Comparison of Linux distributions

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Template:Short description Template:Multiple issues Template:Use dmy dates Technical variations of Linux distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Organizational differences may be motivated by historical reasons. Other criteria include security, including how quickly security upgrades are available; ease of package management; and number of packages available.

These tables compare notable distribution's latest stable release on wide-ranging objective criteria. It does not cover each operating system's subjective merits, branches marked as unstable or beta, nor compare Linux distributions with other operating systems.

General

The table below shows general information about the distributions: founder or producer, maintainer, release date, the latest version, etc.

Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation[1] are marked 100% Free under the System distribution commitment column. Template:Sort-under

Distribution Founder Maintainer Initial release year Current stable version Security updates (years) Release date System distribution commitment Forked from Target audience Cost Status
Template:Rh | AlmaLinux AlmaLinux OS Foundation AlmaLinux OS Foundation 2021 Template:Wikidata 10 years[2] Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Alpine Linux Alpine Linux Team Alpine Linux Team 2006 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary LEAF Project security, lightweight, general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | ALT Linux ALT Linux Team ALT Linux Team, ALT Linux LLC 2001 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Mandrake Linux general, school None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | antiX Anticapitalista Anticapitalista 2007 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian, MEPIS old computers None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | ArchBang Willensky Aristide Stan McLaren 2011 Rolling Rolling Rolling Template:Proprietary Arch Linux (UKM Edition) general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Arch Linux Judd Vinet dev team 2002 Rolling Rolling Rolling Template:Proprietary Independent, inspired from CRUX general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | BLAG Brixton Linux Action Group Brixton Linux Action Group 2002 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Fedora desktop None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Bodhi Linux Bodhi Linux Team Bodhi Linux Team 2011 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian, Ubuntu desktop, lightweight None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Canaima CANTV / CNTI / CENTIDEL / Edelca / VIT / FUNDACITE / Free software community CANTV / CNTI / CENTIDEL / Edelca / VIT / FUNDACITE / Free software community 2007 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian, Ubuntu Government of Venezuela None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | CentOS CentOS Project CentOS Project 2003 Template:Wikidata 10 years[4] Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server, workstation None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | CentOS Stream CentOS Project CentOS Project 2019 9[5] 5 years[6] 2021-12-03 Template:Proprietary Upstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server, workstation None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Chakra Jan Mette and Arch Linux KDEmod developers The Chakra Project Team 2010 Rolling Rolling 2017.10 Template:Proprietary Arch Linux[7] desktop None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Chimera Linux q66 Chimera Linux team 2021 Rolling Rolling Rolling Template:Proprietary Independent general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | ChromeOS Sundar Pichai Google 2011 Template:Wikidata Rolling Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Gentoo Linux web applications None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Clear Linux OS Arjan van de Ven Intel 2015 Rolling Rolling Rolling Template:Proprietary Independent container, server, desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | ClearOS Peter Baldwin ClearFoundation 2000 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary RHEL, CentOS server, gateway, network Some editions are free of charge Template:Site active
Template:Rh | CrunchBang Linux Philip Newborough Philip Newborough 2008 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian desktop None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | CRUX Per Lidén CRUX Community 2002 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Independent general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Damn Small Linux John Andrews dev team 2003 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian, Knoppix lightweight, portable None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Debian Ian Murdock Debian Project 1993 Template:Wikidata ~5 years,[g 1] 10 years Freexian ELTS(paid) Template:Wikidata Debian Social Contract and DFSG (main was 100% free, till 2022,[8][9] non-free packages were optional)[10] Independent, inspired by Softlanding Linux System (SLS)[11] general, server, desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Debian Edu Debian Project 2004 Template:Wikidata ~3 years[g 1] Template:Wikidata Debian Social Contract and DFSG Debian schools None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Devuan The "Veteran Unix Admins" (VUA) The "Veteran Unix Admins" (VUA) 2016 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary[g 2] Debian general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Deepin Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd. 2004 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre Matias A. Fonzo Matias A. Fonzo 2009 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Independent, inspired from Slackware general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | dyne:bolic Jaromil Jaromilx 2005 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Debian multimedia None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Elementary OS Danielle Foré elementary LLC 2011 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Ubuntu, Debian general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | ELinOS SYSGO SYSGO 1999 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Independent embedded systems Partial Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Emdebian Grip Embedded Debian Project Embedded Debian Project 2009 Template:Wikidata End-of-life Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian embedded systems None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | EndeavourOS Bryan Poerwoatmodjo EndeavourOS 2019 Rolling ? 2022-09-14 Template:Proprietary Arch Linux general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Fedora Linux Fedora Project Fedora Project 2003 Template:Wikidata 1 year + 1 month Template:Wikidata Fedora Licensing Guidelines[12] Red Hat Linux general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Freespire Lindows.com, Inc. PC/OpenSystems LLC 2001 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary ? desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Gentoo Linux Daniel Robbins Gentoo Foundation, Inc. 2002 Rolling Rolling Rolling Gentoo Social Contract Enoch Linux general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Guix System Ludovic Courtès Ludovic Courtès, Ricardo Wurmus, the Guix community 2012 Template:Wikidata Rolling Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Independent, inspired by NixOS general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | gNewSense Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley Sam Geeraerts with sponsorship from the Free Software Foundation 2006 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Debian general, server None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Grml Michael Prokop The Grml Team 2005 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian live, maintenance, security, network, forensic, accessibility None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Hyperbola Founders Hyperbola Founders 2017 Template:Wikidata 3 years (stable), 5 years (old stable)[13] Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] followed in Hyperbola Social Contract Arch Linux general None Template:Site active[14]
Template:Rh | Kali Linux Max Moser, Mati Aharoni, Martin J. Muench Offensive Security 2013 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian auditing, forensic, security, network None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Knoppix Klaus Knopper dev team 2000 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian live None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Korora Chris Smart Dev Team 2005 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Fedora desktop None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | LibreCMC LibreCMC team LibreCMC team 2010 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Merged from LibreWRT embedded systems None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Linspire Linspire, Inc. Linspire, Inc. 2001 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary ? ? Commercial[15] Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Linux Mint Clement Lefebvre dev team 2006 Template:Wikidata 5 years (main editions); ~3 years (LMDE) Template:Wikidata
Template:Wikidata 		Template:Proprietary Debian (LMDE), Ubuntu (main editions) desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Linux Lite Jerry Bezencon Linux Lite Team 2012 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Ubuntu desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Mageia Mageia Community mageia.org 2010 Template:Wikidata 1 year Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Mandriva Linux general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Mandriva Linux Mandrakesoft S.A. Mandriva S.A. 1998 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Red Hat Linux general Some editions are free of charge Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Manjaro Linux Roland Singer dev team 2012[16] Rolling Rolling Rolling Template:Proprietary Arch Linux general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | MEPIS Warren Woodford MEPIS LLC 2003 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian desktop, server None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | MIRACLE LINUX Cybertrust Japan Cybertrust Japan 2000 Template:Wikidata 10 years Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Musix GNU+Linux Musix team Musix team 2008 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Debian multimedia None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Netrunner Blue Systems dev team 2009 Template:Wikidata as per Debian Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | NixOS Eelco Dolstra and Armijn Hemel NixOS Foundation 2003 Template:Wikidata 0.5 years Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary – general, server, desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Novell Open Enterprise Server Novell Novell, Inc. dev team 2003 2023 ? 2022-10 Template:Proprietary SUSE Linux Enterprise Server server Commercial[17] Template:Site active
Template:Rh | OpenELEC Stephan Raue, OpenELEC Team OpenELEC Team 2011 8.0.4 ? 2017-06-04 Template:Proprietary Kodi multimedia None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | openSUSE SUSE Linux openSUSE Project 2006 Template:Wikidata 1.5 years[18] Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Slackware, Jurix general, desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | OpenWrt ? OpenWrt team 2007 Template:Wikidata[19] ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Independent embedded systems None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | OpenMandriva Lx OpenMandriva Association OpenMandriva Association 2013 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Mandriva Linux general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Oracle Linux Oracle Corporation Oracle Corporation 2006 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre Parabola Hackers Parabola Hackers 2009 Rolling[20] Rolling 2021-08-11[21] 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] followed in Parabola Social Contract Arch Linux general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Pardus Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) TÜBİTAK 2005 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Gentoo (2011.2)
Debian 		general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Parrot OS Lorenzo "Palinuro" Faletra Parrot Dev Team 2013 Template:Wikidata Rolling Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian security, desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Parsix Alan Baghumian Parsix Project 2005 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian desktop None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Parted Magic Patrick Verner Parted Magic LLC. 2007 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Independent live, maintenance Commercial[22] Template:Site active
Template:Rh | PCLinuxOS Bill Reynolds dev team 2003 2022.12 Semi-rolling 2022-12-12 Template:Proprietary Mandriva Linux desktop None Active
Template:Rh | Pop! OS Carl Ritchell System76 2017 Template:Wikidata 2 years for LTS releases.

2–3 months after the next release for other releases.

Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Ubuntu desktop, laptop None Active
Template:Rh | Pentoo Michael Zanetta, Rick Farina, Jens Pranaitis Pentoo 2005 2019.1 ? 2019-01-17 Template:Proprietary Gentoo Linux auditing, security None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Porteus Fanthom Porteus 2010 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Slackware lightweight, portable None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | ProteanOS Libiquity 2011 Rolling Rolling Rolling 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] ? embedded None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Puppy Linux Barry Kauler Puppy Foundation 2003 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Independent, inspired from Vector linux lightweight, portable None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | PureOS Todd Weaver Purism 2009 Template:Wikidata Stable and Rolling Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Debian general, security, privacy None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Qubes OS Joanna Rutkowska Invisible Things Lab 2012 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Xen and Fedora security by compartmentalization, desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Red Hat Red Hat 2002 Template:Wikidata 12 years[23] Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Red Hat Linux, Fedora general Commercial[24][25] Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Red Hat Linux Red Hat Red Hat 1995 Template:Wikidata alias Shrike ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary – server, workstation None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | Rocks Cluster Distribution UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp 2000 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Red Hat Linux server, workstation None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Rocky Linux Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation 2021 Template:Wikidata 10 years Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | ROSA ? LLC NTC IT ROSA 2011 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Mandriva server, general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Sabayon Linux Fabio Erculiani dev team 2005 Template:Wikidata[26] ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Gentoo Linux general None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Salix OS Cyrille Pontvieux, George Vlahavas, Pierrick Le Brun, Thorsten Mühlfelder Salix team 2009 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Slackware general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Scientific Linux CERN, Fermilab dev team 2004 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) server, workstation None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Slackware Patrick Volkerding dev team 1993 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Softlanding Linux System (SLS) general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Slax Tomas Matejicek Tomas Matejicek 2002 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian, Slackware (until Slax 9) live None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | SliTaz GNU/Linux Christophe Lincoln dev team 2008 Rolling Rolling 2020-02-23[27] Template:Proprietary Independent portable None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Solus Ikey Doherty dev team 2005 Rolling Rolling 2021-07-11 Template:Proprietary Pardus Linux desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | SolydXK Arjen Balfoort dev team 2013 Template:Wikidata[28] Debian packages as per Debian Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | SparkyLinux ? Sparky Linux team 2012 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian general, video games None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Source Mage GNU/Linux Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell dev team 2002 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Source Mage Social Contract Sorcerer general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | SteamOS Valve Valve 2013 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian (2.0)
Arch Linux (3.0) 		video games None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | SUSE Linux Enterprise SUSE SUSE 2000 Template:WikidataSP5[29] 13 years per version[30] 2023-06-20 Common code base for x86-64, Power, System z, Arm64 Slackware, Jurix edge, workstation, server, supercomputer Commercial[31] Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Tails ? Tails Development Team 2009 Template:Wikidata –[g 3] Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian security-focused aimed for anonymity and privacy None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Tiny Core Linux Robert Shingledecker Team Tiny Core 2009 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Independent, inspired from Damn Small Linux portable None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Trisquel GNU/Linux Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam) Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam) 2005 Template:Wikidata 3 years Template:Wikidata 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Ubuntu LTS desktop None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | TurnKey GNU/Linux Alon Swartz, Liraz Siri TurnKey GNU/Linux Team 2008 Template:Wikidata Debian packages as per Debian; TurnKey packages for life of current major version (plus backports per request) Template:Wikidata Debian Social Contract and DFSG Debian server based software appliance library aiming to balance security and ease of use None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Ubuntu and Derivatives[32] Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. 2004 Template:Wikidata
Template:Wikidata 		Standard releases 9 months, LTS releases 5 years. Flavor LTS releases 3 or 5 years. Ubuntu Pro 10 years. Template:Wikidata
Template:Wikidata 		Template:Proprietary Debian general, server, desktop, supercomputer, IBM mainframe None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Univention Corporate Server Univention GmbH Univention GmbH 2004 Template:Wikidata up to 6 months for free Core Edition; up to 7 years if maintenance is purchased, see:[33] Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian home, business, and school Core Edition is free of charge Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Ututo Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera UTUTO dev team 2000 XS 2012 ? 2012-04-27 100% Free: GNU FSDG[3] Ututo XS: Gentoo Linux, Ututo UL: Ubuntu general None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | VectorLinux Robert S. Lange dev team 1999 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Slackware desktop None Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Void Linux Juan Romero Pardines Juan RP and contributors 2008 Rolling Rolling 2022-10-17 Template:Proprietary Independent, partially inspired by FreeBSD/NetBSD general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Webconverger Kai Hendry Webconverger Limited 2007 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian kiosk software, digital signage Commercial Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Xandros Xandros Incorporated Xandros Incorporated 2001 Template:Wikidata ? 2007-07-26 Template:Proprietary Corel Linux ? Commercial Template:Site inactive
Template:Rh | Zentyal eBox Technologies eBox Technologies 2005 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Debian, Ubuntu small business server Some editions are free of charge ?
Template:Rh | Zenwalk Jean-Philippe Guillemin dev team 2004 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Slackware general None Template:Site active
Template:Rh | Zorin OS Zorin Group Zorin Group 2009 Template:Wikidata ? Template:Wikidata Template:Proprietary Ubuntu general, desktop Zorin OS Lite & Core are free, while Business and Ultimate are paid Template:Site active
Distribution Founder Maintainer Initial release year Current stable version Security updates (years) Release date System distribution commitment Forked from Target audience Cost Status

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Technical

The table below shows the default file system, but many Linux distributions support some or all of ext2, ext3, ext4, Btrfs, ReiserFS, Reiser4, JFS, XFS, GFS2, OCFS2, and NILFS. It is possible to install Linux onto most of these file systems. The ext file systems, namely ext2, ext3, and ext4 are based on the original Linux file system.

File systems have been developed by companies to meet their specific needs, by hobbyists, or adapted from Unix, Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. Linux has full support for XFS and JFS, FAT (the DOS file system), and HFS, the main file system for the Macintosh. Support for Microsoft Windows NT's NTFS file system has been developed and is now comparable with other native Unix file systems. CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs' ISO 9660 and Universal Disk Format (UDF) are supported.

Unlike other operating systems, Linux and Unix allow any file system regardless of the medium it is stored on, whether that medium is a magnetic disk, an optical disk (CD, DVD, etc.), a USB flash memory key, or even contained within a file located on another file system. Similarly, many C compilers (mainly GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)), init systems (mainly sysvinit), desktop environments and window managers are widely supported.

Distribution Default Linux kernel Default file system Default init system Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection Reproducible builds
Template:Rh | Alpine Linux Template:Proprietary ext4 openrc none In progress[34]
Template:Rh | ALT Linux Template:Proprietary ext3 systemd KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce No
Template:Rh | Arch Linux Template:Proprietary[35] none[36] systemd Awesome, bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, COSMIC, CuteFish, Deepin, Enlightenment, GNOME, Hyprland, i3, KDE, LXQt, MATE, Qtile, Sway, Xfce[37] In progress[38]
Template:Rh | BLAG Linux-libre ext3 sysvinit GNOME No
Template:Rh | Bodhi Linux Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd Moksha (Enlightenment fork) No
Template:Rh | Canaima Template:Proprietary[35] ? systemd GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce No
Template:Rh | CentOS Template:Proprietary[35] xfs systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | Chakra Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd KDE Plasma Workspaces No
Template:Rh | Chimera Linux Template:Proprietary none dinit GNOME, KDE Plasma No
Template:Rh | Clear Linux OS ? ? ? GNOME
Template:Rh | ClearOS Template:Proprietary ext3 systemd none (Web based) No
Template:Rh | CoreOS Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd None No
Template:Rh | CrunchBang Linux Template:Proprietary ext4 sysvinit Openbox No
Template:Rh | Damn Small Linux Template:Proprietary ext3 sysvinit JWM No
Template:Rh | Debian Linux-libre(debian)[39] with separate non-free binary blobs hosted and sponsored.[35] ext4 systemd GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE[40] In progress[41][42]
Template:Rh | Devuan Template:Proprietary ext4 sysvinit Xfce No
Template:Rh | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre Linux-libre ext4 runit Xfce No
Template:Rh | dyne:bolic Linux-libre ? systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | Fedora Template:Proprietary btrfs[43] systemd GNOME (default Workstation Edition), Spins for: KDE, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE (with Compiz), i3, LXQt, LXDE, Phosh, Sway and Budgie In progress[44]
Template:Rh | Funtoo Template:Proprietary none openrc None No
Template:Rh | Gentoo By default, there are no binary blobs in the kernel. Binary blobs can be installed, but the user must edit a file to accept any license. [45] none openrc Awesome, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE-Meta, Openbox, XBMC and Xfce (live DVD)[46] No
Template:Rh | gNewSense Linux-libre(debian), and (unlike Debian) blobs cannot be installed[39] ext3 sysvinit GNOME No
Template:Rh | Guix System Linux-libre, Hurd (in progress)[47][48] ext4 GNU Shepherd GNOME, Xfce, MATE, Enlightenment, Openbox, awesome, i3, ratpoison, EXWM In progress[49][50]
Template:Rh | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Linux-libre none openrc[51] none No
Template:Rh | Kali Linux Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | Knoppix Template:Proprietary xfs microknoppix LXDE No
Template:Rh | LibreCMC[52] Template:Proprietary ext4 busybox-init none No
Template:Rh | Linux Mint[53] Template:Proprietary[35] ext4 systemd MATE, Cinnamon, KDE 4, XFCE No
Template:Rh | Mageia Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME No
Template:Rh | Mandriva Linux Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd KDE Plasma Workspaces No
Template:Rh | Manjaro Linux Template:Proprietary none[54] systemd Xfce, KDE, GNOME[55] No
Template:Rh | MEPIS Template:Proprietary ext4 sysvinit KDE Plasma Workspaces No
Template:Rh | MIRACLE LINUX Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | Musix GNU+Linux[56] Linux-libre ext4 initscripts LXDE No
Template:Rh | NixOS Template:Proprietary or Linux-libre[57] none systemd GNOME or KDE Plasma (Default), CDE, Cinnamon, Enlightment, Kodi, Lumina, LXQt, MATE, Pantheon, Phosh, RetroArch, Xfce, Xterm. 40 window managers[58] In progress[59]
Template:Rh | OpenELEC Template:Proprietary SquashFS shell script XBMC Media Center No
Template:Rh | openSUSE Template:Proprietary btrfs systemd KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, Xfce In progress[60]
Template:Rh | OpenWrt Template:Proprietary overlayfs+SquashFS/JFFS2[61] procd[62] none In progress[63]
Template:Rh | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre Linux-libre none openrc or systemd none No
Template:Rh | Pardus Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd KDE Plasma Workspaces No
Template:Rh | Parsix Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | PCLinuxOS Template:Proprietary none sysvinit KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce, Enlightenment, Openbox No
Template:Rh | Pentoo Template:Proprietary SquashFS openrc Enlightenment No
Template:Rh | Porteus Template:Proprietary ? sysvinit KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Openbox, Razor-qt No
Template:Rh | Puppy Linux Template:Proprietary SquashFS containing ext2 busybox-init JWM No
Template:Rh | PureOS Linux-libre(debian). Binary blobs are not hosted and discouraged while can be manually installed.[64] ext4 systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Template:Proprietary xfs systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | Rxart Desktop Template:Proprietary ext3 ? KDE Plasma Workspaces No
Template:Rh | Sabayon Linux Template:Proprietary ext4[65] systemd KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME No
Template:Rh | Scientific Linux Template:Proprietary ext4 sysvinit, systemd[66] GNOME No
Template:Rh | Slackware Template:Proprietary[35] ? RC.d and sysvinit compatible KDE, XFCE Fluxbox, Blackbox, fvwm2 twm No
Template:Rh | Slax Template:Proprietary SquashFS sysvinit KDE Plasma Workspaces No
Template:Rh | SliTaz GNU/Linux Template:Proprietary ext3 busybox-init Openbox No
Template:Rh | Solus Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd Budgie, Gnome, MATE, KDE No
Template:Rh | Source Mage GNU/Linux Template:Proprietary ext2 simpleinit-msb none No
Template:Rh | SteamOS Template:Proprietary btrfs, ext4[67] systemd Template:Proprietary No
Template:Rh | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Template:Proprietary[35] btrfs[68] systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | Tails Template:Proprietary[35] ? systemd GNOME Template:Partial success[69][70]
Template:Rh | Trisquel Linux-libre ? systemd MATE No
Template:Rh | TurnKey GNU/Linux Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd none - headless server by design; provides Webmin for administration No
Template:Rh | Ubuntu/Edubuntu Template:Proprietary[35] ext4[71] systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | Ubuntu GNOME Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd GNOME 3 No
Template:Rh | Ubuntu MATE Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd MATE No
Template:Rh | Kubuntu Template:Proprietary ext4[71] systemd KDE Plasma Workspaces No
Template:Rh | Xubuntu Template:Proprietary ext4[71] systemd Xfce No
Template:Rh | Lubuntu Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd LXQt No
Template:Rh | Ututo Ututo XS (stable) is de-blobbed with Linux-libre tools.[72] Ututo UL (development) uses Linux-libre. Ututo UL means "Ubuntu-Libre" ext3 systemd GNOME No
Template:Rh | VectorLinux Template:Proprietary ReiserFS sysvinit KDE, Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfce No
Template:Rh | Void Linux Template:Proprietary none runit none No
Template:Rh | Webconverger Template:Proprietary gitfs sysvinit dwm enforcing a Browser-only interface No
Template:Rh | XBMC Live Template:Proprietary ext3 systemd XBMC Media Center No
Template:Rh | Zentyal Template:Proprietary ext4 systemd LXDE No
Template:Rh | Zenwalk Template:Proprietary ext4 sysvinit Xfce No
Distribution Default Linux kernel Default file system Default init system Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection Reproducible builds

Instruction set architecture support

Linux kernel portability to instruction set architectures other than x86, was an early feature added to the kernel.

Distribution x86 x86-64 arm ia64 ppc[73] ppc64 sparc32 sparc64 hppa[74] loongarch64 mips[75] sh s390 s390x alpha[76] m68k[77] riscv
Template:Rh | Alpine Linux Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes No No riscv64
3.20+
Template:Rh | Arch Linux Unofficial[78]
Official discontinued 2017-11-08[79] 		Yes Unofficial[80] No Discontinued unofficial port Unofficial[81] No No No Unofficial[82] No No No No No No Unofficial[83]
Template:Rh | BackTrack Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux[84] Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | BLAG Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Bodhi Linux Yes Yes Discontinued
2013-10-23[85] 		No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | BOSS Linux Yes Yes ? No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | CentOS AltArch Yes AltArch Discontinued
3.5-3.8
4.1-4.7[86] 		Beta, Discontinued
4.0 		AltArch Beta
4.2[86][87] 		No No No No No Discontinued
3.5-3.8
4.1-4.7[86][88] 		Discontinued
3.5-3.8
4.1-4.7[86][88] 		Discontinued
4.2-4.3[86][89][90] 		No No
Template:Rh | Chakra No Yes ? No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Chimera Linux No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes
Template:Rh | Clear Linux OS ? Yes ? ? No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | CRUX Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Debian[91] Yes Yes
4.0+ 		Yes
2.2+ 		Discontinued
3.0-7.0[92] 		Discontinued
2.2-8 		Yes Discontinued
2.1-4.0[93] 		Discontinued
-7[94] 		Discontinued
3.0-5.0 		Official port requested[95] Yes
3.0+ 		In progress Discontinued
3.0-7 		Yes
7+ 		Discontinued
2.1-5.0 		Discontinued
2.0-3.1 		Officially testing[96]
Template:Rh | Devuan Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | dyne:bolic Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Fedora[97] Discontinued from
Fedora 30
 		Yes Yes[98] Discontinued from
Fedora 9
[99] 		Discontinued from
Fedora 17
 		Yes No Inactive from
Fedora 12[100] 		No In progress Inactive from
Fedora 13
[101] 		No No Yes No No In progress[102]
Template:Rh | Finnix Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Gentoo[103] Yes Yes Yes[104] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[105] Yes[106][107] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[108]
Template:Rh | gNewSense Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Guix System[109] Yes Yes Yes, ARMv7 and AArch64 No No No No No No No No No No No No No In progress[110]
Template:Rh | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Yes Yes No No No In progress[111] No No No No No No No No No No In progress[112]
Template:Rh | Kali Linux Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | LibreCMC No No No No No No No No No No Yes XBurst No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Manjaro Linux Yes
Unofficial[113] 		Yes Yes[114] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | MEPIS Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | MIRACLE LINUX Discontinued
8.0 		Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Musix GNU+Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | NixOS Unofficial Yes Yes No Unofficial Unofficial No No No No No No Unofficial Unofficial No Unofficial Unofficial
Template:Rh | OpenELEC Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | openSUSE Leap No Yes v7 64 No No ppc64le No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | openSUSE Tumbleweed Yes Yes v6 v7 64 No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No RV64G
Template:Rh | OpenWrt[115] Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | Oracle Linux[116] Yes Yes No Discontinued
5[117] 		No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre Yes Yes Yes, ARMv7[118][119] No No Test release[120] No No No No Discontinued[121] No No No No No Test release[122]
Template:Rh | Red Flag Linux Discontinued
8.0[123] 		Discontinued
8.0[123] 		No Discontinued
3[124] 		No Discontinued
3[124] 		No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Red Hat Linux[125] Discontinued
9.0 		No No Discontinued
7.1-7.2 		Test release
5.1[126] 		No Discontinued
4.0-4.2
5.1-6.2 		Test release
5.1[126] 		No No Test release
5.1[126] 		No Discontinued
7.2 		Yes Discontinued
2.1-7.1 		Test release
5.1[126] 		No
Template:Rh | Red Hat Enterprise Linux[127] Discontinued
2.1-6[128] 		Yes
3+ 		Yes[129] Discontinued
2.1-5[130] 		Yes
3+ 		Yes
3+ 		No No No No No No Discontinued
3-4[131] 		Yes
3+ 		No No No
Template:Rh | Sabayon Linux Discontinued Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Scientific Linux Yes Yes No Discontinued
3-4 		No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | SHR No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Slackware Yes Yes Yes No No No Discontinued
?[132] 		No No No No No Discontinued
?[133] 		Discontinued
?[133] 		Discontinued
8.1[134] 		No No
Template:Rh | Solus No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Source Mage GNU/Linux Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No ? No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server[135] Yes Yes AArch64 only[136] Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No
Template:Rh | Trisquel GNU/Linux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | TurnKey GNU/Linux Selected ISOs
available 		Yes No - but under development by community No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu Discontinued from
Ubuntu 20.04
 		Yes Yes, including 64-bit ARMv8-A No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Ubuntu only, 16.04+[137] No No No
Template:Rh | Ututo Yes Yes No No No No No No No In progress No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Void Linux Yes Yes Yes No Unofficial[138] Unofficial[138] No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | XBMCbuntu Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Yellow Dog Linux No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Distribution x86 x86-64 arm ia64 ppc ppc64 sparc32 sparc64 hppa loongson mips sh s390 s390x alpha m68k riscv

Package management and installation

Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate. Some distributions like Debian tend to separate tools into different packages – usually stable release, development release, documentation and debug. Also counting the source package number varies. For debian and rpm based entries it is just the base to produce binary packages, so the total number of packages is the number of binary packages. For Arch based entries, it is additional.

Distribution Free software repositories Approximate number of pre-compiled packages Approximate number of source packages Default package management tool(s) Package format Default installer Graphical installation process Netinstall Netboot
Template:Rh | Alpine Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[139][140] ? apk .apk setup-alpine No ? iPXE[141]
Template:Rh | ALT Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[142] ? APT (APT-RPM), RPM RPM Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Arch Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[143] Template:Nts from AUR[144] Pacman .pkg.tar.zst[145] arch-install-scripts[146] and archinstaller[147] No Yes iPXE
Template:Rh | BLAG Free only Template:Nts[148] ? RPM, yum, APT RPM Yes No No
Template:Rh | Bodhi Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] ? APT .dpkg Ubiquity Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Canaima Free, and nonfree ? ? APT .deb debian-installer Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | CentOS Free, and nonfree Template:NtsTemplate:Efn[150] ? RPM, yum/up2date RPM Anaconda Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Chakra Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[151] Template:Nts[152] Pacman (to be replaced by Akabei in future) .pkg.tar.xz Package manager in development ? ?
Template:Rh | Chimera Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts Template:Nts apk .apk None No Yes No
Template:Rh | ClearOS Free, and nonfree Template:Efn ? RPM, yum RPM No ? ?
Template:Rh | Clear Linux OS ? ? ? Swupd ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | CrunchBang Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] ? APT .deb Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Debian Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[149] Template:NtsTemplate:Efn APT .deb Debian-Installer Yes Yes PXE
Template:Rh | Devuan Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] ? APT .deb Debian-Installer Yes Yes PXE
Template:Rh | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre Free only Template:Nts ? pkgsystem .tlz ? No No No
Template:Rh | dyne:bolic Free only ? ? APT .deb Debian-Installer Yes No No
Template:Rh | Fedora Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[153] Template:Nts[154] DNF, yum, PackageKit RPM Anaconda Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Gentoo Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[155][156] Template:Nts[157]Template:Efn Portage .ebuild, .tbz2 None (third-party install scripts only) YesTemplate:Efn Yes PXE
Template:Rh | gNewSense Free only ? ? APT .deb Debian-Installer Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | Guix System Free only Template:Nts[158] Template:Nts Guix .scm, .go guix system init[159] Yes[160] Yes[161] No
Template:Rh | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Free only Template:Nts[162] ? Pacman .pkg.tar.lz None (third-party install scripts only) No Yes ?
Template:Rh | Knoppix Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] ? APT .deb No ? ?
Template:Rh | LibreCMC Free only Template:Nts ? ? ? No No No
Template:Rh | Linux Mint Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] ? APT .deb Ubiquity Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Mageia Free, and nonfree Template:Nts (i586), Template:Nts (x86-64)[163] Template:Nts[164] urpmi, rpmdrake RPM DrakX Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Mandriva Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? urpmi, rpmdrake RPM DrakX Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Manjaro Linux Free, and nonfree ? Template:Efn[144] Pacman .pkg.tar.xz Calamares[165] Yes[166] Yes iPXE
Template:Rh | MEPIS Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] ? APT .deb MEPIS Install Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | MIRACLE LINUX Free, and nonfree Template:Nts Template:Nts RPM, yum, dnf RPM Anaconda Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | Musix GNU+Linux Free only Template:Nts ? APT .deb Debian-Installer Yes No No
Template:Rh | NixOS Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[167] Template:Nts[168] nix .nix Calamares Yes Yes[169] Yes[170]
Template:Rh | OpenELEC Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[171] ? XBMCbuntu addon manager, own and 3rd party addons .zip Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | openSUSE Free, and nonfree Template:Nts with PackMan[172] Template:Nts YaST, Zypper RPM YaST Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | OpenWrt Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? opkg .ipk - No ? ?
Template:Rh | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre Free only Template:Nts[173] ? Pacman .pkg.tar.xz None (third-party install scripts only) or Calamares Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | Pardus Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? APT .deb Debian-Installer Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Parsix Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] Template:Nts APT .deb Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | PCLinuxOS Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? APT, RPM RPM Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Puppy Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? PupGet, DotPup .pup, .pet Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts (plus Template:Nts from EPEL[174]) ? RPM, yum RPM Anaconda Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Rxart Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] ? APT .deb Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Sabayon Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Efn ? Portage, Entropy ebuild, .tbz2 Calamares Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Scientific Free, and nonfree Template:Efn ? APT/yum RPM Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Slackware Free, and nonfree Template:Nts Template:Nts from SlackBuilds[175] slackpkg tgz, .txz, .tlz, .tbz bash script[176] No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Slax Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? none .lzm ? ?
Template:Rh | SliTaz GNU/Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts[177] ? Tazpkg .tazpkg tazinst Yes iPXE iPXE
Template:Rh | Solus Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? eopkg .eopkg os-installer Yes No No
Template:Rh | Source Mage GNU/Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts Template:Nts Sorcery Package Manager src Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | SUSE Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts Template:Nts YaST, Zypper RPM YaST Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Tiny Core Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? ab, tce-load tcz tc-install, core2usb Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Tiny SliTaz Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? Web site[178] tazpkg No ? iPXE
Template:Rh | Trisquel Free only Template:Nts[179] ? APT .deb Ubiquity Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | TurnKey GNU/Linux Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] (plus ≈30 custom packages) Template:NtsTemplate:Efn (currently TurnKey only supplies source code for custom packages) APT .deb DI-Live (custom fork of Debian Installer) No No No
Template:Rh | Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu Free, and nonfree Template:NtsTemplate:Efn[149][180] Template:NtsTemplate:Efn APT .deb Ubiquity Yes Yes PXE
Template:Rh | Ututo Free only Template:Nts ? UTUTO Package Manager ebuild ? ? No No
Template:Rh | Vector Linux Free, and nonfree ? ? slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg tgz Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Void Linux Free, nonfree and multilib Template:Nts Template:Nts xbps .xbps ncurses script Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | XBMC Live Free, and nonfree ? ? APT .deb No ? ?
Template:Rh | Zentyal Free, and nonfree Template:Efn[149] ? APT .deb dpkg Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Zenwalk Free, and nonfree Template:Nts ? netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg tgz, txz Yes ? ?
Distribution Free software repositories Approximate number of pre-compiled packages Approximate number of source packages Default package management tools Package format Default installer Graphical installation process Netinstall Netboot

Live media

Distribution Size of media (MB) RAM use (MB) Boots from CD Boots from DVD Installable live CD/DVD Installable from USB
Template:Rh | Alpine Linux Template:Nts (Virtual) Template:Nts (Xen)[181] Template:Nts Template:Nts[182] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Arch Linux Template:Nts Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | AUSTRUMI Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | BLAG Linux and GNU Template:Nts ? Yes No ?
Template:Rh | Bodhi Linux Template:Nts Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | CentOS Template:Nts (Minimal) Template:Nts (DVD) Yes Yes Yes (installable since 6.0) Yes
Template:Rh | Chakra Template:Nts No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Chimera Linux Template:Nts to Template:Nts ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Clear Linux OS Template:Nts ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | Damn Small Linux Template:Nts[183]+[184] Template:Nts[183] to Template:Nts[184] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Debian Template:Nts[185][186] Template:Nts[187] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Devuan Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre Template:Nts ? Yes ? ? ?
Template:Rh | dyne:bolic Template:Nts ? up to version 2.x Yes ? ?
Template:Rh | Fedora Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Gentoo Template:Nts (Minimal) Template:Nts (Live DVD) Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | gNewSense[188] Template:Nts Template:Nts ? ? Yes ?
Template:Rh | Grml Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Guix System[189] Template:Nts Template:Nts No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Template:Nts ? up to version 0.3.x Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Knoppix CD Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Only DVD edition is maintained
Template:Rh | Knoppix DVD Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts No Yes
Template:Rh | LibreCMC ? ? No No No No
Template:Rh | Mandriva Linux One Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Manjaro Linux Template:Nts to Template:Nts[190] Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | MEPIS Template:Nts to Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Musix GNU+Linux Template:Nts ? No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Nanolinux Template:Nts Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | NixOS Template:Nts (Minimal) Template:Nts (Plasma) Template:Nts (GNOME) ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | openGEU Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes
Template:Rh | openSUSE (Not 42.1) Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | OpenWrt Template:Nts Template:Nts No No No No
Template:Rh | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre Template:Nts to Template:Nts ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Pardus Template:Nts to Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | PCLinuxOS Template:Nts to Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Pentoo Template:Nts and Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes By hand[191] By hand
Template:Rh | Porteus Template:Nts to Template:Nts Template:Nts ? ? Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Puppy Linux (Slacko) Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Puredyne Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Sabayon Linux Live CD Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Sabayon Linux Live DVD Template:Nts No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Scientific Linux Template:Nts to Template:Nts[192] Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Slackware Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts[193] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Slax Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Solus Template:Nts Template:Nts No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | SystemRescueCD Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | SliTaz GNU/Linux Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Tails Template:Nts Template:Nts No Yes Yes Yes (when run from DVD)
Template:Rh | Tiny Core Linux Template:Nts (Core) Template:Nts (Core Plus)[194] Template:Nts to Template:Nts[195] Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Tiny SliTaz Template:Nts Template:Nts Yes Yes By SliTaz By SliTaz
Template:Rh | Trisquel Template:Nts[196] Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | TurnKey GNU/Linux Core (base) appliance ISO Template:Nts Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Ubuntu Template:Nts[197] Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Edubuntu Template:Nts[198] Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Kubuntu Template:Nts[199] Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Xubuntu Template:Nts[200] Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Ututo Template:Nts ? No Yes Yes ?
Template:Rh | XBMC Live Template:Nts Template:Nts to Template:Nts Yes No Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Zentyal Template:Nts Template:Nts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Distribution Size of media (MB) RAM use (MB) Boots from CD Boots from DVD Installable live CD/DVD Installable from USB

Security features

Distribution Compile time buffer checks Mandatory access control Software executable space protection grsecurity RSBAC
Template:Rh | Alpine Linux Yes[201] Un­known PaX Discontinued in 3.8.0 Un­known
Template:Rh | Arch Linux Un­known SELinux(Unofficial)[202],AppArmor Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | BLAG Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | Android (operating system) Yes Yes, since Android Marshmallow Optional Optional Optional
Template:Rh | Clear Linux OS Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | Debian Yes SELinux, AppArmor PaX optional Optional Optional
Template:Rh | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | dyne:bolic Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | Fedora Yes SELinux[203] Exec Shield[204] No No
Template:Rh | Gentoo Optional SELinux, AppArmor PaX optional Optional Optional
Template:Rh | gNewSense Un­known SELinux, AppArmorTemplate:Efn Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | Guix System Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | LibreCMC Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | Mandriva Un­known AppArmor Un­known Un­known Yes
Template:Rh | MIRACLE LINUX Un­known SELinux Un­known No Un­known
Template:Rh | Musix GNU+Linux Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre Un­known Optional[205] Un­known Optional[205] Un­known
Template:Rh | Slackware Un­known AppArmor, tomoyo Un­known Un­known Optional
Template:Rh | SUSE Linux Yes AppArmor[206] Hardware NX and other methods in mainline kernel and toolchain[207] No No
Template:Rh | Solus Yes AppArmor Un­known No Un­known
Template:Rh | Trisquel Un­known SELinux, AppArmorTemplate:Efn Un­known Un­known Un­known
Template:Rh | Ubuntu Yes[208] SELinux, AppArmor [208] PaX optional Optional Optional
Template:Rh | Ututo Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known Un­known

Apple Silicon Support

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Distribution Direct Install Working Virtualisation Community Version
Kali Un­known Yes[209] Template:N/A
Ubuntu Un­known Yes[210] Template:N/A
Fedora Un­known Yes[211] Template:N/A

See also

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Notes

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References

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External links

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  53. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  54. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  55. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  56. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  57. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  58. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  59. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  60. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  61. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  62. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  63. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  64. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  65. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  66. ↑ Prior to v7.0, Scientific Linux used sysvinit. Since v7.0, it uses systemd. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  67. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  68. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  69. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  70. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  71. ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  72. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  73. ↑ [1] Template:Dead link
  74. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  75. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  76. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  77. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  78. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  79. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  80. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  81. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  82. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  83. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  84. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  85. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  86. ↑ a b c d e Template:Cite mailing list
  87. ↑ Template:Cite mailing list
  88. ↑ a b Template:Cite mailing list
  89. ↑ Template:Cite mailing list
  90. ↑ Template:Cite mailing list
  91. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  92. ↑ Template:Cite mailing list
  93. ↑ Template:Cite mailing list
  94. ↑ Template:Cite mailing list
  95. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  96. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  97. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  98. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  99. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  100. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  101. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  102. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  103. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  104. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  105. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  106. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  107. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  108. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  109. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  110. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  111. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  112. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  113. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  114. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  115. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  116. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  117. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  118. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  119. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  120. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  121. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  122. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  123. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  124. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  125. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  126. ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  127. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  128. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  129. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  130. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  131. ↑ RHEL 4 is the last version to support 31-bit s390. RHEL 5 only supports 64-bit s390x.
  132. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  133. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  134. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  135. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  136. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  137. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  138. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  139. ↑ apk list command, Alpine Linux v3.13
  140. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  141. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  142. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  143. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  144. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  145. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  146. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  147. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  148. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  149. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  150. ↑ yum list all command, CentOS Linux 8
  151. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  152. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  153. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  154. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  155. ↑ eix -- -bin$ command, Gentoo Linux (8 April 2025)
  156. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  157. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  158. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  159. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  160. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  161. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  162. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  163. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  164. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  165. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  166. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  167. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  168. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  169. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  170. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  171. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  172. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  173. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  174. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  175. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  176. ↑ found this in /usr/lib/setup/setup
  177. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  178. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  179. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  180. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  181. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  182. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  183. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  184. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  185. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  186. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  187. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  188. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  189. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  190. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  191. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  192. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  193. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  194. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  195. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  196. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  197. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  198. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  199. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  200. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  201. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  202. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  203. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  204. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  205. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  206. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  207. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  208. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  209. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  210. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  211. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".


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