Panix V-Colo VPS: Systems

Operating Systems

You may choose any operating system distribution from the following list. ("Size" is the size of the distribution on disk.)
Don't hesitate to ask us to add a new distribution to it. We will probably be able to accomodate most reasonable requests. And if you don't ask for what you want, we won't know there's a demand for it.

Operating System	Size (32-bit)	Size (64-bit)
NetBSD 8.2	1.2 GB	1.7 GB
NetBSD 9.2	1.1 GB	1.3 GB
FreeBSD 12.2	2.6 GB	1.8 GB
FreeBSD 13.0	N/A	3.0 GB
OpenBSD 6.8	N/A	1.7 GB
OpenBSD 6.9	N/A	1.7 GB
Linux - Debian 9	N/A	900 MB
Linux - Debian 10	N/A	1.0 GB
Linux - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	N/A	2.3 GB
Linux - Ubuntu 20.10	N/A	2.3 GB
Linux - Ubuntu 21.04	N/A	2.3 GB
Linux - CentOS 8 (or 8 Stream)	N/A	1.5 GB
Linux - OpenSUSE 15.2	N/A	1.7 GB
Linux - Fedora 32	N/A	4.0 GB
Linux - Fedora 33	N/A	4.0 GB
Linux - Finnix	Virtual Live CD

System Details

NetBSD 8.2 or 9.2

Full install, including:

Base, compilers, games, documentation, X11

pkgin installed for easy installation of binary packages.

Available in 32-bit and 64-bit.

FreeBSD 12.2 or 13.0

Basic FreeBSD system

Root on UFS (12.2)

Root on ZFS (13.0)

Available in 32-bit (12.2 only) and 64-bit.

OpenBSD 6.8 or 6.9

Full install, including:

Base, compilers, games, documentation, X11

Available in 64-bit only.

Linux - Debian 9 or 10

Debian provided cloud image

Available in 64-bit only.

Linux - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 20.10 or 21.04

Ubuntu provided cloud image

Available in 64-bit only.

Linux - CentOS 8 or 8 Stream

Community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem around a Linux platform.

Centos provided cloud image.

Available in 64-bit only.

Linux - openSUSE 15.2

The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere.

Available in 64-bit only.

Linux - Fedora 32 or 33

Fedora Server is a powerful, flexible operating system that includes the best and latest datacenter technologies.

Available in 64-bit only.

Linux - Finnix (Live CD)

Excerpted from the Finnix home page:
Finnix is a self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution ("LiveCD") for system administrators, based on Debian. You can mount and manipulate hard drives and partitions, monitor networks, rebuild boot records, install other operating systems, and much more. Finnix includes the latest technology for system administrators, with Linux kernel 2.6, LVM2, encrypted partitions, etc.

Finnix is available to all V-Colo users, at no charge for the disk storage, on a read-only volume.

Available in 64-bit only.