BunsenLabs Linux is a distribution offering a light-weight and easily customizable Openbox desktop. The current release is Helium, built on top of Debian (stable). The project is a community continuation of CrunchBang Linux.



Tails is described as 'Debian based live CD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user' and is a very popular Linux Distro in the security & privacy category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Tails for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Windows, BSD and Mac apps. The best Tails alternative is Qubes OS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tails are Whonix, Kali Linux, Parrot Security OS and Alpine Linux.
BunsenLabs Linux is a distribution offering a light-weight and easily customizable Openbox desktop. The current release is Helium, built on top of Debian (stable). The project is a community continuation of CrunchBang Linux.



Exodia OS is a highly customized Arch-based Linux distribution built for and by cybersecurity experts, and also for daily usage, capable of performing the strongest pentests and the simplest daily tasks.

Regolith Linux is a distro for people that prefer a spartan interface with polished and consistent system management. It brings together a trifecta of Ubuntu’s ubiquity, i3 -wm’s efficient and productive interface, and Gnome’s system...




UCS is an open platform for central identity & access management, IT management, and active directory, with a web portal for easy access to applications.




Endless OS is a Linux-based operating system which provides a simplified and streamlined user experience using a customized desktop environment forked from GNOME 3. Rather than using a traditional Linux package management system, Endless OS uses a read-only root file system...

AOSC OS is the Linux distribution project of AOSC.
AOSC OS is built independently, with some reference from some of the greatest Linux distributions from all over the world, namely Fedora, Arch Linux and Debian, etc. The system was initially built with bits and parts from the Li.
Pardus is a GNU/Linux distribution funded and developed by the Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBITAK). Pardus’ main focus is home use and office-related work with a user-friendly graphical interface using Gnome or Xfce desktop environments.



Redox is a Unix-like Operating System written in Rust, aiming to bring the innovations of Rust to a modern microkernel and full set of applications.




Featuring Linux Mint’s Cinnamon Desktop with Ubuntu at the core, packed fast and full of features, here is the most traditionally modern desktop you will ever love.



SparkyLinux is a Debian-based Linux distribution which provides ready to use, out of the box operating system with a set of slightly customized lightweight desktops.




Ubuntu Budgie (previously budgie-remix) is an Ubuntu-based distribution featuring the Budgie desktop, originally developed by the Solus project. Written from scratch and integrating tightly with GNOME stack, Budgie focuses on simplicity and...




Edubuntu is an Ubuntu-based operating system that's designed for educational use in schools and other educational institutions.

As a Linux distro, Tails is Ubuntu based and ephemeral; it loads from a live CD or USB, allows you to do your business and then quite without (ideally) leaving a trace. Ubuntu Budgie is just a regular Ubuntu install (permanent) that happens to have the Budgie desktop. Nothing like as setup for privacy. The only similarity is that both are compatible with .deb files.