Free and open source educational operating systems

Operating systems which are: free and open source; customised, maintained and actively used by some research establishment; modified to help open science as the default infrastructure.

Linux distributions

• 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:

• LliureX (Catalan)
• PrimTux (French)

Defunct

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

• BioLinux
• Boston University Linux
• Debian Edu / https://www.skolelinux.de
• Edubuntu, Mathbuntu
• Fedora Education/Scientific
• OpenSUSE Education Li-f-e
• MAX: Madrid_Linux
• Poseidon Linux
• WiildOS (Italian)