#9 CentOS 5.6

Best suited for: Servers

Truly the best in server department, the CentOS runs using source codes from RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), which is renowned as the untouchable in the server platform. The packages and binaries from RHEL are so expensive and they are not easily available. Now this where CentOS comes in to play. The CentOS takes the available source code from RHEL and rebuilds itself into a similar kind of Linux distro for servers. Now this move helped CentOS to achieve nearly 100 percent compatibility over third party RHEL apps. Also the CentOS support almost all the packages and apps and codes and updates that are released by the original RHEL OS.

Summing up: What is the difference between the RHEL and CentOS- just the logo and theme.

#10 Ubuntu Studio 11.04

Best suited for: Multimedia

Now here is an OS that is configured only for entertainment and multimedia purposes, the Ubuntu Studio is an OS that offers all the multimedia capabilities to its users. Usually users feel that Linux is not that entertainment friendly as it’s been clearly created for offices and servers. But the Ubuntu Studio 11.04 clear all these complexions as the code and kernel in this OS is created in such a way that it supports all kind of multimedia apps, including heavy resources takers like The Gimp.

Also another notable feature is that user doesn’t need to install or run any other third party software for music and videos, as this OS come with default software that can run all kind of multimedia utilities.

Summing up: An advice to music developers- forget other OS’s, start installing the Ubuntu Studio and get working.