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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 each noteworthy 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

Basic general information about the distributions: creator or producer, release date and latest version, and so forth.

Distribution Creator Producer First public release (yyyy-MM-dd) Base distribution Latest stable version Latest release date Purpose
64 Studio Daniel James, Free Ekanayaka 64 Studio Ltd. 2005-05-09 Debian 2.0 2007-07-27 multimedia
Alinex Alinex Team, University of Évora Alinex Team, University of Évora 2005-12-06 (0.9) Ubuntu 2.2 2008-03-07 General purpose
aLinux Jay Klepacs Jay Klepacs ? pre-1999-08-19 (1.1) Red Hat Linux 12.8 2006-11-08 desktop
ALT Linux ALT Linux Team ALT Linux Team 2001-03-21 none 4.0 2007-12-27 desktop, workstation, server
Annvix Vincent Danen Vincent Danen 2003-11-? Mandrake Linux server
Arch Linux Judd Vinet dev team 2002-03-11 none 2007.08-2 2007-10-07 general purpose
Ark Linux Bernhard Rosenkraenzer dev team 2003-01-25 none 2008.1 2008-05-14 desktop
Arudius Haidut dev team 2005-11-04 none 0.5 2006-02-06 information assurance, security
Asianux Red Flag Linux, Miracle Linux, Haansoft Linux dev team 2004-06-? RHEL 3.0 2007-09-22 workstation, server
Aurox Software-Wydawnictwo Sp. z oo Aurox Sp. z oo 2002-09-? Fedora 12.0 2006-08-31 general purpose
BLAG Brixton Linux Action Group Brixton Linux Action Group 2002-10-22 Fedora 70000 2007-11-11 desktop
Caixa Mágica Daniel Neves, José Guimarães, Paulo Trezentos Caixa Mágica Software 2000-10-28 Mandriva Linux 12
 2008-02-20 desktop, server
CentOS CentOS Project CentOS Project 2003-12-? RHEL 5.1 2007-12-02 server
CRUX Per Liden CRUX Linux community 2001-01-20 none 2.4 2007-12-22 general purpose
Damn Small Linux John Andrews dev team 2003-?-? Knoppix 4.3 2008-04-22 general purpose
Debian Ian Murdock Debian Project 1993-08-16 none 4.0 (etch) 2007-04-08 general purpose
Desktop Light Linux Henry Jensen Henry Jensen 2002-10-? none 0.7.2 2007-05-18 desktop
DeMuDi AGNULA AGNULA 2002-04-? Debian 1.2.1 2005-11-03 producing audio, video
dyne:bolic Jaromil Jaromil 2001-06-? none 2.5 2007-09-22 producing audio, video
Elive Thanatermesis Thanatermesis 2005-01-01 Debian 1.0 2007-07-05 desktop
EnGarde Secure Linux Guardian Digital, Inc. Guardian Digital, Inc. 2001-?-? none server
Fedora Fedora Project Fedora Project 2003-11-05 Red Hat Linux 9 2008-05-13 general purpose
Finnix Ryan Finnie Ryan Finnie 2000-03-22 Debian 91.0 2008-01-29 server administration
Foresight Linux Ken VanDine dev team 2004-12-? rPath desktop, workstation, gnome showcase
Frugalware Miklos Vajna dev team 2004-09-? Slackware 0.8 2008-03-11 general purpose
Gentoo Linux Daniel Robbins Gentoo Foundation, Inc. 2002-3-? none 2007.0 2007-05-07 general purpose
gNewSense Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley dev team 2006-11-02 Ubuntu (8.04) 2.0 2008-04-30 desktop
Gnoppix Klaus Knopper dev team ? pre-2003-07-17 (0.4) Knoppix 2.12.b1 2005-09-07 live CD
gnuLinEx Regional Government of Extremadura dev team 2002-06-09 Debian 2006 2006-06-20 desktop
GoboLinux Hisham Muhammad, Andre Detsch dev team 2002-06-? none 014.01 2008-03-30 desktop
Impi Linux Gauteng Linux Users Group Impi Linux (Pty) Ltd. 2003-11-? Debian 6.0.1 2006-01-31 desktop
Kanotix Jörg Schirottke (Kano) dev team 2003-12-24 Debian, Knoppix 2007-RC7 2007-12-31 live CD, desktop
Knoppix Klaus Knopper dev team ? pre-2003-01-19 (3.1) Debian 5.3.1 2008-03-27 live CD
KnoppMyth Cecil Watson dev team ? Debian, Knoppix R5F27 2007-09-09 Live Frontend, Desktop
Kurumin Linux Carlos Morimoto GuiadoHardware 2003-01-? Knoppix 7.0 2007-02-21 desktop, live CD
Linspire Lindows.com, Inc. Linspire, Inc. 2002-03-? Debian 6.0 2007-10-10 desktop
Freespire Lindows.com, Inc. Linspire, Inc. 2002-03-? Debian/Ubuntu(developing) 2.0 2007-08-07 desktop
Linux Mint Clement Lefebvre dev team 2006-08-27 Ubuntu 4.0 2007-11-15 desktop
Lunar Linux Chuck Mead, Lunar Penguin Project dev team 2002-03-? Sorcerer 1.6.0 2006-04-06 desktop, workstation
Mandriva Linux Mandrakesoft S.A. Mandriva S.A. 1998-7-23 (5.1 (venice)) Red Hat Linux 2008.1 2008-04-09 general purpose
MontaVista Linux MontaVista Software MontaVista Software 1999-?-? 5.0 2007-03-? embedded systems
Musix GNU+Linux Marcos Guglielmetti ? ? Knoppix, Kanotix, Debian 0.99 2007-03-05 producing audio
NimbleX Bogdan Radulescu Bogdan Radulescu 2005-12-? Slackware 2007 2006-12-25 desktop
Nitix Net Integration Technologies, Inc. Net Integration Technologies, Inc. 2001-?-? none 4.3.2a 2006-10-18 server
Open Enterprise Server on Linux Novell Novell, Inc. dev team 2003 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OES2 2007-10-08 server
openSUSE S.u.S.E. GmbH, SUSE, GmbH Novell, Inc. & openSUSE community 1994-03-? Slackware 10.3 2007-10-04 desktop
Paipix António Amorim António Amorim 2004 Debian 7.10 2007-10-17 science
Pardus TUBITAK TUBITAK 2005 none 2007.3 2007-11-19 general purpose
Parsix Alan Baghumian Parsix Project 2005-01-25 Kanotix, Debian 0.90r2 2007-10-05 desktop
PCLinuxOS Bill Reynolds dev team 2003-11-? Mandriva 2007 2007-05-21 desktop
Pie Box Enterprise Linux PixExcel PixExcel 2004-04-19 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 2006-08-15 general purpose
Puppy Linux Barry Kauler Puppy Foundation 2002-07-12 (0.4) none 3.01 2007-10-15[1] desktop
QiLinux QiLinux team QiLinux team 2003-10-31 (1.0alpha2) none 2.0 2006-08-01 desktop, server
Red Flag Linux Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NewMargin Venture Capital Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. 1999-09-20 Asianux 5.0 2005-11-11 general purpose
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat & Fedora Project Red Hat & Fedora Project 2000-03-27 (RHL 6.2E (Zoot)) Red Hat Linux RHEL 5 (Tikanga) 2007-03-14 business workstation, server, mainframe
Red Hat Linux Red Hat Red Hat 1995-05-13 (1.0) none 9 (Shrike) 2003-03-31 server, workstation, mainframe
Rxart Pixart SRL Pixart SRL 2000-03-? Debian 3-0 2006-04-16 desktop, workstation, server
Sabayon Linux lxnay Design dev team ? Gentoo 3.4f 2007-09-07 desktop
Satux Institute of Technology JRSC (iTJRSC) Institute of Technology JRSC (iTJRSC) 2007 Debian 1.3 2007[2] desktop, end user
Scientific Linux CERN, Fermilab dev team 2004-5-10 RHL/RHEL 5.0 (Boron) 2007-05-04 science
sidux sidux team sidux team, sidux e.V. 2007-02-21 Debian Sid 2008-01 nyx "Νυξ" 2008-04-12 desktop
SimplyMEPIS Warren Woodford MEPIS LLC. 2003-09-05 Debian 7.0 2007-12-23 desktop
Slackware Patrick Volkerding dev team 1993-07-16 SLS 12.1 2008-05-02 desktop, workstation, server
SLAX Tomas Matejicek Tomas Matejicek 2002-06-16 Slackware 6.0.6 2008-04-18 live CD
SliTaz GNU/Linux Christophe Lincoln dev team 2008-03-22 none 1.0 2008-03-22 live CD
Source Mage GNU/Linux Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell dev team 2002-06-? Sorcerer 0.9.6.3 2007-03-27 general purpose
SUSE Linux S.u.S.E. GmbH, SUSE, GmbH Novell, Inc. dev team 1994-03-? Slackware 10 SP1 2007-06-26 business desktop, server
Symphony OS Ryan Quinn Ryan Quinn & Jason Spisak ? Debian 2006-05 Beta 2006-12-13 desktop
Trustix Secure Linux Comodo Group, Inc. Comodo Group, Inc. 2000-02-? Red Hat Linux 3.0.5 2007-03-06 server
Ubuntu Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. 2004-10-20 Debian 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) 2008-04-24 desktop, server
Kubuntu Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. 2005-04-08 Debian 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) 2008-04-24 desktop
Xubuntu Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. 2006-06-01 Debian 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) 2008-04-24 desktop
Edubuntu Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. 2005-10-13 Debian 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) 2008-04-24 computer lab
Gobuntu Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. 2007-10-18 Debian 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) 2008-04-24 desktop
Ubuntu Studio Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. 2007-05-11 Debian 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) 2008-04-24 multimedia
Ututo Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera UTUTO dev-team 2000-?-? Gentoo Linux 2006.0 2006-03-04 general purpose
VectorLinux Robert S. Lange dev team 1999-?-? Slackware 5.8 SOHO 2007-05-17 desktop
Xandros Xandros Corp. Xandros, Inc. 2002-10-22 Corel Linux 4.0 2006-06-21 desktop
Yellow Dog Linux Terra Soft Solutions Terra Soft Solutions 1999 Fedora 6.0 2008-02-05 desktop, workstation
Yoper Andreas Giradet The Yoper Team 2003-03-05 none 3.0.1 2007-10-03 desktop, workstation, server
Zenwalk Linux Jean-Philippe Guillemin dev team 2004-05-21 (as Minislack) Slackware 5.0 2007-10-06 desktop, server
Distribution Creator Producer First public release (yyyy-MM-dd) Base distribution Latest stable version Latest release date Purpose

Cost

The following distributions are completely without cost : aLinux, ALT Linux, Annvix, Arch Linux, Ark Linux, Arudius, Asianux, Aurox, BLAG Linux and GNU, CentOS, CRUX, Damn Small Linux, Debian, DeLi Linux, DeMuDi, Devil-Linux, dyne:bolic, Edubuntu, EnGarde Secure Linux, Fedora, Finnix, Foresight Linux, Freespire, Frugalware, Gentoo, gNewSense, Gnoppix, gnuLinEx, GoboLinux, Gobuntu, Impi Linux, Kanotix, Knoppix, Knoppmyth, Kubuntu, Kurumin Linux, Linux Mint, Lunar Linux, Musix GNU+Linux, NimbleX, NUbuntu, openSUSE, Paipix, Pardus, Parsix, PCLinuxOS, Puppy Linux, QiLinux, SabayonLinux, Satux, Scientific Linux, sidux, Slackware, SLAX, SliTaz GNU/Linux, Source Mage GNU/Linux, Symphony OS, Trustix, Ubuntu, Ututo GNU/Linux, Xubuntu, Yoper and Zenwalk.

The following distributions have several editions, some of which are without cost and some of which do cost money : Caixa Mágica, Mandriva Linux, MEPIS and Red Flag Linux.

The following distributions cost money : Elive, Linspire, OES Linux,[3] Pie Box Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux,[4][5] Rxart.[6], SUSE Linux[7]

Note that when talking about "free software", the word "free" refers to software freedom, not monetary cost: for an explanation of the difference, see The Free Software Definition.

Technical

Information on technical aspects of the distributions.

Distribution Linux kernel Compiler Default file system Default package management tools Package Format
Alinex 2.6.22 GCC 4.1.2 ext3 APT DEB
aLinux 2.6.12 GCC 4.1.1 none RPM RPM
ALT Linux 2.6.18 GCC 4.1.1 ext3 APT, RPM RPM
Annvix 2.4.32 GCC 3.4.3 none urpmi, RPM RPM
Arch Linux 2.6.24.4[citation needed] GCC 4.3.0[citation needed] ext3 Pacman tgz
Ark Linux 2.6.22.3 GCC 4.2.1 JFS file system[citation needed] RPM, APT RPM
Arudius 2.6.13 GCC 3.3.6 ext3 Slackware Pkgtools tgz
Asianux 2.6.18 GCC 4.1.1 ext3 mlupdater, RPM RPM
Aurox 2.6.9 GCC 4.1.1 ext3 RPM, yum RPM
BLAG Linux and GNU 2.6.20.10 GCC 4.1.1 ext3 RPM, yum, APT RPM
Caixa Mágica 2.6.16.13 GCC 3.3.5 ReiserFS APT RPM
CentOS 2.6.18 GCC 4.1.1 ext3 RPM, yum/up2date RPM
CRUX 2.6.23.9 GCC 4.2.2 ? pkgutils tgz
Damn Small Linux 2.4.31 GCC 3.3.5, TCC ext3 myDSL, APT .dsl, .tar.gz, .uci, .unc, deb
Debian 2.6.18 GCC 4.1.1, 3.4.6, 3.3.6, 2.95 ext3 APT deb
DeLi Linux 2.4.32 GCC 2.95 ext3/ext2 installpkg, upgradepkg, ports tree
DeMuDi 2.6.12 GCC 3.3.5 ext3 APT deb
dyne:bolic 2.6.18 GCC 3.4.3 SquashFS, ext3 none none
Elive 2.6.15/2.6.18.2 GCC 3.4.3 SquashFS, ReiserFS APT deb
EnGarde Secure Linux 2.6.17 None ext3 RPM, APT RPM
Fedora 2.6.23 GCC 4.1.2 ext3 yum RPM
Finnix 2.6.22 GCC 4.1.1 SquashFS APT deb
Foresight Linux 2.6.20.11 GCC 3.4.4.9 ext3 Conary, PackageKit[8]
Frugalware 2.6.22.9 GCC 4.2.1 none Pacman .tar.bz
Gentoo 2.6.19 GCC 4.1.1 none Portage ebuild
gnuLinEx 2.6.16 GCC 3.3.5 ext2 APT deb
GoboLinux 2.6.24.4 GCC 4.1.2 ReiserFS Manager,[9] Compile, InstallPackage recipes,tar.bz2
gNewSense 2.6.15.27 GCC 4.0.3 ext3 APT deb
Impi Linux 2.6.11.7 GCC 4.0.1 ? ? ?
Kanotix 2.6.22 GCC 4.1.1 ext3 APT deb
Knoppix 2.6.24.4 GCC 4.2.2 XFS APT deb
Kurumin Linux 2.6.18 GCC 4.1.1 ext3 APT deb
Linspire 2.6.14 GCC 3.4.3 ReiserFS CNR "click and run" deb
Linux Mint 2.6.22 GCC 4.1.2 ext3 APT deb
Lunar Linux 2.6.17.8 GCC 3.4.6
GCC 4.1.1[10] 		none lin src?
Mandriva Linux 2.6.24.4 GCC 4.2.3 ext3 urpmi, rpmdrake[11] RPM
MEPIS 2.6.22.14 GCC ? ReiserFS, ext3 APT deb
Musix GNU+Linux 2.6.16 GCC 4.0.3 ? APT deb
NimbleX 2.6.11 ? SquashFS none tgz
Nitix 2.4.21 GCC 3.3.4 ReiserFS SoftUpdate, yum RPM
openSUSE 2.6.22.5 GCC 4.2 ext3, ReiserFS, XFS YaST, Zypper RPM
Paipix 2.6.14 GCC 4.0.2 none APT deb
Pardus 2.6.18 GCC 3.4.6 ext3 PiSi .pisi
Parsix 2.6.23.9 GCC 4.2.2 ext3 APT deb
PCLinuxOS 2.6.16 GCC 3.3.1 none APT, RPM RPM
Pie Box Enterprise Linux 2.6.9 GCC 3.4.6 ext3 up2date,yum RPM
Puppy Linux 2.6.16.7 GCC 3.3.4 SquashFS containing ext2 PupGet, DotPup .pup, .pet
QiLinux 2.6.17 GCC 4.0.2 ReiserFS RPM, APT RPM
Red Flag Linux 2.6.9 GCC 3.4.3 ext3 Red Flag Installer System,RPM RPM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.6.18[12] GCC 4.1.1 ext3 RPM,yum RPM
Rxart Desktop 2.6.11 ? ext3 APT deb
Sabayon Linux 2.6.23.1 GCC 4.1.2 ext3/ext4[citation needed] Portage,Entropy ebuild
Satux 2.6.22 GCC 4.1.2 ext3 dpkg,apt-get deb
Scientific Linux 2.6.9 GCC 3.4.6 ext3 APT/yum RPM
sidux 2.6.24.4 GCC 4.2.3 ext3 APT deb
Slackware 2.6.24.4 GCC 4.1.2 ReiserFS[citation needed] installpkg, upgradepkg tgz
SLAX 2.6.24.4 GCC 4.2.3 SquashFS none slax modules
SliTaz GNU/Linux 2.6.24.2 GCC 4.2.2 ext3 Tazpkg .tazpkg
Source Mage GNU/Linux any (iso uses 2.6.19) GCC 4.1.2 ext2 Sorcery Package Manager src
SUSE Linux 2.6.16.46 GCC 4.1.2 ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS YaST, Zypper RPM
Symphony OS 2.6.16 GCC 4.1.0 ReiserFS APT, OneClick RPM
Ubuntu Edubuntu Xubuntu 2.6.22 GCC 4.1.2 ext3 APT deb
Ututo GNU/Linux 2.6.15 ? ? UTUTO Package Manager ebuild?
VectorLinux 2.6.13 GCC 3.4.6 ? slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg tgz
Xandros Desktop OS 2.6.15 GCC 3.3.5 ReiserFS APT deb
Yoper 2.6 GCC 4.0, 4.2 ext3 Smart RPM
Zenwalk Linux 2.6.21.3 GCC 4.1.2 XFS netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg tgz
Distribution Linux kernel Compiler Default file system Default package management tools Package Format

Architecture support

Distribution x86 x86-64 IA-64 ppc ppc64 sparc32 sparc64 arm hppa mips sh s390 s390x alpha
64 Studio Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
aLinux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Alinex Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
ALT Linux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Annvix Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Arch Linux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Ark Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Arudius Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Asianux Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Aurox Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
BLAG Linux and GNU Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Caixa Mágica Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
CentOS Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes
CRUX Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Damn Small Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Debian[13] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
DeLi Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
DeMuDi Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
dyne:bolic Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Elive Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
EnGarde Secure Linux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Fedora Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Finnix Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Foresight Linux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Frugalware Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Gentoo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
gnuLinEx Yes Yes ? No No No No No No No No No No No
GoboLinux[14] Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No
Impi Linux Yes Yes ? ? No ? ? No No No No No No No
Kanotix Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Knoppix Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Kurumin Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Linspire Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Linux Mint Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Lunar Linux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Mandriva Linux Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No
MEPIS Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Musix GNU+Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
NimbleX Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Nitix Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
OES2-Linux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes No No
openSUSE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Paipix Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Pardus Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Parsix Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
PCLinuxOS Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Pie Box Enterprise Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Puppy Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
QiLinux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Red Flag Linux Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No[15] Yes No
Rxart Desktop Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Sabayon Linux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Satux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Scientific Linux Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
sidux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
Slackware Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No
Slax Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
SliTaz GNU/Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Source Mage GNU/Linux Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No
SUSE Linux Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes No
Symphony OS Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu/Xubuntu Yes Yes Yes No No Partial Partial No No No No No No No
UTUTO GNU/Linux Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
VectorLinux Yes ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
Xandros Desktop OS Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Yellow Dog Linux No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Yoper Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Zenwalk Linux Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Distribution x86 x86-64 IA-64 ppc ppc64 sparc32 sparc64 arm hppa mips sh s390 s390x alpha

Features

Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate.

Distribution Approximate number of packages GUI installation procedure Default desktop environment or window manager
Alinex 20300 Yes GNOME
aLinux 1200 No KDE
ALT Linux 7500 Yes KDE, Xfce
Arch Linux 15000 No none
Archie ? ? Xfce
Ark Linux 4000 Yes KDE
Arudius ? No Fluxbox
Asianux ? Yes KDE
Aurox 3000 Yes KDE
BLAG 9000 Yes GNOME
CRUX 1155 No Blackbox
CentOS 1660 Yes GNOME
Damn Small 610 No Jwm
Debian 26000 Yes GNOME, KDE or Xfce (depending on installation media)
Desktop Light Linux 150 No IceWM
DeMuDi 875 Yes GNOME
Dreamlinux ? ? Xfce
dyne:bolic ? Yes Xfce
Elive 20000 Yes Enlightenment
EnGarde Secure Linux 500 ? none
Fedora 8000 Yes GNOME, KDE, Xfce (depending on spin)
Finnix 350 No none
Foresight Linux 15000 Yes GNOME
Frugalware 3000 Yes none
Gentoo 12000 Yes[16] none
gnuLinEx 200 Yes GNOME
GoboLinux 2000 Yes KDE
Impi Linux ? No KDE
Kanotix 1200 Yes KDE
KateOS ? ? Xfce
Knoppix 3600 No KDE
Kurumin ? Yes KDE
Linspire 2200 Yes KDE
Linux Mint 20000 Yes GNOME, KDE or Xfce (depending on edition)
Lunar 3120 Yes none
Mandriva Linux 16000 Yes GNOME,KDE
MEPIS 20000 Yes KDE
Musix GNU+Linux 1300 Yes IceWM
Mythbuntu ? ? Xfce
NimbleX 500 No KDE
Nitix ? Yes none
openSUSE 22000 Yes GNOME, KDE, Xfce
Paipix 2000 Yes KDE
Pardus 1600 Yes KDE
Parsix ? Yes GNOME
PCLinuxOS 5025 Yes KDE
Pie Box Enterprise Linux 1500 Yes GNOME
Puppy 300 Yes JWM
QiLinux 2500 Yes[17] KDE
Red Flag ? Yes KDE
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3000 Yes GNOME
Rxart 5000 Yes KDE
Sabayon Linux 12000 Yes KDE
SAM Linux ? ? Xfce
Satux ? Yes GNOME
Scientific ? Yes GNOME
sidux 22950 Yes KDE
Slackware 544 No KDE, Xfce
Slax 2050 ? KDE, Xfce (Popcorn edition)
SliTaz GNU/Linux 448 Yes JWM, Openbox, Enlightenment[clarification needed]
Source Mage GNU/Linux 5514 Yes none
SUSE 22000 Yes GNOME, KDE, Xfce
Symphony OS ? Yes Mezzo
Ubuntu 23000 Yes GNOME
Kubuntu 23000 Yes KDE
Xubuntu 23000 Yes Xfce
Ututo 5000 ? ?
Vector Linux ? Yes Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfce
Xandros Desktop OS ? Yes KDE
Yoper 2000 No KDE
Zenwalk Linux ? Yes Xfce
Distribution Approximate number of packages GUI installation procedure Default desktop environment or window manager

Security features

Distribution Mandatory access control Software executable space protection grsecurity RSBAC
ALT Linux Yes (Exec Shield)
CentOS Yes (SELinux) Yes (Exec Shield)
Debian Optional (SELinux) Optional (Exec Shield) Optional No
EnGarde Secure Linux Yes (SELinux) Yes (Exec Shield)
Fedora Yes (SELinux[18]) Yes (Exec Shield[19]) No No
Gentoo[20] Optional (SELinux) Optional (PaX) Optional Optional
Lunar Linux Optional (SELinux) Optional (PaX) Optional
Mandriva Linux Yes (AppArmor[21]) Yes
openSUSE Yes (AppArmor) Partial
Pardus Yes (AppArmor)
Pie Box Enterprise Linux Yes (SELinux) Yes (Exec Shield)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Yes (SELinux) Yes (Exec Shield)
SUSE Linux Yes (AppArmor) Partial
Ubuntu Yes (AppArmor)

See also

References

  1. ^ Puppy Linux Home - your fast, small and free Linux distro
  2. ^ satux
  3. ^ How to Buy: Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
  4. ^ redhat.com | Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  5. ^ redhat.com | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Operating Systems
  6. ^ Linux- RXART- Soluciones Linux - Linux Solutions
  7. ^ Novell SUSE Linux Operating Systems
  8. ^ Foresight Linux | 1.4.1 Release Notes
  9. ^ GoboLinux - the alternative Linux distribution
  10. ^ http://modules.lunar-linux.org/index.php?option=moonbase&section=compilers#compilers
  11. ^ Mandriva 2008 release notes
  12. ^ redhat.com | Knowledgebase
  13. ^ Debian - Ports
  14. ^ GoboLinux - the alternative Linux distribution
  15. ^ RHEL 4 is the last version to support 31-bit s390. RHEL 5 only supports 64-bit s390x.
  16. ^ Can be installed graphically (GTK+ and ncurses), but traditionally done by command line (install cd, livecd, netboot, and from distributions).
  17. ^ Ncurses-based first stage and then KDE-based second stage installation GUI.
  18. ^ "Mandatory Access Control with SELinux" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  19. ^ "Fedora Core 1 Release Notes - Kernel Notes". Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  20. ^ "Hardened Gentoo - 4. Subprojects". Retrieved 2007-12-24.
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