Free and open source educational operating systems

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This list is still under development. Every part of it may change before the official launch, including its title, URL, and method of organization.

This list covers operating systems which are: free and open source; customised, maintained and actively used by some research establishment; modified to help support open access.

Linux distributions

Aalto Linux (unclear usage rate)
Cubbli Linux, preinstalled on PCs of the University of Helsinki (carries some proprietary software by default)

Specific sectors:

CAE Linux (CAD)
GuixSD (bioinformatics)
Scientific Linux (physics/Fermilab)

For schools:

FUSS (Italian)
LliureX (Catalan)
Puavo (Finnish) – more a system to install and manage thousands of Debian machines, see FOSDEM 2020
PrimTux (French)
Skole Linux/Debian Edu (German) – see FOSDEM 2020

Defunct

As of 2018, the following projects appear to be dead:

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