User:Andrew-King/sandbox/List of rolling release software distributions

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Tables of rolling release software distributions[edit]

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Arch related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of Arch related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS PM SP BA UI Info Site Rank
Arch Linux None Linux Full ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE) None pkg ABS + PKGBUILDs ❚b K4 G B F O I W μ ⚒ ♮ —– ñ " 𝓦 § [ &] ⬇ №6 (1116↑)√
Arch Hurd Arch Hurd Full ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE) None pkg ABS + PKGBUILDs ❚b O ⚡ ♮ —– ñ [ "] [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇] —
ArchBang Arch Linux Full ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE) None pkg ABS + PKGBUILDs O ⚡ ♮ ñ " [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇] №37 (284↑)
CTKArch Arch Linux Full ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE) None pkg ABS + PKGBUILDs O ⚡ ♮ ñ " [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇] №113 (73-)
Chakra Linux Arch (fork) Linux Part (¬core) ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE) Shaman2 (GUI), CInstall (GTK) pkg ABS + PKGBUILDs K4M ⚡ ♮ —– ñ " 𝓦 [ &] ⬇ №13 (561↑)
KahelOS Arch Linux Full ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE) ? ? ? pkg ABS + PKGBUILDs G3 X ⚡ ♮ —– ñ [ "] [ ⬇] —
Parabola Linux Arch Linux Full ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE) None pkg ABS + PKGBUILDs ❚b K G B F O I W ??? μ ⚒ ♮ – — List of Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation|☑ ñ " [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇] —
Debian related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of Debian related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS PM SP UI Info Site Rank
DebianCUT Debian (testing) Linux Full dpkg (BE), APT (FE) Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI) deb K4 G3 G2 X L F ⚡ ♮ —–
aptosid Debian (unstable) Linux Full dpkg (BE), APT (FE) Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI) deb K4 X F ⚡ ♮ —– " 𝓦 & ⬇ №44 ()
antiX Debian (testing) + MEPIS Linux Cyclic dpkg (BE), APT (FE) Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI) deb I F ⚡ μ [ "] [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇] №51 ()
Linux Mint (LMDE & Xfce) Debian (testing) + Linux Mint tools Linux Cyclic / Opt* dpkg (BE), APT (FE) Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI), Mint Software Manager & Update Manager (GUI) deb G3M G3 G2 M X ⚡ ❐ ☺ —– [ "] [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇] *№2 ()
Epidemic Linux Debian Linux ? ? ? dpkg (BE), APT (FE) Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI) deb K4 L O ⚡ " [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇] №159 ()
Vanillux Linux Debian Linux ? ? ? dpkg (BE), APT (FE) Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI) deb G3 ⚡ ♮ α " 𝓦 ? # ⬇ —
∗ Note: Linux Mint uses an Ubuntu Linux base for standard releases and a Debian Linux base for rolling releases.

Fedora related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of Fedora related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS PM SP UI Info Site Rank
Fuduntu Fedora Linux ? RPM (BE), YUM (FE) PackageKit rpm G2 ⚡ —– © netbook [ "] [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇] №67 ()
Gentoo related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of Gentoo related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS PM BA SP UI Info Site Rank
Gentoo Linux None Linux Full Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz ❚b K G X L B F O A I W ⚙ ♮ —– μ ⚒ " 𝓦 & ⬇ №18 ()
Hardened Gentoo Gentoo Linux Full Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz ❚b K G X L B F O A I W ⚙ ♮ —– μ ⚒ shield " 𝓦 & ⬇ —
Gentoo Prefix Gentoo/Alt & Host OS Host kernel Full Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz ❚b K G X L B F O A I W ⚙ ♮ —– μ ⚒ " 𝓦 & ⬇
Gentoo/ DragonFly BSD Gentoo/Alt, Gentoo/*BSD & DragonFly BSD DragonFly BSD kernel Full Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz ❚b K G X L B F O A I W ⚙ ♮ – μ ⚒ " —
Gentoo/ FreeBSD Gentoo/Alt, Gentoo/*BSD & FreeBSD FreeBSD kernel Full Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz ❚ K G X L B F O A I W ⚙ – μ ⚒ " —
Gentoo/ NetBSD Gentoo/Alt, Gentoo/*BSD & NetBSD NetBSD kernel Full Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz ❚b K G X L B F O A I W ⚙ ♮ – μ ⚒ " —
Gentoo/ OpenBSD Gentoo/Alt, Gentoo/*BSD & OpenBSD OpenBSD kernel Full Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz ❚b K G X L B F O A I W ⚙ ♮ – μ ⚒ " —
Tin Hat Hardened Gentoo (fork) Linux ??? Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz ??? ⚙ ♮ — ??? " [? 𝓦] [? ⬇] №? ()
Funtoo Gentoo Linux Full Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz ❚b K G X L B F O A I W ⚙ ♮ — ▂ ⚒ " 𝓦 ⬇ №214 ()
Calculate Gentoo Linux Full Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz K4 G3 X ⚡ ⚙ ♮ ? ? ? №65 ()
Toorox Gentoo Linux Part (¬wrap) Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz K4 G3 ⚡ ⚙ ♮ ❐ " N F ⬇ №72 ()
Sabayon Gentoo Linux Full Portage, Entropy Emerge (CLI), Equo & Sulfur (Entropy GUI) ebuild tbz K4 G3 X L E17 O F ⚡ ❐ ☺ " 𝓦 Î ) ⬇ №11 ()
Chromium OS Gentoo & Ubuntu Ubuntu kernel ? ? ? Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz Chromium UI ⚙ ☁ α – " [ ⬇] —
Chrome OS Gentoo & Ubuntu Ubuntu kernel ? ? ? Portage Emerge (CLI) ebuild tbz Chrome UI ⚙ ☁ ❐ ☺ œ? " —
LFS related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of LFS related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS UI Info Site Rank
LFS LFS ebook Linux User ? ? ? ❚ K G F ⚙ ♮ – — ▂ ⚒ ℹ " 𝓦 N ✉ [1] ⬇ №87 ()
BLFS LFS & BLFS ebooks Linux User ? ? ? ❚ K G F ⚙ ♮ – — ▂ ⚒ ℹ " W N ✉ [2] ⬇ -
NuTyX LFS & CRUX Linux Full Pkgutils + ports K4 X O ∂ ♮ [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇] №127 ()
Mandriva related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of Mandriva related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS PM SP UI Info Site Rank
Unity Linux Mandriva Linux Full RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE) Smart (GUI) rpm O ⚡ – μ [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇] №35 ()
SAMity Mandriva, Unity Linux Full RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE) Smart (GUI) rpm X ⚡ – [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
TinyMe Mandriva, Unity Linux Full RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE) Smart (GUI) rpm O ⚡ – μ [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
Unite17 (formerly PCe17OS) Mandriva, Unity Linux Full RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE) Smart (GUI) rpm E17 ⚡ – [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
HUMANity Mandriva, Unity Linux Full RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE) Smart (GUI) rpm E17e ⚡ – [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
Synergy Linux Mandriva, Unity Linux Full RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE) Smart (GUI) rpm [[?] ⚡ – [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
Granular Linux Mandriva, Unity Linux Full RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE) Smart (GUI) rpm K & E ⚡ – [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
PCLinuxOS Mandriva (fork) Linux Part (¬core) RPM (BE), APT-RPM (FE) Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI) rpm K4 G3 X L E17 O F I ∂ ⋌ ⚡ ❐ ☺ – [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇] №7 ()
Phinx Desktop Mandriva (fork), PCLinuxOS Linux Part (¬core) RPM (BE), APT-RPM (FE) Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI) rpm X ⚡ ❐ ☺ – [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
rPath related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of rPath related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS PM SP UI Info Site Rank
rPath None Linux Full Conary PackageKit? ? K G ⚡ " F 𝓦 ⬇ №203 (28-)
Foresight rPath Linux Full Conary PackageKit ? ? ? G3 K4 X ⚡ " F 𝓦 D ⬇ №83 (115-)
Slackware related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of Slackware related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS BA SP UI Info Site Rank
Frugalware Slackware (fork) Linux ? ? ? Pacman-G2, PackageKit?, GFPM FPM-Build? fpm K4 G3 X L B F O I W ⚡ – " 𝓦 & ⬇ №42 ()
Sorcerer related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of Sorcerer related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS BA UI Info Site Rank
Sorcerer None Linux Full Sorcery spell ❚ ⚙ ♮ – ▂ ⚒ " [ ⬇] №171 ()
Source Mage Sorcerer Linux Full Sorcery spell ❚ ⋌ ⚙ ♮ —– ▂ ⚒ " [ 𝓦] [ ⬇] №225 ()
Lunar Sorcerer Linux Full Lunar module ❚ ⋌ ⚙ ♮ – ▂ ⚒ " 𝓦 ⬇ №94 ()
SUSE related rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of SUSE related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS PM SP UI Info Site Rank
openSUSE* SLED Linux Opt RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE) Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI) ypm K4 G3 X L B F O I W ⚡ ❐ —– [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇] *№5 (1380↑)
KDE-Four* openSUSE Linux Opt RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE) Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI) ypm K4 ⚡ ❐ —– [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
KDE-Reloded* openSUSE Linux Opt RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE) Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI) ypm K4 ⚡ ❐ —– [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
Petite Linux* openSUSE Linux Opt RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE) Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI) ypm E17 ⚡ ❐ —– [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
SOAD* openSUSE Linux Opt RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE) Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI) ypm E17 ⚡ ❐ —– [ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
∗ Note: With Tumbleweed software repository enabled.
Other rolling release software distributions[edit]
Table of Other rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro Base Kernel Model PMS PM SP UI Info Site DWRank
Yoper None Linux Full RPM5 (BE), APT-RPM (FE) Smart (GUI) rpm K4 X L F ⚡ ❐ – " 𝓦 [ ⬇] №192 ()


Key for abbreviations, acronyms, legends & symbols used in the tables

Key for abbreviations, acronyms legends & symbols used in the tables[edit]

Software development model (Model)[edit]

Full = Fully rolling; Cyclic = Cyclically rolling; Opt = Optionally rolling; Part = Partially rolling; ¬core = Non-rolling core; ¬wrap = Non-rolling wrapper.

Package management system (PMS)[edit]

PMS = Package management system
PM = Package manager
SP = Software package binary file file format.
BA = Build automation install script.
In the tables above, bold signifies default package manager & install method.

User Interface (UI)[edit]

Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)[edit]

Desktop environment (DE): K = KDE, G = GNOME, X = Xfce, L = LXDE
KDE versions & forks: K4 = KDE4, K4M = KDEmod, K3 = KDE3, T = Trinity.
GNOME versions & forks: G3 = GNOME3, G3M = GNOME3 Mint, U = Unity, G2 = GNOME2, M = MATE.
Window manager (WM): E = Enlightenment, B = Blackbox, F = Fluxbox, O = Openbox, A = AfterStep, I = IceWM, W = Wmaker
Enlightenment Versions: E17 = Enlightenment17, E17E = Enlightenment17+Ecomorph, E16 = Enlightenment16.

Other interfaces[edit]

Command-line interface (CLI): ❚b = Bash
Text-based user interface (TUI):

Note: In the tables above, Bold signifies default UI(s).

Information (Info)[edit]

† = Discontinued; ;= Dormant; ∂ = Partially derived (from parent distro); ⋌ = Forked (from parent distro); ℹ = Distro exits only as self-build instruction manual & information; ▂ = Minimal base install;

Distro related[edit]

⚡ = Live distro; ❐ = Out of the box distro; μ = Micro distro; ☠ = Barebone distro (minimal base system only); ⚒ = Homebuilt/DIY distro (built from scratch); cup = Homebrew distro; spin = "Spin your own" distro; ✂ = Cutting edge distro; (or droplet?) ⚔ = Bleeding edge distro; ñ= K.I.S.S. distro; ♫ = Multimedia distro. (⏏❚♪✏✎✐✉)

Software related[edit]

⚙ = Compiled software (software's compiled from source code); ☁ = Cloud software; ♮ = Vanilla software; $ = Commercial software; © = Proprietary software; œ= CSS. –= OSS; = FOSS —= Free software; ☑ = FSF-endorsed software; ? = Community developed software; ? = Corporate sponsored software;

Computer related[edit]

☺ = suitable for newbies / user-friendly; ? = suitable for desktops; ? = suitable for netbooks; ? = suitable for old computers; ? = suitable for servers;

Website (Site)[edit]

" = Software project Website; 𝓦 = Software project Wiki; ⬇ = Distro download webpage & = Software documentation; ⊤ = Translation of webpage.

DistroWatch Ranking (Rank)[edit]

№ = DistroWatch Ranking (averaged over the last 12 months); ( ) = Total page-hit count over the last 12 months; ↑ = Page-hit count risen; - = Page-hit count unchanged; ↓ = Page-hit count fallen; * = combined rank of rolling & non-rolling editions.

Others / Miscellaneous[edit]

? ? ? = entry data yet to be entered; – = no known entry data.

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