Arch Linux

Set of 2 CDs £5.00

Arch Linux is a distribution for people who are not afraid of the command line. It is optimised for the i686 architecture. Its packaging system is based around the Pacman package manager.

CentOS 5.0 DVD

For i386 For x86_64

One DVD-R £4.00

CentOS (Community ENTerprise Operating System) exists to provide a free enterprise class computing platform to anyone who wishes to use it. CentOS 5 is built from publically- available open source SRPMS provided by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendor's redistribution policies and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.). CentOS is designed for people who need an enterprise class OS without the cost or support of the prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.

Neither the CentOS Project (those who build CentOS) nor any version of CentOS is affiliated with, produced by, or supported by the prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. Neither does CentOS software contain the upstream vendor's product ... although it is built from the same open source SRPMS as the upstream enterprise products.

CentOS-5 is a freely distributable OS built from the source at:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS

Before building the OS, non-free packages are altered. Non-free packages include those encumbered with a non-redistributable copyright or trademark.

CentOS is ideal for people who want the capability of an Enterprise quality GNU/Linux operating system, who have the resources to support it, and who do not wish to pay support to the 'prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor'. More information is available at www.centos.org.

Freespire 1.0.13 OSS Edition

One CD £2.00

Freespire is a community-driven, Debian-based desktop Linux operating system that combines the best that free, open source software has to offer (community driven, freely distributed, open source code, etc.), but also provides users the choice of including proprietary codecs, drivers and applications as they see fit.

GNU Hurd Snapshot K-9

Set of 4 CDs £8.00

This is a snapshot of the GNU/Hurd operating system. The Hurd is different to operating systems such as Linux or Open/Net/FreeBSD because much of the operating system is run as a series of server processes under the Mach microkernel.

The Hurd is being developed by the Free Software Foundation as their official operating system kernel project. If you want to see the reasons for this, and why they didn't choose Linux, this link provides the answers.

Since the Hurd is in active development, there is no stable version as such so we've made this snapshot available which allows you to test out the system, so it might still be a little rough around the edges in places, but should be generally ok. There is also an installation guide available.

Gentoo 2006.1

For i386

Set of 2 CDs £4.00

Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimised and customised for just about any application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience.

• LiveCD based installation for x86, AMD64, PowerPC, UltraSparc and Alpha
• Latest stable KDE and GNOME
• Various optimised Linux kernels
• Very modern GNU development environment
• Excellent filesystem support: ReiserFS, XFS, ext3, EVMS, LVM
• Excellent hardware support: NVIDIA, Creative Labs Live and Audigy
• Modular OpenGL and compiler sub-system (supports multiple co-existing versions>
• Clean, dependency-based system initialization scripts
• New "hardened" Gentoo security initiative
• Enhanced Portage capabilities

GoboLinux 012

One CD £2.00

GoboLinux is an alternative Linux distribution which redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy. Its a package based distribution in which each package inhabits its own subdirectory tree and can therefore be easily removed. Symbolic links are used in order to make it compatible with the conventional directory layout.

Linux from Scratch 6.1.1 Live CD

For x86 For ppc

One CD £2.00

This CD carries a copy of the Linux from Scratch book and also the packages and patches required.

This CD is not an installation or live CD like most other distributions. You can't boot from it and just install a full Linux distribution. The book (included in electronic form) is a guide to creating your own customised Linux distribution and all (or most, depending on your choice) of the required files are included on the CD.

The CD is a live CD, and you can boot to it. Although it can be used as a rescue CD, its main purpose is to provide a convenient launchpad to build your own distribution. Earlier versions of Linux from Scratch relied on being run from an existing (non-LFS) GNU/Linux system, and sometimes this did not provide an ideal platform.

Initially, building your own system from LFS is a lot more work than installing a conventional distribution, but it has a number of plus points:

• LFS will teach you how a GNU/Linux system works internally
• You can build a very compact LFS system
• LFS is very flexible, you can produce eactly what you want
• You can create a very secure system

See What is Linux from Scratch? for more information.

Linux pack - bumper collection of cheap Linux CDs

Set of 22 CDs £32.00

The pack consists of the following:

• The latest Mandriva Linux binary CD set (3 CDs)
• The latest Slackware GPL edition binary, source and extras (4 CDs)
• The latest Debian stable x86 binaries 1 to 3 (3 CDs)
• The latest Fedora binary x86 install set (4 CDs)
• The latest SmoothWall GPL (1 CD)
• The latest Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Edubuntu install CDs (4 CDs)
• The latest stable FreeBSD (2 CDs)
• The latest Knoppix (1 CD)

Ideal if you're trying to decide which distribution to go for and want to try a few. Note that due to the changes in the various distributions, the exact number of CDs supplied may vary, but since software only tends to grow in size, you are likely to get more rather than fewer CDs.

Mandriva Linux 2008 Free Edition CD set for i586

Set of 3 CDs £4.00

This is the Free version of Mandriva 2008, Basically it's similar to the Powerpack boxed set, without the proprietary add-ons, and of course without support. Mandriva say that it's 'Designed for Linux power-users'.

2008 Free Edition consist of 3 CD's and is available for i586 architecture only.

Mandriva Linux 2008 Free Edition DVD

For i586 For x86_64

One DVD-R £4.00

Mandriva's premium 2008 Free Edition on one handy DVD, available with either i586 or x86_64 architecture.

Mandriva Linux 2008 Free Edition mini dual CD

One CD £2.00

This is a single CD version of Mandriva Free edition 2008, with just the basics but both i586 and x86_64 architectures.

Mandriva One Linux 2008 Live CD (GNOME)

One CD £2.00

Mandriva One is a Live CD with an install option, and contains proprietary drivers and firmware packages to improve hardware support, and some common proprietary packages like Java and the Flash plugin. You can boot Mandriva One in live mode to try it out. If you like it, you can install it to your hard disk. If not, you can simply remove the CD and reboot and your system will not have been affected.

This is the GNOME desktop version of Mandriva One, with one CD.

Mandriva One Linux 2008 Live CD set (KDE)

Set of 2 CDs £4.00

Mandriva One is a Live CD with an install option, and contains proprietary drivers and firmware packages to improve hardware support, and some common proprietary packages like Java and the Flash plugin. You can boot Mandriva One in live mode to try it out. If you like it, you can install it to your hard disk. If not, you can simply remove the CD and reboot and your system will not have been affected.

This is the KDE desktop version of Mandriva One, with two CDs.

Meddal

One CD £3.00

Linux in Welsh... see www.meddal.com.

Red Hat® Linux

Red Hat Linux as such no longer exists as a product line. The last version was released by Red Hat as version 9 (which was then used as the basis for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3). To answer the question: what is the successor of Red Hat Linus, there are two answers.

If you are looking for cheap CDs, with no support, then the Fedora distribution on this page (still produced by Red Hat) is the thing to go for. Fedora Core 1 was a direct descendant of Red Hat Linux 9 and Fedora releases continue to occur approximately every six months with some test releases between them.

If you need a fully tested and stable product on which to run commercial, enterprise type applications (i.e. your business depends on it) then our Red Hat page had details of the current range of Red Hat's Enterprise product line. Please call for further details and/or pricing on those products.

Slackware Linux 12.1 GPL CD set

Set of 6 CDs £10.00

These CDs carry the full download version of Slackware® Linux 12.1. The first three carry all the files needed to install the system whilst CDs 4 5 and 6 carry the source. Slackware® Linux is one of the longest standing Linux distributions and has a strong following. For more information about Slackware® Linux, see the Slackware web site.

Slackware Linux 12.1 GPL DVD

One DVD-R £4.00

All the Slackware distribution on one convenient DVD.

Vector Linux 5.8 Standard Gold CD

One CD £2.00

Vector Linux is based on Slackware. It is a small, fast, distribution for x86-compatible systems and features automatic hardware configuration, unique administration tools and easy software package management via the Gslapt/slapt-get system. For more information about Vector Linux, see the Vector Linux web site.

Xandros Open Circulation 3

One CD £2.00

gNewSense CD

One CD £2.00

Ubuntu purified, gNewSense is a version of Ubuntu 6.06, but with all non-free software removed, for example it has no closed-source binary only drivers. If you want to make sure that you are running a fully Free Software operating system, but want all the latest features, then this is the distribution for you.

openSUSE 10.3 CDs

For i386 For x86_64

Set of 3 CDs £6.00

This is the CD version of the openSUSE 10.3 release.

openSUSE 11.0 CDs

For i386 For x86_64 For ppc

Set of 3 CDs £6.00

This is the CD version of the openSUSE 11.0 release.

openSUSE 11.0 DVD

For i386 For powerpc For x86_64

One DVD-R £4.00

The openSUSE project is a worldwide community program sponsored by Novell that promotes the use of Linux everywhere.

It provides a completely Free, open source version of the full product and includes the main functionality in terms of ease and power of graphical tools such as YAST. It does not include any non-free software which comes with the boxed set.

openSUSE 11.0 Highlights

• Available for i386, x86_64 and PowerPC architectures
• Faster boot time
• Linux kernel 2.6.25
• Firefox 3.0
• GIMP 2.2.17
• gcc 4.3
• GNOME 2.22
• Xfce
• KDE 4.0
• OpenOffice.org 2.4
• Xorg
• MP3 playback via Fluendo codecs in Amarok or Banshee
• Xen 3.1 and QEMU
• Compiz
• GTK YAST
• Nice new artwork