{"id":263183,"date":"2026-06-03T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/how-to-try-out-over-85-linux-distros-no-installation-required-with-distrosea\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:20:09","slug":"how-to-try-out-over-85-linux-distros-no-installation-required-with-distrosea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/how-to-try-out-over-85-linux-distros-no-installation-required-with-distrosea\/","title":{"rendered":"How to try out over 85 Linux distros, no installation required &#8211; with DistroSea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/try-dozens-of-linux-distros-no-installation-distrosea\/\">How to try out over 85 Linux distros, no installation required &#8211; with DistroSea<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/try-dozens-of-linux-distros-no-installation-distrosea\/\">https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/try-dozens-of-linux-distros-no-installation-distrosea\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-03 13:04:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.zdnet.com\">www.zdnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ZDNET: <span class=\"c-commerceLink\"><span>Add us as a preferred source<\/span><\/span> on Google.<\/p>\n<h3>ZDNET&#8217;s key takeaways<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>DistroSea allows you to test several Linux distributions.<\/li>\n<li>There are currently 85 distros to test.<\/li>\n<li>DistroSea is free and works on any web browser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I recently wrote about the Virtual OS Museum, which let me reunite with the very first Linux distribution I&#8217;d ever tried. It was a fabulous walk down memory lane, and even allowed me to test other, now-defunct, Linux distributions, all from the convenience of my web browser.<\/p>\n<p>The only caveat to the Virtual OS Museum   is that it&#8217;s truly a museum &#8212; you won&#8217;t find current distributions available to test.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where DistroSea comes into play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>This is my favorite Linux distro of all time &#8211; and I&#8217;ve tried them all<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Virtual OS Museum, DistroSea   allows you to actually test several new distros. Currently, there are 85 distributions available, including AerynOS, Alpine Linux, AnduinOS, Arch Linux, Arco Linux, Bazzite, Big Linux, BlendOS, Bodhi Linux, BunsenLabs Linux, CachyOS, Chimera Linux\u2026 the list goes on.<\/p>\n<p>The distributions range from the all-too-familiar to the obscure. In fact, I scrolled through the entire list looking for distributions that I&#8217;d never heard of. I found just one &#8212; Primtux. So I decided to give it a whirl.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"DistroSea\" width=\"540\" height=\"1156.4601769911505\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>The NoVNC toolbox is always at your service.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Screenshot by Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To fire up Primtux &#8212; or any of the distros &#8212; you click its associated icon, select a desktop (if that option is available), and wait in line. Depending on how busy DistroSea is, the wait can be anywhere from nearly instantaneous to a few minutes. Once the wait is over, click Continue and wait for the distribution to boot.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"DistroSea\" width=\"540\" height=\"748.0891719745223\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not satisfied with the display&#8217;s quality, make adjustments here.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"c-shortcodeImage_credit g-outer-spacing-top-xsmall u-block\">Screenshot by Jack Wallen\/ZDNET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also notice a small handle on the left edge of the display. Click that handle to reveal the VNC toolbox, which clearly indicates that the distributions are viewed via VNC (noVNC to be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/try-dozens-of-linux-distros-no-installation-distrosea\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to try out over 85 Linux distros, no installation required &#8211; with DistroSea https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/try-dozens-of-linux-distros-no-installation-distrosea\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/7b8d2bd107729ab2fe0dbf271de2df27b8edb227\/2026\/06\/03\/51df32ec-9778-410d-aa7b-cf92a94e8318\/distrosea.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[99,71],"class_list":["post-263183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-arch-linux","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263187,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263183\/revisions\/263187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}