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 notable 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

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The table below shows general information about the distributions: founder or producer, maintainer, release date, the latest version, etc.

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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AlmaLinux | AlmaLinux OS Foundation  | AlmaLinux OS Foundation  | 2021  | 10.0[2]  | 10 years[3] | 2025-05-27  | X  | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)  | general  | None  | Active
Alpine Linux | Alpine Linux Team  | Alpine Linux Team  | 2006  | 3.22.0[4]  | ?  | 2025-05-30  | X  | LEAF Project | security, lightweight, general  | None  | Active
ALT Linux | ALT Linux Team  | ALT Linux Team, ALT Linux LLC  | 2001  | 11.0[5]  | ?  | 2025-04-29  | X  | Mandrake Linux  | general, school  | None  | Active
antiX | Anticapitalista  | Anticapitalista  | 2007  | 23.2[6]  | ?  | 2024-10-06  | X  | Debian, MEPIS  | old computers  | None  | Active
ArchBang | Willensky Aristide  | Stan McLaren  | 2011  | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | X  | Arch Linux (UKM Edition)  | general  | None  | Active
Arch Linux | Judd Vinet  | dev team | 2002  | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | X  | Independent, inspired from CRUX | general  | None  | Active
BLAG | Brixton Linux Action Group  | Brixton Linux Action Group  | 2002  |  | ?  |  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Fedora | desktop  | None  | Inactive
Bodhi Linux | Bodhi Linux Team  | Bodhi Linux Team  | 2011  | 7.0.0[8]  | ?  | 2023-08-21  | X  | Debian, Ubuntu  | desktop, lightweight  | None  | Active
Canaima | CANTV / CNTI / CENTIDEL / Edelca / VIT / FUNDACITE / Free software community  | CANTV / CNTI / CENTIDEL / Edelca / VIT / FUNDACITE / Free software community  | 2007  | 8.0[9]  | ?  | 2024-10-18  | X  | Debian, Ubuntu  | Government of Venezuela | None  | Active
CentOS | CentOS Project  | CentOS Project  | 2003  | 10[10]  | 10 years[11] | 2024-12-12  | X  | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)  | server, workstation  | None  | Inactive
CentOS Stream | CentOS Project  | CentOS Project  | 2019  | 9[12] | 5 years[13] | 2021-12-03  | X  | Upstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)  | server, workstation  | None  | Active
Chakra | Jan Mette and Arch Linux KDEmod developers  | The Chakra Project Team  | 2010  | Rolling | Rolling | 2017.10  | X  | Arch Linux[14] | desktop  | None  | Inactive
Chimera Linux | q66  | Chimera Linux team  | 2021  | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | X  | Independent  | general  | None  | Active
ChromeOS | Sundar Pichai | Google | 2011  | 138.0.7204.163[15]  | Rolling | 2025-07-24  | X  | Gentoo Linux | web applications  | None  | Active
Clear Linux OS | Arjan van de Ven  | Intel | 2015  | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | X  | Independent  | container, server, desktop  | None  | Active
ClearOS | Peter Baldwin  | ClearFoundation  | 2000  | 7.8[16]  | ?  | 2020-06-23  | X  | RHEL, CentOS  | server, gateway, network  | Some editions are free of charge  | Active
CrunchBang Linux | Philip Newborough  | Philip Newborough  | 2008  |  | ?  |  | X  | Debian  | desktop  | None  | Inactive
CRUX | Per Lidén  | CRUX Community  | 2002  | 3.8[17]  | ?  | 2025-04-21  | X  | Independent  | general  | None  | Active
Damn Small Linux | John Andrews  | dev team | 2003  | 4.4.10[18]  | ?  | 2008-11-18  | X  | Debian, Knoppix  | lightweight, portable  | None  | Inactive
Debian | Ian Murdock | Debian Project  | 1993  | 12.11[19]  | ~5 years,[g 1] 10 years Freexian ELTS(paid)  | 2025-05-17  | Debian Social Contract and DFSG (main was 100% free, till 2022,[20][21] non-free packages were optional)[22] | Independent, inspired by Softlanding Linux System (SLS)[23] | general, server, desktop  | None  | Active
Debian Edu  |  | Debian Project  | 2004  | 12.11[19]  | ~3 years[g 1] | 2025-05-17  | Debian Social Contract and DFSG | Debian  | schools  | None  | Active
Devuan | The "Veteran Unix Admins" (VUA)  | The "Veteran Unix Admins" (VUA)  | 2016  | 5.0.0[24]  | ?  | 2023-08-15  | X[g 2] | Debian  | general  | None  | Active
Deepin | Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.  | Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.  | 2004  | 23.1[25]  | ?  | 2025-04-16  | X  | Debian  | general  | None  | Active
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre | Matias A. Fonzo  | Matias A. Fonzo  | 2009  | 3.0-beta2[26]  | ?  | 2023-04-26  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Independent, inspired from Slackware  | general  | None  | Active
dyne:bolic | Jaromil  | Jaromilx  | 2005  | 3.0.0[27]  | ?  | 2011-09-08  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Debian | multimedia  | None  | Inactive
Elementary OS | Danielle Foré  | elementary LLC  | 2011  | 8.0.1[28]  | ?  | 2025-03-18  | X  | Ubuntu, Debian  | general  | None  | Active
ELinOS  | SYSGO | SYSGO  | 1999  | 7.1[29]  | ?  | 2022-04  | X  | Independent  | embedded systems | Partial  | Active
Emdebian Grip | Embedded Debian Project  | Embedded Debian Project  | 2009  |  | End-of-life  |  | X  | Debian  | embedded systems | None  | Inactive
EndeavourOS | Bryan Poerwoatmodjo  | EndeavourOS  | 2019  | Rolling | ?  | 2022-09-14  | X  | Arch Linux  | general  | None  | Active
Fedora Linux | Fedora Project | Fedora Project  | 2003  | 42[30]  | 1 year + 1 month  | 2025-04-15  | Fedora Licensing Guidelines[31] | Red Hat Linux  | general  | None  | Active
Freespire | Lindows.com, Inc.  | PC/OpenSystems LLC  | 2001  | 10[32]  | ?  | 2023-12-07  | X  | ?  | desktop  | None  | Active
Gentoo Linux | Daniel Robbins | Gentoo Foundation, Inc.  | 2002  | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | Gentoo Social Contract  | Enoch Linux  | general  | None  | Active
Guix System | Ludovic Courtès  | Ludovic Courtès, Ricardo Wurmus, the Guix community  | 2012  | 1.4.0[33]  | Rolling | 2022-12-19  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Independent, inspired by NixOS | general  | None  | Active
gNewSense | Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley  | Sam Geeraerts with sponsorship from the Free Software Foundation | 2006  | 4.0[34]  | ?  | 2016-05-02  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Debian | general, server  | None  | Inactive
Grml | Michael Prokop  | The Grml Team  | 2005  | 2025.05[35]  | ?  | 2025-05-15  | X  | Debian  | live, maintenance, security, network, forensic, accessibility  | None  | Active
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre | Hyperbola Founders  | Hyperbola Founders  | 2017  | 0.4.4[36]  | 3 years (stable), 5 years (old stable)[37] | 2024-01-05  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] followed in Hyperbola Social Contract | Arch Linux  | general  | None  | Active[38]
Kali Linux | Max Moser, Mati Aharoni, Martin J. Muench  | Offensive Security  | 2013  | 2025.2[39]  | ?  | 2025-06-13  | X  | Debian  | auditing, forensic, security, network  | None  | Active
Knoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | 2000  | 9.3[40]  | ?  | 2022-05-05  | X  | Debian  | live  | None  | Active
Korora | Chris Smart  | Dev Team  | 2005  | 26[41]  | ?  | 2017-09-16  | X  | Fedora  | desktop  | None  | Inactive
LibreCMC | LibreCMC team  | LibreCMC team  | 2010  | 1.5.14[42]  | ?  | 2023-10-03  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Merged from LibreWRT  | embedded systems | None  | Active
Linspire | Linspire, Inc.  | Linspire, Inc.  | 2001  | 12 SP1[43]  | ?  | 2023-05-29  | X  | ?  | ?  | Commercial[44] | Active
Linux Mint | Clement Lefebvre  | dev team | 2006  | 22.1[45]  | 5 years (main editions); ~3 years (LMDE)  |
2025-01-16  | X  | Debian (LMDE), Ubuntu (main editions)  | desktop  | None  | Active
Linux Lite | Jerry Bezencon  | Linux Lite Team  | 2012  | 7.4[46]  | ?  | 2025-03-31  | X  | Ubuntu | desktop  | None  | Active
Mageia | Mageia Community  | mageia.org  | 2010  | 9[47]  | 1 year  | 2023-09-04  | X  | Mandriva Linux  | general  | None  | Active
Mandriva Linux | Mandrakesoft S.A.  | Mandriva S.A.  | 1998  | 2011.0[48]  | ?  | 2011-08-28  | X  | Red Hat Linux  | general  | Some editions are free of charge  | Inactive
Manjaro Linux | Roland Singer  | dev team | 2012[49] | Rolling | Rolling | Rolling | X  | Arch Linux  | general  | None  | Active
MEPIS | Warren Woodford  | MEPIS LLC  | 2003  | 11.9.92[50]  | ?  | 2013-08-10  | X  | Debian  | desktop, server  | None  | Inactive
MIRACLE LINUX | Cybertrust Japan | Cybertrust Japan | 2000  | 9[51]  | 10 years  | 2022-11-01  | X  | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)  | server  | None  | Active
Musix GNU+Linux | Musix team  | Musix team  | 2008  | 3.0.1[52]  | ?  | 2014-03-13  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Debian | multimedia  | None  | Inactive
MX Linux | MX Linux team  | MX Linux team  | 2013  | 23.6  | 5 years  | 2025-04-13  | X  | Debian, MEPIS, antiX  | desktop  | None  | Active
Netrunner | Blue Systems | dev team | 2009  | 25[53]  | as per Debian  | 2025-02-10  | X  | Debian  | desktop  | None  | Active
NixOS | Eelco Dolstra and Armijn Hemel  | NixOS Foundation  | 2003  | 208[54]  | 0.5 years  | 2015-10-28  | X  | –  | general, server, desktop  | None  | Active
Novell Open Enterprise Server | Novell | Novell, Inc. dev team | 2003  | 2023  | ?  | 2022-10  | X  | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | server  | Commercial[55] | Active
OpenELEC | Stephan Raue, OpenELEC Team  | OpenELEC Team  | 2011  | 8.0.4  | ?  | 2017-06-04  | X  | Kodi  | multimedia  | None  | Inactive
openSUSE | SUSE Linux  | openSUSE Project | 2006  | 15.6[56]  | 1.5 years[57] | 2024-06-12  | X  | Slackware, Jurix | general, desktop  | None  | Active
OpenWrt | ?  | OpenWrt team  | 2007  | 24.10.2 [58] | ?  | 2025-06-25  | X  | Independent  | embedded systems | None  | Active
OpenMandriva Lx | OpenMandriva Association  | OpenMandriva Association  | 2013  | 6.0[59]  | ?  | 2025-04-20  | X  | Mandriva Linux | general  | None  | Active
Oracle Linux | Oracle Corporation  | Oracle Corporation  | 2006  | 10.0[60]  | ?  | 2025-06-26  | X  | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)  | server  | None  | Active
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Parabola Hackers | Parabola Hackers | 2009  | Rolling[61] | Rolling | 2021-08-11[62] | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] followed in Parabola Social Contract | Arch Linux | general  | None  | Active
Pardus | Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)  | TÜBİTAK  | 2005  | 23.2[63]  | ?  | 2024-07-16  | X  | Gentoo (2011.2)
Debian  | general  | None  | Active
Parrot OS | Lorenzo "Palinuro" Faletra  | Parrot Dev Team  | 2013  | 6.4[64]  | Rolling | 2025-07-07  | X  | Debian  | security, desktop  | None  | Active
Parsix | Alan Baghumian  | Parsix Project | 2005  | 8.15[65]  | ?  | 2017-01-25  | X  | Debian  | desktop  | None  | Inactive
Parted Magic | Patrick Verner | Parted Magic LLC. | 2007  | 2025_01_22[66]  | ?  | 2025-01-22  | X  | Independent  | live, maintenance  | Commercial[67] | Active
PCLinuxOS | Bill Reynolds  | dev team | 2003  | 2022.12  | Semi-rolling  | 2022-12-12  | X  | Mandriva Linux  | desktop  | None  | Active
Pop! OS | Carl Ritchell  | System76  | 2017  | 22.04 LTS[68]  | 2 years for LTS releases.

2–3 months after the next release for other releases.

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Pentoo | Michael Zanetta, Rick Farina, Jens Pranaitis  | Pentoo  | 2005  | 2019.1  | ?  | 2019-01-17  | X  | Gentoo Linux  | auditing, security  | None  | Active
Porteus | Fanthom  | Porteus  | 2010  | 5.01[69]  | ?  | 2023-09-26  | X  | Slackware  | lightweight, portable  | None  | Active
ProteanOS |  | Libiquity | 2011  | Rolling  | Rolling  | Rolling  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | ?  | embedded  | None  | Inactive
Puppy Linux | Barry Kauler  | Puppy Foundation  | 2003  | 9.5[70]  | ?  | 2020-09-17  | X  | Independent, inspired from Vector linux  | lightweight, portable  | None  | Active
PureOS | Todd Weaver  | Purism | 2009  | 10.3[71]  | Stable and Rolling | 2023-06-14  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Debian | general, security, privacy  | None  | Active
Qubes OS | Joanna Rutkowska | Invisible Things Lab  | 2012  | 4.2.4[72]  | ?  | 2025-02-18  | X  | Xen and Fedora  | security by compartmentalization, desktop  | None  | Active
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)  | Red Hat | Red Hat  | 2002  | 10.0[73]  | 12 years[74] | 2025-05-20  | X  | Red Hat Linux, Fedora  | general  | Commercial[75][76] | Active
Red Hat Linux | Red Hat  | Red Hat  | 1995  | 0.9[77]  alias Shrike  | ?  | 1994-10-31  | X  | –  | server, workstation  | None  | Inactive
Rocks Cluster Distribution | UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp  | UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp  | 2000  | 7.0[78]  | ?  | 2017-12-01  | X  | Red Hat Linux  | server, workstation  | None  | Active
Rocky Linux | Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation | Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation | 2021  | 10.0[79]  | 10 years  | 2025-06-11  | X  | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)  | general  | None  | Active
ROSA | ?  | LLC NTC IT ROSA  | 2011  | 13[80]  | ?  | 2025-02-28  | X  | Mandriva  | server, general  | None  | Active
Sabayon Linux | Fabio Erculiani  | dev team | 2005  | 19.03 [81] | ?  | 2019-03-31  | X  | Gentoo Linux  | general  | None  | Inactive
Salix OS | Cyrille Pontvieux, George Vlahavas, Pierrick Le Brun, Thorsten Mühlfelder  | Salix team | 2009  |  | ?  |  | X  | Slackware | general  | None  | Active
Scientific Linux | CERN, Fermilab | dev team | 2004  | 7.9[82]  | ?  | 2020-10-20  | X  | Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)  | server, workstation  | None  | Inactive
Slackware | Patrick Volkerding | dev team | 1993  | 15.0[83]  | ?  | 2022-02-02  | X  | Softlanding Linux System (SLS) | general  | None  | Active
Slax | Tomas Matejicek  | Tomas Matejicek  | 2002  | 12.2.0[84]  | ?  | 2023-10-10  | X  | Debian, Slackware (until Slax 9)  | live  | None  | Active
SliTaz GNU/Linux | Christophe Lincoln  | dev team | 2008  | Rolling | Rolling | 2020-02-23[85] | X  | Independent  | portable  | None  | Active
Solus | Ikey Doherty  | dev team | 2005  | Rolling | Rolling | 2021-07-11  | X  | Pardus Linux | desktop  | None  | Active
SolydXK | Arjen Balfoort  | dev team | 2013  | 12 [86] | Debian packages as per Debian  | 2023-12-04  | X  | Debian  | desktop  | None  | Active
SparkyLinux | ?  | Sparky Linux team  | 2012  | 7.7[87]  | ?  | 2025-04-10  | X  | Debian | general, video games  | None  | Active
Source Mage GNU/Linux | Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell  | dev team | 2002  |  | ?  |  | Source Mage Social Contract | Sorcerer  | general  | None  | Active
SteamOS | Valve | Valve | 2013  | 3.7.8[88]  | ?  | 2025-05-22  | X  | Debian (2.0)
Arch Linux (3.0)  | video games  | None  | Active
SUSE Linux Enterprise | SUSE | SUSE  | 2000  | 15-SP7[89] SP5[90] | 13 years per version[91] | 2023-06-20  | Common code base for x86-64, Power, System z, Arm64  | Slackware, Jurix | edge, workstation, server, supercomputer  | Commercial[92] | Active
Tails | ?  | Tails Development Team  | 2009  | 6.18[93]  | –[g 3] | 2025-07-25  | X  | Debian  | security-focused aimed for anonymity and privacy  | None  | Active
Tiny Core Linux | Robert Shingledecker  | Team Tiny Core  | 2009  | 16.0[94]  | ?  | 2025-03-31  | X  | Independent, inspired from Damn Small Linux  | portable  | None  | Active
Trisquel GNU/Linux | Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam)  | Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam)  | 2005  | 11.0[95]  | 3 years  | 2023-03-19  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Ubuntu LTS  | desktop  | None  | Active
TurnKey GNU/Linux | Alon Swartz, Liraz Siri  | TurnKey GNU/Linux Team  | 2008  | 18.0[96]  | Debian packages as per Debian; TurnKey packages for life of current major version (plus backports per request)  | 2023-09-14  | Debian Social Contract and DFSG | Debian  | server based software appliance library aiming to balance security and ease of use  | None  | Active
Ubuntu and Derivatives[97] | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd.  | 2004  | 25.04[98]
24.04.2 LTS[99]  | Standard releases 9 months, LTS releases 5 years. Flavor LTS releases 3 or 5 years. Ubuntu Pro 10 years.  | 2025-04-17
2025-02-20  | X  | Debian  | general, server, desktop, supercomputer, IBM mainframe | None  | Active
Univention Corporate Server | Univention GmbH  | Univention GmbH  | 2004  | 5.0-8[100]  | up to 6 months for free Core Edition; up to 7 years if maintenance is purchased, see:[101] | 2024-06-11  | X  | Debian  | home, business, and school  | Core Edition is free of charge  | Active
Ututo | Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera  | UTUTO dev team  | 2000  | XS 2012  | ?  | 2012-04-27  | 100% Free: GNU FSDG[7] | Ututo XS: Gentoo Linux, Ututo UL: Ubuntu | general  | None  | Inactive
VectorLinux | Robert S. Lange  | dev team | 1999  |  | ?  |  | X  | Slackware  | desktop  | None  | Inactive
Void Linux | Juan Romero Pardines  | Juan RP and contributors  | 2008  | Rolling | Rolling | 2022-10-17  | X  | Independent, partially inspired by FreeBSD/NetBSD  | general  | None  | Active
Webconverger | Kai Hendry  | Webconverger Limited  | 2007  | 35.0[102]  | ?  | 2016-05-19  | X  | Debian  | kiosk software, digital signage | Commercial  | Inactive
Xandros | Xandros Incorporated  | Xandros Incorporated  | 2001  | 4.2  | ?  | 2007-07-26  | X  | Corel Linux | ?  | Commercial  | Inactive
Zentyal | eBox Technologies  | eBox Technologies  | 2005  | 8.0[103]  | ?  | 2024-02-26  | X  | Debian, Ubuntu  | small business server  | Some editions are free of charge  | ?
Zenwalk | Jean-Philippe Guillemin | dev team | 2004  | current-250116[104]  | ?  | 2025-01-16  | X  | Slackware  | general  | None  | Active
Zorin OS | Zorin Group  | Zorin Group  | 2009  | 17.3[105]  | ?  | 2025-03-26  | X  | Ubuntu  | general, desktop  | Zorin OS Lite & Core are free, while Business and Ultimate are paid  | Active
Distribution  | Founder  | Maintainer  | Initial release year  | Current stable version  | Security updates (years)  | Release date  | System distribution commitment  | Forked from  | Target audience  | Cost  | Status

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Default ISOs included non-free software
3. ^ Security updates are released every six weeks.

## Technical

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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.

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Alpine Linux | Binary blobs  | ext4  | openrc | none  | In progress[106]
ALT Linux | Binary blobs  | ext3  | systemd | KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce | No
Arch Linux | Binary blobs[107] | none[108] | systemd  | Awesome, bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, COSMIC, CuteFish, Deepin, Enlightenment, GNOME, Hyprland, i3, KDE, LXQt, MATE, Qtile, Sway, Xfce[109] | In progress[110]
BLAG | Linux-libre | ext3  | sysvinit  | GNOME  | No
Bodhi Linux | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | Moksha (Enlightenment fork)  | No
Canaima | Binary blobs[107] | ?  | systemd  | GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce | No
CentOS | Binary blobs[107] | xfs  | systemd  | GNOME  | No
Chakra | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | KDE Plasma Workspaces  | No
Chimera Linux | Binary blobs  | none  | dinit  | GNOME, KDE Plasma  | No
Clear Linux OS | ?  | ?  | ?  | GNOME  |
ClearOS | Binary blobs  | ext3  | systemd  | none (Web based)  | No
CoreOS | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | None  | No
CrunchBang Linux | Binary blobs  | ext4  | sysvinit  | Openbox | No
Damn Small Linux | Binary blobs  | ext3  | sysvinit  | JWM  | No
Debian | Linux-libre(debian)[111] with separate non-free binary blobs hosted and sponsored.[107] | ext4  | systemd  | GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE[112] | In progress[113][114]
Devuan | Binary blobs  | ext4 | sysvinit | Xfce | No
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre | Linux-libre | ext4  | runit | Xfce  | No
dyne:bolic | Linux-libre | ?  | systemd  | GNOME  | No
Fedora | Binary blobs  | btrfs[115] | systemd  | GNOME (default Workstation Edition), Spins for: KDE, Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE (with Compiz), i3, LXQt, LXDE, Phosh, Sway and Budgie | In progress[116]
Funtoo | Binary blobs  | none  | openrc  | None  | No
Gentoo | By default, there are no binary blobs in the kernel. Binary blobs can be installed, but the user must edit a file to accept any license. [117] | none  | openrc  | Awesome, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE-Meta, Openbox, XBMC and Xfce (live DVD)[118] | No
gNewSense | Linux-libre(debian), and (unlike Debian) blobs cannot be installed[111] | ext3  | sysvinit  | GNOME  | No
Guix System | Linux-libre, Hurd (in progress)[119][120] | ext4  | GNU Shepherd | GNOME, Xfce, MATE, Enlightenment, Openbox, awesome, i3, ratpoison, EXWM  | In progress[121][122]
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre | Linux-libre | none  | openrc[123] | none  | No
Kali Linux | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | GNOME  | No
Knoppix | Binary blobs  | xfs  | microknoppix  | LXDE  | No
LibreCMC[124] | Binary blobs  | ext4  | busybox-init  | none  | No
Linux Mint[125] | Binary blobs[107] | ext4  | systemd | MATE, Cinnamon, KDE 4, XFCE | No
Mageia | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME  | No
Mandriva Linux | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | KDE Plasma Workspaces  | No
Manjaro Linux | Binary blobs  | none[126] | systemd  | Xfce, KDE, GNOME[127] | No
MEPIS | Binary blobs  | ext4  | sysvinit  | KDE Plasma Workspaces  | No
MIRACLE LINUX | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | GNOME  | No
Musix GNU+Linux[128] | Linux-libre | ext4  | initscripts  | LXDE  | No
MX Linux | Binary blobs  | ext4  | sysvinit  | Fluxbox, KDE and Xfce  | No
NixOS | Binary blobs or Linux-libre[129] | none  | systemd  | GNOME or KDE Plasma (Default), CDE, Cinnamon, Enlightment, Kodi, Lumina, LXQt, MATE, Pantheon, Phosh, RetroArch, Xfce, Xterm. 40 window managers[130] | In progress[131]
OpenELEC | Binary blobs  | SquashFS  | shell script  | XBMC Media Center | No
openSUSE | Binary blobs  | btrfs  | systemd  | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, Xfce  | In progress[132]
OpenWrt | Binary blobs  | overlayfs+SquashFS/JFFS2[133] | procd[134] | none  | In progress[135]
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Linux-libre | none  | openrc or systemd  | none  | No
Pardus | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | KDE Plasma Workspaces  | No
Parsix | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | GNOME  | No
PCLinuxOS | Binary blobs  | none  | sysvinit  | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce, Enlightenment, Openbox  | No
Pentoo | Binary blobs  | SquashFS  | openrc  | Enlightenment  | No
Porteus | Binary blobs  | ?  | sysvinit  | KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Openbox, Razor-qt  | No
Puppy Linux | Binary blobs  | SquashFS containing ext2  | busybox-init  | JWM  | No
PureOS | Linux-libre(debian). Binary blobs are not hosted and discouraged while can be manually installed.[136] | ext4  | systemd  | GNOME  | No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Binary blobs  | xfs  | systemd  | GNOME  | No
Rxart Desktop | Binary blobs  | ext3  | ?  | KDE Plasma Workspaces  | No
Sabayon Linux | Binary blobs  | ext4[137] | systemd  | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME  | No
Scientific Linux | Binary blobs  | ext4  | sysvinit, systemd[138] | GNOME  | No
Slackware | Binary blobs[107] | ?  | RC.d and sysvinit compatible  | KDE, XFCE Fluxbox, Blackbox, fvwm2 twm | No
Slax | Binary blobs  | SquashFS  | sysvinit  | KDE Plasma Workspaces  | No
SliTaz GNU/Linux | Binary blobs  | ext3  | busybox-init  | Openbox  | No
Solus | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | Budgie, Gnome, MATE, KDE  | No
Source Mage GNU/Linux | Binary blobs  | ext2  | simpleinit-msb  | none  | No
SteamOS | Binary blobs  | btrfs, ext4[139] | systemd  | Steam, KDE Plasma[140] | No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | Binary blobs[107] | btrfs[141] | systemd  | GNOME  | No
Tails | Vanilla Linux[107] | ?  | systemd  | GNOME  | Reproducible ISO and USB images[142][143]
Trisquel | Linux-libre | ?  | systemd | MATE | No
TurnKey GNU/Linux | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | none - headless server by design; provides Webmin for administration  | No
Ubuntu/Edubuntu | Binary blobs[107] | ext4[144] | systemd  | GNOME | No
Ubuntu GNOME | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | GNOME 3  | No
Ubuntu MATE | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | MATE  | No
Kubuntu | Binary blobs  | ext4[144] | systemd  | KDE Plasma Workspaces  | No
Xubuntu | Binary blobs  | ext4[144] | systemd  | Xfce  | No
Lubuntu | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | LXQt  | No
Ututo | Ututo XS (stable) is de-blobbed with Linux-libre tools.[145] Ututo UL (development) uses Linux-libre. Ututo UL means "Ubuntu-Libre"  | ext3  | systemd  | GNOME  | No
VectorLinux | Binary blobs  | ReiserFS  | sysvinit  | KDE, Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfce  | No
Void Linux | Binary blobs  | none  | runit  | none  | No
Webconverger | Binary blobs  | gitfs  | sysvinit  | dwm enforcing a Browser-only interface  | No
XBMC Live | Binary blobs  | ext3  | systemd | XBMC Media Center | No
Zentyal | Binary blobs  | ext4  | systemd  | LXDE  | No
Zenwalk | Binary blobs  | ext4  | sysvinit  | Xfce  | No
Distribution  | Default Linux kernel  | Default file system  | Default init system  | Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection  | Reproducible builds

## Instruction set architecture support

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Linux kernel portability to instruction set architectures other than x86, was an early feature added to the kernel.

Distribution  | x86 | x86-64 | arm | ia64 | ppc[146] | ppc64 | sparc32 | sparc64 | hppa[147] | loongarch64 | mips[148] | sh | s390 | s390x | alpha[149] | m68k[150] | riscv

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Alpine Linux | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | riscv64
3.20+
Arch Linux | Unofficial[151]
Official discontinued 2017-11-08[152] | Yes  | Unofficial[153] | No  | Discontinued unofficial port | Unofficial[154] | No  | No  | No  | Unofficial[155] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Unofficial[156]
BackTrack | Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux[157] | Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux | Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 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  | No
Bodhi Linux | Yes  | Yes  | Discontinued
2013-10-23[158] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 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  | No
CentOS | AltArch  | Yes  | AltArch  | Discontinued
3.5-3.8
4.1-4.7[159] | Beta, Discontinued
4.0 | AltArch  | Beta
4.2[159][160] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Discontinued
3.5-3.8
4.1-4.7[159][161] | Discontinued
3.5-3.8
4.1-4.7[159][161] | Discontinued
4.2-4.3[159][162][163] | No  | No
Chakra | No  | Yes  | ?  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Chimera Linux | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes
Clear Linux OS | ?  | Yes  | ?  | ?  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
CRUX | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Debian[164] | Yes  | Yes
4.0+ | Yes
2.2+ | Discontinued
3.0-7.0[165] | Discontinued
2.2-8 | Yes  | Discontinued
2.1-4.0[166] | Discontinued
-7[167] | Discontinued
3.0-5.0 | Official port requested[168] | Yes
3.0+ | In progress | Discontinued
3.0-7 | Yes
7+ | Discontinued
2.1-5.0 | Discontinued
2.0-3.1 | Officially testing[169]
Devuan | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 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  | No
dyne:bolic | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Fedora[170] | Discontinued from
Fedora 30
| Yes  | Yes[171] | Discontinued from
Fedora 9
[172] | Discontinued from
Fedora 17
| Yes  | No  | Inactive from
Fedora 12[173] | No  | In progress | Inactive from
Fedora 13
[174] | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | In progress[175]
Finnix | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Gentoo[176] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[177] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[178] | Yes[179][180] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes[181]
gNewSense | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Guix System[182] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes, ARMv7 and AArch64  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | In progress[183]
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | In progress[184] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | In progress[185]
Kali Linux | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 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  | No
Manjaro Linux | Yes
Unofficial[186] | Yes  | Yes[187] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
MEPIS | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
MIRACLE LINUX | Discontinued
8.0 | Yes  | No  | No  | 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  | No  | No  | No
MX Linux | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
NixOS | Unofficial  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Unofficial  | Unofficial  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Unofficial  | Unofficial  | No  | Unofficial  | Unofficial
OpenELEC | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
openSUSE Leap  | No  | Yes  | v7 64  | No  | No  | ppc64le  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
openSUSE Tumbleweed  | Yes  | Yes  | v6 v7 64  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | RV64G
OpenWrt[188] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Oracle Linux[189] | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Discontinued
5[190] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Yes  | Yes  | Yes, ARMv7[191][192] | No  | No  | Test release[193] | No  | No  | No  | No  | Discontinued[194] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Test release[195]
Red Flag Linux | Discontinued
8.0[196] | Discontinued
8.0[196] | No  | Discontinued
3[197] | No  | Discontinued
3[197] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Red Hat Linux[198] | Discontinued
9.0 | No  | No  | Discontinued
7.1-7.2 | Test release
5.1[199] | No  | Discontinued
4.0-4.2
5.1-6.2 | Test release
5.1[199] | No  | No  | Test release
5.1[199] | No  | Discontinued
7.2 | Yes  | Discontinued
2.1-7.1 | Test release
5.1[199] | No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux[200] | Discontinued
2.1-6[201] | Yes
3+ | Yes[202] | Discontinued
2.1-5[203] | Yes
3+ | Yes
3+ | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Discontinued
3-4[204] | Yes
3+ | No  | No  | No
Sabayon Linux | Discontinued | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Scientific Linux | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Discontinued
3-4 | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
SHR | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Slackware | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Discontinued
?[205] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Discontinued
?[206] | Discontinued
?[206] | Discontinued
8.1[207] | No  | No
Solus | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Source Mage GNU/Linux | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | ?  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server[208] | Yes  | Yes  | AArch64 only[209] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No
Trisquel GNU/Linux | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
TurnKey GNU/Linux | Selected ISOs
available | Yes  | No - but under development by community | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu | Discontinued from
Ubuntu 20.04
| Yes  | Yes, including 64-bit ARMv8-A | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Ubuntu only, 16.04+[210] | No  | No  | No
Ututo | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | In progress | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Void Linux | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Unofficial[211] | Unofficial[211] | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
XBMCbuntu | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Yellow Dog Linux | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Distribution  | x86  | x86-64  | arm  | ia64  | ppc  | ppc64  | sparc32  | sparc64  | hppa  | loongson  | mips  | sh  | s390  | s390x  | alpha  | m68k  | riscv

## Package management and installation

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Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate. Some distributions like Debian tend to separate tools into different packages – usually stable release, development release, documentation and debug. Also counting the source package number varies. For debian and rpm based entries it is just the base to produce binary packages, so the total number of packages is the number of binary packages. For Arch based entries, it is additional.

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

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Alpine Linux | Free, and nonfree  | 13,888[212][213] | ?  | apk  | .apk  | setup-alpine  | No  | ?  | iPXE[214]
ALT Linux | Free, and nonfree  | 8,300[215] | ?  | APT (APT-RPM), RPM  | RPM  |  | Yes  | ?  | ?
Arch Linux | Free, and nonfree  | 13,751[216] | 90,138 from AUR[217] | Pacman | .pkg.tar.zst[218] | arch-install-scripts[219] and archinstaller[220] | No  | Yes  | iPXE
BLAG | Free only  | 10,000[221] | ?  | RPM, yum, APT  | RPM  |  | Yes  | No  | No
Bodhi Linux | Free, and nonfree  | [a][222] | ?  | APT  | .dpkg  | Ubiquity  | Yes  | ?  | ?
Canaima | Free, and nonfree  | ?  | ?  | APT  | .deb  | debian-installer  | Yes  | ?  | ?
CentOS | Free, and nonfree  | 6,813[b][223] | ?  | RPM, yum/up2date | RPM  | Anaconda  | Yes  | Yes  | ?
Chakra | Free, and nonfree  | 3,074[224] | CCR: 5,342[225] | Pacman (to be replaced by Akabei in future)  | .pkg.tar.xz |  | Package manager in development  | ?  | ?
Chimera Linux | Free, and nonfree  | 12,826 | 2,648 | apk  | .apk  | None  | No  | Yes  | No
ClearOS | Free, and nonfree  | [c] | ?  | RPM, yum  | RPM  |  | No  | ?  | ?
Clear Linux OS | ?  | ?  | ?  | Swupd  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
CrunchBang Linux | Free, and nonfree  | [d][222] | ?  | APT  | .deb  |  | Yes  | ?  | ?
Debian | Free, and nonfree  | 171,937[222] | 28,923[e] | APT  | .deb  | Debian-Installer | Yes  | Yes  | PXE
Devuan | Free, and nonfree  | [f][222] | ?  | APT  | .deb  | Debian-Installer | 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  | 68,419[226] | 41,231[227] | DNF, yum, PackageKit | RPM  | Anaconda | Yes  | Yes  | ?
Gentoo | Free, and nonfree  | 118[228][229] | 19,105[230][g] | Portage | .ebuild, .tbz2  | None (third-party install scripts only)  | Yes[h] | Yes  | PXE
gNewSense | Free only  | ?  | ?  | APT  | .deb  | Debian-Installer | Yes  | Yes  | No
Guix System | Free only  | 20,571[231] | 20,571 | Guix | .scm, .go | `guix system init`[232] | Yes[233] | Yes[234] | No
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre | Free only  | 6,128[235] | ?  | Pacman | .pkg.tar.lz | None (third-party install scripts only)  | No  | Yes  | ?
Knoppix | Free, and nonfree  | [i][222] | ?  | APT  | .deb  |  | No  | ?  | ?
LibreCMC | Free only  | 826 | ?  | ?  | ?  |  | No  | No  | No
Linux Mint | Free, and nonfree  | [j][222] | ?  | APT  | .deb  | Ubiquity | Yes  | ?  | ?
Mageia | Free, and nonfree  | 17,283 (i586), 11,409 (x86-64)[236] | 8,834[237] | urpmi, rpmdrake | RPM  | DrakX | Yes  | Yes  | ?
Mandriva Linux | Free, and nonfree  | 22,600 | ?  | urpmi, rpmdrake  | RPM  | DrakX  | Yes  | ?  | ?
Manjaro Linux | Free, and nonfree  | ?  | [k][217] | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | Calamares[238] | Yes[239] | Yes  | iPXE
MEPIS | Free, and nonfree  | [l][222] | ?  | APT  | .deb  | MEPIS Install  | Yes  | ?  | ?
MIRACLE LINUX | Free, and nonfree  | 7,109 | 2,899 | RPM, yum, dnf  | RPM  | Anaconda  | Yes  | Yes  | No
Musix GNU+Linux | Free only  | 1,819 | ?  | APT  | .deb  | Debian-Installer | Yes  | No  | No
MX Linux | Free, and nonfree  | [m][222] | ?  | APT  | .deb  | Gazelle Installer  | Yes  | No  | No
NixOS | Free, and nonfree  | 71,311[240] | 124,166[241] | nix  | .nix  | Calamares | Yes  | Yes[242] | Yes[243]
OpenELEC | Free, and nonfree  | 140[244] | ?  | XBMCbuntu addon manager, own and 3rd party addons  | .zip |  | Yes  | ?  | ?
openSUSE | Free, and nonfree  | 42,236 with PackMan[245] | 34,000 | YaST, Zypper | RPM  | YaST  | Yes  | Yes  | ?
OpenWrt | Free, and nonfree  | 2,000 | ?  | opkg | .ipk  | \-  | No  | ?  | ?
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Free only  | 23,000[246] | ?  | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | None (third-party install scripts only) or Calamares | Yes  | Yes  | ?
Pardus | Free, and nonfree  | 4,000 | ?  | APT  | .deb  | Debian-Installer | Yes  | ?  | ?
Parsix | Free, and nonfree  | [n][222] | 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[247])  | ?  | RPM, yum  | RPM  | Anaconda  | Yes  | ?  | ?
Rxart | Free, and nonfree  | [o][222] | ?  | APT  | .deb  |  | Yes  | ?  | ?
Sabayon Linux | Free, and nonfree  | [p] | ?  | Portage, Entropy  | ebuild, .tbz2  | Calamares | Yes  | ?  | ?
Scientific | Free, and nonfree  | [q] | ?  | APT/yum  | RPM  |  | Yes  | ?  | ?
Slackware | Free, and nonfree  | 2,292 | 7,705 from SlackBuilds[248] | slackpkg  | tgz, .txz, .tlz, .tbz  | bash script[249] | No  | Yes  | Yes
Slax | Free, and nonfree  | 2,050 | ?  | none  | .lzm  |  |  | ?  | ?
SliTaz GNU/Linux | Free, and nonfree  | 3,381[250] | ?  | Tazpkg  | .tazpkg  | tazinst  | Yes  | iPXE | iPXE
Solus | Free, and nonfree  | 9,500 | ?  | eopkg  | .eopkg  | os-installer  | Yes  | No  | No
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[251] | tazpkg  |  | No  | ?  | iPXE
Trisquel | Free only  | 52,748[252] | ?  | APT  | .deb  | Ubiquity  | Yes  | Yes  | ?
TurnKey GNU/Linux | Free, and nonfree  | [r][222] (plus ≈30 custom packages)  | 21,041[s] (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  | 110,066[t][222][253] | 24,474[u] | 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  | [v][222] | ?  | 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

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Alpine Linux | 63 (Virtual) 1,019 (Xen)[254] | min 96 GUI 2,048[255] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Arch Linux | 742 | min 80 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
AUSTRUMI | 426 |  | 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
Chimera Linux | 649 to 1,223 | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Clear Linux OS | 4,443 | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Damn Small Linux | 50[256]+[257] | 24[256] to 64[257] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Debian | 1,420[258][259] | Up to 2,048[260] | 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[261] | 1,200 | 512 | ?  | ?  | Yes  | ?
Grml | 460 | 32 to 128 | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes
Guix System[262] | 814 | 233 | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre | 1,124 | ?  | up to version 0.3.x  | Yes  | Yes  | 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[263] | 256 to 1,024 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
MEPIS | 700 to 4,000 | 128 to 512 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Musix GNU+Linux | 2,000 | ?  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
MX Linux | 1,600 to 2,700 | 512 to 1,024 | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Nanolinux | 18 | ≈64 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
NixOS | 780 (Minimal) 1,700 (Plasma) 2,200 (GNOME)  | ?  | 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
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | 400 to 3,300 | ?  | 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[264] | By hand
Porteus | 224 to 373 | min 36 | ?  | ?  | 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[265] | 640 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Slackware | 2,600 | 64 to 1,024[266] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Slax | 200 | 96 to 320 | Yes  | Yes  |  | Yes
Solus | 1,200 | 1,024 | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
SystemRescueCD | 459 |  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
SliTaz GNU/Linux | 50 | 48 to 256 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Tails | ≈900 | ≈1,024 | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes (when run from DVD)
Tiny Core Linux | 17 (Core) 248 (Core Plus)[267] | 28 to 128[268] | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Tiny SliTaz | 1.44 | 4 | Yes  | Yes  | By SliTaz  | By SliTaz
Trisquel | 1,500[269] | 384 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
TurnKey GNU/Linux Core (base) appliance ISO  | 212 | ~173 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Ubuntu | 1,700[270] | 384 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Edubuntu | 2,900[271] |  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
Kubuntu | 1,400[272] | 384 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Xubuntu | 1,200[273] | 256 | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
Ututo | 3,500 | ?  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | ?
XBMC Live | 700 | 256 to 1,024 | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes
Zentyal | 600 | 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

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Distribution  | Compile time buffer checks  | Mandatory access control | Software executable space protection | grsecurity  | RSBAC

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Alpine Linux | Yes[274] | Un­known  | PaX | Discontinued in 3.8.0  | Un­known
Arch Linux | Un­known  | SELinux(Unofficial)[275],AppArmor | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known
BLAG | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known
Android (operating system) | Yes  | Yes, since Android Marshmallow | Optional  | Optional  | Optional
Clear Linux OS | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known
Debian | 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[276] | Exec Shield[277] | No  | No
Gentoo | Optional  | SELinux, AppArmor  | PaX optional  | Optional  | Optional
gNewSense | Un­known  | SELinux, AppArmor[w] | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known
Guix System | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known
LibreCMC | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known
Mandriva | Un­known  | AppArmor  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Yes
MIRACLE LINUX | Un­known  | SELinux  | Un­known  | No  | Un­known
Musix GNU+Linux | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Un­known  | Optional[278] | Un­known  | Optional[278] | Un­known
Slackware | Un­known  | AppArmor, tomoyo  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Optional
SUSE Linux | Yes  | AppArmor[279] | Hardware NX and other methods in mainline kernel and toolchain[280] | No  | No
Solus | Yes  | AppArmor  | Un­known  | No  | Un­known
Trisquel | Un­known  | SELinux, AppArmor[x] | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known
Ubuntu | Yes[281] | SELinux, AppArmor [281] | PaX optional  | Optional  | Optional
Ututo | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known  | Un­known

## Apple Silicon Support

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This section's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. The reason given is: Fedora Linux Asahi Remix has been well-supported for a while now; some alternatives like Asahi Gentoo are also relatively well-supported. It's quite inaccurate that they all get "Unknown"s. The Asahi project previously used Arch Linux ARM, which seems to get no mention here. I'm not sure why Kali Linux and Ubuntu get special mentions here. (It's also somewhat awkward to have a section dedicated entirely to Apple Silicon.). Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (June 2024)

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Kali | Un­known  | Yes[282] | —
Ubuntu | Un­known  | Yes[283] | —
Fedora | Un­known  | Yes[284] | —

## See also

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* Free and open-source software portal
* Linux portal

* Comparison of netbook-oriented Linux distributions
* Comparison of operating systems
* DistroWatch
* List of Linux distributions

## Notes

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1. ^ Based on Debian
2. ^ Based on Fedora
3. ^ Based on Fedora
4. ^ Based on Debian
5. ^ From the Sources.gz files in the main, contrib and non-free sections of Debian Buster. On the 2020-06-12, Debian Sid, the development release, have 31717 source packages.
6. ^ Based on Debian
7. ^ Note this number is just of packages in the Official Gentoo Overlay (or Portage Tree). Several hundred other packages are available from other overlays
8. ^ Can be installed graphically (GTK+ and ncurses), but traditionally done by command line (install cd, live cd, netboot, and from distributions).
9. ^ Based on Debian
10. ^ Based on Debian
11. ^ Based on AUR
12. ^ Based on Debian
13. ^ Based on Debian
14. ^ Based on Debian
15. ^ Based on Debian
16. ^ Based on Gentoo
17. ^ Based on Fedora
18. ^ Based on Debian
19. ^ 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.
20. ^ Based on Debian
21. ^ From the Sources.gz files in the main,universe, multiverse and restricted sections of Ubuntu Wily.
22. ^ Based on Debian
23. ^ Based on Debian
24. ^ Based on Ubuntu

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