Ukuveliswa kolwabiwo olutsha lweGnu / Linux kwenze abasebenzisi abaninzi bonwabela kwaye bafunda ngeLinux kunye neSoftware yasimahla. Kodwa kuyinyani ukuba uninzi lwazo, ukuba ayingabo bonke, azikho simahla.
Unikezelo oluninzi luqulathe abaqhubi abanelungelo okanye enye inkqubo engenayo ilayisensi ye-GNUKe ngoko, iSiseko seSoftware saSimahla okanye iSiseko seSoftware saSimahla sithathe isigqibo sokwenza iwebhusayithi apho unikezelo olwamkelwa njengelasimahla luchaziwe, ulwabelo lwasimahla.
Uluhlu lonikezelo lwasimahla luyamangalisa kwaye lutsala umdla, kuba akukho lonikezelo lukhulu simahla. Ngokufanelekileyo, I-Debian, i-Slackware, i-Gentoo okanye i-Arch Linux ziqwalaselwa yi-FSF ngokwayo njengonikezelo lwasimahla. Ngapha koko, ndiyakhumbula ukuba bekukho impikiswano ethile noDebian kuba umahluko phakathi kokukhululeka nokungakhululeki wawusekwe kwindawo yokugcina izinto eyayinokupheliswa ngabasebenzisi. Unikezelo lwasimahla olwamkelweyo zezi: gNewSense, Ututo XS, Blag UDragora, Trisquel, Dynebolic, GuixSD, Musix, Parabola kunye nePureOS.
PureOS y gNewSense Zimbini iindlela zokuhambisa ezisekwe kwiDebian kodwa ezishenxisa loo ngxaki zinengxaki kwaye zongeza izixhobo zabucala kunye nezokhuseleko.
Trisquel Kukuhanjiswa okuphela simahla okusekwe ku-Ubuntu kunye XS lolunye unikezelo lokuqala olukhululekileyo kwaye kuphela lusekwe kwiGentoo. Umzekeliso Ulwabiwo olusekwe kwiArch Linux kunye Isityholo Iyafana kodwa isekwe kwiFedora.
Kuyamangalisa ukuba kukho izinto ezimbini ezabelwe umhlaba wokuhlelwa kwesandi kunye nokulalelwayo. Zezi Imusix y Imvelaphi.
Nayiphi na kuzo kufanelekile ukuzama kodwa ngokobuqu andizukuzisebenzisa. Zonke iiprojekthi ezintle, kodwa uninzi lwazo lushiywe kwaye oko kuthetha ukungabikho kokhuseleko. Ngokunokwenzeka ezona zimbini zisasazwayo zinikezelwa simahla yiParabola kunye nePureOS, kodwa ezinye ezinje ngeTrisquel okanye i-Ututo XS khange zihlaziywe kangangeminyaka.
Kwaye ukuba unamathandabuzo, ungasoloko usiya Indawo esemthethweni yeFSF, iwebhusayithi yasimahla ene Lonke ulwazi oludingayo lokufumana ukuhanjiswa simahla kweGnu / Linux.
UTrisquel, ngokwewebhusayithi esemthethweni, inguqulelo yesi-8 sele iza kukhutshwa, umyalezo uvela nge-11/12/2017, ke akufuneki ulahlwe.
I-Trisquel isekwe kwiinguqulelo ze-LTS ze-Ubuntu, ngenxa yoko ifumana ii-patches zokhuseleko rhoqo. Iprojekthi ayifanga, bayaqhubeka nophuhliso kunye noluntu abanalo, nangona lincinci, lusasebenza.
Ngamaxesha amaninzi i-fsf ayikukhuthazi ukwabiwa phantsi komkhetho womsebenzisi onokubhalwa kuphela kwisoftware yasimahla kuba ikwabandakanya isoftware engahlawulelwayo koovimba babo, kodwa kwangaphambi kwexesha kunokuthiwa umntu unokusasaza njengoDebian okanye uGentoo ngaphandle kwenkqubo yesoftware kodwa lukhetho, kulwabiwo oluvunyelwe yi-fsf akukho mnyango uvulekileyo wokusetyenziswa kwesoftware yobunini.