[Raspberry Pi Development] NeoPreacher:
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Hello,

I made this list with all the interesting and extremely considerable distributions I'm able to find working on our raspberry pi. check out and enjoy.

The List :​

OS General

Arch Linux armv6; OS, "older" Pi

http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv6/raspberry-pi

Arch Linux armv7; OS, Pi 2

http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/broadcom/raspberry-pi-2

DietPi; the minimal multi-talent

http://fuzon.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6

Bhodi Linux; the Enlightened Linux Distribution

Homepage

Download

RedSleeve Linux; "special" Linux-port, OS

Homepage

Download

Minibian; minimal Raspbian

https://minibianpi.wordpress.com/

nOS; Ubuntu-based with KDE

http://nos.net.nz/

PiBang Linux; CrunchBang inspired, Raspbian-based

http://pibanglinux.com/index.html

Plan9; OS

Overview

Download

9front; Plan9-fork, cloud computing

Homepage

Download

pipaOS; compact Raspbian

http://pipaos.mitako.eu/

Gentoo Linux; source-based Linux distribution

https://www.gentoo.org/

AROS; Commodore Amiga OS based

Homepage

Download

Slackware ARM; OS

http://rpi.fatdog.eu/

slrpi; minimal Slackware

http://sourceforge.net/projects/slrpi/

FreeBSD; OS

https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/Raspberry%20Pi

openSUSE; OS

https://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Raspberry_Pi

Moebius; minimal Linux

http://moebiuslinux.sourceforge.net/

Hypriot; Pi armed with Docker

Homepage

Download

Void Linux; independent distribution, OS

http://www.voidlinux.eu/

Tiny Core Linux; the smallest one (~12 mb), OS

http://www.tinycorelinux.net/ports.html

OpenMandriva Lx; OS, kde4

Homepage

Download

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS; OS

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi

RaspEX; based on Debian 8, Ubuntu 15.04 and Linaro, uses LXDE

http://raspex.exton.se/?p=79

NixOS Linux; OS

Homepage

Download

Tizen OS; open and flexible operating system

Homepage

Download

Xubuntu 14.04 LTS; OS

http://stefanius.de/xubuntu-14-04-lts-sd-card-image-fuer-raspberry-pi-2-veroeffentlicht

PiLFS; Linux From Scratch

http://www.intestinate.com/pilfs/

AEROS; hybrid distribution of AROS and Linux ( commercial ! )

http://www.aeros-os.org/

"OS", for special purposes, tools

Kano OS; learn linux basics or programming skills the lovely way, for "kids"

http://www.kano.me

SliTaz; secure and high performance OS

http://www.slitaz.org/en/

Kali Linux; penetration testing, security, tools

http://docs.kali.org/kali-on-arm/install-kali-linux-arm-raspberry-pi

BlackArch Linux; penetration testing, security, tools

http://blackarch.org/downloads.html#blackarch-arm

Archphile; modified ArchLinux, support for USB and I2S Dacs

http://archphile.org/introduction

PwnPi; pen test drop box distro

http://pwnpi.sourceforge.net/

QtonPi; Qt5 programming

http://wiki.qt.io/QtonPi

PiBox; lightweight GNU/Linux development platform

http://www.graphics-muse.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/RaspberryPi/RaspberryPi

Raspberry WebKiosk; web kiosks and multi-user web workstations

http://www.binaryemotions.com/web-kiosks/raspberry-webkiosk/

ThinBox; Windows-based server connection

http://jontylovell.net/index.php?page=30

OpenWrt; wireless routing

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/raspberry_pi

VPNbian; OpenVPN Gateway

http://techfunbln.blogspot.de/2013/09/raspberry-pi-as-openvpn-gateway-with-or.html

NetBSD; networking

http://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/evbarm/raspberry_pi/

PiPoint; wireless access point

http://www.pi-point.co.uk/

Angstrom; tiny server distribution

Homepage

Download

Mini vMac; early-macintosh emulator

Homepage

Download

FINNIX; system administrations

http://www.finnix.org/

Raspberry Digital Signage; OS designed for digital signage

http://www.binaryemotions.com/digital-signage/raspberry-digital-signage/

IPfire; Router, Firewall solution

Homepage (german homepage)

Download

arkOS; self-hosting, cloud solution

https://arkos.io/what-is-arkos/

NARD SDK; software development kit

http://www.arbetsmyra.dyndns.org/nard/

SailPi; Sailfish OS in Pi

https://sailpi.wordpress.com/

OpenMediaVault; NAS solution

http://www.openmediavault.org/

RACHEL-Pi; "offline" education server solution

http://pi.worldpossible.org/index.html

KA-Pi; Khan Academy on a Pi

http://pi.mujica.org/index.html

Mediacenter, gaming and others

Xbian; Mediacenter

Homepage

Download latest

OSMC; Mediacenter

https://osmc.tv/

SlaXBMC; Mediacenter

http://slaxbmc.blogspot.co.uk/

PiPlay; formerly PiMAME, gaming and emulation

http://piplay.org/

Volumio; audiophile music player

https://volumio.org/project/

RetroPie; multi gaming and emulation

Homepage

Download

GeeXBoX; Mediacenter

http://www.geexbox.org/

Raspicade; Moebius-based arcade distribution

http://sourceforge.net/projects/raspicade/

recalbox; multi emulation platform

http://www.recalbox.com/diyrecalbox

Pi MusicBox; A Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Music player ...

http://www.woutervanwijk.nl/pimusicbox/

DarkELEC; Mediacenter

http://darkimmortal.com/category/raspberry-pi/

runeaudio

http://www.runeaudio.com/about/

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... and the generally known Distros on the raspberrypi.org mainpage (for sure)

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recommendations and suggestions are welcome.

this list is partly based on this one (you can find several more detailed descriptions there) but most time I need to search the web for hours while I'm trying to get the most complete list for us ;) . This is the largest list out there !!