Linux and Unix come in a variety of distributions, some beautiful and some powerful, and if you want to try out different Linux and Unix operating systems, you can be bothered to install them locally. Not so fast. Today, we’re going to introduce a powerful service called DistroTest.
DistroTest allows you to try more than 200 Linux and Unix operating systems online for free without having to install them locally. Just go to the website, select the Linux/Unix distribution you want to try out, and launch it.
Two good guys named Klemann Andy and Forster Tobias used Qemu to host the Web service on Debian. There are no restrictions on using the public distribution here, and you can use all the functionality of the system just as you would on a native system. You can install and uninstall software, test installed programs, and even delete or format hard drives and system files.
DistroTest hosts 711 versions with 227 operating systems. To be honest, there are Linux distributions that you haven’t even heard of or even known existed.
Below is a list of Linux distributions available on the DistroTrest website.
- 4mLinux
- AbsoluteLinux
- AlpineLinux
- Antergos
- antiX Linux
- Aptosid
- ArchBang
- ArchLabs
- ArchLinux
- Archman
- ArchStrike
- ArtixLinux
- AryaLinux
- AvLinux
- BackBoxLinux
- BigLinux
- Bio-Linux
- BlackArch
- BlackLab
- BlackPantherOS
- blag
- BlankOn
- Bluestar
- Bodhi
- BunsenLabs
- Caine
- Calculate Linux Desktop
- CentOS 7
- Chakra
- ChaletOS
- ClearOS
- Clonezilla
- ConnochaetOS
- Cucumber
- Damn Small Linux
- Debian
- Devil-Linux
- Devuan
- DragonFly BSD
- Dragora
- Dyne:bolic
- Edubuntu
- elementaryOS
- Elive Linux
- Emmabuntüs
- Emmabuntüs
- Endless OS
- EnsoOS
- Exe GNU/Linux
- ExTiX
- Fatdog64
- Fedora
- FerenOS
- FreeBSD
- FreeDOS
- Frugalware
- Frugalware
- G4L
- GeckoLinux
- Gentoo
- GNewSense
- GoboLinux
- Gparted
- GreenieLinux
- GRML
- GuixSD
- Haiku
- Heads
- Kali Linux
- Kanotix
- KaOS
- Knoppix
- Kodachi
- KolibriOS
- Korora
- Kwort
- Linux Lite
- Linux Mint
- LiveRaizo
- LMDE
- LXLE OS
- Macpup
- Mageia
- MakuluLinux
- Manjaro
- MauiLinux
- MenuetOS
- MiniNo
- Modicia
- Musix
- MX Linux
- Nas4Free
- Neptune
- NetBSD
- Netrunner
- NixOs
- NuTyX
- OpenIndiana
- OpenMandriva
- openSUSE
- OracleLinux
- OSGeo live
- OviOS
- Parabola
- Pardus
- Parrot
- Parsix
- PCLinuxOS
- PeachOSI
- Peppermint
- Pinguy
- PinguyOS
- plopLinux
- PointLinux
- Pop! _OS
- PORTEUS
- Puppy Linux
- PureOS
- Q4OS
- QubesOS
- Quirky
- ReactOS
- Redcore
- Rescatux
- RevengeOS
- RoboLinux
- Rockstor
- ROSA
- Runtu
- Sabayon
- SalentOS
- Salix
- ScientificLinux
- Siduction
- Slax
- SliTaz
- Solus
- SolydK
- SparkyLinux
- Springdale
- Stresslinux
- SubgraphOS
- SwagArch (18.03)
- Tails
- Tanglu
- Tiny Core
- Trisquel
- TrueOS
- TurnKey Linux
- Ubuntu and its official variants
- Uruk
- VectorLinux
- VineLinux
- VoidLinux
- Voyager
- VyOS
- WattOs
- Zentyal
- Zenwalk
- Zevenet
- Zorin OS
Method of use
Click on the image below to go to the DistroTest website.
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You can see a list of available operating systems on the web site. Click the operating system you want to try.
Here we try the Arch Linux operating system. Click the Arch Linux link to jump to another page where you can start the operating system by clicking the system Startup button.
The online system will now launch in a new browser window that you can view through the built-in noVNC Viewer.
Please enable/allow pop-ups for this site in your Web browser, otherwise you will not see the noVNC application.
Press ENTER to start and ENTER the online system.
The following Arch Linux online system.
You can use this system for one hour free of charge. Install applications, delete applications, delete or modify system files, and test configurations or scripts. After each shutdown, everything reverts to default Settings.
After testing, go back to the DistroTest page and stop trying the system. If you do not want to enable the DistroTest pop-up window, simply log in to your locally installed VNC client using the connection information shown on the DistroTest page.
In fact, can’t install new software in the VM?
One of the problems I noticed during the trial was that the virtual machine was not connected to the network. No other network interface is available except the loopback interface. It’s hard to figure out how to download and install new software without connecting to the Internet or a local image, but DistroTest says you can install the software, so maybe I missed something.
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