{"id":3254,"date":"2023-09-19T13:05:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/?page_id=3254"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:49:03","slug":"special-purpose-linuxes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/tech\/operating-systems\/linux\/special-purpose-linuxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Special <b>*PURPOSE*<\/b> Linuxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/pages\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">page<\/a> is focused on <strong>Windows 10<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Windows 11<\/strong> users, in an attempt to show them the many\u00a0\u2018<em>Specialized<\/em>\u2019 OS options offered by Linux \u2018n Linuxes. Linux can be installed on a <em><strong>USB<\/strong><\/em> for a \u2018<i>Portable<\/i>\u2018 OS <u>and\/or<\/u> as a \u2018<em>Rescue<\/em>\u2018 OS <u>and\/or<\/u> an \u2018<em>Anti-forensic<\/em>\u2018 OS <u>and\/or<\/u> a \u2018<em>Penetration Testing<\/em>\u2018 OS <u>and\/or<\/u> a \u2018<em>Privacy Surfing<\/em>\u2018 OS <u>and\/or<\/u> \u2018<em>Multimedia<\/em>\u2018 OS <u>and\/or<\/u> \u2018<em>Virtual Machine Tools<\/em>\u2018 OS <u>and\/or<\/u> an OS for the \u2018<em>Visually Impaired<\/em>\u2018 <u>and\/or<\/u> .. <u>and\/or<\/u> .. pretty much anything you can imagine \u2026 <em>well<\/em>, <em>except <strong>\u2018Dat<\/strong><\/em><strong>!<\/strong>\u00a0 \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1)<\/strong> Linus Torvalds has explained why the <em>so-called<\/em> Linux \u201cDesktop\u201d OS \u2018<em><a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?http:\/\/www.franksworld.com\/2021\/05\/05\/linus-torvalds-on-why-desktop-linux-stinks\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Stinks<\/strong><\/a><\/em>\u2018: \u2018<em>For the last 20 years, I kept hearing how Linux on the Desktop would go mainstream in \u201cfive years.\u201d \u201cOne of the problems Desktop\u201d Linux has is it\u2019s not made for \u201cnormal people, and by normal people I mean, obviously nontechnical people\u2026\u201d<\/em>\u2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>2)<\/strong> Linus Torvalds on <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/itsfoss.com\/desktop-linux-torvalds\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Why Linux Hasn\u2019t Succeeded on Desktop<\/strong><\/em><\/a>: \u2018<em>I still wish we were better at having a standardize desktop that goes across all the distributions \u2026 It\u2019s more of a personal annoyance how the <strong><u>fragmentation<\/u><\/strong> of the different vendors have, I think, held the desktop back a bit \u2026 It seems to be that Chromebooks and Android are the <strong><u>paths towards the desktop<\/u><\/strong>.<\/em>\u2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux users have tried to push Linux onto Windows users for years, as a primary OS, and it simply hasn\u2019t worked. Those \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux users have missed an opportunity &amp; <u>the point<\/u> of Linux, IMHO. <strong><u>Point is<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Linux makes a great secondary <u>and\/or<\/u> tertiary OS, in a World where most people use <em><u>at least<\/u><\/em> Two OSes daily (<em>e.g.<\/em> <em>computer \u2018n phone<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>***************************************<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u>Original Series<\/u><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #bf0041;\"><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: Some links had expired and were removed for these transfers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>8\/10\/2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/linux\/linux-newbie-since-1996\/newbie-pages\/special-purpose-linuxes\/newbie-posts\/steamos-gnu-linux-2-0-build-your-own-steam-machine-special-purpose-linuxes\/\"><em><strong>SteamOS GNU\/Linux 2.0: \u201cBuild your own Steam Machine\u201d \u2013 \u2018Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8\/08\/2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/linux\/linux-newbie-since-1996\/newbie-pages\/special-purpose-linuxes\/newbie-posts\/gparted-clonezilla-2-small-gnu-linux-distros-special-purpose-linuxes\/\"><em><strong>GParted &amp; Clonezilla: 2 Small GNU\/Linux Distros \u2013 \u2018Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8\/06\/2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/linux\/linux-newbie-since-1996\/newbie-pages\/special-purpose-linuxes\/newbie-posts\/the-gobbledygook-that-is-desktop-linux-special-purpose-linuxes\/\"><em><strong>The \u2018Gobbledygook\u2019 that *IS* \u201cDesktop\u201d Linux \u2013 \u2018Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8\/04\/2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/tech\/operating-systems\/linux\/linux-newbie-since-1996\/newbie-pages\/special-purpose-linuxes\/vortexbox-linux-music-server-old-computer\/\"><em><strong>Turn Old Unused Computer into a Jukebox or Music Server w\/ VortexBox Linux \u2013 \u2018Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page is focused on Windows 10 &amp; Windows 11 users, in an attempt to show them the many\u00a0\u2018Specialized\u2019 OS options offered by Linux \u2018n Linuxes. Linux can be installed on a USB for a \u2018Portable\u2018 OS and\/or as a \u2018Rescue\u2018 OS and\/or an \u2018Anti-forensic\u2018 OS and\/or a \u2018Penetration Testing\u2018 OS and\/or a \u2018Privacy Surfing\u2018 &#8230; <a title=\"Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/tech\/operating-systems\/linux\/special-purpose-linuxes\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Special *PURPOSE* Linuxes\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2787,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":23,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3254","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3254"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8246,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3254\/revisions\/8246"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}