Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, Mageia is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.

ArchBang Linux is a lightweight distribution based on Arch Linux. Using the labwc Wayland compositor, it is fast, up-to-date and suitable for both desktop and portable systems. Besides GreenBANG, the project also develops a distribution called SwayBang featuring the Sway Wayland compositor.

Noid Linux is a Void-based minimalist Linux distribution with Xfce as the preferred desktop. It includes a long-term supported Linux kernel, the Calamares system installer, the Brave web browser, support for Flatpak packages, and a custom Welcome screen. The project also provides its own repository for Void's XBPS packages with additional software.