<html><head></head><body>And then there's ArkOS, built by Jacob Cook in Montreal:<br>
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<a href="https://arkos.io">https://arkos.io</a>/<br>
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--Bob.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On April 13, 2015 4:48:34 PM AST, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">According to DistroWatch, these are Canadian:<br /><br /><div><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal">1. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/elementary" style="font-size:inherit!important">elementary OS</a> (8)</b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)">elementary OS is an Ubuntu-based desktop distribution. Some of its more interesting features include a new GTK+ and icon theme for GNOME, the Midori web browser, new applications developed in-house (e.g. Dexter, an address book and Postler, an email client), and Nautilus Elementary, a simple file manager.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal">2. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/arch" style="font-size:inherit!important">Arch Linux</a> (9)</b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)">Arch Linux is an independently developed, i686- and x86_64-optimised Linux distribution targeted at competent Linux users. It uses 'pacman', its home-grown package manager, to provide updates to the latest software applications with full dependency tracking. Operating on a rolling release system, Arch can be installed from a CD image or via an FTP server. The default install provides a solid base that enables users to create a custom installation. In addition, the Arch Build System (ABS) provides a way to easily build new packages, modify the configuration of stock packages, and share these packages with other users via the Arch Linux user repository.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal">3. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/archbang" style="font-size:inherit!important">ArchBang Linux</a> (59)</b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)">ArchBang Linux is a lightweight distribution based on Arch Linux. Using the Openbox window manager, it is fast, up-to-date and suitable for both desktop and portable systems.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal">4. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/ghostbsd" style="font-size:inherit!important">GhostBSD</a> (81)</b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)">GhostBSD is a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD. The project's goal is to create an easy-to-use and familiar workspace that can be used at home or office and for data rescue. GhostBSD supports a number of popular lightweight desktop environments, including MATE, Xfce, LXDE and Openbox. It also provides FreeBSD's package management system, Apache's OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, LibreCAD, and Eclipse/Anjuta development environments for C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Jala and Python.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal">5. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/vector" style="font-size:inherit!important">VectorLinux</a> (82)</b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)">VectorLinux is a small, fast, Intel based Linux operating system for PC style computers. The creators of VectorLinux had a single credo: keep it simple, keep it small and let the end user decide what their operating system is going to be. What has evolved from this concept is perhaps the best little Linux operating system available anywhere. For the casual computer user there is a lightening-fast desktop with graphical programs to handle daily activities from web surfing, sending and receiving email, chatting on IRC to running an FTP server. The power user will be pleased because all the tools are there to compile programs, use the system as a server or perhaps the gateway for home or office computer network. Administrators will be equally pleased because of the small size and memory requirements, so the operating system can be deployed on older machines that have long been forgotten.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal">6. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/avlinux" style="font-size:inherit!important">AV Linux</a> (83)</b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)">AV Linux is a versatile, Debian-based distribution featuring a large collection of audio and video production software. Additionally, it also includes a custom kernel with IRQ threading enabled for low-latency audio performance. AV Linux can be run directly from a live DVD or a live USB storage device, though it can also be installed on a hard disk and used as a general-purpose operating system for everyday tasks.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal">7. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/openbsd" style="font-size:inherit!important">OpenBSD</a> (86)</b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)">The OpenBSD project produces a free, multi-platform BSD 4.4-based UNIX-like operating system. Its efforts emphasize portability, standardisation, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. The project also develops the widely-used and popular OpenSSH (OpenBSD Secure Shell) software, which provides encrypted communication sessions over a computer network using the SSH protocol.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal">8. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/lfs" style="font-size:inherit!important">Linux From Scratch</a> (139)</b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)">Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system. There are a lot of reasons why somebody would want to install an LFS system. The question most people raise is "why go through all the hassle of manually installing a Linux system from scratch when you can just download an existing distribution like Debian or Redhat". That is a valid question which I hope to answer for you. The most important reason for LFS's existence is teaching people how a Linux system works internally. Building an LFS system teaches you about all that makes Linux tick, how things work together, and depend on each other. And most importantly, how to customize it to your own taste and needs.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal">9. <a href="http://distrowatch.com/pidora" style="font-size:inherit!important">Pidora</a> (241)</b><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal" /><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)">Pidora is a Linux software distribution for the Raspberry Pi computer. It contains software packages from the Fedora project compiled for the ARMv6 architecture used on the Raspberry Pi, packages which have been specifically written for or modified for the Raspberry Pi, and software provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation for device access.</span><br /></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,generic;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(253,255,227)"><br /></span></div></div><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 at 16:35 William Park <<a href="mailto:opengeometry@yahoo.ca">opengeometry@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 07:41:43PM -0000, <a href="mailto:jekerr@SDF.ORG" target="_blank">jekerr@SDF.ORG</a> wrote:<br />
> How many distros are there from Canada?<br />
> I was surprised, by the number.<br />
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I only know of Arch. But, who knows, website is only keyboards away.<br />
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