
Free Software community including developers from The
Debian Project, Hewlett Packard, ESIEE, and Linuxcare.
(PowerPC)
Black
Lab Linux
http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/blacklab/
Terra Soft Solutions provides Black Lab for HPC
Clusters. It features a graphical installation,
configuration, and maintenance suite for Yellow Dog
Linux HPC (high performance computing) clusters. It's
designed to work with Apple Macintosh and Terra Soft's
Yellow briQ Nodes. Black Lab ships with the YDL 2.1
foundation and includes a subscription for 2 upgrades to
future releases of both YDL and Black Lab.
LinuxPPC
http://www.linuxppc.com/
LinuxPPC Inc. started the frst wave of interest in
native Linux on PowerPC systems in 1996, releasing its
first CD-ROM discs, and providing them to developers and
people interested in alternative operating systems. Its
fourth major release, LinuxPPC R4, came out in June
1998. That highly successful release was followed by
LinuxPPC 4.1, 1999 (5.0), 1999 Q3 (5.5), and the current
release, LinuxPPC 2000 (6.0). Unfortunately now dead -
March 5, 2003.
MkLinux
http://www.mklinux.org/
MkLinux is an open source operating system which
consists of an implementation of the Linux operating
system hosted on the Mach microkernel. It is estimated
that there are somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000
MkLinux users. A significant number of the installed
MkLinux systems are being used in mission-critical
applications. Pre-R2 was released August 5, 2002.
Yellow Dog
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
Yellow Dog Linux is a complete, Red Hat and RPM based
operating system for PowerPC computers. YDL may co-exist
with Mac OS in a dual-boot environment or replace the
Mac OS on "New World ROM" (Blue & White
G3s and newer) machines. Simple to install, YDL offers a
graphical installer, KDE (an elegant, mature GUI), and
over 900 applications to fulfill server, code developer,
and home/office needs. YDL 3.0 was released March 19,
2003.
(Sparc)
Aurora
Sparc Project
http://aurora.linuxpower.org/
This Sparc Linux distribution is based on Red Hat 7.3.
Build 0.2 was announced on December 4, 2001. Build 0.4
(Titanium) was released September 26, 2002. Build 0.42
(Douglas) was released October 4, 2002.
Splack
http://www.netunix.co.uk/splack.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/splack
Splack is a volunteer effort set up to continue work on
the now defunct Slackware Sparc port. They try to track
the official Slackware for Intel tree, which is the
original Linux distribution. Slackware is based on the
KISS (Keep It Simple - Stupid) principle, which makes it
easy to maintain for anyone with a bit of Unix
experience. Not a lot of point & click setup tools
here. Splack v-y1test was released September 30, 2001.
UltraLinux
http://www.ultralinux.org/
UltraLinux is one of the first, if not the first, port
of Linux to the SPARC family of processors most commonly
found in Sun workstations and clones. It supports most
workstations including the older 32bit SPARC processors
and the newer 64bit UltraSPARC based workstations.
(Older Intel)
ClarkConnect
http://www.clarkconnect.org/
ClarkConnect is a Red Hat based distribution which can
can transform standard PC hardware into a dedicated
broadband gateway and easy-to-use server. The software
is a great solution for small businesses, home offices,
and networked homes. ClarkConnect version 1.1 was
released July 31, 2002.
Monkey
Linux
http://www.spsselib.hiedu.cz/monkey/
Monkey Linux can be extracted to the DOS filesystem (to
the FAT32 too). This is complete small ELF distribution
on 5 diskettes. Monkey can run on this minimal HW:
386SX, 4MB RAM, 30MB on IDE HDD. It contains X Windows
for any SVGA videocard, support for network, support for
3C5x9, 3c59x, 3c900, NE2000/NE1000, WD80x3 ethernet
cards, ATAPI/MITSUMI CD. There are some ready-to-install
packages, GCC and kernel source for compiling your own
kernel too. Monkey Linux v06 was released May 8, 1997.
Documentation is available in English and Czech.
TINY
http://tiny.seul.org/
The website is available in English, French, Spanish,
German, Portuguese and Italian. Tiny Linux is a small
Linux distribution designed especially for old recycled
computers.
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