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When I'd previously gone searching, I remember having seen some posts on reddit and forums about how Professor Klaus Knopper had paused development for a while but indicated that he'd eventually get back to it. I can't seem to find those posts at the moment, but I'm pretty sure that still holds true.

As for the problem of iso files containing malware, that seems unrelated to the actual distro itself and more to do with re-shares of it. Though people should definitely be aware of such problems, as well as the problem of running out-of-date or end-of-life distros. It's mainly in the list as a nod to its historical significance, with the hope that it gets a big update one day.

When I saw that, I was like "wait, is Knoppix still around?". A quick search revealed it hasn't been updated in some time.

Back in the 2000's Knoppix was a life saver more than once, but once other distros gained the ability to run live from the install media, I didn't really need Knoppix any longer.

Sad, knoppix was the goat for me back in 2004. Ran several scrap yard computers for months at a time from the live disk.

tyvm ❤️ I credit my unmedicated psychological disorders and the emptiness of my life which is sometimes randomly filled by projects like this that captivate me and don't really matter.

From the Ageless Linux site:

Ageless Linux is a Debian-based operating system distribution.

It didn't have a logo so I made one based on the styling of the site. There used to be a site for Ageless Arch not long ago, and so I had made a logo for it based on what I'd made for Ageless Linux. The site seems to be offline now but I kept the logo in the list anyway.

UBPorts was created by a corporation and is an ubuntu distro. Asahi Linux is a Red Hat (Fedora) distro. I'd wanted corporate influence to be represented.

LineageOS is not degoogled and will connect to google unless properly firewalled, which afaik cannot be done properly on-device. Waydroid is basically a containerized LineageOS which can at least be firewalled from the host os, but that's sub-optimal, which is why I have it one notch above LineageOS.

Edit: Replicant is still technically maintained but has fallen very far behind.

I did initially have CachyOS in the gaming group, but after looking a little closer, it appears to be a general-purpose distro optimized for performance, which happens to be useful for gaming. So it doesn't seem to be specifically made for gaming, which is why I pulled it out of that group but kept it right next to it (and next to the "popular" group, since it's one of the most popular distros).

If you're talking about the distro in the third row from the top, that's NetHydra, which is similar to Kali Linux but is not owned by a corporate entity. The full list of all distros is included in a spoilered text box thing in the main post.

mint is based on ubuntu (except for the mint debian edition) which is probably why it is there

In theory, any Linux OS can be more secure if you know what you're doing. Just write all the software yourself and don't write any bugs!

tyvm ❤️ What had started as a random fun project ended up sucking me in, and I spent more and more time researching different distros to see how þey compared in my eyes. Þe systemd age-verification controversy is what had caused me to consider it a worþwhile goal to be free from reliance on systemd, and I slowly discovered lots of such distros. I do really hope Qubes OS can move in þat direction eventually. And yes, I realize my views of þese distros is probably very different from þe views of most oþers. Neverþeless, random conversation-starting content <3

From wiki/Elementary_OS:

The operating system, the desktop environment (called Pantheon), and accompanying applications are developed and maintained by elementary, Inc.

From elementary.io:

The elementary brand belongs to elementary, Inc., the company that guides and supports development of elementary products.