Debian
The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian.
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SparkyLinux
SparkyLinux is a set of Debian-based desktop Linux distributions. The project provides separate editions with KDE Plasma, LXQt, MATE and Xfce desktops, as well as a lightweight flavour featuring the Openbox window manager.