Just remembered: Linux Lite.
My list is shorter than a short thing:
- ZorinOS Core
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Zorin Lite
Fedora Work Station
Cutefish
Deepin
Linux Lite
Ubuntu Budgie
Ubuntu Unity Remix
Manjaro
Endevuor OS
AV Linux
Ubuntu
Solus Budgie
Solus Plasma
KDE Neon
Fossa Pup
R PI Noobs
Ubuntu DDE
Pop OS
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Ubuntu
Kubuntu
Solus
Debian
Zorin core
Zorin lite
Linux Lite
PopOs
Manjaro
Arch
Gnome os
OpenSuse TW
Garuda
Fedora
Mint
elementary os
Xubuntu
Lubuntu
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As a desktop - only Zorin
On servers:
CentOS
Mandriva
For work/experiments:
CentOS
Mandrake/Mandriva
Red Hat
Knoppix
Ubuntu
So a rather short list I guess 
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In no specific order apart from the first one (all on hard metal):
[My first ever experience was Knoppix 1.9 in live mode - even talked to say "All systems operational" in Borg 1 of 9 voice. Klaus Knopper wrote Knoppix in dedication to his wife who is blind.]
Mandrake 10 - which I managed to screw up - I couldn't afford broadband at the time - only had dial-up at home. Downloaded the updates in my lunch break to CDs I took into work - and broke the install when trying to update manually! LOL! Discontinued as Mandriva (DistroWatch.com: Mandriva Linux)
SuSE Linux 9.3 Professional (Cost me £43) (SuSE Linux Professional 9.3 : SuSE Linux Products GmbH : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive)
Freespire 1 and Freespire 2.0 - community versions of Linspire, much better at hardware discovery than Knoppix 3.1 that was out at the time when using to recover a students corrupt floppy disk in live mode! It has been given a new lease of life with BlackLab Linux but it looks nothing like as cool as the original!
(Distribution Release: Freespire 1.0 (DistroWatch.com News))
Musix (from Argentina) (Musix GNU/Linux – ArchiveOS)
AVLinux 6.0 (AV Linux MX Edition |)
Wolvix Cub and Wolvix - great drill-down for graphics on an ancient Toshiba Satellite CD4030 Pro. Had to use Plop Boot Manager to recognise booting from external CD rom drive. (DistroWatch.com: Wolvix GNU/Linux)
DreamLinux (sadly defunct) (DistroWatch.com: Dreamlinux)
Epidemic from Brazil (great bio-hazard splash screen - would have loved to have spread that across a Windows Network!) (DistroWatch.com: Epidemic GNU/Linux)
gNewSense - didn't stay long as it has no proprietary blobs and would not even pick up ethernet! Discontinued (DistroWatch.com: gNewSense)
Trisquel 5.5 and 6.0 (https://trisquel.info/)
Linpus Lite (for netbooks) (DistroWatch.com: Linpus Linux)
Berry Linux (from Japan) (DistroWatch.com: Berry Linux)
Ultimate Edition from 1.9 to 14.4 (http://ultimateedition.info/)
Oz Diamond II-B (an Australian derivative of Ultimate Edition - my favourite) Ultimate Edition Oz is sadly no more - here's a video of Diaomond II-B edition OZ Diamond II-B (final) - YouTube
linuxfreack did a lot of the exceptional walls for this release.
Vector Linux (I paid for the DeLuxe 2 CD Set isos - can't remember what I donated) currently dormant (DistroWatch.com: VectorLinux)
Sabayon (favourite was 3.3) (https://www.linuxexpres.cz/distro/sabayon-linux-3-3)
Gentoo 10.0 Anniversary edition (Distribution Release: Gentoo Linux 10.0 (DistroWatch.com News)) Remember it had great Matrix wallpapers.
Voyager (https://voyagerlive.org/)
PCLinuxOS - favourite was 2007 - loved the industrial floor boot screen with blue globes lighting up left to right during boot! (DistroWatch.com: PCLinuxOS) Bit of controversy this distro - the principal developer took a 12 month sabbatical and on his return, was removed from office - a bit like Gaël Duval, the founder of Mandrake Linux was fired after Mandriva (merger of Mandrake and Connectiva Linux) started losing money) who then setup Ulteo Linux and more recently the e.foundation - where I got my unGoogled smartphone from!
ELive (with Enlightenment DE) (Elive 3.0 Stable - Download)
Netrunner (project merged with Manjaro last year came with something akin to Zorin Plus (moving image background but went one better as it also supported Gif wallpaper)) (DistroWatch.com: Netrunner)
Linux Mint 8 and 9 briefly (LXDE) but found it to be 'boring'!
Makulu Lindoz (LinDoz – MakuluLinux)
Ubuntu from 7.10 up to 10.10
Zorin from 4 upwards but left shortly after I destroyed my Zorin 15.3 Pro install by accident and then discovered Devuan 3.0 ('beowulf') My triple boot installation video of Zorin 4.0:
My Veoh
MacPup - discontinued (DistroWatch.com: Macpup)
PuppyLinux (https://puppylinux.com/)
FeatherLinux - discontinued (DistroWatch.com: Feather Linux)
Tiny Core (DistroWatch.com: Tiny Core Linux)
Pear Linux up to 8.0 - the Debian version 3.0 was a disaster. Discontinued (DistroWatch.com: Pear Linux)
Fedora 3.0
Antix 18 (https://antixlinux.com/)
LXLE (https://lxle.net/)
MXLinux 19.04 (https://mxlinux.org/)
Feren OS (https://ferenos.weebly.com/)
Mageia - briefly but didn't like it - not as polished as the
Mandriva it was meant to replace. (Home of the Mageia project)
LinuxXP from Russia - what a con that was - install then pay for access! deleted!
Utoto (and that wasn't in English!) - discontinued (DistroWatch.com: UTUTO)
GEUbuntu - a distro with enlightenment but it had to lose the Ubuntu name - Canonical using strong arm tactics so it became OpenGEU (DistroWatch.com: OpenGEU)
Vinux 2.0 (emphasis on Accessibility) (https://vinux.org.uk/)
Lycoris 1.4 (Amethyst - Community Edition) - wished I had purchased the official release and its Gamepak - the car racing game looked stunning! Was bought out by Connectiva/Mandrake/Mandriva. Lycoris LX was the main release: https://distrowatch.com/images/ktyxqzobhgijab/lycoris.png
Bodhi Linux (https://www.bodhilinux.com/)
Sparky Linux with multiple DE's included. (https://sparkylinux.org/)
Solus - never again!
Q4OS (https://q4os.org/)
Linuxfx (https://www.linuxfx.org/ - too much like Windows 10!)
CentOS 5.5 (https://www.centos.org/)
Peppermint - now to googlefied for my liking! (https://peppermintos.com/)
Deepin (Deepin Technology Community)
Ubuntu MATE (https://ubuntu-mate.org/)
Haiku - but you can't do a lot with it! (https://www.haiku-os.org/)
Artix (Arch based systemd free) - had a roundabout way of installing the printer but it did not work - Canon is not listed in 'Printers'!!!! (https://artixlinux.org/)
Xandros 4.0 Community Edition (remnants of Corel Linux set up Xandros who Michael Robertson of Linspire fame sold out his company to them without approval of the Board of Directors!) Discontinued - (DistroWatch.com: Xandros Desktop OS)
Devuan 3.0, 3.1.1, 4.0 (uses the superior SysVinit boot system over systemd) (https://www.devuan.org/)
[Update 16.03.2022] WattOS 3.0 (wattOS – ArchiveOS)
[Updated St. Patrick's Day 2022) SolydX Community Stable i386 (xfce) (Downloads)
[Updated 22.03.2022 - Looking through my CD wallets (large ones) I missed one off - Ark Linux! Ark Linux – ArchiveOS
I've used Kali Linux to recover from a partition issue in live mode to get e2fsck to run to correct issues. (Get Kali | Kali Linux)
What I would love to do is create my own from scratch with no systemd, no pulseaudio, with ALSA as the only sound software!
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Very interesting experience with distros.
LFS isn't hard to creating. I am working on that to create LFS. Check kernotex channel on youtube he describe guide very nice
https://www.youtube.com/c/Kernotex
also another a man here Build a LinuxFromScratch System Part 1: Overview - YouTube
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First experiences with Slackware
SUSE Linux starting in around 1998,
Gentoo (especially on old computers),
Knoppix,
Puppy Linux (don't like it),
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu
Raspbian (now Raspberry OS)
DietPi (my favourite for SBCs)
Kali Linux
elementary OS
Linux Mint
now testing Zorin
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This is in order:
Mint
MX Linux
Ubuntu (did not like, went back to mint)
PopOS (short-lived)
Manjaro
Arch (Stayed the longest, but Zorin is catching up)
Fedora (did not like, went back to arch)
Endeavor OS (I Liked alot)
Solus (I liked, but it felt like arch with fewer packages)
Void Linux (Too hard to get working perfectly in my time constraint)
Artix (but too many things to fix and not enough time)
Finally, ZorinOS.
Notes: I do want to give void a try, but their TUI installer doesn't support other DEs or encrypted installation. I also tried alpine for an hour before switching to arch.
Way too many to remember after using Linux for 25 + years. Most of the ones on swarfendor437's list.
I do miss the original version of Pardus. MenuetOS was interesting to look at and they still have a diskette image available.
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Pardus was one that I had intended trying out. Such a shame it died as it looked really good!
Glad to hear I was not the only one having issues with Artix!
Pardus did things differently and was really stable.
I was the one that recommended the PiSi package manager to Solus which became eopkg.
Endeavour OS can you saying something about experience?. I know this is some arch like Manjaro. Original arch is arch Linux od arc Linux?
Pretty much, it's as close to arch as possible with a gui installer. You can pick your DE of choice and decided what packages would be installed (basic packages). Theming is very nice, and you always can deselect the theming package if you want a complete vanilla experience. It's my go to for a quick, straight forward install of arch, and it comes with maintenance scripts to maintain your OS.
Proven with benchmarks, it's pretty much arch with little to no overhead.
Ya, I tried so many ISOs before giving up. I hope for the best for the project!
Same. I tried Artix and also got nowhere.
I hopping many times but in my adventure always more going to the Zorin way. Why Zorin? After 30 years linux and I bet @zorink they know best code what is best for stable and will working with a computers. The customers and users maybe wanna many things in linux but if this also help to be Zorin still stable or more heavy, eating more ram and to be more slowly?
Psychoslinux for old computers.
Too many to remember. My very first one was a brownish one... looks so old now but I remember it like a masterpiece... no drivers but reverse engineering at its best...
I don't even remember when that brown turned to orange...
BTW I still have 5 original CD's of that edition. Anyone's interested? 
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