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These may provide support for other languages. Most of the websites
listed here will be in the appropriate language for the country of
origin.
Arabian Linux
http://arabian.arabicos.com/
Arabian Linux, also known as arl, is a bootable CD with a compilation of
GNU/Linux software, full support for Arabic/English languages and
automatic hardware detection. This Arabic live-CD uses KDE as the default
GUI, and has Arabic language enabled in consoles, pre-compiled
ready-for-use softmodem drivers and a control panel in both Arabic and
English. Arabian is recommended for beginners. Version 0.6 (Brick
in the Wall) was released April 17, 2006. Arabian Linux 0.7 Alpha 1 is
out, based on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.
Ututo-e GNU/Linux
https://www.ututo.org/
Ututo-e is a Gentoo-based distribution developed in Argentina. This
comes as one CD which contains only Free/Libre software. There are
separate CD images for Intel 486, 586, and 686, as well as Athlon MP and
XP and Duron. UTUTO XS 2005.1 was released June 20, 2005. UTUTO XS 2007
was released May 28, 2007.
WIENUX
http://www.wien.gv.at/ma14/wienux.html
WIENUX is a Debian-based distribution launched by the City of Vienna. It
was announced January 2005, with an initial release in July 2005.
Version 1.0 was released in October 2005.
Dzongkha Debian Linux
http://dzongkha.sourceforge.net/
in
English
The Dzongkha Localization Project has created a live CD based on Debian
and localized into Dzongkha, the official language of Bhutan, a small
country located between India and China. An entirely localized GNU/Linux
distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 was released July 19, 2006.
An Etch-based version was released August 28, 2007.
APLINUX.com.br Mail server
http://www.aplinux.com.br/
APLINUX.com.br Mail Server 2005 is aims to be the server distribution for
mail and DNS servers, based on Debian Sarge. It was released June 15,
2005.
Console Linux
http://www.console.com.br/centro.htm
A general purpose distribution in Portuguese.
Dreamlinux
http://www.dreamlinux.com.br/
Dreamlinux aims to be a light, modern and functional free OS that runs as
a live CD or installed to a hard drive. Dreamlinux Works edition
includes plenty of desktop applications and the XGL Edition provides
additional eye candy for people with Nvidia cards. It comes with the
XFCE desktop environment. The MkDistro tool is included to help people
create their own specialized distribution. Dreamlinux Works Edition 2.1
was released September 19, 2006. Dreamlinux 2.2 is the current release.
Dreamlinux 2.2 Multimedia GL Edition, with BERYL-AIGLX, was released June
29, 2007. Dreamlinux 3.1 was released April 5, 2008.
Kurumin Linux
http://www.guiadohardware.net/kurumin/
Kurumin started out as a stripped down Knoppix, but it has since grown
into a unique distribution. It can be run as a live CD, or installed to
a hard drive. It comes with plenty of documentation written in
Portuguese and has many scripts capable of doing all sorts of tasks from
installing (hundreds of) programs to mounting pen drives. This entry was
added February 25, 2004, at version 2.20. Kurumin 6.1 was released
September 7, 2006. Kurumin Light, a stripped-down edition of version
6.1, was released September 24, 2006. Kurumin 7.0 Light was released
January 16, 2007. Kurumin 7.0 was released February 22, 2007.
Litrix
http://www.litrixlinux.org/
Early versions of Litrix were based on Slackware, but now Gentoo is used
as a base. Litrix comes as a general purpose live DVD with a choice of
desktops. Litrix 8.5 RC1 was released May 12, 2008.
SACIX
http://www.telecentros.sp.gov.br/
SACIX is a Debian-based distribution for Sào Paulo's public
computerlabs, the telecentros. This entry was added December 16, 2003.
mEDUXa
http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/medusa/contenidos/
infraestructuras/meduxa.html
mEDUXa is a Free Software GNU/Linux distribution developed for
educational purposes that is part of the MEDUSA project. It is based on
Kubuntu and conforms to Debian Free Software Guidelines. Version 1.0 was
announced November 24, 2006.
WENDYX
http://www.decurauma.cl/wendyx/
WENDYX is a Knoppix-based distribution for the desktop. WENDYX 1.0,
released September 22, 2006, is based on Knoppix 5.0-ES.
Chinese 2000 Linux
http://chinese2000.sniic.com/index.php
Chinese 2000 Linux comes from Hong Kong.
Hiweed GNU/Linux
http://linux.hiweed.com/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/hiweed/
Hiweed GNU/Linux is a Chinese Linux distribution, based on Debian
GNU/Linux. Its features include preconfigured Chinese applications, such
as Chinese input method, Chinese-English and English-Chinese
dictionaries, and Chinese true-type fonts. The Server edition is a
pre-configured Debian-based server with Apache, PHP, MySQL, mail, DNS,
and FTP. Hiweed joined the list with the Hiweed Desktop v0.3RC1,
released June 29, 2004. Hiweed Desktop v0.55 was released September
25, 2004. The Hiweed LiveCD v0.55 was released October 25, 2004. Hiweed
Server v0.3beta2 was released October 19, 2004. Hiweed-Debian Desktop
1.0 was released September 19, 2006.
Red Flag
http://www.redflag-linux.com/
Red Flag claims to be the leading Linux OS provider in China. Redflag
Linux Desktop 3.2 beta was released August 12, 2002. Version 4.1, based
on Asianux 1.0, was released November 6, 2004. The "Workstation" release
of 5.0 (based on Asianux 2.0) for i386 and x86_64 processors became
available November 11, 2005. Red Flag Linux 6.0 (based on Asianux 3.0)
was released October 1, 2007.
Sun Wah Linux
http://www.sw-linux.com/en/scripts/main/index.php
Sun Wah uses Linux in servers, embedded devices and other products. The
compay has joined the Debian Core Consortium. Sun Wah Linux released the
RAYS ES, a Debian-based commercial Linux server platform, August 2005.
Rays LX 1.5 desktop was released March 29, 2006. Sun Wah Rays 2.0 was
released October 10, 2007.
ThizLinux
http://www.thizlinux.com/
ThizLinux Labratory Ltd., home of the ThizLinux distribution, is based in
Hong Kong. Products include Thiz Linux Desktop, Thiz Office, and Thiz
Server . All products are localized for Hong Kong users. Entry added
August 20, 2002.
Tom Linux
http://www.linuxaid.com.cn/
Distribution and website are in Chinese.
XTeamLinux
http://www.xteamlinux.com.cn/
Distribution and website are in Chinese. Version 5.0 was released
December 17, 2003.
Dappix
http://tyge.sslug.dk/knoppix/
Dappix is a Knoppix-based live CD. It uses the Danish language and
contains some extra programs and a large number of Danish Linux books
released under open licenses.
Polippix
http://itpol.dk/sager/polippix/polippix-den-politisk-cd-privatlivets-fred/
Polippix is the Political Linux Distribution of Denmark. It was created
to counter the increasing amount of surveillance in Denmark, where the
ISP's will soon be required to log a lot of data. The CD has created
quite a stir in Denmark during early 2007.
Resala Linux
http://resala.linux-egypt.org/
The Resala Linux Project is a single CD distribution based on the Fedora
Core Project. Its main objectives are: to make an Arabic ready
distribution, make it easy for normal users to use Linux in Arabic
speaking countries, open the doors for Arabic developers to participate
positively in the OSS, to be a test bed for Arabic application and
introduce these applications to other main stream distributions. Resala
Linux Core 1 was released June 21, 2004.
Echelon Linux
http://echelonlinux.free.fr/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/echelonlinux/
Echelon Linux is a Knoppix based Linux distribution designed to monitor
and to manage your network. It features IDS (intrusion detection system),
vulnerability scanning, and services monitoring. Echelon Linux
configuration can be defined via a Web interface. Initial version 0.1
was released August 26, 2003. Version 0.2 was released July 16, 2004.
PingOO Linux
http://www.pingoo.org/
This a Debian based distribution intended for servers. Version 3.0 was
released July 24, 2003. Version 3.0.3 was released November 14, 2003.
Kiwi Linux
http://kiwi.startx.ro/
Kiwi is a modified Ubuntu live CD for the i386 architecture. It includes
Romanian and Hungarian localization, multimedia codecs, encrypted DVD
support, Flash and Java plugins for Firefox, PPPoE GUI for accessing
local internet services (Clicknet and RDS) and write support for NTFS
partitions. Kiwi uses the same software repositories as Ubuntu with one
additional source added for the handful of artwork related or slightly
modified packages. Hence it is easy to switch to and from Ubuntu and all
the security and bugfix updates from Ubuntu are getting into Kiwi
automatically. Kiwi 7.08, based on Ubuntu 7.04 with packages updated as
of August 31, 2007. The Kiwi 7.10 LiveCD for i386 was released October
18, 2007. Kiwilinux 8.04 was released May 1, 2008.
UHU-Linux
http://www.uhulinux.hu/
UHU-Linux is a Linux distribution from Hungary. It is an easily
installable, dpkg-based distribution, with fully automatic hardware
detection (based partly on Mandrake and other distros). It is primarily
aimed at beginners. Version 1.0 was released April 18, 2003. Version
1.1 (Kamion) was released March 2, 2004. Version 2.2 (Eszter) was
released November 28, 2004. UHU-Linux 1.2, Office edition, was released
March 17, 2005. UHU-Linux 2.1 (Bumm) was released February 1, 2008.
Ankur Bangla Live
http://www.bengalinux.org/
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43331
The Ankur Bangla Project is working toward supporting the Bangla (Bengali)
language on the GNU/Linux operating system. The project has created a
Morphix-based Live CD with GNOME 2.4, localized into Bangla. Beta 2 of
Ankur Bangla Live was released October 8, 2003. Version 1.0 was released
December 23, 2003.
BOSS
http://nrcfoss.org.in/
http://bosslinux.in
Download
BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) is a Linux distribution
developed by the National Resource Centre For Free/Open Source Software
in India. It's based on Debian and made specifically for the Indian
environment with a pleasing Desktop environment coupled with Indian
language support (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu and Tamil so
far) and other packages that are most relevant for use in the government
domain. Subsequent versions will support the educational domain as well.
BOSS joins the list at verison 1.0 released January 2007. BOSS 2.0 was
released September 19, 2007.
IT@School GNU/Linux
http://www.edugrid.ac.in/
Download
IT@School GNU/Linux is a customized, single CD distribution developed by
the IT@School Project, in association with the Free Software Foundation
of India. This Debian/GNOME system a variety of educational software for
high school students and their teachers in Kerala, India.
PunLinux
http://punlinux.sourceforge.net/
PunLinux is localized in the Punjabi dialect.
Utkarsh
http://www.utkarsh.org/
Utkarsh is general desktop distribution localized in the Gujarati
Language. Based on the IndLinux Milan version of Morphix, Utkarsh is
live CD distribution. The initial version, 0.1 beta, was released May
27, 2004.
Karamad
http://www.karamad.com/
Karamad means Efficient in Farsi (Persian). Karamad is built at DPI
(Data Processing of Iran-ext IBM). The Live CD also functions as an
installtion media. It can show and play most sound & video files.
Other software includes OpenOffice, Firefox, KDE 3.4, Persian Help, an
English to Persian Dictionary, and more.
Parsix GNU/Linux
http://www.parsix.org/
Parsix GNU/Linux is a live and installation CD based on Kanotix and
Debian Sid . It is a complete GNOME-centric desktop. Parsix GNU/Linux
supports Persian keyboard and users can switch to Persian (Farsi) with
Alt+Shift keys. You can install and use Parsix GNU/Linux as your PC's
operating system. Also included is the xFarDic multilingual dictionary
and Persian free fonts from the FPF project. Parsix
GNU/Linux 0.76 was released February 7, 2006. Parsix GNU/Linux
0.80.1 was released June 19, 2006. Parsix GNU/Linux 0.90r2 "Barry" was
released October 5, 2007. Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r1 "Ramon" was released
March 13, 2008. Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5r0 test 2 was released May 18,
2008.
Sharif Linux
http://www.farsiweb.ir/wiki/Sharif_Linux
Sharif Linux is a bilingual English/Persian operating system maintained
by Sharif
FarsiWeb. It is based on GNU/Linux and is customized for the
computing requirements of Iran and the Persian language, specially for
enterprise-level and educational uses. The current version of Sharif
Linux, version 1.4, includes GNOME 2.10, including Evolution 2.2.3 and
Evince 0.4.0, OpenOffice.org 2.0.1, Firefox 1.0.7, FarsiWeb fonts 0.4,
Linux kernel 2.6.15, and much more.
Boten GNU/Linux
http://www.mpthrill.com/peanut/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/bgl/
Boten GNU/Linux is intended for home users and provides a fully-localized
GNU/Linux environment in Hebrew. It's especially made for those new to
Linux, though aimed to please all users, experts and newbies alike. It's
currently based around the 2.4 Linux kernel series (USB supported) and
the GNU C Library version 2.2.5 (libc6 ELF). Boten GNU/Linux could be
installed in a UMSDOS partition as well and can run on 386 systems all
the way up to the latest x86 machines. Version 9.5 h1/i1 was released
April 21, 2003.
Ehad Linux
http://ehad.berlios.de/
Ehad is based on Mandriva Linux. A single installation CD contains a
useful assortment of Mandriva-compatible applications designed for Hebrew
speakers. Ehad 2006 was released March 26,2006.
Bad Penguin Linux
http://www.badpenguin.org/
An Italian distribution, currently at version 0.99.5.
QiLinux
http://www.qilinux.org/
QiLinux is made in Italy, completely from scratch. The QiLinux staff has
offers a free version, the Tuga Desktop and Qiko Junior, a live CD with
games and educational software. QiLinux 1.2pre2 was released March 16,
2005. QiLinux 2.0 was released August 1, 2006.
Berry Linux
http://yui.mine.nu/berry/
http://berry.sourceforge.jp/
Berry Linux is a bootable CD Linux with automatic hardware detection and
support for many graphics cards, sound cards, SCSI and USB devices and
other peripherals. If you have network devices, auto-configure DHCP and
you can use Internet. You will also find OpenOffice, GIMP and other free
software applications. Berry Linux can be used as a Linux demo,
educational CD or rescue system. It is not necessary to install anything
on the hard disk, but installation is possible. The initial version of
Berry Linux 0.01 Beta was released April 13, 2003. Berry Linux is based
on Fedora and Knoppix. Version 0.87 was released December 5, 2007.
HOLON Linux
http://www.holonlinux.com/
HOLON Linux is aimed at mass consumers. It is developed by HOLON
Inc. (in Japan). They did a TV commercial, which was (and is) an
unprecedented promotion in Japan. Their server version received a
"Good Design Award" by the Ministry of International Trade and
Industry in Japan. Their desktop version product includes 2.8GB of
commercial and multimedia applications.
LASER5
http://www.laser5.co.jp/
Originally based on Red Hat Linux.
Linux MLD
http://www.mlb.co.jp/
There appears to be a full distribution from Media Lab. There is
also a mini-distribution, as well as other Linux products. Version 7.0
was released August 14, 2003.
Miracle Linux
http://www.miraclelinux.com/
Miracle Linux is a high reliability, scalability and availability server
OS for the enterprise market, according to MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION, the
developer of the distribution. MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION was originally
founded by Oracle Corporation Japan. (Currently Oracle Japan owns about
60% of MIRACLE LINUX.) They offer not only "MIRACLE LINUX with Oracle,"
but also "MIRACLE LINUX for Samba" and "MIRACLE LINUX for PostgreSQL."
Momonga Linux
http://www.momonga-linux.org/
Momonga Linux is the successor to Kondara. This general purpose
distribution is developed mostly by Japanese programmers, but it supports
English just as well and the Momonga web site provides English content,
together with English-language mailing lists. One nice thing about
Momonga is its support for 8 different Japanese input method servers, a
selection of which is available directly from the GDM login screen. Best
of all, these input servers work nicely even if you choose to keep your
user interface in English (or any other language). The first stable
release, Momonga Linux 1, was released August 6, 2004. Momonga Linux 4
was released August 19, 2007. Momonga Linux 4 Plus was released February
29, 2008.
Nature's Linux
http://www.n-linux.com/
Nature's Linux was developed by IP Telecom to provide IP network managers
with an easy to use operating system that reduces the total cost of
ownership of maintaining IP networks. Added to list March 10, 2004.
Version 1.3 was released March 23, 2005.
Omoikane GNU/Linux
http://www.omoikane.co.jp/ogl.html
This appears to be a Debian based distribution translated to
Japanese.
Plamo Linux
http://www.linet.gr.jp/~kojima/Plamo/
This is a Slackware based distribution. Plamo 4.0 was released June 25,
2004. Plamo 4.2 was released April 1, 2006.
Vine Linux
http://www.vinelinux.org/index-en.html
http://www.vinelinux.org/index.html
"The Supreme Linux Distribution with Integrated Japanese Environment
for Your Desktop PCs and Notebooks." Multiple platforms seem to be
supported. Vine Linux 2.5 was released April 15, 2002. Vine Linux 3.2
was released September 17, 2005. Vine Linux 4.1 was released February
22, 2007. Vine 4.2 was released December 25, 2007.
Haansoft Linux
http://www.haansoftlinux.com/
Haansoft is an Asianux partner, offering both server and desktop
distributions localized in Korean. Haansoft Linux 2006 Workstation was
released March 2006.
WOWLinux
http://www.wowlinux.com/
The current WOWLinux release appears to be dated May 26, 2005.
NepaLinux
http://www.nepalinux.org/
NepaLinux is a live CD it can also be installed on the hard drive. The
work for the installation process has been facilitated through the
European Commission supported Bhasha Sanchar Project which is
led by the Open University (UK). The first version features a 2.6.12
Linux kernel and a GNOME desktop localized in Nepali and lots more Free
Software, released December 19, 2005. NepaLinux 2.0 was released June
20, 2007.
MCNLive
http://home.tiscali.nl/berenstraat/
MCNLive is a Mandriva-based live CD developed by MandrivaClub in the
Netherlands. A graphical wizard is included to put MCNLive on a USB
Stick to run it in LiveUSB mode. The current version, MCNLive-Leuven
released April 24, 2006, is based on Mandriva Linux 2006 and enriched
with upgrades. MCNLive Cherbourg (based on Mandriva Linux 2007) was
released November 18, 2006. MCNLive-VirtualCity was released February 4,
2007. MCNLive "Delft" Final was released May 6, 2007. MCNLive "Toronto"
was released May 22, 2007.
Nonux
http://www.nnlinux.com/
Nonux is a Slackware-based GNU/Linux distribution with Dropline GNOME and
several key applications localized in Dutch. It's available as a Live CD
and can be installed to a hard drive. Nonux CD v2.3 was released March
15, 2006. Version 4.4 was released April 10, 2008. Nonox 4.4 is also
available in an English edition.
TumiX
http://www.softwarelibre.org.pe/
TumiX is a Peruvian Linux distribution based on Slackware and SLAX. It
provides the KDE desktop environment together with a large number of
academic, office and multimedia applications. The distribution is
targeted at colleges, universities and Peruvian educational institutions
in order to help teaching and understanding GNU/Linux and to spread the
use of Free Software in Peru. Tumix is an initiative of the Peruvian
Community of Free Software and is distributed under the GNU GPL. Version
0.9 is the project's first public release; it is based on Slackware 10.1
with kernel 2.6.10, X.Org 6.8.2, KDE 3.4.0, and more; dated June 23,
2005.
Bayanihan
http://www.bayanihan.gov.ph/
Bayanihan Linux is a single-CD, desktop-oriented, Debian-based
distribution developed in the Philippines. BL Server 2006 was released
July 22, 2006. The fourth version of Bayanihan Linux was released March
26, 2007.
Pingwinek GNU/Linux
http://home.gna.org/pingwinek/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/pingwinek/
Pingwinek is a Linux distribution made in Poland. The main desktop is
GNOME 2.2. It supports only Polish and English languages. Pingwinek
joins the list at version 0.23, released May 22, 2003. Version 1.0-pre3
was released February 3, 2006.
PLD
http://www.pld-linux.org/
http://livecd.pld-linux.org/
old
PLD is a Linux distribution made mainly in Poland and by Poles, with
documentation and mailing list available in English and Polish. PLD,
which stands for PLD Linux Distribution, provides two managers for its
RPM-based packages; a clone of Debian apt and its own poldek. The PLD
Linux team released the first official stable version on November, 22,
2002. There is also a PLD Live CD and PLD Rescue CD. PLD 2.0 (Ac) was
released April 1, 2007. PLD RescueCD 1.99 was released June 18, 2006.
Alinex
http://www.alinex.org/
Alinex is the product of a partnership between Junta de Extremadura in
Spain and the University of Évora in Portugal. It's a general
purpose distribution targeted to the educational system and public
administration. Alinex 2.0 beta was available for download when this
entry was added, April 30, 2007.
Caixa Mágica
http://www.caixamagica.pt/
Caixa Mágica was originally based on Debian and SuSE. It has been
rewritten and localized in Portuguese. Caixa Mágica was added to list
July 8, 2002. Caixa Mágica Desktop 10 Pro was released April 4, 2005.
Caixa Mágica 11 was released November 16, 2006. Caixa
Mágica 12 was released February 20, 2008.
MitraX
http://www.linkgroupsoftware.com/cms/preview/prikazInformacije.php?
IDStranica=82&jezik=lat&pretraga=mitrax
MitraX is a Serbian Live Linux distribution based on Slackware Linux.
It's small enough to fit on a business-card CD. While its primary
audience is system and network administrators, it can be easily used by
anyone else. You don't need any experience with Linux in order to use
it. MitraX 0.3.1 was the current version in October 2005.
Pingo Linux
http://www.pingo.org/
Pingo Linux is a Slovenian Linux distribution intended for a complete
home desktop, including office tools, system administration utilities and
full multimedia support. The packaging is RPM based. Historically, it
started as an offspring of Red Hat Linux and is currently based on Fedora
Core. The distribution is intensively localized in the Slovenian
language and provides the KDE desktop as the default environment. Pingo
is installed as second boot system on computers provided by the Ministry
of education in Slovenian schools, giving it a base of 12,000 users. The
distribution is accompanied with printed books aimed at the novice user.
From its beginnings in 1999, this free distribution regularly releases
one to two upgrades per year. Pingo activists are organizing well
attended Install Fests all over Slovenia. Pingo v4.1 was released
October 15, 2005.
Impi Linux
http://www.impi.org.za/
Impi Linux is a South African company that develops, releases,
supports and maintains the ImpiLinux operating system. It is also the
official representative of Ubuntu and the official Ubuntu support
provider in Africa. The folks at Impi will build and support customized
desktop systems. Impi Linux 7.05 was released May 7, 2007.
OpenLab
http://www.getopenlab.com/
OpenLab claims to be the oldest African developed GNU/Linux
distribution. Started in 2001, the product has built up a reputation for
ease-of-use, innovation and user-oriented design. OpenLab was originally
developed as a niche solution for the education sector but has since
grown into a complete desktop operating system. OpenLab joined the list
at version 3.0.5, released May 11, 2004. OpenLab4 (Perdita) was released
October 9, 2005. OpenLab 4.Z Beta was released September 8, 2006.
ASLinux Desktop
http://www.activasistemas.com/
Activa Sistemas presents ASLinux Desktop, a desktop-oriented distribution
based on Debian Sarge. Unlike the Debian base, however, ASLinux restricts
itself to one application for each task, simplifying the choices faced by
users. Version 1.0 was released December 1, 2003. Version 2.0 was
released February 10, 2005. ASLinux Desktop 2.0 was released May 31,
2005.
Càtix
http://www.catix.cat/
http://www.tecnocampus.com/catix/
Càtix is a Debian-based live DVD designed for speakers of the Catalan
language. Version 1.2 was released October 24, 2005. Càtix 1.3
was released June 7, 2007.
Linux ESware
http://www.esware.com/
Based in Madrid. Box sets are available, with a desktop edition and
server edition. Support, classes and other services are available.
Guadalinex
http://www.guadalinex.org/
Guadalinex is a Debian based distribution for the Andalusia area of
Spain. Ubuntu-based Guadalinex 2005 was released October 2005. Version
4.1 was released November 23, 2007.
gnuLinEx
http://www.linex.org/
Developed by the Extremadura Regional Government, gnuLinEx is a Debian
based distribution, using GNOME. gnuLinEx forms part of a wider regional
project which aims at promoting the Information Society in order to
improve citizens' quality of life. gnuLinEx2004 was released in August
2004. A "live CD" edition of gnuLinEx 2004 was released October 30,
2004. gnuLinEx 2006 was released June 19, 2006.
HispaFuentes
http://www.hispafuentes.com/
HispaFuentes is a Red Hat compatible distribution. Version 8.0
contains Ximian 1.4, KDE 2.1, CUPS and much more. Version 9.0 is Debian
based, released March 2004.
LinEspa
http://www.linespa.com/
LinEspa is a product of Linux Español, a Spanish non-profit organization
with the objective of promoting the use of Linux in Spain and Latin
America. Version 0.22 was released January 8, 2005. LinEspa 0.32 was
released February 16, 2006.
MoLinux
http://www.molinux.info/
MoLinux is a distribution developed by the regional government of
Castilla la Mancha in Spain for use in the region's government offices
and schools. Early version were based on Debian, and later Progeny.
Version 1.2 "Dulcinea", released June 16, 2005 is Ubuntu-based. Version
2.0 (Sancho) was released December 18, 2005. A live CD version of 2.0
was released February 10, 2006. MoLinux 2.2 (Rocinante) Live, based on
Ubuntu Dapper 6.06.1, was released October 3, 2006. Molinux 3.0
(Aldonza) (based on Ubuntu Feisty) was released June 19, 2007. MoLinux
3.2 (based on Ubuntu Gutsy) was released December 2, 2007.
ExTiX
http://extix.exton.net/
http://linux.exton.net/
ExTiX is a live CD supporting English and Swedish, created by Arne Exton.
Arne has created several other Swedish localized live Linux CDs:
KNOPPIX-EXTON v3.7, KNOPPIX-EXTON Gnome Version, PCLinuxOS-EXTON p8.1a,
Adios-EXTON v4.10 and EXTON-Slack v10.1. ExTiX was at v1.4 when this
entry was added April 11, 2005.
B2D Linux
http://b2d.tnc.edu.tw/
B2D is a Debian-based Linux distribution developed in Taiwan, with user
environment and read/write support for traditional Chinese. Version
20060502 was released May 2, 2006. B2D Linux 20061019 was released
October 19, 2006. B2DpureKGB20061226 (2006stable) was released December
26, 2006.
Linpus Linux
http://www.linpus.com/
Linpus Professional Linux Services started out with an embedded
distribution, which was originally based on uClinux. Linpus has branched
out and offers a Desktop, Server and Media Center editions as well as the
Lite LiveCD. Linpus Linux 9.5 was the current version in February 2008.
GrandLinux
http://www.grandlinux.com/
GRANDLINUX 5.0 seems to be the most recent version (as of March 2004).
They are an IBM Business Partner. Website text in Thai.
LinuxTLE
http://www.opentle.org/
The OpenTLE (Thai Linux Extension) seems to be a good place for finding
open source applications localized in Thai. LinuxTLE 5.5 (Samila) was
released February 4, 2004. Linux TLE 5.5 Live CD with Gnome 2.6 was
released April 26, 2004. LinuxTLE 9.0 "Hua-Hin" was released February
11, 2008.
Phayoune Secure Linux
http://www.phayoune.org/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/phayoune/
Phayoune-Desktop 0.0.11 was the most recent version when it was added to
list July 8, 2002. The site appears current as of November 2005, with a
firewall, web server, thin clients and embedded Linux products.
Pardus
http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng/index.html
http://www.uludag.org.tr/eng/
Pardus funded and developed by the Scientific & Technological
Research Council of Turkey. Version 1.0 features a KDE 3.5 desktop
localized in Turkish. Also available in English, Spanish, German and
Dutch. Pardus 2007 was released December 18, 2006. Pardus 2007.2
"Caracal caracal", released July 11, 2007, is available in French,
Italian, Catalan, Turkish, English, Spanish, German, Dutch and Brazilian
Portuguese. Pardus 2007.3 Lynx lynx was released November 19, 2007.
Hacao Linux
http://hacao.com/
http://www.hacao.vn/
Hacao Linux started out as Puppy Linux translated to Vietnamese. The
distribution remains lightweight, capable of running on low-end hardware
and is entirely localized into Vietnamese.
Arabeyes Project
http://www.arabeyes.org/
Arabeyes is a Meta project that is aimed at fully supporting the Arabic
language in the Unix/Linux environment. It is designed to be a central
location to standardize the Arabization process. Arabeyes relies on
voluntary contributions by computer professionals and enthusiasts all
over the world.
Asianux
http://www.asianux.com/
Asianux is a joint effort by Japan's Miracle Linux and China's Red Flag
Linux. Korea's Haansoft Inc. joined the project before the 2.0 release.
Developed at Oracle's China Development Center in Beijing, the Asianux
system is an effort to develop and standardize a common Asian Linux
kernel, libraries and packages. The Asianux partnership also acts as a
certification body for hardware and software that is intended to run on
the new Asian Linux kernel. Asianux partners will use this core for their
latest releases, bundling Asianux with localized features for each
particular market. Asianux 1.0 was released March 31, 2004. Asianux 3.0
was released September 24, 2007.
Chinese Linux Extension
http://cle.linux.org.tw/
The CLE website is mostly in Chinese. Localized versions of several
distributions are available, along with pointers to sites like
LinuxChineseHowto, and Chinese Linux Documentation Project.
IndLinux
http://www.indlinux.org/
The Indian Linux Project was formed with the goal of creating a Linux
distribution that supports Indian Languages at all levels. This
Indianisation project will strive to bring the benefits of Information
Technology down to the Indian masses. We want to make technology
accessible to the majority of India that does not speak English. Efforts
are underway in Hindi, Punjabi, Oriya and Telugu, with more teams working
on Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil. A Rangoli
live cd 1.0 beta was released early in 2006.
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