Operating Systems

openSUSE is a free and Linux-based operating system for the PC, Laptop or Server.

openSUSE includes new versions of GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, the Linux kernel, and many more updates and improvements. With openSUSE you'll find more than 1,000 open source desktop applications. openSUSE also includes a full suite of server software and a rich selection of Open-Source development tools.

The openSUSE project is a worldwide community project sponsored by Novell that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. The openSUSE Project provides free and easy access to openSUSE. Here you can find and join a community of users and developers, who all have the same goal in mind - to create and distribute the world's most usable Linux. openSUSE also provides the base for Novell's award-winning SUSE Linux Enterprise products. Whether you are an experienced Linux developer or an end user just getting started with Linux, there are many ways to participate in the openSUSE project and contribute towards upcoming versions.

Paid for - As blended systems specialists we incorporate Mac OS X into our technology portfolio as it is both easy to use and incredibly powerful.

Everything - from the desktop you see when you start up your Mac to the applications you use every day - is designed with simplicity and elegance in mind. So whether you're browsing the web, checking your email, or video chatting with a friend getting things done is at once easy to learn, simple to perform, and fun to do.

Of course, making amazing things simple takes seriously advanced technologies, and Mac OS X is loaded with them. Not only is it built on a rock-solid, time-tested UNIX foundation that provides unparalleled stability, it also delivers incredible performance, stunning graphics, and industry-leading support for Internet standards.

There are a number of Unix-like operating systems based on, or descended from, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) series of Unix variants.

Those in current use include FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD. Most of the current BSD operating systems are Open-Source and available for download, free of charge, under the BSD License, the most notable exception being Mac OS X.

LinuxIT can supply and support both the community version of Mandriva, and the paid for version – Mandriva Linux Powerpack. Powerpack provides additional features to deliver added value to your desktop.

More than 3 million people in the world enjoy Mandriva Linux at home at work on their desktop, or in their server-room. Mandriva is simple, secure, stable and fast.

At home or at work, on your desktop or in their server-room you can learn, think, share, discuss, create, work, play, teach, get things done. Differently with Mandriva.

More than 3 million people in the world enjoy the Mandriva Linux platform. At home or at work, on their desktop or in their server-room. To learn, think, share, discuss, create, work, play, teach. To get things done. Differently. Mandriva is simple, secure, stable and fast.

CentOS is a community-supported, freely-available operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. LinuxIT has contributed and supported the CentOS project as well as offering Enterprise Level Support for CentOS installations.

CentOS provides a stable Linux solution for organisations and individuals who do not need strong commercial support to achieve successful operation. To meet that overall goal, CentOS strives to deliver easy maintenance, self hosting distribution, suitability for long term use in production environments, friendly environment for users and package maintainers, long-term support of the core, active development, community infrastructure, open management, open business model, commercial support - offered by LinuxIT.

The founding and oldest Linux distribution Debian is a free operating system using the Linux kernel but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU Project. Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS as it comes with over 25,000 packages, precompiled software bundled up ready for installation.

Debian GNU/Linux offers an advanced packaging system, easy installation, large amounts of software, well integrated packages, access to the source code, easy upgrades, multipe architectures and kernels, a bug tracking system, stability, fast and easy memory, security facilities.

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that is free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community, the Fedora Project.

Red Hat is the catalyst in communities of customers, contributors, and partners creating better technology the Open-Source way. There is an open invitation to participate, share ideas and collaborate in these many communities, of which Fedora is key as it provides the base for Red Hat's market leading Enterprise Linux products.

A complete, general-purpose operating system built for and by a community. An operating system built exclusively from free and open source software Fedora is self-hosting and self-building, and requires no non-free software to create the distribution. Includes a wide range of packages that fits into the needs of different users. Robust releases occur every 6 months and are available as free download.

Slackware is available in both 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x86_64 editions, and brings with it many major improvements, such as KDE SC version 4.4.3, the 2.6.33.4 Linux kernel, a new toolchain, updated libraries, and major applications such as Firefox and Thunderbird.