1. Mint
The purpose of Linux Mint is to produce a modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use. Started in 2006, Linux Mint is now the 4th most widely used home operating system behind Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS and Canonical's Ubuntu.
2. Kubuntu
This is an open source alternative to Windows and MS Office. Kubuntu is an operating system built by a worldwide team of expert developers. It contains all the applications you need: a web browser, an office suite, media apps, an instant messaging client and many more.
3. Edubuntu
Edubuntu is a grassroots movement that aims to get Ubuntu into schools, homes and communities and make it easy for users to install and maintain their systems. It is built by a team of hacker, students, teachers etc.
4. Xubuntu
Xubuntu is an easy-to-use operating system. It comes with Xfce, which is a stable, light and configurable desktop environment. It is perfect for those who want the most out of their desktops, laptops and netbooks with a modern look and enough features for efficient, daily usage. Moreover, it works on older hardware as well.
5. Gobuntu
Gobuntu 8.04.1 is the final release of Gobuntu. The project has merged back to mainline Ubuntu, so there is no need for a separate distribution. It tries to provide the Free Software Foundation’s four freedoms and tries to lay a platform for other free software.
6. Ubuntu Studio
Ubuntu Studio is a free and open source operative system, and an official flavor of Ubuntu. Ubuntu Studio is the most widely used multimedia orientated GNU/Linux distribution in the world. It comes preinstalled with a selection of the most common free multimedia applications available, and is configured for best performance for the Ubuntu Studio defined workflows: Audio, Graphics, Video, Photography and Publishing.
7. Mythbuntu
Mythbuntu is an official Ubuntu flavor focused upon setting up a standalone MythTV based PVR system. It can be used to prepare a standalone system or for integration with an existing MythTV network. Unlike similar projects, Mythbuntu keeps close ties with Ubuntu and all development is given back to Ubuntu. This architecture allows simple conversions from a standard desktop to a Mythbuntu machine and vice versa. The development cycle of Mythbuntu mirrors that of Ubuntu.
8. Ubuntu Server Edition
The Ubuntu Server Edition is a platform for scale-out computing. It helps you make the most of your infrastructure. Whether you want to deploy an OpenStack cloud, a Hadoop cluster or a 50,000-node render farm.
9. Eeebuntu
Now known as the Aurora project, this Ubuntu flavour started life originally in 2008 as the Eeebuntu project. This was a customised redistribution of Ubuntu, which was modified specifically for the Eeepc range of netbooks. What was originally a simple collection of scripts and hacks to get Ubuntu 8.04 onto an EeePC it has grown into a distribution of its own.
10. Ubuntu Mini Remix
Ubuntu Mini Remix is a fully working Ubuntu live-CD containing only the minimal set of software to make the system work. Ubuntu Mini Remix ISO image is around 200MB.
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