Linux Distributions

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Full Packaged Distributions

Slackware GNU/Linux: The oldest surviving distribution of Linux, since 1992.
Gentoo: Source based Linux
CentOS: The Community Enterprise Linux. RedHat Enterprise Linux w/o the commercial support.
Fedora Core: Testbed for RedHat Linux, more bleeding edge.
RedHat Linux: Enterprise Linux w/ commercial support.
SuSe Enterprise Linux: Maintained by Novell
OpenSuSe Linux: 
Mandriva: Also known by it's old name, Mandrake.
Ubuntu: "Linux for Human Beings".
Kubuntu: Based on Ubuntu, using KDE instead of Gnome.
Edubuntu: "Linux for Young Human Beings". Education focused distro based on Ubuntu.
Debian GNU/Linux: One of the older distributions, since 1993.
Openwall GNU/*/Linux: Security-enhanced server platform.
Arch Linux: "For competent users not afraid of the command line".
TurboLinux: 
Vector Linux:
Linspire: 

LiveCD Distributions

MEPIS Linux: LiveCD w/ Installer, similar to Knoppix, based on Ubuntu
Knoppix:
SantaFe Linux: LiveCD based on Debian.
Gnoppix: Debian based LiveCD w/ Gnome GUI

PowerPC Distributions

Yellow Dog Linux: PowerPC.
Linux/m68k: Linux for Mac's.