Operating Systems

Every laptop, homeserver, and remote PC in the shop can be set up with any of these — pick one below to read more before you choose.

A rolling-release, do-it-yourself Linux distribution built around simplicity and full user control.

One of the oldest and most established Linux distributions, built around stability and a conservative release cycle.

An upstream-first Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, with a fast release cycle and modern packages, security-hardened by default.

A BSD-licensed Unix-like operating system — not Linux — known for its networking stack, ZFS support, and jails.

A Linux distribution where the entire system configuration is written as code — reproducible, and easy to roll back if something breaks.

A BSD project built around security and code correctness, with a long-standing "secure by default" philosophy.

Not installed on club hardware, and not something we build workshops or laptop setups around — here's why, and what we do instead.