31 Flavors of Linux
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Arch
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Desktop: Xfce
- Package Manager: Pacman
- Description: Arch Linux keeps it simple by being a lightweight and flexible distribution. It employs BSD-like techniques and is on a rolling release.
- Website: [1]
CentOS
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Desktop: Gnome
- Package Manager: RPM
- Description: Cent OS is “a free enterprise class computing platform” and is 100% compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- Website: [2]
Crunchbang
- Difficulty: Beginner/Intermediate
- Desktop: Openbox
- Package Manager: DEB
- Description: Crunchbang is Ubuntu but with the lightweight Openbox desktop and GTK+ applications. It is designed for speed and functionality.
- Website: [3]
Damn Small
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Desktop: JWM
- Package Manager: DEB
- Description: Damn Small Linux is an extremely small, lightweight, and powerful distribution. It has everything needed for basic computer function and is excellent on older computers.
- Website: [4]