ASPLinux
Made by professional developer and manager team, now a leading Russian software and Linux service supplier; merged with Black Cat Linux in 2001. Moscow, Russia. English, Bulgarian, Russian, Chinese, Korean.
Aurox Linux
Red Hat compatible distribution; made in Europe with broad European language support (Czech, English, Estonian, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish), multimedia and education software; also is a magazine sold Europe-wide.
Bad Penguin
Italian distribution from scratch, begun 1996 on 4 floppy disks, grew big (2 CD-ROMs), then shrunk down to a few packages for business card CD-ROMs; descriptions, documents, downloads, author information. English, Italian.
Boten GNU/Linux
Distribution mainly for home and new Linux users, fully localized Hebrew environment: install procedure and GUI.
MIZI Research, Inc.
Korean Linux distribution. Focus: KDE desktop, office/home user systems, download of ISO image file.
MNIS
Debian metadistribution, fully configured KDE and added software: RTLinux, French Netscape, simplified installation in French. First French firm to make a distribution in France, technical support, assistance to use open source software in hard realtime uses, and network security. English, Deutsch, Français.
Shabdix GNU/Linux
First Iranian GNU/Linux distribution, live CD, Knoppix- based. English, Farsi. [Chapar Shabdiz Ltd.]
ThizLinux Laboratory Ltd.
Makes Thiz-brand Linux Desktop, Office, Server, Anti-Virus, Firewall, Database; Click2Office. Descriptions, FAQ, news, downloads, purchase option. Hong Kong, China. English, Chinese.
Transmeta Exports Midori Linux to China
Firm known for its Crusoe processor signs deal with Chinese 2000 Holdings to use Transmeta's Midori version of Linux in mobile and embedded devices. Two firms plan to target markets in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan. [The Register]
