Comparison of Linux distributions
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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 active and 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, the latest version, and such. References are not added here but can be found in respective articles.
Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation[1] are marked 100% Free under the System distribution commitment column.
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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Alpine Linux | Alpine Linux Team | Alpine Linux Team | 2006 | 3.7.0 | ? | 2017-11-30[2] | X | – | security, lightweight, general | Gratis | Active |
ALT Linux | ALT Linux Team | ALT Linux Team, ALT Linux LLC | 2001 | 7.0 | ? | 2013-07-10[3] | X | Mandriva Linux | general, school | Gratis | Active |
Antergos | Alexandre Filgueira | Antergos Project | 2012 | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | X | Arch Linux | general | Gratis | Active |
antiX | Anticapitalista | Anticapitalista | 2007 | 17 | ? | 2017-08-24[4] | X | Debian - MEPIS | old computers | Some editions are gratis | Active |
ArchBang | Willensky Aristide | Stan McLaren | 2010 | Rolling | Rolling | ? | X | Arch Linux | general | Gratis | Active |
Arch Linux | Judd Vinet | dev team | 2002 | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | X | – | general | Gratis | Active |
BLAG | Brixton Linux Action Group | Brixton Linux Action Group | 2002 | 140k | ? | 2011-05-04 | 100% Free: GNU FSDG | Fedora | desktop | Gratis | Inactive |
Bodhi Linux | Bodhi Linux Team | Bodhi Linux Team | 2011 | 4.5.0[5] | ? | 2018-02-24 | X | Debian, Ubuntu | desktop | Gratis | Active |
Canaima | CANTV / CNTI / CENTIDEL / Edelca / VIT / FUNDACITE / Free software community | CANTV / CNTI / CENTIDEL / Edelca / VIT / FUNDACITE / Free software community | 2007 | 5.0 | ? | 2016-12-19 | X | Debian, Ubuntu | Government of Venezuela | Gratis | Active |
CentOS | CentOS Project | CentOS Project | 2003 | 7.4-1708 | 10 years | 2016-12-12 | X | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | server, workstation | Gratis | Active |
Chakra | Jan Mette and Arch Linux KDEmod developers | The Chakra Project Team | 2010 | Rolling | Rolling | ? | X | Arch Linux[6] | desktop | Gratis | Active |
Chromium OS | ? | 2009 | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | X | Chrome OS | web applications | Gratis | Active | |
ClearOS | Peter Baldwin | ClearFoundation | 2000 | 7.3.0 | ? | 2017-03-04 | X | RHEL, CentOS | server, gateway, network | Some editions are gratis | Active |
CrunchBang Linux | Philip Newborough | Philip Newborough | 2008 | 11 | ? | 2013-05-06[7] | X | Debian | desktop | Gratis | Inactive |
Damn Small Linux | John Andrews | dev team | 2003 | 4.4.10 | ? | 2008-11-18[8] | X | Debian, Knoppix | lightweight, portable | Gratis | Active |
Debian | Ian Murdock | Debian Project | 1993 | 9.4 | ~3 years[g 1] | 2018-03-10 | Debian Social Contract and DFSG (main is 100% free, non-free packages are optional)[9] | – | general, server, desktop | Gratis | Active |
Debian Edu | Debian Project | 2004 | 8.0+edu0 | ~3 years[g 1] | 2016-07-03[10] | Debian Social Contract and DFSG | – | schools | Gratis | Active | |
Devuan | The "Veteran Unix Admins" (VUA) | The "Veteran Unix Admins" (VUA) | 2016 | 1.0.0 | ? | 2017-05-25 | ? | Debian | general | Gratis | Active |
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre | Matias A. Fonzo | Matias A. Fonzo | 2009 | 2.2 | ? | 2012-04-21 | 100% Free: GNU FSDG | Independent, inspired from Slackware | general | Gratis | Active |
dyne:bolic | Jaromil | Jaromilx | 2005 | 3.0.0 | ? | 2011-09-08 | 100% Free: GNU FSDG | Debian | multimedia | Gratis | Inactive |
Elementary OS | Daniel Foré | elementary | 2011 | 0.4.1 | ? | 2017-05-17[11] | X | Ubuntu, Debian | general | Gratis | Active |
ELinOS | SYSGO | SYSGO | 1999 | ? | 6.1 | 2016-07-06[12] | X | – | embedded systems | Partial | Active |
Emdebian Grip | Embedded Debian Project | Embedded Debian Project | 2009 | 3.1 | End-of-life | 2013-06-15 | X | Debian | embedded systems | Gratis | Inactive |
Fedora | Fedora Project | Fedora Project | 2003 | 28 | ? | 2018-05-01 | Fedora Licensing Guidelines[13] | – | general | Gratis | Active |
Freespire | Lindows.com, Inc. | Linspire, Inc. | 2002 | 2.0.8 | ? | 2007-11-30 | X | Debian | desktop | Gratis | Inactive |
Gentoo Linux | Daniel Robbins | Gentoo Foundation, Inc. | 2002 | Rolling | Rolling | ? | Gentoo Social Contract | – | general | Gratis | Active |
Guix System Distribution | Ludovic Courtès | Ludovic Courtès, Ricardo Wurmus, the Guix community | 2012 | 0.14.0 | Rolling | 2017-12-07[14] | 100% Free: GNU FSDG | – | general | Gratis | Active |
gNewSense | Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley | Sam Geeraerts with sponsorship from the FSF | 2006 | 4.0 (Ucclia) | ? | 2016-05-02[15] | 100% Free: GNU FSDG | Debian | general, server | Gratis | Active |
gnuLinEx | Regional Government of Extremadura | dev team | 2002 | LinEx 2013 | ? | 2013-02-11 | X | Debian | desktop | Gratis | Inactive |
Grml | Michael Prokop | The Grml Team | 2005 | 2017.05 | ? | 2017-05-31 | X | Debian | live, maintenance, security, network, forensic, accessibility | Gratis | Active |
Instant WebKiosk | Marco Buratto | Binary Emotions | 2012 | 16.0 | ? | 2017-04-05[16] | X | Debian | web kiosks, digital signage, personal web navigation | Gratis | Active |
Kali Linux | Max Moser, Mati Aharoni, Martin J. Muench | Offensive Security | 2013 | 2018.1 | ? | 2018-02-06[17] | X | Debian | auditing, forensic, security, network | Gratis | Active |
Knoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | 2000 | 8.1 | ? | 2017-09-27[18] | X | Debian | live | Gratis | Active |
Kodibuntu | The XBMC Project | Team Kodi | 2008 | ? | ? | ? | X | Debian, Ubuntu | multimedia | Gratis | Active |
Korora | Chris Smart | Dev Team | 2005 | 26 | ? | 2017-09-16[19] | X | Fedora | desktop | Gratis | Active |
LibreCMC | LibreCMC team | LibreCMC team | 2010 | 1.4.2 | ? | 2017-12-31 | 100% Free: GNU FSDG | Merged from LibreWRT | embedded systems | Gratis | Active |
Linspire | Linspire, Inc. | Linspire, Inc. | 2001 | 7.0 | ? | 2018-01-01 | X | Ubuntu | ? | Commercial[20] | Active |
Linux Mint | Clement Lefebvre | dev team | 2006 | 18.3 | ~3 years (LMDE); 5 years (main editions) | 2017-11-27 | X | Debian, Ubuntu | desktop | Gratis | Active |
Linux Lite | Jerry Bezencon | Linux Lite Team | 2012 | 3.8 | ? | 2017-02-01 | X | Ubuntu | desktop | Gratis | Active |
Mageia | Mageia Community | mageia.org | 2010 | 6 | 1 | 2017-07-16[21] | X | Mandriva Linux | general | Gratis | Active |
Mandriva Linux | Mandrakesoft S.A. | Mandriva S.A. | 1998 | 2011 | ? | 2011-08-28 | X | Red Hat Linux | general | Some editions are gratis | Inactive |
Manjaro Linux | Roland Singer | dev team | 2012[22] | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | X | Arch Linux | general | Gratis | Active |
MEPIS | Warren Woodford | MEPIS LLC | 2003 | ? | ? | ? | X | Debian | desktop, server | Gratis | Inactive |
Musix GNU+Linux | Musix team | Musix team | 2008 | 3.0.1 | ? | 2014-03-13 | 100% Free: GNU FSDG | Debian | multimedia | Gratis | Active |
Netrunner | Blue Systems | dev team | 2009 | 18.03 | as per Debian Testing or Manjaro (rolling) | 2018-03-11 | X | Debian, Manjaro/Arch | desktop | Gratis | Active |
NixOS | Eelco Dolstra and Armijn Hemel | NixOS Foundation | 2003 | 17.09 | 6 months | 2017-10-02 | X | None | General, Server, Desktop | Gratis | Active |
Novell Open Enterprise Server | Novell | Novell, Inc. dev team | 2003 | ? | ? | ? | X | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | server | Commercial[23] | Active |
OpenELEC | Stephan Raue, OpenELEC Team | OpenELEC Team | 2011 | 8.0.4 | ? | 2017-06-04 | X | – | multimedia | Gratis | Active |
openSUSE | SUSE Linux, Novell | openSUSE Project | 2006 | 42.3 | 3 years[24] | 2017-07-26 | X | – | general, desktop | Gratis | Active |
OpenWrt | ? | OpenWrt team | 2007 | 15.05.1 | ? | 2017-03-16 | X | – | embedded systems | Gratis | ? |
Oracle Linux | Oracle Corporation | Oracle Corporation | 2006 | 7.4 | ? | 2017-08-08 | X | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | server | Gratis | Active |
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Parabola Hackers | Parabola Hackers | 2009 | Rolling | Rolling | 2017-05-28[25] | 100% Free: GNU FSDG followed in Parabola Social Contract | Arch Linux | general | Gratis | Active |
Pardus | Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) | TÜBİTAK | 2005 | 5 | ? | 2015-04-25 | X | – | general | Gratis | ? |
Parsix | Alan Baghumian | Parsix Project | 2005 | 8.15 | ? | 2017-01-25 | X | Debian | desktop | Gratis | Inactive |
PCLinuxOS | Bill Reynolds | dev team | 2003 | 2017.04[26] | Semi-rolling | 2017-04-02 | X | PCLinuxOS | desktop | Gratis | Active |
Pentoo | Michael Zanetta, Rick Farina, Jens Pranaitis | Pentoo | 2005 | 2015.0 RC4.6 | ? | 2015-12-02 | X | Gentoo Linux | auditing, security | Gratis | Active |
Porteus | Fanthom | Porteus | 2010 | 3.2.2 | ? | 2016-12-29 | X | Slackware | lightweight, portable | Gratis | Active |
Puppy Linux | Barry Kauler | Puppy Foundation | 2003 | 6.3.2 | ? | 2016-06-22 | X | – | lightweight, portable | Gratis | Active |
Qubes OS | Joanna Rutkowska | Invisible Things Lab | 2012 | 4.0 | ? | 2018-03-28[27] | X | Xen and Fedora | Security by Compartmentalization, desktop | Gratis | Active |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | Red Hat | Red Hat | 2002 | 7.5 | ? | 2018-04-10[28] | X | Red Hat Linux, Fedora | server, workstation | Commercial[29][30] | Active |
Red Hat Linux | Red Hat | Red Hat | 1995 | 9 | ? | 2003-03-31 | X | – | server, workstation | Gratis | Inactive |
Rocks Cluster Distribution | UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp | UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp | 2000 | 7.0 | ? | 2015-12-01 | X | Red Hat Linux | server, workstation | Gratis | Active |
Sabayon Linux | Fabio Erculiani | dev team | 2005 | 17.12 | ? | 2017-11-29[31] | X | Gentoo Linux | general | Gratis | Active |
Salix OS | Cyrille Pontvieux, George Vlahavas, Pierrick Le Brun, Thorsten Mühlfelder | Salix team | 2009 | 14.2 | ? | 2016-08-29 | X | Slackware | general | Gratis | ? |
Scientific Linux | CERN, Fermilab | dev team | 2004 | 7.4 | ? | 2017-10-02 | X | Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | server, workstation | Gratis | Active |
Slackware | Patrick Volkerding | dev team | 1993 | 14.2[32] | ? | 2016-06-30 | X | Softlanding Linux System (SLS) | general | Gratis | Active |
Slax | Tomas Matejicek | Tomas Matejicek | 2002 | 9.3.0 | ? | 2017-12-24[33] | X | Debian, Slackware (until Slax 9) | live | Gratis | Active |
SliTaz GNU/Linux | Christophe Lincoln | dev team | 2008 | Rolling | Rolling | 2017-12-03 | X | – | portable | Gratis | Active |
SolydXK | Arjen Balfoort | dev team | 2013 | 201801 | Debian packages as per Debian | 2018-01-23 | X | Debian | desktop | Gratis | Active |
Source Mage GNU/Linux | Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell | dev team | 2002 | 0.62-11 | ? | 2017-10-22 | Source Mage Social Contract | Sorcerer | general | Gratis | Active |
SteamOS | Valve Corporation | Valve Corporation | 2013 | 2.148 | ? | 2017-01-23 | X | Debian | video games | Gratis | Active |
SUSE Linux Enterprise | SUSE, | Microfocus | 2000 | 12SP3 | ? | 2017-09-07 | X | Slackware, Jurix | workstation, server | Commercial[34] | Active |
Tails | ? | Tails Development Team | 2009 | 3.7 | –[g 2] | 2018-05-09 | X | Debian | security-focused aimed for anonymity and privacy | Gratis | Active |
Tiny Core Linux | Robert Shingledecker | Team Tiny Core | 2009 | 8.2.1 | ? | 2017-11-07 | X | Tiny Core Linux | portable | Gratis | Active |
Tor-ramdisk | Anthony G. Basile | dev team | 2008 | 20151215 | ? | 2015-12-15 | X | Gentoo Linux Embedded, uClibc | Tor server | Gratis | Active |
Trisquel GNU/Linux | Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam) | Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam) | 2005 | 8.0 | 5 years[g 3] | 2018-04-18 | 100% Free: GNU FSDG | Ubuntu LTS | desktop | Gratis | Active |
TurnKey GNU/Linux | Alon Swartz, Liraz Siri | TurnKey GNU/Linux Team | 2008 | 14.1 | Debian packages as per Debian; TurnKey packages for life of current major version (plus backports per request) | 2016-04-15[35] | Debian Social Contract and DFSG | Debian | server based software appliance library aiming to balance security and ease of use | Gratis | Active |
Ubuntu and Derivatives[36] | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2004 | 18.04 LTS | Standard releases 9 months, LTS releases 5 years. Flavor LTS releases 3 or 5 years. | 2018-04-26[37] | X | Debian | general, server, desktop | Gratis | Active |
Univention Corporate Server | Univention GmbH | Univention GmbH | 2004 | 4.3 | ? | 2018-03-14 | X | Debian | (small business) server | Commercial | Active |
Ututo | Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera | UTUTO dev team | 2000 | XS 2012 | ? | 2012-04-27 | 100% Free: GNU FSDG | Ututo XS: Gentoo Linux, Ututo UL: Ubuntu | general | Gratis | Active |
VectorLinux | Robert S. Lange | dev team | 1999 | 7.1 | ? | 2015-06-27 | X | Slackware | desktop | Gratis | ? |
Void Linux | Juan Romero Pardines | Juan RP and contributors | 2008 | Rolling | Rolling | 2017-10-07 | X | – | general | Gratis | Active |
Webconverger | Kai Hendry | Webconverger Limited | 2007 | 35.0 | ? | 2016-05-19 | X | Debian | Kiosk software, digital signage | Commercial | Active |
Xandros | Xandros Incorporated | Xandros Incorporated | 2001 | ? | ? | 2007-07-26 | X | Corel Linux | ? | Commercial | Inactive |
Zentyal | eBox Technologies | eBox Technologies | 2005 | 5 | ? | 2016-11-29 | X | Debian, Ubuntu | Small Business Server | Some editions are gratis | ? |
Zenwalk | Jean-Philippe Guillemin | dev team | 2004 | Rolling[38] | ? | 2018-03-09 | X | Slackware | general | Gratis | Active |
Distribution | Founder | Maintainer | Initial release year | Current stable version | Security updates (years) | Release date | System distribution commitment | Forked from | Target audience | Cost | Status |
- ^ a b Debian releases are officially supported for 1 year after the subsequent release, with releases being approximately 2 years apart. The Debian LTS Project provides community based support extending the complete support period to 5 years.
- ^ All security updates are in new versions which are released every six weeks.
- ^ for more information visit: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/trisquel
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alpine Linux | Binary blobs | ext4 | openrc | none |
ALT Linux | Binary blobs | ext3 | systemd | KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce |
Arch Linux | Binary blobs[39] | none[40] | systemd | none |
BLAG | Linux-Libre | ext3 | sysvinit | GNOME |
Bodhi Linux | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | Moksha (Enlightenment fork) |
Canaima | Binary blobs[39] | ? | ? | Cinnamon and MATE |
CentOS | Binary blobs[39] | xfs | systemd | GNOME |
Chakra | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
ClearOS | Binary blobs | ext3 | ? | none (Web based) |
CoreOS | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | None |
CrunchBang Linux | Binary blobs | ext4 | sysvinit | Openbox |
Damn Small Linux | Binary blobs | ext3 | sysvinit | JWM |
Debian | By default Linux-libre, but the Debian Project also hosts a non-free repository allowing blobs to be installed optionally.[39] Built with Linux-Libre tools.[41] | ext4 | systemd | GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE[42] |
Devuan | ? | ext4 | sysvinit | Xfce |
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre | Linux-Libre | ext4 | runit | Xfce |
dyne:bolic | Linux-Libre | ? | ? | GNOME |
Fedora | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | GNOME (default Workstation Edition), Spins for: KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce, LXDE, MATE (with Compiz), Cinnamon, Sugar on a Stick |
Funtoo | Binary blobs | none | openrc | None |
Gentoo | Binary blobs | none | openrc | Awesome, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE-Meta, Openbox, XBMC and Xfce (live DVD)[43] |
gNewSense | Debian Linux kernel, and (unlike Debian) blobs cannot be installed[41] | ext3 | sysvinit | GNOME |
gnuLinEx | Binary blobs | ext2 | ? | GNOME |
GuixSD | Linux-Libre | btrfs, ext4 | GNU Shepherd | GNOME, Xfce, i3, ratpoison, xmonad |
Instant WebKiosk | Binary blobs | SquashFS | ? | Has no DE. It's a browser-only interface |
Kali Linux | Binary blobs | ext3 | systemd | GNOME |
Knoppix | Binary blobs | xfs | microknoppix | LXDE |
LibreCMC[44] | Binary blobs | ext4 | busybox-init | none |
Linux Mint[45] | Binary blobs[39] | ext4 | systemd | MATE, Cinnamon, KDE 4, XFCE |
Mageia | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME |
Mandriva Linux | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
Manjaro Linux | Binary blobs | none[46] | systemd | Xfce, KDE, GNOME [47] |
MEPIS | Binary blobs | ext3, ext4 | sysvinit | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
Musix GNU+Linux[48] | Linux-Libre | ext4 | initscripts | LXDE |
OpenELEC | Binary blobs | SquashFS | shell script | XBMC Media Center |
openSUSE | Binary blobs | btrfs | systemd | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, Xfce |
OpenWrt | Binary blobs | overlayfs+SquashFS/JFFS2[49] | procd[50] | none |
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Linux-Libre | none | openrc or systemd | none |
Pardus | Binary blobs | ext4 | ? | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
Parsix | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | GNOME |
PCLinuxOS | Binary blobs | none | sysvinit | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce, Enlightenment, Openbox |
Pentoo | Binary blobs | SquashFS | openrc | Enlightenment |
Porteus | Binary blobs | Squashfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, FAT32, reiser, xfs | sysvinit | KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Openbox, Razor-qt |
Puppy Linux | Binary blobs | SquashFS containing ext2 | busybox-init | JWM |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Binary blobs | xfs | systemd | GNOME |
Rxart Desktop | Binary blobs | ext3 | ? | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
Sabayon Linux | Binary blobs | ext4[51] | systemd | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME |
Scientific Linux | Binary blobs | ext4 | sysvinit, systemd[52] | GNOME |
Slackware | Binary blobs[39] | ext4 | BSD init scripts | KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce, Fluxbox, Blackbox, twm |
Slax | Binary blobs | SquashFS | sysvinit | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
SliTaz GNU/Linux | Binary blobs | ext3 | busybox-init | Openbox |
Source Mage GNU/Linux | Binary blobs | ext2 | simpleinit-msb | none |
SteamOS | Binary blobs | ? | ? | Steam |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | Binary blobs[39] | ext3 | systemd | GNOME |
Tails | Vanilla Linux[39] | ? | systemd | GNOME |
Tor-ramdisk | Binary blobs | ext2 | ? | none |
Trisquel | Linux-Libre | ext4, xfs | systemd | GNOME, LXDE |
TurnKey GNU/Linux | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | none - headless server by design; provides Webmin for administration |
Ubuntu/Edubuntu | Binary blobs[39] | ext4[53] | systemd | Unity |
Ubuntu GNOME | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | GNOME 3 |
Ubuntu MATE | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | MATE |
Kubuntu | Binary blobs | ext4[53] | systemd | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
Xubuntu | Binary blobs | ext4[53] | systemd | Xfce |
Lubuntu | Binary blobs | ext4 | systemd | LXDE |
Ututo | Ututo XS (stable) is de-blobed with Linux-Libre tools.[54] Ututo UL (development) uses Linux-libre. Ututo UL means "Ubuntu-Libre" | ext3 | ? | GNOME |
VectorLinux | Binary blobs | ReiserFS | sysvinit | KDE, Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfce |
Void Linux | Binary blobs | none | runit | none |
Webconverger | Binary blobs | gitfs | sysvinit | dwm enforcing a Browser-only interface |
XBMC Live | Binary blobs | ext3 | systemd | XBMC Media Center |
Zentyal | Binary blobs | ext4 | ? | LXDE |
Zenwalk | Binary blobs | ext4 | sysvinit | Xfce |
Distribution | Default Linux kernel | Default file system | Default init system | Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection |
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 | ia64 | ppc[55] | ppc64 | sparc32 | sparc64 | arm | hppa[56] | loongson | mips[57] | sh | s390 | s390x | alpha[58] | m68k[59] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpine Linux | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Arch Linux | Yes Unofficial[60] Official discontinued 2017-11-08[61] |
Yes | No | Discontinued unofficial port | No | No | No | Yes Unofficial[62] |
No | In progress. Unofficial port[63] | No | No | No | No | No | No |
BackTrack | Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux[64] | Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux | No | No | No | No | No | Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
BLAG | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Bodhi Linux | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Discontinued 2013-10-23[65] |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
BOSS Linux | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
CentOS | AltArch | Yes | Discontinued 3.5-3.8 4.1-4.7[66] |
Beta, Discontinued 4.0 |
AltArch | Beta 4.2[66][67] |
No | AltArch | No | No | No | No | Discontinued 3.5-3.8 4.1-4.7[66][68] |
Discontinued 3.5-3.8 4.1-4.7[66][68] |
Discontinued 4.2-4.3[66][69][70] |
No |
Chakra | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
CRUX | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Debian[71] | Yes | Yes 4.0+ |
Discontinued 3.0-7.0[72] |
Discontinued 2.2-8 |
Yes | Discontinued 2.1-4.0[73] |
Discontinued -7[74] |
Yes 2.2+ |
Discontinued 3.0-5.0 |
Yes | Yes 3.0+ |
In progress | Discontinued 3.0-7 |
Yes 7+ |
Discontinued 2.1-5.0 |
Discontinued 2.0-3.1 |
Devuan | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre | Yes | Yes | No | 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 | No | No |
Fedora[75] | Yes | Yes | Discontinued from Fedora 9 [76] |
Discontinued from Fedora 17 |
Yes | No | Inactive from Fedora 12[77] |
Yes[78] | No | In progress | Inactive from Fedora 13 [79] |
No | No | Yes | No | No |
Finnix | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Gentoo[80] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[81] | Yes | Yes[82] | Yes[83][84] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
gNewSense | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
GuixSD[85] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Kali Linux | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
LibreCMC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes XBurst | No | No | No | No | No |
Manjaro Linux | Yes Unofficial[86] |
Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Unofficial[87] |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
MEPIS | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | No |
OpenELEC | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
openSUSE[88] | Discontinued 42.1 |
Yes | No | No[89] | No[89] | No | partial[90] | partial[91] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenWrt[92] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Oracle Linux[93] | Yes | Yes | Discontinued 5[94] |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[95][96] | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Red Flag Linux | Discontinued 8.0[97] |
Discontinued 8.0[97] |
Discontinued 3[98] |
No | Discontinued 3[98] |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Red Hat Linux[99] | Discontinued 9.0 |
No | Discontinued 7.1-7.2 |
Test release 5.1[100] |
No | Discontinued 4.0-4.2 5.1-6.2 |
Test release 5.1[100] |
No | No | No | Test release 5.1[100] |
No | Discontinued 7.2 |
Yes | Discontinued 2.1-7.1 |
Test release 5.1[100] |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux[101] | Discontinued 2.1-6[102] |
Yes 3+ |
Discontinued 2.1-5[103] |
Yes 3+ |
Yes 3+ |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Discontinued 3-4[104] |
Yes 3+ |
No | No |
Sabayon Linux | Discontinued | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Scientific Linux | Yes | Yes | Discontinued 3-4 |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
SHR | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Slackware | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Discontinued ?[105] |
No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Discontinued ?[106] |
Discontinued ?[106] |
Discontinued 8.1[107] |
No |
Source Mage GNU/Linux | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server[108] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | AArch64 only[109] | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Tor-ramdisk | Yes | Yes[110] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[111] | No | No | No | No | No |
Trisquel GNU/Linux | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
TurnKey GNU/Linux | Selected ISOs available |
Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No - but under development by community | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes, including 64-bit ARMv8-A | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Ututo | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | In progress | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Void Linux | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
XBMCbuntu | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | No |
Distribution | x86 | x86-64 | ia64 | ppc | ppc64 | sparc32 | sparc64 | arm | hppa | loongson | mips | sh | s390 | s390x | alpha | m68k |
Package management and installation
Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate (some distributions like Ubuntu tend to separate tools into different packages (usually stable release, development release, documentation and debug).
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpine Linux | Free, and nonfree | 8,135[112] | ? | apk | .apk | setup-alpine | No | ? | ? |
ALT Linux | Free, and nonfree | 8,300[113] | ? | APT (APT-RPM), RPM | RPM | Yes | ? | ? | |
Arch Linux | Free, and nonfree | 10,545[114] | 48,885 from AUR[115] | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | None (install scripts only) | No | Yes | iPXE |
BLAG | Free only | 10,000[116] | ? | RPM, yum, APT | RPM | Yes | No | No | |
Bodhi Linux | Free, and nonfree | 35,000 | ? | APT | .dpkg | Ubiquity | Yes | ? | ? |
CentOS | Free, and nonfree | 17,565[117] | ? | RPM, yum/up2date | RPM | Anaconda | Yes | Yes | ? |
Chakra | Free, and nonfree | 3,074[118] | CCR: 4,663[119] | Pacman (will be replaced by Akabei in future) | .pkg.tar.xz | Package manager in development | ? | ? | |
ClearOS | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | RPM, yum | RPM | No | ? | ? | |
CrunchBang Linux | Free, and nonfree | 23,000 | ? | APT | .deb | Yes | ? | ? | |
Damn Small Linux | Free, and nonfree | 610 | ? | myDSL, APT | .dsl, .tar.gz, .uci, .unc, .deb | No | ? | ? | |
Debian | Free, and nonfree | 57,290[120] | 21,041[a] | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | Yes | Yes | PXE |
Devuan | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | APT | .deb | ? | Yes | Yes | PXE |
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre | Free only | 484 | ? | pkgsystem | .tlz | ? | No | No | No |
dyne:bolic | Free only | ? | ? | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | Yes | No | No |
Fedora | Free, and nonfree | 60,882 | 25,041[121] | DNF, yum, PackageKit | RPM | Anaconda | Yes | Yes | ? |
Gentoo | Free, and nonfree | 108[122] | 19,092[123][b] | Portage | .ebuild, .tbz2 | Yes[c] | ? | PXE | |
gNewSense | Free only | ? | ? | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | Yes | Yes | No |
gnuLinEx | Free, and nonfree | 200 | ? | APT | .deb | Yes | ? | ? | |
GuixSD | Free only | 6,868[124] | 6,868 | Guix | .scm, .go | guix system init
|
WIP[125] | Yes | No |
Knoppix | Free, and nonfree | 3,600 | ? | APT | .deb | No | ? | ? | |
LibreCMC | Free only | 826 | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | |
Linux Mint | Free, and nonfree | 50,781 | ? | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes | ? | ? |
Mageia | Free, and nonfree | 17,283 (i586), 11,409 (x86-64)[126] | 8,834[127] | urpmi, rpmdrake | RPM | DrakX | Yes | Yes | ? |
Mandriva Linux | Free, and nonfree | 22,600 | ? | urpmi, rpmdrake | RPM | DrakX | Yes | ? | ? |
Manjaro Linux | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? from AUR[115] | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | Calamares[128] | Yes[129] | Yes | iPXE |
MEPIS | Free, and nonfree | 20,000 | ? | APT | .deb | MEPIS Install | Yes | ? | ? |
Musix GNU+Linux | Free only | 1,819 | ? | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | Yes | No | No |
OpenELEC | Free, and nonfree | 140[130] | ? | XBMCbuntu addon manager, own and 3rd party addons | .zip | Yes | ? | ? | |
openSUSE | Free, and nonfree | 69,367 | 34,891[131] | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | Yes | Yes | ? |
OpenWrt | Free, and nonfree | 2,000 | ? | opkg | .ipk | - | No | ? | ? |
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Free only | 15,352[132] | ? | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | None (install scripts only) | No | MIPS64 | No |
Pardus | Free, and nonfree | 4,000 | ? | PiSi | .pisi | YALI | Yes | ? | ? |
Parsix | Free, and nonfree | 29,000 | 14,900 | APT | .deb | Yes | ? | ? | |
PCLinuxOS | Free, and nonfree | 12,000 | ? | APT, RPM | RPM | Yes | ? | ? | |
Puppy | Free, and nonfree | 700 | ? | PupGet, DotPup | .pup, .pet | Yes | ? | ? | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Free, and nonfree | 3,000 (plus 9,155 from EPEL[133]) | ? | RPM, yum | RPM | Anaconda | Yes | ? | ? |
Rxart | Free, and nonfree | 5,000 | ? | APT | .deb | Yes | ? | ? | |
Sabayon Linux | Free, and nonfree | >13,130 | ? | Portage, Entropy | ebuild, .tbz2 | Calamares | Yes | ? | ? |
Scientific | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | APT/yum | RPM | Yes | ? | ? | |
Slackware | Free, and nonfree | 2,292 | ? | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, .txz, .tlz, .tbz | No | Yes | Yes | |
Slax | Free, and nonfree | 2,050 | ? | none | .lzm | ? | ? | ||
SliTaz GNU/Linux | Free, and nonfree | 3,381[134] | ? | Tazpkg | .tazpkg | tazinst | Yes | iPXE | iPXE |
Source Mage GNU/Linux | Free, and nonfree | 118 | 8,876 | Sorcery Package Manager | src | Yes | ? | ? | |
SUSE Linux | Free, and nonfree | 24,094 | 11,385 | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | Yes | ? | ? |
Tiny Core Linux | Free, and nonfree | 25,160 | ? | ab, tce-load | tcz | tc-install, core2usb | Yes | ? | ? |
Tiny SliTaz | Free, and nonfree | 50 | ? | Web site[135] | tazpkg | No | ? | iPXE | |
Tor-ramdisk | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | none | none | No | ? | ? | |
Trisquel | Free only | 52,748[136] | ? | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes | Yes | ? |
TurnKey GNU/Linux | Free, and nonfree | 57,290[120] plus ≈30 custom packages | 21,041[d] (currently TurnKey only supplies source code for custom packages) | APT | .deb | DI-Live (custom fork of Debian Installer) | No | No | No |
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu | Free, and nonfree | 73,229[137] | 24,474[e] | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes | Yes | PXE |
Ututo | Free only | 5,000 | ? | UTUTO Package Manager | ebuild | ? | ? | No | No |
Vector Linux | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg | tgz | Yes | ? | ? | |
Void Linux | Free, nonfree and multilib | 6,000 | 6,719 | xbps | .xbps | ncurses script | Yes | Yes | No |
XBMC Live | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | APT | .deb | No | ? | ? | |
Zentyal | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | APT | .deb | dpkg | Yes | ? | ? |
Zenwalk | Free, and nonfree | 2,000 | ? | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arch Linux | 742 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
AUSTRUMI | 301 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
BLAG Linux and GNU | 696 | ? | Yes | No | ? | |
Bodhi Linux | 1,024 | 80 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CentOS | 603 (Minimal) 4,096 (DVD) | Yes | Yes | Yes (installable since 6.0) | Yes | |
Chakra | 2,150 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Debian | 958 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Devuan | 868 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre | 655 | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
dyne:bolic | 1,650 | ? | up to version 2.x | Yes | ? | ? |
Fedora | 1,434 | 256 to 1,024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gentoo | 260 (Minimal) 2,048 (Live DVD) | up to 128 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
gNewSense[138] | 1,200 | 512 | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
Grml | 460 | 32 to 128 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Guix System Distribution[139] | 228 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Knoppix CD | 700 | 128 to 320 | Yes | Yes | Only DVD edition is maintained | |
Knoppix DVD | 4,813 | 128 to 500 | No | Yes | ||
LibreCMC | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
Mandriva Linux One | 700 | 128 to 768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Manjaro Linux | 473 to 2,200[140] | 256 to 1,024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MEPIS | 700 to 4,000 | 128 to 512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MCNLive | 350 | Yes | Yes | |||
Musix GNU+Linux | 2,000 | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nanolinux | 18 | ≈64 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
openGEU | 700 | 192 to 512 | Yes | Yes | ||
openSUSE (Not 42.1) | 700 | 128 to 768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
OpenWrt | min 4 | min 16 | No | No | No | No |
Oralux | 500 | Yes | Yes | No longer updated | ||
Parabola | 531 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pardus | 1,256 to 1,276 | 256 to 1,024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PCLinuxOS | 130 to 700 | 96 to 512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pentoo | 666 and 700 | 48 to 96 | Yes | Yes | By hand[141] | By hand |
Porteus | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Puppy Linux (Slacko) | 235 | 32 to 192 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Puredyne | 542 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Sabayon Linux Live CD | 695 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Sabayon Linux Live DVD | 2,400 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Scientific Linux | 431 to 2,300[142] | 640 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Slax | 200 | 96 to 320 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
SystemRescueCD | 459 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
SliTaz GNU/Linux | 35 | 24 to 192 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tails | ≈900 | ≈1,024 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (when run from DVD) |
Tiny Core Linux | 16 | 46 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tiny SliTaz | 1.44 | 4 | Yes | Yes | By SliTaz | By SliTaz |
Tor-ramdisk | 5 | 256 or >[143] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Trinity Rescue Kit | 104 | Yes | Yes | |||
Trisquel | 1,500[144] | 384 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
TurnKey GNU/Linux Core (base) appliance ISO | 212 | ~173 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ubuntu | 1,700[145] | 384 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ututo | 3,500 | ? | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
Edubuntu | 2,900[146] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Kubuntu | 1,400[147] | 384 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
XBMC Live | 700 | 256 to 1,024 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Zentyal | 600 | 256 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Xubuntu | 1,200[148] | 256 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpine Linux | Yes[149] | Unknown | PaX | Yes | Unknown |
BLAG | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Debian/Ubuntu | Yes | SELinux, AppArmor | PaX optional | Optional | Optional |
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
dyne:bolic | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Fedora | Yes | SELinux[150] | Exec Shield[151] | No | No |
Gentoo | Optional | SELinux, AppArmor | PaX optional | Optional | Optional |
gNewSense | Unknown | SELinux, AppArmor[f] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Guix System Distribution | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
LibreCMC | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Mandriva | Unknown | AppArmor | Unknown | Unknown | Yes |
Musix GNU+Linux | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
SUSE Linux | Yes | AppArmor[152] | Hardware NX and other methods in mainline kernel and toolchain[153] | No | No |
Tor-ramdisk | Unknown | Unknown | PaX | Yes | No |
Trisquel | Unknown | SELinux, AppArmor[g] | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ututo | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
See also
- Comparison of netbook-oriented Linux distributions
- Comparison of operating systems
- DistroWatch
- List of Linux distributions
Notes
- ^ From the Sources.gz files in the main, contrib and non-free sections of Debian Jessie. On the 2015-11-21, Debian Sid, the development release, have 24757 source packages.
- ^ Note this number is just of packages in the Official Gentoo Overlay (or Portage Tree). Several hundred other packages are available from other overlays
- ^ Can be installed graphically (GTK+ and ncurses), but traditionally done by command line (install cd, live cd, netboot, and from distributions).
- ^ From the Sources.gz files in the main, contrib and non-free sections of Debian Jessie. On the 2015-11-21, Debian Sid, the development release, have 24757 source packages.
- ^ From the Sources.gz files in the main,universe, multiverse and restricted sections of Ubuntu Wily.
- ^ Based on Debian
- ^ Based on Ubuntu
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