SysLinuxOS offers tools for system administrators
SysLinuxOS is a Linux distribution designed for system administrators, featuring pre-installed networking and monitoring tools. It aims to provide immediate usability without additional setup, positioning itself as a comprehensive toolkit for troubleshooting networks and remote systems. The distribution includes a customized GNOME desktop and various productivity applications.
Linux distributions serve diverse purposes, from beginner-friendly options to specialized tools for gaming, development, and IT tasks. Among those built for IT professionals, SysLinuxOS targets system integration, contrasting with Tails, which focuses on security penetration testing.
According to its description, “SysLinuxOS was built to work right out of the box, with all networking tools already installed by default. There is no need to install anything; it is a Swiss army knife to always carry with us.” It includes major VPNs, remote control clients, browsers, and specific tools like Wine, Wireshark, Etherape, Ettercap, PackETH, Packetsender, Putty, Nmap, Packet Tracer 8.2.2, Virtualbox 7.2, Munin, Zabbix-agent2, Icinga, Monit, Nagios4, serial console tools, and the latest stable liquorix kernel.
Administrators can use Angry IP Scanner to identify devices on a network, as demonstrated in scans that detected all home LAN devices. Remote access is supported via AnyDesk for control, file transfer, and VPN, alongside TeamViewer, PuTTY SSH client, VNC Viewer, and TigerVNC. Productivity tools encompass LibreOffice, Chrome, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird, Teams for Linux, Zoom Workplace, and Microsoft Edge. Package management is handled through GNOME Software and Synaptic, though universal managers like Flatpak or Snap are absent by default. Users can add Flatpak with commands such as flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo and integrate it into GNOME Software.
The distribution features a custom GNOME desktop with extensions including ArcMenu, Dash to Dock, Blur my Shell, System Monitor, and V-Shell for vertical workspaces, accessible via the Extensions Manager. A GNOME System Monitor provides resource overviews. However, it lacks an update notifier and Samba for file sharing, requiring manual installation like sudo apt-get install samba -y.
SysLinuxOS suits troubleshooting networking issues and remote systems, available in GNOME or MATE variants for download as ISO for bare metal or virtual machine use. Published on October 5, 2025.