Special purpose distributions - usefull tools

asedt

I like these useful distributions that have special purpose. I write some down below, do you have any tips about other useful distributions of this kind?

Backup and recovery:

http://www.clonezilla.org/

System rescue:

http://www.sysresccd.org/

Fix Boot:

http://www.supergrubdisk.org/

Firewall:

http://www.ipfire.org/

Network-Attached Storage (NAS):

http://www.freenas.org/

HTPC (more fun than useful maybe):

http://www.geexbox.org

http://xbmc.org

Goineasy9

I'm a fan of Parted Magic. Lives in RAM and has many utilities.
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=start

asedt

dixiedancer wrote:

For kids (little kids, I mean, pre-teens) there's Qimo4Kids. I put it on some old throw-away 'puters and donated them to a children's charity. They love it!

I have to try that one out sometime, that Laby Programming Game sounds interesting to test.

saqman2060

I will add grml based on debian. It's handy, saved me a few times.

http://grml.org/

kiran.kankipati

Interesting topic.

Ubuntu also joins this list:

Edubuntu
www.edubuntu.org

Kubuntu
www.kubuntu.org

And the list goes on.

asedt

kiran.kankipati wrote:

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Kubuntu
www.kubuntu.org
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Kubuntu? Is it not a regular desktop release?

Mythbuntu and Ubuntu Studio on the other hand are more special purpose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)#Variants

ednei.melo

I love Slax. You can do it as you like... &;-D

saqman2060

Debian is my special purpose OS. I can tune it to anything I like.