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.Such as fire fox, and others.
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 | 2008-06-09 | multimedia |
| Alinex | Alinex Team, University of Évora | Alinex Team, University of Évora | 2005-12-06 | Ubuntu | 2008-03-07 | general |
| 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 / ALT Linux LLC | 2001-03-21 | none | 2009-02-20 | general |
| Annvix | Vincent Danen | Vincent Danen | 2003-11-? | Mandrake Linux | 2007-12-30 | server |
| Arch Linux | Judd Vinet | dev team | 2002-03-11 | none | 2009-02-16 | general |
| Ark Linux | Bernhard Rosenkraenzer | dev team | 2003-01-25 | none | 2008-05-14 | desktop |
| Arudius | Haidut | dev team | 2005-11-03 | none | 2006-02-06 | auditing |
| Asianux | Red Flag Linux, Miracle Linux, Haansoft Linux | dev team | 2004-06-? | RHEL | 2007-09-22 | server, workstation |
| Aurox | Software-Wydawnictwo Sp. z oo | Aurox Sp. z oo | 2002-09-? | Fedora | 2006-08-31 | general |
| BackTrack | Max Moser, Mati Aharoni & Martin J. Muench | Remote-Exploit | 2006-08-31 | Slackware(version < 3.x)/Ubuntu(version > 4.x) | 2009-06-19 | auditing |
| BLAG | Brixton Linux Action Group | Brixton Linux Action Group | 2002-10-22 | Fedora | 2008-07-21 [1] | desktop |
| BOSS | C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) | C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) | 2007-01-10 | Debian | 2008-07-21 [2] | general |
| Caixa Mágica | Daniel Neves, José Guimarães, Paulo Trezentos | Caixa Mágica Software | 2000-10-28 | Mandriva Linux | 2009-06-03 | general |
| DeepSpaceOS | Arjo Chakravarty | Arjo129 | 2009-12-10 | Opensuse | 2009-12-10 | general |
| CentOS | CentOS Project | CentOS Project | 2003-12-? | RHEL | 2009-10-21 | server, workstation |
| Chrome OS | N/A | Ubuntu | N/A | netbooks | ||
| CrunchBang | Philip Newborough | Philip Newborough | 2008-01-30 | Ubuntu | 2009-01-19 | desktop |
| CRUX | Per Liden | CRUX Linux community | 2001-01-20 | none | 2009-09-08 | general |
| Damn Small Linux | John Andrews | dev team | 2003-?-? | Knoppix | 2008-11-17[3] | portable |
| Debian | Ian Murdock | Debian Project | 1993-08-16 | none | 2009-09-05 | general |
| Desktop Light Linux | Henry Jensen | Henry Jensen | 2002-10-? | none | 2008-05-28 | desktop |
| DeMuDi | AGNULA | AGNULA | 2002-04-? | Debian | 2005-11-03 | multimedia |
| dyne:bolic | Jaromil | Jaromil | 2001-06-? | none | 2007-09-22 | multimedia |
| Easy Peasy | Jon Ramvi, Easy Peasy community | Jon Ramvi, Easy Peasy community | 2008-07-04 | Ubuntu | 2009-04-20 | netbooks |
| 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 | 2009-11-17 | general |
| Finnix | Ryan Finnie | Ryan Finnie | 2000-03-22 | Debian | 2008-01-29 | maintenance |
| Foresight Linux | Ken VanDine | dev team | 2004-12-? | rPath | 2008-11-24 | general |
| Frugalware | Miklos Vajna | dev team | 2004-09-02[citation needed] | Slackware | 2009-09-07 | general |
| Gentoo Linux | Daniel Robbins | Gentoo Foundation, Inc. | 2002-03-31 | none | Weekly [4] | general |
| gNewSense | Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley | dev team | 2006-11-02 | Ubuntu (8.04) | 2009-09-14 | desktop |
| Gnoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | ? pre-2003-07-17 (0.4) | Knoppix | 2005-09-07 | live |
| gnuLinEx | Regional Government of Extremadura | dev team | 2002-06-09 | Debian | 2006-06-20 | desktop |
| GoboLinux | Hisham Muhammad, Andre Detsch | dev team | 2002-03-20 | none | 2008-03-30 | desktop |
| gOS | Good OS LLC | Good OS LLC | 2007-11-01 | Ubuntu | 2008-02-07 | desktop |
| SHR | FSO | 2010-01-15 (testing) | portable | |||
| 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 | desktop, live |
| Kiran Linux | Kiran Shila | Kiran Shila | 2008-08-19 | Slackware | 2008-08-19 | general |
| Knoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | ? pre-2003-01-19 (3.1) | Debian | 2009-11-18[5] | live |
| KnoppMyth | Cecil Watson | dev team | ? | Debian, Knoppix | 2007-09-09 | desktop, live |
| Kuki Linux | João Ferro | kuki bakers | 2008-10-21 | Ubuntu | 2009-08-30 | Acer Aspire One |
| Kurumin Linux | Carlos Morimoto | GuiadoHardware | 2003-01-? | Knoppix | 2007-02-21 | desktop, live |
| Linspire | Lindows.com, Inc. | Linspire, Inc. | 2002-03-? | Debian | 2007-10-10 | desktop |
| Freespire | Lindows.com, Inc. | Linspire, Inc. | 2002-03-? | Debian/Ubuntu(developing) | 2007-11-30 | desktop |
| Linux4One | ? | ? | 2009-02-28 | Ubuntu | 2009-04-06 | desktop |
| Linux Mint | Clement Lefebvre | dev team | 2006-08-27 | Ubuntu | 2009-11-28 | desktop |
| Lunar Linux | Chuck Mead, Lunar Penguin Project | Foo-Projects.org | 2002-03-? | Sorcerer | 2007-02-17 | general |
| Mandriva Linux | Mandrakesoft S.A. | Mandriva S.A. | 1998-7-23 (5.1 (venice)) | Red Hat Linux | 2009-04-29[6] | general |
| MontaVista Linux | MontaVista Software | MontaVista Software | 1999-?-? | Debian | 2007-03-? | embedded |
| Mutagenix | Dan Barber | Dan Barber | 2005-7-7 | Slackware | 2007-08-16 | rescue |
| Musix GNU+Linux | Marcos Guglielmetti | ? | ? | Knoppix, Kanotix, Debian | 2007-03-05 | audio |
| Network Security Toolkit | Ronald W. Henderson, Paul Blankenbaker | dev team | 2003-01-01 | Fedora | 2009-09-22 | network, security |
| NexusWare Core | Performance Technologies, Inc | dev team | 1998-?-? | Debian and others | 2008-02-02 | embedded |
| 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 | 2009-03-24 | server |
| openSUSE | SUSE Linux / Novell | Novell, Inc. & openSUSE Project | 1994-03-? | SUSE Linux | 2009-11-12 | general |
| OpenWRT | ? | OpenWrt team | ? | ? | 2009-06-03 [7] | embedded |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux | Oracle Corporation | Oracle Corporation | 2006-10-26 | RHEL | 2009-09-09 | server |
| Paipix | António Amorim | António Amorim | 2004-?-? | Debian | 2007-10-17 | science |
| Pardus | TUBITAK | TUBITAK | 2005-?-? | Gentoo Linux | 2008-09-14 | general |
| Parsix | Alan Baghumian | Parsix Project | 2005-01-25 | Kanotix, Debian | 2007-10-05 | desktop |
| PCLinuxOS | Bill Reynolds | dev team | 2003-11-? | Mandrake Linux | 2009-03-11 | desktop |
| Pie Box Enterprise Linux | PixExcel | PixExcel | 2004-04-19 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 2006-08-15 | general |
| Puppy Linux | Barry Kauler | Puppy Foundation | 2002-07-12 (0.4) | none | 2008-11-03 [8] | portable |
| QiLinux | QiLinux team | QiLinux team | 2003-10-31 (1.0alpha2) | none | 2006-08-01 | general |
| 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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Red Hat | Red Hat | 2002-03-26 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS (Pensacola) | Red Hat Linux/Fedora | 2008-05-21 | server, workstation |
| Red Hat Linux | Red Hat | Red Hat | 1995-05-13 (1.0) | none | 2003-03-31 | server, workstation |
| Rocks | UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp | UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp | 2000-11-? Rocks 1.0 | Red Hat Linux | 2008-11-? Rocks 5.1 (V.1) | server, workstation |
| Rxart | Pixart SRL | Pixart SRL | 2000-03-? | Debian | 2006-04-16 | general |
| Sabayon Linux | lxnay Design | dev team | ? | Gentoo | 2009-10-02[9] | desktop |
| Satux | Institute of Technology JRSC (iTJRSC) | Institute of Technology JRSC (iTJRSC) | 2007-?-? | Debian | 2007[10] | desktop |
| Scientific Linux | CERN, Fermilab | dev team | 2004-5-10 | RHL/RHEL | 2008-06-28 | science |
| sidux | sidux team | sidux team | 2007-02-21 | Debian Sid | 2009-11-11 | desktop |
| SimplyMEPIS | Warren Woodford | MEPIS LLC. | 2003-09-05 | Debian | 2009-08-25 | desktop |
| Slackware | Patrick Volkerding | dev team | 1993-07-16 | SLS | 2009-08-26 | general |
| SLAX | Tomas Matejicek | Tomas Matejicek | 2002-06-16 | Slackware | 2009-08-04[11] | live |
| SMS - Slack Mini Server | gerasimos_h | gerasimos_h | 2007-08-10 | Slackware | 2009-07-05 | live, server |
| SliTaz GNU/Linux | Christophe Lincoln | dev team | 2008-03-25 | none | 2009-04-16 | portable |
| Source Mage GNU/Linux | Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell | dev team | 2002-06-? | Sorcerer | 2009-02-11 | general |
| SUSE Linux | SUSE Linux / Novell | Novell, Inc. dev team | 1994-03-? | Slackware, Jurix[12] | 2008-05-21 | workstation, server |
| Symphony OS | Ryan Quinn | Ryan Quinn & Jason Spisak | ? | Debian | 2006-12-13 | desktop |
| SYS | W.Landgraf | W.Landgraf | 2007-11-? | Slackware | 2010-01-21(0.23r4+)[13] | general |
| 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 | 2009-10-29 | general |
| Kubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2005-04-08 | Debian | 2009-10-29 | desktop |
| Xubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2006-06-01 | Debian | 2009-10-29 | desktop |
| Edubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2005-10-13 | Debian | 2009-10-29 | 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 | 2009-10-29 | multimedia |
| Ututo GNU/Linux | Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera | UTUTO dev-team | 2000-?-? | Gentoo Linux | 2009-03-15 | general |
| VectorLinux | Robert S. Lange | dev team | 1999-?-? | Slackware | 2009-08-30[14] | desktop |
| Wolvix | Wolven | Wolven | 2007?-?-? | Slackware | 2009-06-02[15] | desktop |
| Xandros | Xandros Corp. | Xandros, Inc. | 2002-10-22 | Corel Linux | 2006-06-21 | desktop |
| XBMC Live | The XBMC Project | Team-XBMC | 2008-11-14 | Ubuntu | 2008-11-14 | multimedia |
| Yellow Dog Linux | Terra Soft Solutions | Fixstars Solutions | 1999 | Fedora, CentOS | 2009-06-29 | general |
| Yoper | Andreas Giradet | The Yoper Team | 2003-03-05 | none | 2007-10-03 | general |
| Zenwalk Linux | Jean-Philippe Guillemin | dev team | 2004-05-21 (as Minislack) | Slackware | 2009-03-07 | general |
| Distribution | Creator | Producer | First public release (yyyy-MM-dd) | Base distribution | Latest release date | Purpose |
Cost
The following distributions are available 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, Easy Peasy, Edubuntu, EnGarde Secure Linux, Fedora, Finnix, Foresight Linux, Freespire, Frugalware, Gentoo, gNewSense, gnuLinEx, GoboLinux, Gobuntu, Impi Linux, Kanotix, Knoppix, Knoppmyth, Kubuntu, Kurumin Linux, Linux Mint, Lunar Linux, Musix GNU+Linux, Network Security Toolkit, NimbleX, NUbuntu, openSUSE, Paipix, Pardus, Parsix, PCLinuxOS, Puppy Linux, QiLinux, Sabayon Linux, Satux, Scientific Linux, sidux, Slackware, SLAX, SliTaz GNU/Linux, Source Mage GNU/Linux, Symphony OS, SYS, Trustix, Ubuntu, Ututo GNU/Linux, Super OS, Xubuntu, XBMC Live, Yoper, Zenwalk and OpenWRT.
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[16], Novell Open Enterprise Server[17], Red Hat Enterprise Linux[18][19], Rxart[20], SUSE Linux Enterprise[21], Xandros[22].
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
The following table shows the default file system, but many Linux distributions support some or all of ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, Reiser4, JFS, XFS, GFS, GFS2, OCFS, OCFS2, and NILFS. It is possible to install Linux onto the majority 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, and by hobbyists, or adapted from UNIX, Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. Linux has full support for XFS and JFS, along with FAT (the MS-DOS file system), and HFS which is the primary file system for the Macintosh. Support for Microsoft Windows NT's NTFS file system has appeared, and is now comparable to the support available for other native UNIX file systems. CDs, DVDs, and BluRay discs' ISO 9660 and Universal Disk Format (UDF) are supported. Unlike other operating systems, Linux and UNIX allow any file system to be used regardless of the media it is stored in, whether it is a hard drive, a disc (CD,DVD...), an USB key, or even contained within a file located on another file system.
Similarly, many C-compilers, desktop environments and window managers are widely supported.
| Distribution | Linux kernel | C Compiler | Default file system | Commonly chosen desktop environment or window manager |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alinex | 2.6.22 | GCC 4.1.2 | ext3 | GNOME |
| aLinux | 2.6.12 | GCC 4.1.1 | none | KDE |
| ALT Linux | 2.6.25 | GCC 4.1.2 | ext3 | KDE, Xfce |
| Annvix | 2.4.32 | GCC 3.4.3 | none | |
| Arch Linux | 2.6.32.3[23] | GCC 4.4.1[24] | none[25] | any |
| Archie | 2.6.22[26] | Xfce | ||
| Ark Linux | 2.6.22.3 | GCC 4.2.1 | JFS[27] | KDE |
| Arudius | 2.6.13 | GCC 3.3.6 | ext3 | Fluxbox |
| Asianux | 2.6.18 | GCC 4.1.1 | ext3 | KDE |
| Aurox | 2.6.9 | GCC 4.1.1 | ext3 | KDE |
| BackTrack | 2.6.21.5 | GCC 4.1.1 | ext3 | KDE, Fluxbox |
| BLAG Linux and GNU | 2.6.25.10[28] | GCC 4.1.1 | ext3 | GNOME |
| Caixa Mágica | 2.6.29.3[29] | GCC ? | ? | ? |
| CentOS | 2.6.18 | GCC 4.1.2 | ext3 | GNOME |
| CrunchBang Linux | 2.6.27 | GCC 4.3.1 | ext3 | Openbox |
| CRUX | 2.6.27.8 | GCC 4.3.2 | none | Openbox |
| Damn Small Linux | 2.4.31 | GCC 3.3.5, TCC | ext3 | JWM |
| Debian | 2.6.26 | GCC 4.3.2, 4.2.4, 4.1.2, 3.4.6 | ext3 | GNOME, KDE, LXDE or Xfce (depending on installation media) |
| DeLi Linux | 2.4.32 | GCC 2.95 | ext3/ext2 | IceWM |
| DeMuDi | 2.6.12 | GCC 3.3.5 | ext3 | GNOME |
| Dreamlinux | 2.6.28.5[30] | Xfce | ||
| dyne:bolic | 2.6.18 | GCC 3.4.3 | SquashFS, ext3 | Xfce |
| Easy Peasy | 2.6.30.5[31] | ext3 | Gnome, Ubuntu Netbook Remix | |
| Elive | 2.6.15/2.6.18.2 | GCC 3.4.3 | SquashFS, ReiserFS | Enlightenment |
| EnGarde Secure Linux | 2.6.17 | None | ext3 | none |
| Fedora | 2.6.31.5[32] | GCC 4.4.2 | ext4 | GNOME, KDE, Xfce (depending on spin) |
| Finnix | 2.6.22 | GCC 4.1.1 | SquashFS | none |
| Foresight Linux | 2.6.27 | GCC 4.1.2 | ext3 | GNOME |
| Frugalware | 2.6.30 | GCC 4.4.1 | none | none |
| Gentoo | 2.6.32 | GCC 4.4.2 | none | any |
| gnuLinEx | 2.6.16 | GCC 3.3.5 | ext2 | GNOME |
| GoboLinux | 2.6.24.4 | GCC 4.1.2 | ReiserFS | KDE |
| gNewSense | 2.6.15.27 | GCC 4.0.3 | ext3 | GNOME |
| Impi Linux | 2.6.11.7 | GCC 4.0.1 | ? | KDE |
| Kanotix | 2.6.22 | GCC 4.1.1 | ext3 | KDE |
| Knoppix | 2.6.24.4 | GCC 4.2.2 | XFS | LXDE |
| Kurumin Linux | 2.6.18 | GCC 4.1.1 | ext3 | KDE |
| Linspire | 2.6.14 | GCC 3.4.3 | ReiserFS | KDE |
| Linux Mint[33] | 2.6.31 | GCC 4.4.1 | ext3 | GNOME, KDE or Xfce (depending on edition) |
| Lunar Linux | 2.6.26 | GCC 3.4.6 GCC 4.2.4[34] |
none | none |
| Mandriva Linux | 2.6.31.5[35] | GCC 4.4.1 | ext3 | GNOME,KDE |
| MEPIS | 2.6.22.14 | GCC ? | ReiserFS, ext3 | KDE |
| Musix GNU+Linux | 2.6.16 | GCC 4.0.3 | ? | IceWM |
| Mutagenix | 2.6.18 | GCC ? | ? | KDE |
| Network Security Toolkit | 2.6.31.9[36] | GCC 4.4.2 | ext4 | GNOME, Fluxbox |
| NimbleX | 2.6.11 | ? | SquashFS | KDE |
| Nitix | 2.4.21 | GCC 3.3.4 | ReiserFS | none |
| openSUSE | 2.6.31.5 | GCC 4.4.1 | ext4 | GNOME, KDE, Xfce |
| OpenWRT | 2.6.27.10 | none | yaffs | none |
| Paipix | 2.6.14 | GCC 4.0.2 | none | KDE |
| Pardus | 2.6.25 | GCC 3.4.6 | ext3 | KDE |
| Parsix | 2.6.23.9 | GCC 4.2.2 | ext3 | GNOME |
| PCLinuxOS | 2.6.16 | GCC 3.3.1 | none | KDE |
| Pie Box Enterprise Linux | 2.6.9 | GCC 3.4.6 | ext3 | GNOME |
| Puppy Linux | 2.6.25.16 | GCC 3.3.4 | SquashFS containing ext2 | JWM |
| QiLinux | 2.6.17 | GCC 4.0.2 | ReiserFS | KDE |
| Red Flag Linux | 2.6.9 | GCC 3.4.3 | ext3 | KDE |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 2.6.18[37] | GCC 4.1.2 | ext3 | GNOME |
| Rxart Desktop | 2.6.11 | ? | ext3 | KDE |
| Sabayon Linux | 2.6.31 | GCC 4.3.2 | ext4[38] | KDE, GNOME |
| Satux | 2.6.22 | GCC 4.1.2 | ext3 | GNOME |
| Scientific Linux | 2.6.18 | GCC 4.1.2 | ext3 | GNOME |
| SHR | 2.6.29 | GCC | ext3 | Enlightenment's Illume |
| sidux | 2.6.31 | GCC 4.3.4 | ext3 | KDE 4.3.2 |
| Slackware | 2.6.27.7 | GCC 4.2.4 | ext4 | KDE |
| SLAX | 2.6.24.4 | GCC 4.2.3 | SquashFS | KDE |
| SMS - Slack Mini Server | 2.6.29.5 | GCC 4.3.3 | ext4 | KDE |
| SliTaz GNU/Linux | 2.6.25.5 | GCC 4.2.2 | ext3 | Openbox |
| Source Mage GNU/Linux | 2.6.27.10[39] (ISO) or any | GCC 4.1.2 | ext2 | none |
| SUSE Linux | 2.6.27.19 | GCC 4.1.3 | ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | GNOME, KDE, Xfce |
| Symphony OS | 2.6.16 | GCC 4.1.0 | ReiserFS | Mezzo |
| SYS | 2.6.26.2 (iso) / 2.6.33-rc6 (repository [40], server [41]) | GCC 4.2.4 | ext3 | KDE, GNOME 2.28, Xfce (selectable in kdm) |
| Ubuntu/Edubuntu | 2.6.31[42] / 2.6.24 (LTS) | GCC 4.4.1[43] | ext4 | GNOME |
| Kubuntu | 2.6.31[42] 2.6.24 (LTS) | GCC 4.4.1[43] | ext4 | KDE |
| XBMC Live | 2.6.27 | GCC 4.1.2 | ext3 | XBMC Media Center |
| Xubuntu | 2.6.31[42] 2.6.24 (LTS) | GCC 4.4.1 | ext3 | Xfce |
| Ututo GNU/Linux | 2.6.27 | GCC 4.3.2 | ext3 | GNOME |
| VectorLinux | 2.6.13 | GCC 3.4.6 | ? | Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfce |
| Wolvix | 2.6.27.7 | GCC 4.2.4 | ext3 | XFCE,OpenBox |
| Xandros Desktop OS | 2.6.15 | GCC 3.3.5 | ReiserFS | KDE |
| Yoper | 2.6 | GCC 4.0, 4.2 | ext3 | KDE |
| Zenwalk Linux | 2.6.30.5 | GCC 4.3.3 | ext4 | Xfce |
| Distribution | Linux kernel | C Compiler | Default file system | Commonly chosen desktop environment or window manager |
Architecture support
| Distribution | x86 | x86-64 | IA-64 | ppc | ppc64 | sparc32 | sparc64 | arm | hppa | mips | loongson | 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 |
| CrunchBang Linux | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 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[44] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ?[45] | 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 |
| Eagle Linux | 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[46] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes[47] | Yes | Yes[48][49] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| gnuLinEx | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| GoboLinux[50] | 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 | Yes | 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 | No | 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 |
| Mutagenix | Yes | No | 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 |
| Network Security Toolkit | Yes | Yes | 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 | |
| OES2-Linux | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| openSUSE[51] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| OpenWRT[52] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux[53] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 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[54] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No[55] | 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 |
| SHR | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| sidux | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Slackware | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Slax | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| SMS -Slack Mini Server | 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 Enterprise Server [56] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Symphony OS | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| SYS | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu/Xubuntu | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 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 |
| XBMC Live | 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 | loongson | s390 | s390x | alpha |
Package management and installation
Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate.
| Distribution | Approximate number of pre-compiled packages | Approximate number of source packages | Default package management tools | Package Format | Default installer | Graphical installation procedure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alinex | 20300 | APT | DEB | Yes | ||
| aLinux | 1200 | RPM | RPM | No | ||
| ALT Linux | 8300[57] | APT (apt-rpm), RPM | RPM | Yes | ||
| Annvix | APT, RPM | RPM | ||||
| Arch Linux | 15000 | Pacman | tar.gz | No | ||
| Archie | ||||||
| Ark Linux | 4000 | RPM, APT | RPM | Yes | ||
| Arudius | Slackware Pkgtools | tgz | No | |||
| Asianux | mlupdater, RPM | RPM | Yes | |||
| Aurox | 3000 | RPM, yum | RPM | Yes | ||
| BlackMouse Linux | pkgsrc | tar.gz, source | ||||
| BLAG | 10000 [58] | RPM, yum, APT | RPM | Yes | ||
| Caixa Mágica | 16000 | urpmi, APT (apt-rpm) | RPM | Yes | ||
| CrunchBang Linux | 23000 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| CRUX | 1155 | pkgutils | tgz | No | ||
| CentOS | 1660 | RPM, yum/up2date | RPM | Yes | ||
| Damn Small Linux | 610 | myDSL, APT | .dsl, .tar.gz, .uci, .unc, deb | No | ||
| Debian | 25113 | 12123 | APT | deb | Debian-Installer | Yes |
| Desktop Light Linux | 150 | No | ||||
| DeMuDi | 875 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| Draco GNU/Linux | pkgsrc | tar.gz, source | ||||
| Dreamlinux | 23000 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| dyne:bolic | none | none | Yes | |||
| Elive | 20000 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| EnGarde Secure Linux | 500 | RPM, APT | RPM | |||
| Fedora | 8000 | yum | RPM | Anaconda | Yes | |
| Finnix | 350 | APT | deb | No | ||
| Foresight Linux | 15000 | Conary, PackageKit[59] | Yes | |||
| Frugalware | 3000 | Pacman | .tar.bz | Yes | ||
| Gentoo | 80 | 13000 | Portage | ebuild | Yes[60] | |
| gnuLinEx | 200 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| GoboLinux | 2000 | Manager,[61] Compile, InstallPackage | recipes,tar.bz2 | Yes | ||
| Impi Linux | No | |||||
| Kanotix | 1200 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| KateOS | ||||||
| Knoppix | 3600 | APT | deb | No | ||
| Kurumin | APT | deb | Yes | |||
| Linspire | 2200 | CNR "click and run" | deb | Yes | ||
| Linux Mint | 23000 | APT, mintInstall | deb | Ubiquity | Yes | |
| Lunar | 3120 | lin | source | Yes | ||
| Mandriva Linux | 20000 | urpmi, rpmdrake[62] | RPM | DrakX | Yes | |
| MEPIS | 20000 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| Musix GNU+Linux | 1300 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| Mutagenix | tgz | Yes | ||||
| Mythbuntu | 26000 | APT | deb | Ubiquity | ||
| Network Security Toolkit | 8280 | 8280 | yum | RPM | Anaconda | Yes |
| NimbleX | 500 | none | tgz | No | ||
| Nitix | SoftUpdate, yum | RPM | Yes | |||
| openSUSE | 22000 | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | Yes | |
| OpenWRT | opkg | opk | opkg | No | ||
| Paipix | 2000 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| Pardus | 1600 | PiSi | .pisi | Yes | ||
| Parsix | APT | deb | Yes | |||
| PCLinuxOS | 5025 | APT, RPM | RPM | Yes | ||
| Pie Box Enterprise Linux | 1500 | up2date, yum | RPM | Yes | ||
| Puppy | 300 | PupGet, DotPup | .pup, .pet | Yes | ||
| QiLinux | 2500 | RPM, APT | RPM | Yes[63] | ||
| Red Flag | Red Flag Installer System, RPM | RPM | Yes | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 3000 | RPM, yum | RPM | Yes | ||
| Rxart | 5000 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| Sabayon Linux | 12000 | Portage, Entropy | ebuild | Yes | ||
| SAM Linux | ||||||
| Satux | dpkg,apt-get | deb | Yes | |||
| Scientific | APT/yum | RPM | Yes | |||
| SHR | opkg | opk | opkg | No | ||
| sidux | 23000 | APT | deb | Yes | ||
| Slackware | 544 | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, .txz | No | ||
| Slax | 2050 | none | .lzm | |||
| SMS - Slack Mini Server | 600 | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, .txz .lzm | No | ||
| SliTaz GNU/Linux | 1400 | Tazpkg | .tazpkg | Yes | ||
| Source Mage GNU/Linux | 5514 | Sorcery Package Manager | src | Yes | ||
| SUSE | 22000 | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | Yes | |
| Symphony OS | APT, OneClick | RPM | Yes | |||
| SYS | 6000 | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz | No | ||
| Ubuntu,Kubuntu,Xubuntu | 26000 | APT | deb | Ubiquity | Yes | |
| Ututo | 5000 | UTUTO Package Manager | ebuild | |||
| Vector Linux | slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg | tgz | Yes | |||
| Wolvix | --- | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, .txz | Yes | ||
| Xandros Desktop OS | APT | deb | Yes | |||
| XBMC Live | APT | deb | No | |||
| Yoper | 2000 | Smart | RPM | No | ||
| Zenwalk Linux | 1200 | netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz | Yes | ||
| Distribution | Approximate number of packages | Approximate number of source packages | Default package management tools | Package Format | Default installer | Graphical installation procedure |
Live CDs/DVDs/USBs
| Distribution | Size in MB | RAM Use in MB | Boots from CD-ROM | Boots from DVD[clarification needed] | Installable Live CD | Installable Over USBs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALT Linux Desktop or Lite | 700 | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Archie | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Ark Linux | 700 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Austrumi | 50 | Yes | Yes | |||
| BackTrack | 1570 | No | Yes | |||
| CentOS | 700 | Yes | Officially not supported[64] | |||
| Damn Small Linux | 50 | 16 to 24[65] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debian Live | 50 to 5120 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dreamlinux | 700 | Yes | Yes | |||
| dyne:bolic | 650 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Elive | 700 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Feather Linux | 128 | 48 to 96 | Yes | Yes | ||
| Fedora Live CD |
683 | 256 to 1024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Finnix | 100 to 130 | 28 to 64 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Freespire | 700 | 128 to 768 | Yes | No | Yes | |
| iloog | 700 | Yes | No | |||
| Inquisitor live CD | 210 | 96 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Kanotix | 700 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Knoppix CD edition |
700 | 128 to 320 | Yes | Yes | Only DVD edition is maintained | |
| Knoppix DVD "Maxi" edition |
4812.8 | No | Yes | |||
| Knoppix STD | 497 | Yes | Yes | No longer updated | ||
| Gnoppix | 4812.8 | No | Yes | No longer updated | ||
| gOS | 700 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Linux Mint | 700 | 256 to 768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mandriva Linux One | 700 | 128 to 768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MCNLive | 350 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Morphix | 700 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Musix | 700 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Network Security Toolkit Live CD/DVD |
483 to 1300 | 256 to 1024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NimbleX | 200 | 96 to 320 | Yes | Yes | ||
| nUbuntu | 265 | Yes | Yes | |||
| openGEU | 700 | 192 to 512 | Yes | Yes | ||
| openSUSE | 700 | 128 to 768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenWRT | < 100 | < 64 | No | No | No | No |
| Oralux | 500 | Yes | Yes | No longer updated | ||
| Parted Magic | 30 | Yes | Yes | |||
| PCLinuxOS | 130 to 700 | 96 to 512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Phlak | 500 | Yes | Yes | No longer updated | ||
| Puppy Linux (standard edition) | 70 | 32 to 192 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| pure:dyne | 542 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Red Hat Linux | ||||||
| Sabayon Linux Live CD | 695 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Sabayon Linux Live DVD | 4000 | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| SAM Linux | 683 | Yes | Yes | |||
| sidux | 400 to 1999 | 193 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SimplyMEPIS | 706 | 128 to 512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| SLAX | 200 | 96 to 320 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| SMS - Slack Mini Server | 283 to 950 | 128 to 786 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SliTaz GNU/Linux | 29 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| SystemRescueCD | 160 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Trinity Rescue Kit | 104 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Ubuntu | 700 | 384 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edubuntu | 700 | Yes | Yes | |||
| Kubuntu | 700 | 384 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| XBMC Live | 700 | 256 to 1024 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Xubuntu | 700 | 256 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Distribution | Size | RAM Use | Boots from CD-ROM | Boots from DVD | Installable Live CD | Installable Over USBs |
Security features
| Distribution | Compile Time Buffer Checks | Mandatory access control | Software executable space protection | grsecurity | RSBAC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian/Ubuntu | Template:Unk | Yes (AppArmor) | Template:Optional (PaX) | Template:Optional | Template:Optional |
| Fedora | Yes | Yes (SELinux[66]) | Yes (Exec Shield[67]) | No | No |
| Gentoo[68] | Template:Unk | Template:Optional (SELinux) | Template:Optional (PaX) | Template:Optional | Template:Optional |
| Mandriva | Template:Unk | Yes (AppArmor[69]) | Template:Unk | Template:Unk | Yes |
| SUSE | Yes | Yes (AppArmor[70]) | Yes (Hardware NX and other methods in mainline kernel and toolchain [71]) | No | No |
See also
- List of Linux distributions
- List of Linux distributions free of proprietary code
- Comparison of operating systems
References
- ↑ BLAG Linux And GNU - BLAG 90001 (oxygen) Released
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=damnsmall
- ↑ Gentoo Weekly Minimal Install CD and Stages
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=knoppix
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mandriva
- ↑ http://openwrt.org/
- ↑ http://www.puppylinux.org/downloads/official-releases/puppy-linux-411
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Sabayon
- ↑ satux
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=SLAX
- ↑ http://ftp1.us.proftpd.org/pub/historic-linux/di-stributions/jurix/README.txt
- ↑ http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/SYS/
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/5645
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=wolvix
- ↑ 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
- ↑ SUSE Linux Enterprise Operating Systems from Novell
- ↑ Xandros
- ↑ Pkg: kernel26 - Arch Linux Package Details
- ↑ Pkg: gcc - Arch Linux Package Details
- ↑ Official Arch Linux Install Guide: Set Filesystem Mountpoints
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=archie
- ↑ Installing - ArkWiki
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=BLAG
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=BLAG
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=dreamlinux
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=easypeasy
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint
- ↑ http://foo-projects.org/git/?p=lunar/moonbase.git;a=blob_plain;f=compilers/gcc/DETAILS;hb=HEAD
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fedora
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=nst
- ↑ redhat.com | Knowledgebase
- ↑ http://forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=16766
- ↑ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=SourceMage
- ↑ ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/install/sys/
- ↑ http://guyane.dyn-o-saur.com/info.php
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 "Ubuntu 9.10 Technical Overview". http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/910overview.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 "“gcc” binary package in Ubuntu Karmic i386". Launchpad. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/i386/gcc.
- ↑ Debian - Ports
- ↑ Jurij Smakov (2007-07-18). "Retiring the sparc32 port". debian-devel-announce mailing list. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/07/msg00006.html.
- ↑ Fedora Architecture Specific Notes
- ↑ "Gentoo Linux ARM Handbook". http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-arm.xml.
- ↑ "Gentoo Linux/MIPS Frequently Asked Questions". http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-mips-faq.xml#hw-what.
- ↑ "Gentoo/MIPS Linux Hardware Requirements". http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/mips-requirements.xml.
- ↑ GoboLinux - the alternative Linux distribution
- ↑ openSUSE download page
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Oracle Enterprise Linux Technical Information
- ↑ Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Version comparison chart
- ↑ RHEL 4 is the last version to support 31-bit s390. RHEL 5 only supports 64-bit s390x.
- ↑ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Tech Specs
- ↑ http://sisyphus.ru/
- ↑ BLAG :: View topic - rolling or frozen
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The CentOS LiveCD Project
- ↑ http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ#Will_DSL_ever_get_bigger_than_50_MBytes.3F
- ↑ "Mandatory Access Control with SELinux". http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/69/Access_Control_with_SELinux.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ↑ "Fedora Core 1 Release Notes - Kernel Notes". http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/fc1/x86/#kernel-notes. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ↑ "Hardened Gentoo - 4. Subprojects". http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/#doc_chap4. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ↑ "Mandriva Linux 2008 Release Notes: Apparmor has replaced RSBAC as the in-kernel application security tool.". http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases/Mandriva/2008.0/Notes#AppArmor.
- ↑ "AppArmor". http://en.opensuse.org/AppArmor.
- ↑ "Security Features". http://en.opensuse.org/Security_Features. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
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 (outdated)
- How to choose a Linux distro
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