For those who have been living under the rocks for quite some time, Philippines have started developing its own flavor of Linux, the Bayanihan Linux. Bayanihan in Philippines is the innate and unique characteristic of Filipinos to help other 
people, best exemplified when an entire village helps move the nipa hut of a neighbor by carrying the entire house on their shoulders.
Started last 2001, Bayanihan Linux is engineered by the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Philippines (ASTI), with its goal to provide Filipinos with free desktop software that has a large database of supported hardware, fast and stable computing environment. With its continued development, Bayanihan has its stable version 4.0 ready for download from the ASTI website.
Bayanihan also has a server version, the latest of which is Bayanihan Linux Server 2006. Built from Centos, Bayanihan Linux Server provides fast, efficient and stable operating system for SME’s, schools or government offices who opt for a more dependable operating system that is free and open source and freedom from worries of BSA knocking on your office door demanding an explanation as to how you are related to Jack Sparrow 
Now with the latest version, I am downloading version 4 of Bayanihan Desktop, to be installed in my laptop just to check if it is compatible with my Acer 5570 notebook as much as it is in desktops. Some of the Linux operating systems nowadays, though very compatible with desktops, are not so friendly when it comes to notebook, mostly because of the hardware compatibility.
To try Bayanihan Linux for yourself, the software is free to download at the ASTI website and give me a feedback of what you think of Bayanihan Linux 
Popularity: 8% [?]
na-try mo na ba ‘to? i think, the first versions of these were redhat-based, but now they’ve switched to a debian-base architecture.
haven’t really tried using or even downloading it … i guess i’m fairly contented with my Ubuntu.
BTW, thanks regarding sa pag-recommend nung hosting, na-setup ko na rin sa wakas bago kong blog. LINK!
I think the reason why Bayanihan is not so well-known in the Philippines, compared to Ubuntu or Fedora, is Bayanihan is a little short when it comes to public awareness (I think). I am not so surprised not so many Filipinos have tried using, let alone downloaded, our very own Linux flavor.
NP sa hosting. Let’s pray they decide to stay ad-free for life!