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Revision as of 03:12, 15 July 2008
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 release date | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 Studio | Daniel James, Free Ekanayaka | 64 Studio Ltd. | 2005-05-09 | Debian | 2007-07-27 | multimedia |
| Alinex | Alinex Team, University of Évora | Alinex Team, University of Évora | 2005-12-06 | Ubuntu | 2008-03-07 | General purpose |
| aLinux | Jay Klepacs | Jay Klepacs | ? pre-1999-08-19 (1.1) | Red Hat Linux | 2006-11-08 | desktop |
| ALT Linux | ALT Linux Team | ALT Linux Team | 2001-03-21 | none | 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 | 2008-06-24 | general purpose |
| Ark Linux | Bernhard Rosenkraenzer | dev team | 2003-01-25 | none | 2008-05-14 | desktop |
| Arudius | Haidut | dev team | 2005-11-04 | none | 2006-02-06 | information assurance, security |
| Asianux | Red Flag Linux, Miracle Linux, Haansoft Linux | dev team | 2004-06-? | RHEL | 2007-09-22 | workstation, server |
| Aurox | Software-Wydawnictwo Sp. z oo | Aurox Sp. z oo | 2002-09-? | Fedora | 2006-08-31 | general purpose |
| BLAG | Brixton Linux Action Group | Brixton Linux Action Group | 2002-10-22 | Fedora | 2007-11-11 | desktop |
| Caixa Mágica | Daniel Neves, José Guimarães, Paulo Trezentos | Caixa Mágica Software | 2000-10-28 | Mandriva Linux | 2008-02-20 | desktop, server |
| CentOS | CentOS Project | CentOS Project | 2003-12-? | RHEL | 2008-06-23 | server |
| Cross Linux from Scratch | Jim Gifford & Ryan Oliver | LFS Project | 2006-11-01 | none | 2006-11-01 | desktop, server, embedded applications |
| CRUX | Per Liden | CRUX Linux community | 2001-01-20 | none | 2007-12-22 | general purpose |
| Damn Small Linux | John Andrews | dev team | 2003-?-? | Knoppix | 2008-04-22 | general purpose |
| Debian | Ian Murdock | Debian Project | 1993-08-16 | none | 2007-04-08 | general purpose |
| Desktop Light Linux | Henry Jensen | Henry Jensen | 2002-10-? | none | 2008-05-28 | desktop |
| DeMuDi | AGNULA | AGNULA | 2002-04-? | Debian | 2005-11-03 | producing audio, video |
| dyne:bolic | Jaromil | Jaromil | 2001-06-? | none | 2007-09-22 | producing audio, video |
| Elive | Thanatermesis | Thanatermesis | 2005-01-01 | Debian | 2007-07-05 | desktop |
| EnGarde Secure Linux | Guardian Digital, Inc. | Guardian Digital, Inc. | 2001-?-? | none | 2008-04-? | server |
| Fedora | Fedora Project | Fedora Project | 2003-11-05 | Red Hat Linux | 2008-05-13 | general purpose |
| Finnix | Ryan Finnie | Ryan Finnie | 2000-03-22 | Debian | 2008-01-29 | server administration |
| Foresight Linux | Ken VanDine | dev team | 2004-12-? | rPath | 2008-07-08 | desktop, workstation, gnome showcase |
| Frugalware | Miklos Vajna | dev team | 2004-09-? | Slackware | 2008-03-11 | general purpose |
| Gentoo Linux | Daniel Robbins | Gentoo Foundation, Inc. | 2002-3-? | none | 2008-07-06 [1] | general purpose |
| gNewSense | Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley | dev team | 2006-11-02 | Ubuntu (8.04) | 2008-04-30 | desktop |
| Gnoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | ? pre-2003-07-17 (0.4) | Knoppix | 2005-09-07 | live CD |
| gnuLinEx | Regional Government of Extremadura | dev team | 2002-06-09 | Debian | 2006-06-20 | desktop |
| GoboLinux | Hisham Muhammad, Andre Detsch | dev team | 2002-06-? | none | 2008-03-30 | desktop |
| gOS | Good OS LLC | Good OS LLC | 2007-11-01 | Ubuntu | 2008-02-07 | desktop |
| Impi Linux | Gauteng Linux Users Group | Impi Linux (Pty) Ltd. | 2003-11-? | Debian | 2006-01-31 | desktop |
| Kanotix | Jörg Schirottke (Kano) | dev team | 2003-12-24 | Debian, Knoppix | 2007-12-31 | live CD, desktop |
| Knoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | ? pre-2003-01-19 (3.1) | Debian | 2008-03-27 | live CD |
| KnoppMyth | Cecil Watson | dev team | ? | Debian, Knoppix | 2007-09-09 | Live Frontend, Desktop |
| Kurumin Linux | Carlos Morimoto | GuiadoHardware | 2003-01-? | Knoppix | 2007-02-21 | desktop, live CD |
| Linspire | Lindows.com, Inc. | Linspire, Inc. | 2002-03-? | Debian | 2007-10-10 | desktop |
| Freespire | Lindows.com, Inc. | Linspire, Inc. | 2002-03-? | Debian/Ubuntu(developing) | 2007-08-07 | desktop |
| Linux Mint | Clement Lefebvre | dev team | 2006-08-27 | Ubuntu | 2008-06-12 | desktop |
| Lunar Linux | Chuck Mead, Lunar Penguin Project | dev team | 2002-03-? | Sorcerer | 2006-04-06 | desktop, workstation |
| Mandriva Linux | Mandrakesoft S.A. | Mandriva S.A. | 1998-7-23 (5.1 (venice)) | Red Hat Linux | 2008-04-09 | general purpose |
| MontaVista Linux | MontaVista Software | MontaVista Software | 1999-?-? | Debian | 2007-03-? | embedded systems |
| Musix GNU+Linux | Marcos Guglielmetti | ? | ? | Knoppix, Kanotix, Debian | 2007-03-05 | producing audio |
| NimbleX | Bogdan Radulescu | Bogdan Radulescu | 2005-12-? | Slackware | 2006-12-25 | desktop |
| Nitix | Net Integration Technologies, Inc. | Net Integration Technologies, Inc. | 2001-?-? | none | 2006-10-18 | server |
| Open Enterprise Server on Linux | Novell | Novell, Inc. dev team | 2003 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 2007-10-08 | server |
| openSUSE | SUSE Linux / Novell | Novell, Inc. & openSUSE community | 1994-03-? | SUSE Linux | 2008-06-19 | desktop |
| Paipix | António Amorim | António Amorim | 2004 | Debian | 2007-10-17 | science |
| Pardus | TUBITAK | TUBITAK | 2005 | none | 2007-11-19 | general purpose |
| Parsix | Alan Baghumian | Parsix Project | 2005-01-25 | Kanotix, Debian | 2007-10-05 | desktop |
| PCLinuxOS | Bill Reynolds | dev team | 2003-11-? | Mandriva | 2007-05-21 | desktop |
| Pie Box Enterprise Linux | PixExcel | PixExcel | 2004-04-19 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 2006-08-15 | general purpose |
| Puppy Linux | Barry Kauler | Puppy Foundation | 2002-07-12 (0.4) | none | 2008-04-05 [2] | portable |
| QiLinux | QiLinux team | QiLinux team | 2003-10-31 (1.0alpha2) | none | 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 | 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 | 2008-05-21 | business workstation, server |
| Red Hat Linux | Red Hat | Red Hat | 1995-05-13 (1.0) | none | 2003-03-31 | server, workstation |
| Rxart | Pixart SRL | Pixart SRL | 2000-03-? | Debian | 2006-04-16 | desktop, workstation, server |
| Sabayon Linux | lxnay Design | dev team | ? | Gentoo | 2007-09-07 | desktop |
| Satux | Institute of Technology JRSC (iTJRSC) | Institute of Technology JRSC (iTJRSC) | 2007 | Debian | 2007[3] | desktop, end user |
| Scientific Linux | CERN, Fermilab | dev team | 2004-5-10 | RHL/RHEL | 2008-06-28 | science |
| sidux | sidux team | sidux team, sidux e.V. | 2007-02-21 | Debian Sid | 2008-04-12 | desktop |
| SimplyMEPIS | Warren Woodford | MEPIS LLC. | 2003-09-05 | Debian | 2007-12-23 | desktop |
| Slackware | Patrick Volkerding | dev team | 1993-07-16 | SLS | 2008-05-02 | desktop, workstation, server |
| SLAX | Tomas Matejicek | Tomas Matejicek | 2002-06-16 | Slackware | 2008-04-18 | live CD |
| SliTaz GNU/Linux | Christophe Lincoln | dev team | 2008-03-22 | none | 2008-03-22 | live CD |
| Source Mage GNU/Linux | Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell | dev team | 2002-06-? | Sorcerer | 2007-03-27 | general purpose |
| SUSE Linux | SUSE Linux / Novell | Novell, Inc. dev team | 1994-03-? | SUSE Linux | 2007-06-26 | business desktop, server |
| Symphony OS | Ryan Quinn | Ryan Quinn & Jason Spisak | ? | Debian | 2006-12-13 | desktop |
| Trustix Secure Linux | Comodo Group, Inc. | Comodo Group, Inc. | 2000-02-? | Red Hat Linux | 2007-03-06 | server |
| Ubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2004-10-20 | Debian | 2008-07-03 | desktop, server |
| Kubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2005-04-08 | Debian | 2008-07-03 | desktop |
| Xubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2006-06-01 | Debian | 2008-07-03 | desktop |
| Edubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2005-10-13 | Debian | 2008-07-03 | computer lab |
| Gobuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2007-10-18 | Debian | 2008-07-03 | desktop |
| Ubuntu Studio | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2007-05-11 | Debian | 2008-07-03 | multimedia |
| Ututo | Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera | UTUTO dev-team | 2000-?-? | Gentoo Linux | 2006-03-04 | general purpose |
| VectorLinux | Robert S. Lange | dev team | 1999-?-? | Slackware | 2007-05-17 | desktop |
| Xandros | Xandros Corp. | Xandros, Inc. | 2002-10-22 | Corel Linux | 2006-06-21 | desktop |
| Yellow Dog Linux | Terra Soft Solutions | Terra Soft Solutions | 1999 | Fedora | 2008-02-05 | desktop, workstation |
| Yoper | Andreas Giradet | The Yoper Team | 2003-03-05 | none | 2007-10-03 | desktop, workstation, server |
| Zenwalk Linux | Jean-Philippe Guillemin | dev team | 2004-05-21 (as Minislack) | Slackware | 2008-06-07 | desktop, server |
| Distribution | Creator | Producer | First public release (yyyy-MM-dd) | Base distribution | 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,[4], OES Linux,[5] Pie Box Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux,[6][7] Rxart.[8], SUSE Linux[9]
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.
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 |
| Cross Linux from Scratch | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | 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[18] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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[19] | 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[20] | 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 |
Package management and installation
Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate.
| Distribution | Approximate number of packages | GUI installation procedure | Default package management tools | Package Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alinex | 20300 | Yes | APT | DEB |
| aLinux | 1200 | No | RPM | RPM |
| ALT Linux | 7500 | Yes | APT, RPM | RPM |
| Annvix | APT, RPM | RPM | ||
| Arch Linux | 15000 | No | Pacman | tgz |
| Archie | ? | ? | ||
| Ark Linux | 4000 | Yes | RPM, APT | RPM |
| Arudius | ? | No | Slackware Pkgtools | tgz |
| Asianux | ? | Yes | mlupdater, RPM | RPM |
| Aurox | 3000 | Yes | RPM, yum | RPM |
| BLAG | 9000 | Yes | RPM, yum, APT | RPM |
| Cross Linux from Scratch | 1000+ | No | None | .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, tgz, RPM, deb |
| CRUX | 1155 | No | pkgutils | tgz |
| CentOS | 1660 | Yes | RPM, yum/up2date | RPM |
| Damn Small Linux | 610 | No | myDSL, APT | .dsl, .tar.gz, .uci, .unc, deb |
| Debian | 26000 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Desktop Light Linux | 150 | No | ? | ? |
| DeMuDi | 875 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Dreamlinux | ? | ? | ||
| dyne:bolic | ? | Yes | none | none |
| Elive | 20000 | Yes | APT | deb |
| EnGarde Secure Linux | 500 | ? | RPM, APT | RPM |
| Fedora | 8000 | Yes | yum | RPM |
| Finnix | 350 | No | APT | deb |
| Foresight Linux | 15000 | Yes | Conary, PackageKit[21] | |
| Frugalware | 3000 | Yes | Pacman | .tar.bz |
| Gentoo | 12000 | Yes[22] | Portage | ebuild |
| gnuLinEx | 200 | Yes | APT | deb |
| GoboLinux | 2000 | Yes | Manager,[23] Compile, InstallPackage | recipes,tar.bz2 |
| Impi Linux | ? | No | ? | ? |
| Kanotix | 1200 | Yes | APT | deb |
| KateOS | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Knoppix | 3600 | No | APT | deb |
| Kurumin | ? | Yes | APT | deb |
| Linspire | 2200 | Yes | CNR "click and run" | deb |
| Linux Mint | 20000 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Lunar | 3120 | Yes | lin | ? |
| Mandriva Linux | 16000 | Yes | urpmi, rpmdrake[24] | RPM |
| MEPIS | 20000 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Musix GNU+Linux | 1300 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Mythbuntu | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| NimbleX | 500 | No | none | tgz |
| Nitix | ? | Yes | SoftUpdate, yum | RPM |
| openSUSE | 22000 | Yes | YaST, Zypper | RPM |
| Paipix | 2000 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Pardus | 1600 | Yes | PiSi | .pisi |
| Parsix | ? | Yes | APT | deb |
| PCLinuxOS | 5025 | Yes | APT, RPM | RPM |
| Pie Box Enterprise Linux | 1500 | Yes | up2date, yum | RPM |
| Puppy | 300 | Yes | PupGet, DotPup | .pup, .pet |
| QiLinux | 2500 | Yes[25] | RPM, APT | RPM |
| Red Flag | ? | Yes | Red Flag Installer System, RPM | RPM |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 3000 | Yes | RPM, yum | RPM |
| Rxart | 5000 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Sabayon Linux | 12000 | Yes | Portage, Entropy | ebuild |
| SAM Linux | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Satux | ? | Yes | dpkg,apt-get | deb |
| Scientific | ? | Yes | APT/yum | RPM |
| sidux | 22950 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Slackware | 544 | No | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz |
| Slax | 2050 | ? | none | slax modules |
| SliTaz GNU/Linux | 448 | Yes | Tazpkg | .tazpkg |
| Source Mage GNU/Linux | 5514 | Yes | Sorcery Package Manager | src |
| SUSE | 22000 | Yes | YaST, Zypper | RPM |
| Symphony OS | ? | Yes | APT, OneClick | RPM |
| Ubuntu | 23000 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Kubuntu | 23000 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Xubuntu | 23000 | Yes | APT | deb |
| Ututo | 5000 | ? | UTUTO Package Manager | ebuild |
| Vector Linux | ? | Yes | slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg | tgz |
| Xandros Desktop OS | ? | Yes | APT | deb |
| Yoper | 2000 | No | Smart | RPM |
| Zenwalk Linux | ? | Yes | netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz |
| Distribution | Approximate number of packages | GUI installation procedure | Default package management tools | Package Format |
Security features
| Distribution | Compile Time Buffer Checks | Mandatory access control | Software executable space protection | grsecurity | RSBAC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fedora | Yes | Yes (SELinux[26]) | Yes (Exec Shield[27]) | No | No |
| Gentoo[28] | Optional (SELinux) | Optional (PaX) | Optional | Optional | |
| Mandriva Linux | Yes (AppArmor[29]) | Yes |
See also
References
- ^ Gentoo Linux - Gentoo Linux 2008.0 released
- ^ http://www.puppylinux.org/downloads/official-releases/puppy-linux-40-dingo Puppy Linux 4
- ^ satux
- ^ Linspire.com - Products
- ^ How to Buy: Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
- ^ redhat.com | Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- ^ redhat.com | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Operating Systems
- ^ Linux- RXART- Soluciones Linux - Linux Solutions
- ^ Novell SUSE Linux Operating Systems
- ^ Pkg: kernel26 - Arch Linux Package Details
- ^ Pkg: kernel26 - Arch Linux Package Details
- ^ Pkg: gcc - Arch Linux Package Details
- ^ Pkg: gcc - Arch Linux Package Details
- ^ Official Arch Linux Install Guide: Set Filesystem Mountpoints
- ^ Installing - ArkWiki
- ^ http://modules.lunar-linux.org/index.php?option=moonbase§ion=compilers#compilers
- ^ redhat.com | Knowledgebase
- ^ Debian - Ports
- ^ GoboLinux - the alternative Linux distribution
- ^ RHEL 4 is the last version to support 31-bit s390. RHEL 5 only supports 64-bit s390x.
- ^ Foresight Linux | 1.4.1 Release Notes
- ^ Can be installed graphically (GTK+ and ncurses), but traditionally done by command line (install cd, live cd, netboot, and from distributions).
- ^ GoboLinux - the alternative Linux distribution
- ^ Mandriva 2008 release notes
- ^ Ncurses-based first stage and then KDE-based second stage installation GUI.
- ^ "Mandatory Access Control with SELinux" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Fedora Core 1 Release Notes - Kernel Notes". Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Hardened Gentoo - 4. Subprojects". Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Mandriva Linux 2008 Release Notes: Apparmor has replaced RSBAC as the in-kernel application security tool".
External links
- DistroWatch - Compares all significant Linux distributions in detail, and was a source for some information shown here.
- LWN.net Linux Distribution List - A comprehensive list of hundreds of distributions, including historical ones.
- PolishLinux.org Compare distros - detailed comparison of Linux distributions
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