This is a proposal for a new Wikimedia sister project.
Wikidistros
The logo for the project, if you already have one
Status of the proposal
Statusrejected
Reasonno support. Pecopteris (talk) 04:53, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Details of the proposal
Project descriptionTo provide an open site to document Linux distributions and other Unix operating systems such as BSD or Solaris. This can be an open alternative to DistroWatch. It can provide functions to find distros by package management system, purpose, desktop etc.
Is it a multilingual wiki?Many language versions
Potential number of languagesMany
Proposed taglineThe Linux and Unix Wiki
Proposed URLhttp://www.wikidistros.org
Technical requirements
New features to requireIt should provide a function to find distros based on various factors created by the user, similar to [1]
Development wikiDoes your project have a technical-development wiki (e.g., in Wikimedia Labs)?
Interested participants
User:Champion


Proposed by edit

Championtalken-wiki 06:47, 15 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Alternative names edit

  • Distrowiki
  • Wikilinux
  • Wikiunix

Related projects/proposals edit

Wikipedia, but distros have to meet a notability guideline, this project can have a less strict guideline of what is included.

Domain names edit

http://wikidistros.org http://wikilinux.org http://distrowiki.org

Mailing list links edit

Demos edit

The only similar project I can find (so far) is out of date. See http://linuxia.wikidot.com/. It also needs screenshots and other information.

Found another one at http://linux.wikia.com but it is much broader.

People interested edit