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Technical variations of [[Software:Linux distribution|Linux distribution]]s 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: creator or producer, release date, the latest version, etc.

Linux distributions endorsed by the [[Organization:Free Software Foundation|Free Software Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html|title=List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions – GNU Project – Free Software Foundation|website=Gnu.org|access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref> are marked '''100% Free''' under the '''System distribution commitment''' column.

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|-
! Distribution
! Founder
! Maintainer
! Initial release year
! Current stable version
! Security updates (years)
! Release date
! System distribution commitment
! Forked from
! Target audience
! Cost
! Status
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:AlmaLinux|AlmaLinux]]
| AlmaLinux Foundation
| AlmaLinux Foundation
| 2021
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q106601457|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 10 years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.almalinux.org/#about|title=AlmaLinux Wiki &#124; AlmaLinux Wiki|website=wiki.almalinux.org}}</ref>
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q106601457|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}<!-- X for alphabetical sort -->
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
| server, workstation
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Alpine Linux|Alpine Linux]]
| Alpine Linux Team
| Alpine Linux Team
| 2006
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q4033826|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q4033826|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:LEAF Project|LEAF Project]]
| security, lightweight, general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ALT Linux|ALT Linux]]
| ALT Linux Team
| ALT Linux Team, ALT Linux LLC
| 2001
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q1367557|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1367557|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Mandrake Linux
| general, school
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:AntiX|antiX]]
| Anticapitalista
| Anticapitalista
| 2007
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q3618804|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q3618804|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian, MEPIS
| old computers
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ArchBang|ArchBang]]
| Willensky Aristide
| Stan McLaren
| 2011
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Arch Linux (UKM Edition)
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Arch Linux|Arch Linux]]
| Judd Vinet
| ''dev team''
| 2002
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Independent, inspired from [[Software:CRUX|CRUX]]
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:BLAG Linux and GNU|BLAG]]
| Brixton Linux Action Group
| Brixton Linux Action Group
| 2002
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q796216|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q796216|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG" />
| [[Software:Fedora Linux|Fedora]]
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Bodhi Linux
| Bodhi Linux Team
| Bodhi Linux Team
| 2011
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q832919|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q832919|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian, Ubuntu
| desktop, lightweight
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Canaima (operating system)|Canaima]]
| CANTV / CNTI / CENTIDEL / Edelca / [[Company:VIT, C.A.|VIT]] / FUNDACITE / Free software community
| CANTV / CNTI / CENTIDEL / Edelca / [[Company:VIT, C.A.|VIT]] / FUNDACITE / Free software community
| 2007
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q1032439|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1032439|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian, Ubuntu
| Government of Venezuela
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CentOS|CentOS]]
| CentOS Project
| CentOS Project
| 2003
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q207542|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 10 years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.centos.org/About|title=About - CentOS Wiki|website=wiki.centos.org|access-date=10 December 2019|archive-date=30 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230132447/https://wiki.centos.org/About|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q207542|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
| server, workstation
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CentOS Stream|CentOS Stream]]
| CentOS Project
| CentOS Project
| 2019
| 9<ref name="Introducing CentOS Stream 9">{{Cite web|url=https://blog.centos.org/2021/12/introducing-centos-stream-9/|title=Introducing CentOS Stream 9|website=blog.centos.org }}</ref>
| 5 years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/|title=CentOS Stream|website=centos.org}}</ref>
| 2021-12-03
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Upstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
| server, workstation
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Chakra (operating system)|Chakra]]
| Jan Mette and Arch Linux KDEmod developers
| The Chakra Project Team
| 2010
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| 2017.10
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Arch Linux<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2017/199/Chakra-Linux|title=Choose Chakra|access-date=1 June 2020}}</ref>
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ChromeOS|ChromeOS]]
| Sundar Pichai
| [[Company:Google|Google]]
| 2011
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q79531|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q79531|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:Gentoo Linux|Gentoo Linux]]
| web applications
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Clear Linux OS|Clear Linux OS]]
| Arjan van de Ven
| [[Company:Intel|Intel]]
| 2015
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Independent
| container, server, desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ClearOS|ClearOS]]
| Peter Baldwin
| ClearFoundation
| 2000
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2978754|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2978754|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| RHEL, CentOS
| server, gateway, network
| {{Partial|Some editions are free of charge}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CrunchBang Linux|CrunchBang Linux]]
| Philip Newborough
| Philip Newborough
| 2008
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q11983|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q11983|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Damn Small Linux|Damn Small Linux]]
| John Andrews
| ''dev team''
| 2003
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q192546|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q192546|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian, Knoppix
| lightweight, portable
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| Ian Murdock
| Debian Project
| 1993
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7715973|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| ~5 years,<ref name="DebianSupportPeriod" group="g" /> 10 years Freexian ELTS(paid)
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q7715973|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Free|Debian Social Contract and [[Debian Free Software Guidelines|DFSG]]}} (main was 100% free, till 2022,<ref name="Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems">{{cite web | url = https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html | title = Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems | archive-date = November 2, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231102171742/https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html}}</ref><ref name="General Resolution: non-free firmware: results">{{cite web | url = https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html | title = General Resolution: non-free firmware: results | access-date = 2023-11-02 | archive-date = November 2, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231102171923/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/10/msg00001.html}}</ref> non-free packages were optional)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-and-debian-join-forces-to-help-free-software-users-find-the-hardware-they-need|title=FSF and Debian join forces to help free software users find the hardware they need — Free Software Foundation — working together for free software|website=www.fsf.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-13}}</ref><!--Debian consists of packages in the main repository which is completely free. The supplementary contrib repository consists of packages which are free but require components not hosted in main. The supplemental non-free repository is not free. While the Debian Operating System itself is free, it is not endorsed by the FSF because the Debian Project hosts non-free software that can be installed optionally.[https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html] -->
| Independent, inspired by [[Software:Softlanding Linux System|Softlanding Linux System (SLS)]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Ian A.|last=Murdock|title=NNTP Subject: New release under development; suggestions requested|url=http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development/msg/a32d4e2ef3bcdcc6|date=16 August 1993|access-date=2007-08-17}}</ref>
| general, server, desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Debian Edu
|
| Debian Project
| 2004
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7715973|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| ~3 years<ref name="DebianSupportPeriod" group="g"/>
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q7715973|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Partial|Debian Social Contract and [[Debian Free Software Guidelines|DFSG]]}}
| Debian
| schools
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Devuan|Devuan]]
| The "Veteran Unix Admins" (VUA)
| The "Veteran Unix Admins" (VUA)
| 2016
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q18601928|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q18601928|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}<ref name="DevuanISO" group="g"/>
| Debian
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Deepin|Deepin]]
| Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.
| Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.
| 2004
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q129145|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q129145|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre
| Matias A. Fonzo
| Matias A. Fonzo
| 2009
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q322659|P348}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q322659|P348|P577}}
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG" />
| Independent, inspired from Slackware
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Dyne:bolic|dyne:bolic]]
| Jaromil
| Jaromilx
| 2005
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q309494|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q309494|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG" />
| [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| multimedia
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Elementary OS|Elementary OS]]
| Danielle Foré
| elementary LLC
| 2011
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q1321517|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1321517|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
|Ubuntu, Debian
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ELinOS|ELinOS]]
| [[Company:SYSGO|SYSGO]]
| SYSGO
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q251031|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q251031|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Independent
| [[Embedded system|embedded system]]s
| {{partial}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Emdebian Grip|Emdebian Grip]]
| Embedded Debian Project
| Embedded Debian Project
| 2009
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q16971958|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| End-of-life
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q16971958|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| [[Embedded system|embedded system]]s
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:EndeavourOS|EndeavourOS]]
| Bryan Poerwoatmodjo
| EndeavourOS
| 2019
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{dunno}}
| 2022-09-14
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Arch Linux
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Fedora Linux|Fedora Linux]]
| [[Organization:Fedora Project|Fedora Project]]
| Fedora Project
| 2003
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q48267|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 1 year and month
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q48267|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Partial|Fedora Licensing Guidelines}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main|title=Licensing:Main - FedoraProject|publisher=Fedora Project|date=2017-08-11|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref>
| Red Hat Linux
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Freespire|Freespire]]
| Lindows.com, Inc.
| PC/OpenSystems LLC
| 2001
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2109608|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2109608|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Ubuntu
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Gentoo Linux|Gentoo Linux]]
| Daniel Robbins
| Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
| 2002
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{Partial|Gentoo Social Contract}}
| Enoch Linux
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNU Guix System|Guix System]]
| Ludovic Courtès
| Ludovic Courtès, Ricardo Wurmus, the Guix community
| 2012
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q19597382|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q19597382|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG" />
| Independent, inspired by [[Software:NixOS|NixOS]]
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNewSense|gNewSense]]
| Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley
| Sam Geeraerts with sponsorship from the [[Organization:Free Software Foundation|Free Software Foundation]]
| 2006
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q305901|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q305901|P348|P577}}
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG" />
| [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| general, server
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Grml|Grml]]
| Michael Prokop
| The Grml Team
| 2005
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q309531|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q309531|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| live, maintenance, security, network, forensic, accessibility
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{rh}} | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre
| Hyperbola Founders
| Hyperbola Founders
| 2017
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q59538357|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 3 years (stable), 5 years (old stable)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.hyperbola.info/en:project:releases|title=Releases|publisher=Hyperbola Project|website=HyperWiki|access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref>
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q59538357|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{free|100% Free: GNU FSDG<ref name="GNU FSDG" /> followed in Hyperbola Social Contract}}
| Arch Linux
| general
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Larabel |first1=Michael |title=FSF-Approved Hyperbola GNU/Linux Switching Out The Linux Kernel For Hard Fork Of OpenBSD |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Hyperbola-Linux-To-BSD |website=phoronix |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | Kali Linux
| Max Moser, Mati Aharoni, Martin J. Muench
| Offensive Security
| 2013
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8364850|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q8364850|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| auditing, forensic, security, network
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Knoppix|Knoppix]]
| Klaus Knopper
| ''dev team''
| 2000
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q102410|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q102410|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| live
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Korora (operating system)|Korora]]
| Chris Smart
| Dev Team
| 2005
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q2705835|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2705835|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Fedora
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:LibreCMC|LibreCMC]]
| LibreCMC team
| LibreCMC team
| 2010
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q16655648|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q16655648|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG" />
| Merged from LibreWRT
| [[Embedded system|embedded system]]s
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Linspire|Linspire]]
| Linspire, Inc.
| Linspire, Inc.
| 2001
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q568234|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q568234|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{no|Commercial}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shop.linspire.com/shopping/shopping_cartcontents.php|title=青汁選びのパートナー｜カルシウム不足にコレ！～ユーグレナ青汁～|website=Shop.linspire.com|access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Linux Mint|Linux Mint]]
| Clement Lefebvre
| ''dev team''
| 2006
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2027|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| ~3 years ([[Software:Linux Mint#Debian-based edition|LMDE]]); 5 years (main editions)
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2027|P348|P548=Q15726348|P577}}<br>{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2027|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian(LMDE), Ubuntu (main editions)
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
!{{Rh}} | [[Software:Linux Lite|Linux Lite]]
|Jerry Bezencon
|Linux Lite Team
|2012
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q17620102|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q17620102|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
|[[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
|desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-

! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Mageia|Mageia]]
| Mageia Community
| mageia.org
| 2010
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1129541|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 1 year
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1129541|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Mandriva Linux
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Mandriva Linux|Mandriva Linux]]
| Mandrakesoft S.A.
| Mandriva S.A.
| 1998
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q173005|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q173005|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Red Hat Linux
| general
| {{Partial|Some editions are free of charge}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Manjaro Linux|Manjaro Linux]]
| Roland Singer
| ''dev team''
| 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=959229|title=Manjaro Linux Distribution|last=Singer|first=Roland (ying)|publisher=Community Contributions, Arch Linux Forums|date=2011-07-10|access-date=2015-12-12|quote=Hi all, I am working now since a longer time on my arch linux livecd. It is called manjaro linux and uses the Desktop Environment Xfce. I uploaded a first testing livecd which is very experimental and many features are still missing. I would be thankful for any bugs reported,.... or if somebody wants to help and join the project he is always welcome.}}</ref>
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Arch Linux
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:MEPIS|MEPIS]]
| Warren Woodford
| MEPIS LLC
| 2003
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q823184|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q823184|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| desktop, server
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Miracle Linux|MIRACLE LINUX]]
| Cybertrust Japan
| Cybertrust Japan
| 2000
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q840623|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 10 years
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q840623|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
| server
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Musix GNU+Linux|Musix GNU+Linux]]
| Musix team
| Musix team
| 2008
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2649553|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2649553|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG" />
| [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| multimedia
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Netrunner
| Blue Systems
| ''dev team''
| 2009
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1524661|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| as per Debian
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1524661|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:NixOS|NixOS]]
| Eelco Dolstra and Armijn Hemel
| NixOS Foundation
| 2003
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q21998874|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 0.5 years
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q21998874|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| –
| general, server, desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Novell Open Enterprise Server
| [[Company:Novell|Novell]]
| [[Company:Novell|Novell]], Inc. ''dev team''
| 2003
| 2023
| {{dunno}}
| 2022-10
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server|SUSE Linux Enterprise Server]]
| server
| {{no|Commercial}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.suse.com/shop/server/|title=Shop Online: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server|website=SUSE.com|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref>
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenELEC|OpenELEC]]
| Stephan Raue, OpenELEC Team
| OpenELEC Team
| 2011
| 8.0.4
| {{dunno}}
| 2017-06-04
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Kodi
| multimedia
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Organization:OpenSUSE|openSUSE]]
| SUSE Linux
| openSUSE Project
| 2006
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q16691|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 1.5 years<ref>{{cite web |title=Lifetime |url=https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime|publisher=Lifetime|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref>
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q16691|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]], [[Software:Jurix|Jurix]]
| general, desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenWrt|OpenWrt]]
| {{dunno}}
| OpenWrt team
| 2007
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|edit|Q1140401|P348|P548=Q2804309}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://openwrt.org/ |title=Welcome to the OpenWrt Project |website=OpenWrt|date=2023-06-09|access-date=2023-07-05}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1140401|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Independent
| [[Embedded system|embedded system]]s
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenMandriva Lx|OpenMandriva Lx]]
| OpenMandriva Association
| OpenMandriva Association
| 2013
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|edit|Q15980209|P348|P548=Q1491125}}<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.openmandriva.org/96|title=OpenMandriva ROME, The rolling release|date=2023-03-30|access-date=2023-03-30}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q15980209|P348|P548=Q1491125|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:Mandriva Linux|Mandriva Linux]]
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Oracle Linux|Oracle Linux]]
| Oracle Corporation
| Oracle Corporation
| 2006
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q46094|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q46094|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
| server
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
| ''Parabola Hackers''
| ''Parabola Hackers''
| 2009
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.parabola.nu/Get_Parabola|title=Get Parabola|website=parabola.nu}}</ref>
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| 2021-08-11<ref name="parabola-downloads">{{cite web
 | url = https://wiki.parabola.nu/Get_Parabola
 | title = Get Parabola
 | website = Parabola project
}}</ref>
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG<ref name="GNU FSDG" /> followed in Parabola Social Contract}}
| [[Software:Arch Linux|Arch Linux]]
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Pardus (operating system)|Pardus]]
| Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
| TÜBİTAK
| 2005
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1325811|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1325811|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Gentoo (2011.2) <br /> Debian
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Parrot OS|Parrot OS]]
| Lorenzo "Palinuro" Faletra
| Parrot Dev Team
| 2013
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q19768087|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q19768087|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| security, desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Parsix|Parsix]]
| Alan Baghumian
| ''Parsix Project''
| 2005
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2742192|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2742192|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Parted Magic|Parted Magic]]
| ''Patrick Verner''
| ''Parted Magic LLC.''
| 2007
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1650739|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1650739|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Independent
| live, maintenance
| {{no|Commercial}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://partedmagic.com/store/|title=Parted Magic LLC - Store|website=partedmagic.com|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:PCLinuxOS|PCLinuxOS]]
| Bill Reynolds
| ''dev team''
| 2003
| 2022.12
| Semi-rolling
| 2022-12-12
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Mandriva Linux
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{Active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Pop! OS|Pop! OS]]
| Carl Ritchell
| System76
| 2017
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q81388644|P348|P548=Q15726348}}
| 2 years for LTS releases.
2–3 months after the next release for other releases.
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q81388644|P348|P548=Q15726348|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Ubuntu
| desktop, laptop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{Active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Pentoo|Pentoo]]
| Michael Zanetta, Rick Farina, Jens Pranaitis
| Pentoo
| 2005
| 2019.1
| {{dunno}}
| 2019-01-17
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Gentoo Linux
| auditing, security
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Porteus (operating system)|Porteus]]
| Fanthom
| Porteus
| 2010
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q743909|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q743909|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Slackware
| lightweight, portable
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Puppy Linux|Puppy Linux]]
| Barry Kauler
| Puppy Foundation
| 2003
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q240116|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q240116|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Independent, inspired from Vector linux
| lightweight, portable
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:PureOS|PureOS]]
| Todd Weaver
| Purism
| 2009
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q13183457|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| Stable and [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q13183457|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG" />
| [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| general, security, privacy
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Qubes OS|Qubes OS]]
| Joanna Rutkowska
| Invisible Things Lab
| 2012
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q7269652|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q7269652|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Xen and Fedora
| security by compartmentalization, desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] (RHEL)
| [[Company:Red Hat|Red Hat]]
| Red Hat
| 2002
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q215273|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 12 years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata |title=Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle |website=access.redhat.com |access-date=2023-05-22}}</ref>
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q215273|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Red Hat Linux, Fedora
| general
| {{no|Commercial}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/server/rhel.html |title=Enterprise Linux |publisher=Red Hat |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/desktop/ |title=Enterprise Linux Desktop Operating Systems |publisher=Red Hat |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Red Hat Linux|Red Hat Linux]]
| Red Hat
| Red Hat
| 1995
| {{wikidata|property|references|edit|Q220182|P348}} ''alias'' Shrike
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|single|raw|Q220182|P348|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| –
| server, workstation
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} class="table-rh" | [[Software:Rocks Cluster Distribution|Rocks Cluster Distribution]]
| UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp
| UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp
| 2000
| {{wikidata|property|references|edit|Q972850|P348|P548=Q2804309}}<!-- If you update this, remember to also update [[Software:Rocks Cluster Distribution|Rocks Cluster Distribution]]-->
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|single|raw|Q972850|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Red Hat Linux
| server, workstation
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
!{{Rh}} | Rocky Linux
|Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
|Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
|2021
|{{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q104102686|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
|10 years
|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q104102686|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
|{{Proprietary|X}}
|Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
|general
|{{free|None}}
|{{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ROSA Linux|ROSA]]
| {{dunno}}
| LLC NTC IT ROSA
| 2011
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4048537|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q4048537|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Mandriva Linux|Mandriva
| server, general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Sabayon Linux|Sabayon Linux]]
| Fabio Erculiani
| ''dev team''
| 2005
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|edit|Q640467|P348}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sabayon.org/release/latest-stable-release-sabayon-1903/|title=Sabayon 19.03 – New stable release|first=Sabayonlinux|last=crew|website=www.sabayon.org|date=31 March 2019|access-date=8 July 2019|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728191005/https://www.sabayon.org/release/latest-stable-release-sabayon-1903/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q640467|P348|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Gentoo Linux
| general
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Salix OS|Salix OS]]
| Cyrille Pontvieux, George Vlahavas, Pierrick Le Brun, Thorsten Mühlfelder
| ''Salix team''
| 2009
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q972574|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q972574|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]]
| general
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Scientific Linux|Scientific Linux]]
| [[Organization:CERN|CERN]], [[Organization:Fermilab|Fermilab]]
| ''dev team''
| 2004
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q839735|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q839735|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
| server, workstation
| {{free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]]
| Patrick Volkerding
| ''dev team''
| 1993
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q58436|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q58436|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:Softlanding Linux System|Softlanding Linux System (SLS)]]
| general
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slax|Slax]]
| Tomas Matejicek
| Tomas Matejicek
| 2002
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q337503|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q337503|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian, Slackware (until Slax 9)
| live
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | SliTaz GNU/Linux
| Christophe Lincoln
| ''dev team''
| 2008
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| 2020-02-23<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mirror1.slitaz.org/iso/rolling/|title = Index of /Iso/Rolling/}}</ref>
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Independent
| portable
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Solus (operating system)|Solus]]
| Ikey Doherty
| ''dev team''
|2005
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| 2021-07-11
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Pardus Linux
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SolydXK|SolydXK]]
| Arjen Balfoort
| ''dev team''
| 2013
| {{wikidata|property|edit|Q17082258|P348}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://solydxk.com/news/solydxk-10-released-based-on-debian-buster-1|title=SolydXK 10 Buster released — English|website=solydxk.com|access-date=2019-09-30|archive-date=2019-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928183721/https://solydxk.com/news/solydxk-10-released-based-on-debian-buster-1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Debian packages as per Debian
| {{wikidata|qualifier|single|raw|Q17082258|P348|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SparkyLinux|SparkyLinux]]
| {{dunno}}
| Sparky Linux team
| 2012
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3896010|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q3896010|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| general, video games
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Source Mage GNU/Linux
| Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell
| ''dev team''
| 2002
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1196930|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1196930|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Partial|[[Software:Source Mage#Social contract|Source Mage Social Contract]]}}
| [[Software:Sorcerer (operating system)|Sorcerer]]
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SteamOS|SteamOS]]
| [[Company:Valve Corporation|Valve]]
| [[Company:Valve Corporation|Valve]]
| 2013
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q14944085|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q14944085|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:Debian|Debian]] (2.0) <br /> [[Software:Arch Linux|Arch Linux]] (3.0)
| video games
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SUSE Linux Enterprise|SUSE Linux Enterprise]]
| [[Company:SUSE|SUSE]]
| SUSE
| 2000
| {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|Q1759786|P348|P548=Q2804309}}SP5<ref name=map111>{{cite web
 | url   = https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/20/suse_sle_15_sp5/
 | title = Latest SUSE Linux Enterprise goes all in with confidential computing
 | date  = 20 June 2023
}}</ref>
| 13 years per version<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.suse.com/lifecycle/|title=Product Support Lifecycle &#124; SUSE|website=www.suse.com}}</ref>
| 2023-06-20
| Common code base for x86-64, Power, System z, Arm64
| [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]], [[Software:Jurix|Jurix]]
| edge, workstation, server, supercomputer
| {{no|Commercial}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://suse.com/products/server/how-to-buy/|title=How To Buy - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server|publisher=SUSE|access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Tails
| {{dunno}}
| Tails Development Team
| 2009
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q2801412|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| –<ref name="Tails Releases" group="g"/>
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2801412|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| security-focused aimed for anonymity and privacy
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Tiny Core Linux|Tiny Core Linux]]
| Robert Shingledecker
| Team Tiny Core
| 2009
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1151758|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1151758|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Independent, inspired from Damn Small Linux
| portable
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Trisquel GNU/Linux
| Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam)
| Rubén Rodríguez Pérez (quidam)
| 2005
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1588573|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 3 years
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1588573|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html|title=List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation}}</ref>
| [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] LTS
| desktop
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library|TurnKey GNU/Linux]]
| Alon Swartz, Liraz Siri
| TurnKey GNU/Linux Team
| 2008
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7855626|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| Debian packages as per Debian; TurnKey packages for life of current major version (plus backports per request)
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q7855626|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Partial|Debian Social Contract and [[Debian Free Software Guidelines|DFSG]]}}
| Debian
| server based software appliance library aiming to balance security and ease of use
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] and Derivatives<ref name="ubuntu">{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives#Recognised_Flavors|title=DerivativeTeam/Derivatives - Ubuntu Wiki|website=wiki.ubuntu.com}}</ref>
| Canonical Ltd.
| Canonical Ltd.
| 2004
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q381|P348|P548=Q2804309}}<br>{{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q381|P348|P548=Q15726348}}
| Standard releases 9 months, LTS releases 5 years. Flavor LTS releases 3 or 5 years. Ubuntu Pro 10 years.
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q381|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}<br>{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q381|P348|P548=Q15726348|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| general, server, desktop, supercomputer, IBM mainframe
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Univention Corporate Server|Univention Corporate Server]]
| Univention GmbH
| Univention GmbH
| 2004
| {{wikidata|property|references|edit|Q301764|P348|P548=Q2804309}}<!-- If you update this, remember to also update [[Software:Univention Corporate Server|Univention Corporate Server]]. -->
| up to 6 months for free Core Edition; up to 7 years if maintenance is purchased, see:<ref>{{cite web |title=Prices and subscriptions |publisher=Univention |url=https://www.univention.com/products/prices-and-subscriptions/}}</ref>
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q301764|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| home, business, and school
| {{Free|Core Edition is free of charge}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ututo|Ututo]]
| Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera
| UTUTO dev team
| 2000
| XS 2012
| {{dunno}}
| 2012-04-27
| {{Free|100% Free: GNU FSDG}}<ref name="GNU FSDG" />
| Ututo XS: [[Software:Gentoo Linux|Gentoo Linux]], Ututo UL: [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
| general
| {{Free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:VectorLinux|VectorLinux]]
| Robert S. Lange
| ''dev team''
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1074973|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q1074973|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Slackware
| desktop
| {{free|None}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Void Linux|Void Linux]]
| Juan Romero Pardines
| Juan RP and contributors
| 2008
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| [[Rolling release|Rolling]]
| 2022-10-17
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Independent, partially inspired by FreeBSD/NetBSD
| general
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Webconverger|Webconverger]]
| Kai Hendry
| Webconverger Limited
| 2007
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2002261|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2002261|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian
| [[Kiosk software|kiosk software]], digital signage
| {{no|Commercial}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Xandros|Xandros]]
| Xandros Incorporated
| Xandros Incorporated
| 2001
| {{wikidata|property|references|edit|Q596710|P348}}
| {{dunno}}
| 2007-07-26
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| [[Software:Corel Linux|Corel Linux]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{no|Commercial}}
| {{site inactive}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Zentyal|Zentyal]]
| eBox Technologies
| eBox Technologies
| 2005
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q191297|P348}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q191297|P348|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Debian, Ubuntu
| small business server
| {{Partial|Some editions are free of charge}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Zenwalk|Zenwalk]]
| Jean-Philippe Guillemin
| ''dev team''
| 2004
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q191317|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q191317|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Slackware
| general
| {{free|None}}
| {{site active}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Zorin OS|Zorin OS]]
| Zorin Group
| Zorin Group
| 2009
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2625341|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|raw|Q2625341|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| {{Proprietary|X}}
| Ubuntu
| general, desktop
| {{Partial|Zorin OS Lite & Core are free, while Business and Ultimate are paid}}
| {{site active}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Distribution
! Founder
! Maintainer
! Initial release year
! Current stable version
! Security updates (years)
! Release date
! System distribution commitment
! Forked from
! Target audience
! Cost
! Status
|}

{{Reflist|group="g"|refs=
<ref name="DebianSupportPeriod">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.</ref>
<ref name="Tails Releases">Security updates are released every six weeks.</ref>
<ref name="DevuanISO">Default ISOs included non-free software</ref>
}}

== Technical ==
The table below shows the default file system, but many Linux distributions support some or all of [[Ext2|ext2]], [[Ext3|ext3]], [[Ext4|ext4]], [[Btrfs]], [[ReiserFS]], [[Reiser4]], [[JFS (file system)|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 [[Software:Unix|Unix]], Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. Linux has full support for XFS and JFS, [[File Allocation Table|FAT]] (the [[Engineering:DOS|DOS]] file system), and [[Hierarchical File System (Apple)|HFS]], the main file system for the [[Engineering:Macintosh|Macintosh]]. Support for Microsoft [[Software:Windows NT|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 [[Software:GNU Compiler Collection|GNU Compiler Collection]] (GCC)), init systems (mainly sysvinit), desktop environments and window managers are widely supported.

<!-- In each table, link one instance of terms, remove other WP:REPEATLINK(s). -->
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto"
|- style="background: #ececec;"
! Distribution
! abbr="Kernel" | Default [[Software:Linux kernel|Linux kernel]]
! abbr="File system" | Default [[File system|file system]]
! abbr="Init system" | Default [[Software:Init|init system]]
! abbr="Environment" | Install-time [[Software:Desktop environment|desktop environment]] or [[Window manager|window manager]] selection
! abbr="Reproducible builds" | Reproducible builds
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Alpine Linux|Alpine Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| [[Software:OpenRC|openrc]]
| {{no2}} none
| {{no2|In progress}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/alpine/alpine.html|title=Reproducible alpine ?!|website=tests.reproducible-builds.org}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ALT Linux|ALT Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext3
| [[Software:Systemd|systemd]]
| KDE Plasma Workspaces, [[Software:Xfce|Xfce]]
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Arch Linux|Arch Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}<ref name="common-distros">{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.en.html|title=gnu.org|website=www.gnu.org}}</ref>
| none<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/File_systems#Create_a_file_system|title=File Systems|access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref>
| systemd
| Awesome, bspwm, Budgie, Cinnamon, CuteFish, [[Software:Deepin|Deepin]], Enlightenment, GNOME, [[Software:I3 (window manager)|i3]], KDE, [[Software:LXQt|LXQt]], MATE, Qtile, [[Software:Sway (window manager)|Sway]], Xfce<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archinstall/-/tree/master/profiles|website=gitlab.archlinux.org|title=Profiles in Archinstall}}</ref>
| {{no2|In progress}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reproducible.archlinux.org/|title=Reproducible status|access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:BLAG Linux and GNU|BLAG]]
| {{Free|[[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]]}}
| ext3
| sysvinit
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Bodhi Linux
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| Moksha (Enlightenment fork)
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Canaima (operating system)|Canaima]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}<ref name="common-distros" />
| {{dunno}}
| systemd
| Gnome, [[Software:KDE Plasma 5|KDE Plasma]] and [[Software:Xfce|Xfce]]
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CentOS|CentOS]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}<ref name="common-distros" />
| xfs
| systemd
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Chakra (operating system)|Chakra]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| KDE Plasma Workspaces
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Clear Linux OS|Clear Linux OS]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ClearOS|ClearOS]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext3
| systemd
| {{No2}} none (Web based)
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | CoreOS
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| None
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CrunchBang Linux|CrunchBang Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| sysvinit
| [[Software:Openbox|Openbox]]
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Damn Small Linux|Damn Small Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext3
| sysvinit
| [[Software:JWM|JWM]]
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| {{Partial|By default Linux-libre, but the Debian Project also hosts a non-free repository allowing blobs to be installed optionally.}}<ref name="common-distros" /> Built with [[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]] tools.<ref name="debian-linux" />
| ext4
| systemd
| GNOME, [[Organization:KDE|KDE]], [[Software:Xfce|Xfce]], [[Software:LXDE|LXDE]]<ref name=cdimage.debian.org>{{cite web|url=http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/|title=Index of /debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd|access-date=2015-03-07}}</ref>
| {{no2|In progress}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds|title=ReproducibleBuilds - Debian Wiki|website=wiki.debian.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/757118/|title=Toward a fully reproducible Debian [LWN.net]|website=lwn.net}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Devuan|Devuan]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| [[Ext4|ext4]]
| sysvinit
| [[Software:Xfce|Xfce]]
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre
| {{Free|[[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]]}}
| ext4
| [[Software:Runit|runit]]
| Xfce
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Dyne:bolic|dyne:bolic]]
| {{Free|[[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]]}}
| {{dunno}}
| systemd
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Fedora Linux|Fedora]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| btrfs<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-27|title=Fedora 33 is officially here!|url=https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-33/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Fedora Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
| systemd
| [[Software:GNOME|GNOME]] (default Workstation Edition), Spins for: [[Software:KDE Plasma 5|KDE]], [[Software:Xfce|Xfce]], [[Software:Cinnamon (desktop environment)|Cinnamon]], [[Software:MATE|MATE]] (with [[Software:Compiz|Compiz]]), [[Software:I3 (window manager)|i3]], [[Software:LXQt|LXQt]], [[Software:LXDE|LXDE]], [[Software:Phosh|Phosh]], [[Software:Sway (window manager)|Sway]] and [[Software:Budgie (desktop environment)|Budgie]]
| {{no2|In progress}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://access.redhat.com/blogs/766093/posts/1976033|title=Reproducible Builds for Fedora|website=Red Hat Customer Portal}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | Funtoo
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| none
| openrc
| None
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| none
| openrc
| [[Software:Awesome (window manager)|Awesome]], Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE-Meta, Openbox, XBMC and Xfce (live DVD)<ref>{{cite web|title=Gentoo Linux Hybrid ISO|url=https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-889654.html|publisher=Gentoo Linux|access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref>
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNewSense|gNewSense]]
| {{Free|Debian Linux kernel, and (unlike Debian) blobs cannot be installed}}<ref name="debian-linux">{{cite web|url=http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/gnewsense/packages-parkes/linux-2.6/view/head:/debian/README.gNewSense|title=/gnewsense/packages-parkes/linux-2.6 : contents of debian/README.gNewSense at revision 16|website=bzr.savannah.gnu.org}}</ref>
| ext3
| sysvinit
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNU Guix|Guix System]]
| {{Free|[[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]], [[Software:GNU Hurd|Hurd]] (in progress)}}<ref name="guix kernel">{{cite web|url=https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/a-hello-world-virtual-machine-running-the-hurd/|title=A "Hello World" virtual machine running the Hurd|website=guix.gnu.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/childhurds-and-substitutes//|title=Childhurds and GNU/Hurd substitutes|website=guix.gnu.org}}</ref>
| ext4
| GNU Shepherd
| GNOME, Xfce, MATE, Enlightenment, Openbox, awesome, i3, ratpoison, EXWM
| {{no2|In progress}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-02/msg00107.html|title=Quick reproducible test for GNU Guix|website=lists.gnu.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2017/reproducible-builds-a-status-update/|title=Reproducible builds: a status update — 2017 — Blog |website=guix.gnu.org}}</ref>
|-
! {{rh}} | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre
| {{free|[[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]]}}
| none
| openrc<ref>{{cite web|title=End of systemd support|publisher=Hyperbola Project|date=2017-08-05|access-date=2018-12-07|url=https://www.hyperbola.info/news/end-of-systemd-support/}}</ref>
| {{no2|none}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Kali Linux
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext3
| systemd
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Knoppix|Knoppix]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| xfs
| microknoppix
| LXDE
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:LibreCMC|LibreCMC]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://librecmc.org/librecmc/downloads/sources/v1.5/|title=LibreCMC package sources|access-date=2020-05-17}}</ref>
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| busybox-init
| {{No2}} none
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Linux Mint|Linux Mint]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint |title=Linux Mint |website=DistroWatch.com |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}<ref name="common-distros" />
| ext4
| [[Software:Systemd|systemd]]
| [[Software:MATE (desktop environment)|MATE]], Cinnamon, KDE 4, XFCE
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Mageia|Mageia]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Mandriva Linux|Mandriva Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| KDE Plasma Workspaces
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Manjaro Linux|Manjaro Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| none<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Installation_Guides |title=Installation Guides - Manjaro Linux |website=Wiki.manjaro.org |date=2015-11-26 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| systemd
| [[Software:Xfce|Xfce]], [[Organization:KDE|KDE]], [[Software:GNOME|GNOME]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://manjaro.org/get-manjaro/|title=Get Manjaro|publisher=Manjaro Linux|access-date=2018-02-03|archive-date=9 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909160202/https://manjaro.org/get-manjaro/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:MEPIS|MEPIS]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext3, ext4
| sysvinit
| KDE Plasma Workspaces
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Miracle Linux|MIRACLE LINUX]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Musix GNU+Linux|Musix GNU+Linux]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musix.najval.net/musix/isos/package_list3.0.1stable.txt|title=Musix Packages|access-date=2015-11-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226084322/http://musix.najval.net/musix/isos/package_list3.0.1stable.txt|archive-date=2015-12-26}}</ref>
| {{Free|[[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]]}}
| ext4
| initscripts
| LXDE
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:NixOS|NixOS]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}} or Linux-libre<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&show=hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=hardware.enableRedistributableFirmware|title=NixOS Search}}</ref>
| none
| systemd
| GNOME or KDE Plasma (Default), CDE, Cinnamon, Enlightment, Kodi, Lumina, LXQt, MATE, Pantheon, Phosh, RetroArch, Xfce, Xterm. 40 window managers<ref>{{cite web | url=https://search.nixos.org/options?channel=unstable&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=services.xserver.windowManager | title=NixOS Search }}</ref>
| {{no2|In progress}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reproducible.nixos.org/|title=NixOS Reproducible Builds|website=reproducible.nixos.org}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenELEC|OpenELEC]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| SquashFS
| shell script
| XBMC Media Center
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Organization:OpenSUSE|openSUSE]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| btrfs
| systemd
| KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, Xfce
| {{no2|In progress}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Reproducible_Builds|title=openSUSE:Reproducible Builds - openSUSE Wiki|website=en.opensuse.org}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenWrt|OpenWrt]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| overlayfs+[[SquashFS]]/[[JFFS2]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/filesystems |title=Filesystems [OpenWrt Wiki&#93; |website=openwrt.org |date=2018-06-07 |access-date=2018-06-11}}</ref>
| procd<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/procd |title=What is procd? [OpenWrt Wiki&#93; |website=openwrt.org |date=2018-03-04 |access-date=2018-06-11}}</ref>
| {{no2}} none
| {{no2|In progress}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/openwrt/openwrt.html|title=Reproducible OpenWrt ?|website=tests.reproducible-builds.org}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
| {{Free|[[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]]}}
| none
| openrc or systemd
| {{no2}} none
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Pardus (operating system)|Pardus]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| KDE Plasma Workspaces
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Parsix|Parsix]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:PCLinuxOS|PCLinuxOS]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| none
| sysvinit
| KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce, Enlightenment, Openbox
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Pentoo|Pentoo]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| SquashFS
| openrc
| Enlightenment
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Porteus (operating system)|Porteus]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| Squashfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, FAT32, reiser, xfs
| sysvinit
| KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Openbox, Razor-qt
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Puppy Linux|Puppy Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| SquashFS containing ext2
| busybox-init
| JWM
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| xfs
| systemd
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Company:Pixart|Rxart Desktop]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext3
| {{dunno}}
| KDE Plasma Workspaces
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Sabayon Linux|Sabayon Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=16766|title=Sabayon Forums • View topic - Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE: Stable release|website=forum.sabayonlinux.org|access-date=30 April 2009|archive-date=1 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901175446/http://forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=16766|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| systemd
| KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Scientific Linux|Scientific Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
|sysvinit, systemd<ref>Prior to v7.0, Scientific Linux used sysvinit. Since v7.0, it uses systemd. {{cite web|url=https://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7.0/x86_64/release-notes/ | title=Scientific Linux 7.0 Release Notes | website=ScientificLinux.org |date=2014-10-14 |access-date=2016-12-27}}</ref>
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}<ref name="common-distros" />
| ext4, ext3, ext2, reiserfs, brtfs, xfs
| RC.d and sysvinit compatible
| KDE, XFCE Fluxbox, [[Software:Blackbox|Blackbox]], fvwm2 [[Software:Twm|twm]]
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slax|Slax]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| SquashFS
| sysvinit
| KDE Plasma Workspaces
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | SliTaz GNU/Linux
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext3
| busybox-init
| Openbox
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Solus (operating system)|Solus]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| [[Software:Budgie (desktop environment)|Budgie]], Gnome, MATE, KDE
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Source Mage GNU/Linux
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext2
| simpleinit-msb
| {{no2}} none
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SteamOS|SteamOS]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| {{dunno}}
| systemd
| {{Proprietary|[[Software:Steam (service)|Steam]]}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop|SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}<ref name="common-distros" />
| btrfs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/15-SP1/#TechInfo.Filesystems|title=Release Notes • Comparison of Supported File Systems|website=www.suse.com}}</ref>
| systemd
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
| {{Rh}} | Tails
| {{Proprietary|Vanilla Linux}}<ref name="common-distros" />
| {{dunno}}
| systemd
| GNOME
| {{partial success|Reproducible ISO and USB images}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tails.boum.org/news/reproducible_Tails/index.en.html|title=Tails - Have your cake and eat it, too!|website=tails.boum.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tails.boum.org/contribute/build/reproducible/|title=Tails - Verifying a Tails image for reproducibility|website=tails.boum.org}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Trisquel|Trisquel]]
| {{Free|[[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]]}}
| ext4, xfs
| [[Software:Systemd|systemd]]
| [[Software:GNOME|GNOME]], [[Software:LXDE|LXDE]]
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library|TurnKey GNU/Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| none - headless server by design; provides [[Software:Webmin|Webmin]] for administration
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]/[[Software:Edubuntu|Edubuntu]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}<ref name="common-distros" />
| ext4<ref name="10.10 release">{{cite web|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes |title=MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes - Ubuntu Wiki |website=Wiki.ubuntu.com |date=2011-01-20 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| systemd
| [[Software:GNOME|GNOME]]
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ubuntu GNOME|Ubuntu GNOME]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| GNOME 3
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ubuntu MATE|Ubuntu MATE]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| MATE
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Kubuntu|Kubuntu]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4<ref name="10.10 release" />
| systemd
| KDE Plasma Workspaces
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Xubuntu|Xubuntu]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4<ref name="10.10 release" />
| systemd
| Xfce
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Lubuntu|Lubuntu]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| LXQt
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ututo|Ututo]]
| {{Free|Ututo XS (stable) is de-blobbed with [[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]] tools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ututo.org/downloads/scripts.tgz|title=scripts.tgz|access-date=2020-05-17}}</ref> Ututo UL (development) uses [[Software:Linux-libre|Linux-libre]]. Ututo UL means "Ubuntu-Libre"}}
| ext3
| systemd
| GNOME
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:VectorLinux|VectorLinux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ReiserFS
| sysvinit
| KDE, Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfce
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Void Linux|Void Linux]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| none
| runit
| {{no2}} none
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Webconverger|Webconverger]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| gitfs
| sysvinit
| [[Software:Dwm|dwm]] enforcing a Browser-only interface
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | XBMC Live
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext3
| [[Software:Systemd|systemd]]
| XBMC Media Center
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Zentyal|Zentyal]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| systemd
| LXDE
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Zenwalk|Zenwalk]]
| {{Proprietary|Binary blobs}}
| ext4
| sysvinit
| Xfce
| {{no}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Distribution
! abbr="Kernel" | Default Linux kernel
! abbr="File system" | Default file system
! abbr="Init system" | Default init system
! abbr="Environment" | Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection
! abbr="Reproducible builds" | Reproducible builds
|}

==Instruction set architecture support==
[[Software:Linux kernel#Supported architectures|Linux kernel portability]] to [[Instruction set architecture|instruction set architecture]]s other than [[X86|x86]], was an early [[Software:Linux kernel#Architecture and features|feature added to the kernel]].
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto;"
|-
!Distribution
![[X86|x86]]
![[X86-64|x86-64]]
![[ARM architecture|arm]]
![[Engineering:Itanium|ia64]]
![[PowerPC|ppc]]<ref>[http://penguinppc.org/3383] {{dead link|date=May 2021|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
![[Ppc64|ppc64]]
![[SPARC|sparc32]]
![[SPARC|sparc64]]
![[PA-RISC|hppa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parisc-linux.org/ |title=Parisc-Linux |publisher=Parisc-Linux |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
![[Company:Loongson#Operating systems|loongson]]
![[MIPS architecture|mips]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linux-mips.org/ |title=LinuxMIPS |publisher=LinuxMIPS |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
![[Engineering:SuperH|sh]]
!s390
!s390x
![[DEC Alpha|alpha]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alphalinux.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990117014622/http://www.alphalinux.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=1999-01-17 |title=The AlphaLinux Homepage |website=AlphaLinux.org |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
!m68k<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Lawrence |url=http://www.linux-m68k.org/ |title=The Linux/m68k Home Pages |website=Linux-m68k.org |date=2000-04-02 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
![[Engineering:RISC-V|riscv]]
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Alpine Linux|Alpine Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{yes}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Arch Linux|Arch Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{partial|<small>Unofficial<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archlinux32.org/ |title=Arch Linux 32 |publisher=Arch Linux 32 |access-date=2018-04-20}}</ref><br />Official discontinued 2017-11-08</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archlinux.org/news/the-end-of-i686-support/ |title=The end of i686 support |website=Arch Linux |access-date=2018-01-14}}</ref>}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{partial|<small>Unofficial</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archlinuxarm.org/ |title=Arch Linux ARM |publisher=Arch Linux ARM |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued unofficial port</small>}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{partial|<small>Unofficial<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archlinuxpower.org/|title=ArchPOWER|access-date=2022-05-31}}</ref></small>}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued. Unofficial port<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.parabola.nu/index.php?title=MIPS_Installation&oldid=19224|title=MIPS Installation - ParabolaWiki|website=wiki.parabola.nu}}</ref></small>}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{partial|<small>Unofficial<ref>{{cite web|url= https://archriscv.felixc.at/|title=Arch Linux RISC-V|access-date=2022-02-24}}</ref></small>}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:BackTrack|BackTrack]]
|<!--x86-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/|title=BackTrackDownloads|website=Backtrack-linux.org|access-date=2020-05-17|archive-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913200138/http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux</small>}}
|<!--arm-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux</small>}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:BLAG Linux and GNU|BLAG]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Bodhi Linux
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />2013-10-23</small>}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forums.bodhilinux.com/index.php?/topic/9393-dropping-official-support-for-arm-devices/ |title=Dropping Official Support for ARM Devices|website=Forums,bodhilinux.com |access-date=2014-05-13}}</ref>
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | BOSS Linux
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{dunno}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CentOS|CentOS]]
|<!--x86-->{{partial|AltArch}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{partial|AltArch}}
|<!--ia64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3.5-3.8<br />4.1-4.7</small>}}<ref name="centos42ArchAnnouncement">{{cite mailing list |url=http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-October/012286.html |title=CentOS-4.2 is Released for i386, x86_64, ia64, s390, s390x and alpha architectures |author=Pasi Pirhonen |mailing-list=CentOS-announce |date=2005-10-13}}</ref>
|<!--ppc-->{{partial|<small>Beta, Discontinued<br />4.0</small>}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{partial|AltArch}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{partial|<small>Beta<br />4.2</small>}}<ref name="centos42ArchAnnouncement" /><ref>{{cite mailing list |url=http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-May/012921.html |title=EOL notice for CentOS-4/sparc beta release |author=Pasi Pirhonen |mailing-list=CentOS-announce |date=2006-05-24}}</ref>
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3.5-3.8<br />4.1-4.7</small>}}<ref name="centos42ArchAnnouncement" /><ref name="centos41S390Announement">{{cite mailing list |url=http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-July/011969.html |title=CentOS-4.1 s390(x) Release Announcement |author=Pasi Pirhonen |mailing-list=CentOS-announce |date=2005-06-24}}</ref>
|<!--s390x-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3.5-3.8<br />4.1-4.7</small>}}<ref name="centos42ArchAnnouncement" /><ref name="centos41S390Announement" />
|<!--alpha-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />4.2-4.3</small>}}<ref name="centos42ArchAnnouncement" /><ref>{{cite mailing list |url=http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-June/000400.html |title=CentOS-4/alpha 4.1beta is there to play |author=Pasi Pirhonen |mailing-list=CentOS-announce |date=2005-06-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite mailing list |url=http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-June/012979.html |title=EOL notification for CentOS-4/axp (alpha) |author=Pasi Pirhonen |mailing-list=CentOS-announce |date=2006-06-25}}</ref>
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Chakra (operating system)|Chakra]]
|<!--x86-->{{no}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{dunno}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Clear Linux OS|Clear Linux OS]]
|<!--x86-->{{dunno}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{dunno}}
|<!--ia64-->{{dunno}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CRUX|CRUX]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Debian|Debian]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.debian.org/ports/ |title=Ports |publisher=Debian |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes|Yes<br /><small>4.0+</small>}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes|Yes<br /><small>2.2+</small>}}
|<!--ia64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3.0-7.0</small>}}<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/03/msg00009.html |title=Debian Installer Jessie Alpha 1 release |author=Cyril Brulebois |mailing-list=debian-devel-announce |date=2014-03-19}}</ref>
|<!--ppc-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />2.2-8</small>}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />2.1-4.0</small>}}<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/07/msg00006.html |title=Retiring the sparc32 port |author=Jurij Smakov |mailing-list=debian-devel-announce |date=2007-07-18}}</ref>
|<!--sparc64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />-7</small><ref>{{cite mailing list |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/04/msg00012.html |title=SPARC removed from Jessie |author=Philipp Kern |mailing-list=debian-devel-announce |date=2014-04-26}}</ref>}}
|<!--hppa-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3.0-5.0</small>}}
|<!--loongson-->{{yes}}
|<!--mips-->{{yes|Yes<br /><small>3.0+</small>}}
|<!--sh-->{{partial|<small>In progress</small>}}
|<!--s390-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3.0-7</small>}}
|<!--s390x-->{{yes|Yes<br /><small>7+</small>}}
|<!--alpha-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />2.1-5.0</small>}}
|<!--m68k-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />2.0-3.1</small>}}
|<!--riscv-->{{partial|<small>In progress<ref>{{cite web |title=RISC-V - Debian Wiki |url=https://wiki.debian.org/RISC-V |access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref></small>}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Devuan|Devuan]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Dyne:bolic|dyne:bolic]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{no}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Fedora Linux|Fedora]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures |title=Architectures |publisher=FedoraProject |date=2016-07-31 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--x86-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued from <br />Fedora 30<br /></small>}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM |title=Architectures/ARM |access-date=2010-07-20}}</ref>
|<!--ia64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued from <br />Fedora 9<br /></small>}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/IA64 |title=Architectures/IA64 |access-date=2012-03-24}}</ref>
|<!--ppc-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued from <br />Fedora 17<br /></small>}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{partial|<small>Inactive from <br />Fedora 12</small>}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/SPARC |title=Architectures/SPARC |access-date=2012-05-19}}</ref>
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{partial|<small>In progress</small>}}
|<!--mips-->{{partial|<small>Inactive from <br />Fedora 13<br /></small>}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/MIPS |title=Architectures/MIPS |access-date=2011-01-27}}</ref>
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{yes}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{partial|<small>In progress<ref>{{cite web |title=Architectures/RISC-V - Fedora Project Wiki |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/RISC-V |access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref></small>}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Finnix|Finnix]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml |title=Downloads – Gentoo Linux |website=Gentoo.org |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-arm.xml |title=Project:ARM - Gentoo Wiki |website=Gentoo.org |date=2016-05-21 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--ia64-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--hppa-->{{yes}}
|<!--loongson-->{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:MIPS |title=Project:MIPS - Gentoo Wiki |website=Wiki.gentoo.org |date=2016-06-28 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--mips-->{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-mips-faq.xml#hw-what |title=MIPS/FAQ - Gentoo Wiki |website=Gentoo.org |date=2015-11-05 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/mips-requirements.xml | title = Gentoo/MIPS Linux Hardware Requirements}}</ref>
|<!--sh-->{{yes}}
|<!--s390-->{{yes}}
|<!--s390x-->{{yes}}
|<!--alpha-->{{yes}}
|<!--m68k-->{{yes}}
|<!--risc-v-->{{partial|<small>Test release</small>}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RISC-V|title=Project:RISC-V - Gentoo Wiki|website=wiki.gentoo.org}}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNewSense|gNewSense]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{yes}}
|<!--mips-->{{yes}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNU Guix|Guix System]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/ |title=Download |website=gnu.org |access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes|Yes, ARMv7 and AArch64}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{partial|<small>In progress<ref>{{cite web |title=Re: Long term plan for GuixSD security: microkernels, ocap, RISC-V support |url=https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-09/msg00255.html |access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref></small>}}
|-
! {{rh}} | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{partial|<small>In progress<ref>{{cite web |title=POWER (ppc64le) porting |url=https://issues.hyperbola.info/index.php?do=details&task_id=1336 |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref></small>}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{partial|<small>In progress<ref>{{cite web |title=RISC-V (riscv64) porting + multilib support |url=https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-10/msg00420.html |access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref></small>}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Kali Linux
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:LibreCMC|LibreCMC]]
|<!--x86-->{{no}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{no}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{yes}} [[XBurst]]
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Manjaro Linux|Manjaro Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}<br /><small>Unofficial</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://manjaro32.org/ |title=manjaro32.org |publisher=manjaro32 |access-date=2018-02-03 }}</ref>
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://manjaro.org/download/#ARM|title=Home|publisher=Manjaro|date=2020-06-01|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:MEPIS|MEPIS]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Miracle Linux|MIRACLE LINUX]]
|<!--x86-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />8.0</small>}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Musix GNU+Linux|Musix GNU+Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{no}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:NixOS|NixOS]]
|<!--x86-->{{partial|Unofficial}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{partial|Unofficial}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{partial|Unofficial}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{partial|Unofficial}}
|<!--s390x-->{{partial|Unofficial}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{partial|Unofficial}}
|<!--riscv-->{{partial|Unofficial}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenELEC|OpenELEC]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Organization:OpenSUSE|openSUSE]] Leap
|<!--x86-->{{no}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes|v7 64}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{partial|ppc64le}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Organization:OpenSUSE|openSUSE]] Tumbleweed
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes|v6 v7 64}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{yes}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{partial|RV64G}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenWrt|OpenWrt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://openwrt.org/ |title=OpenWrt |publisher=OpenWrt |date=2015-12-16 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{yes}}
|<!--sh-->{{yes}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Oracle Linux|Oracle Linux]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/oracle-linux-ds-1985973.pdf|title=Oracle Linux|website=Oracle.com|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />5</small>}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/linux/product/specifications/index.html |title=Linux Operating System &#124; Technologies |publisher=Oracle |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes|<small>Yes, ARMv7<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parabola.nu/news/parabola-supports-armv7/|title= Parabola GNU/Linux-libre supports ARMv7|last=Delgado|first=André Fabian Silva|date=3 October 2015|access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.parabola.nu/ARM_Installation_Guide|title=ARM Installation Guide|access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref></small>}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{partial|<small>Test release<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2018-06/msg00017.html|author=Andreas Grapentin|title=Re: [GNU-linux-libre] ppc64el support in endorsed distros}}</ref></small>}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<ref name="auto"/></small>}}
|<!--mips-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<ref name="auto"/></small>}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{partial|<small>Test release<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mirror.grapentin.org/parabola-ports/|title=Index of /parabola-ports/|website=mirror.grapentin.org}}</ref></small>}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Red Flag Linux|Red Flag Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />8.0</small>}}<ref name="redflag-linux_discont">{{cite web |url=http://www.redflag-linux.com/news/today/1000001225.html |title=今日红旗-新闻中心-北京中科红旗软件技术有限公司 |website=Redflag-linux.com |access-date=2016-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153028/http://www.redflag-linux.com/news/today/1000001225.html |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|<!--x86-64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />8.0</small>}}<ref name="redflag-linux_discont"/>
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3</small>}}<ref name="redflag-linux1">{{cite web |url=http://www.redflag-linux.com/product/server/rfas4/ |title=Red Flag Asianux Server 4-应用服务器-产品-北京中科红旗软件技术有限公司 |website=Redflag-linux.com |access-date=2016-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030155723/http://www.redflag-linux.com/product/server/rfas4/ |archive-date=2016-10-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3</small>}}<ref name="redflag-linux1"/>
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Red Hat Linux|Red Hat Linux]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.download.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/ |title=Index of /pub/redhat/linux |website=Archive.download.redhat.com |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--x86-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />9.0</small>}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{no}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />7.1-7.2</small>}}
|<!--ppc-->{{partial|<small>Test release<br />5.1</small><ref name="roughCuts">{{Cite web|url=http://www.linuxroughcuts.org/|title=Exploring the Evidence: Did Lou Ferrigno Really Use Steroids?|website=www.linuxroughcuts.org}}</ref>}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />4.0-4.2<br />5.1-6.2</small>}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{partial|<small>Test release<br />5.1</small><ref name="roughCuts" />}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{partial|<small>Test release<br />5.1</small><ref name="roughCuts" />}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />7.2</small>}}
|<!--s390x-->{{yes}}
|<!--alpha-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />2.1-7.1</small>}}
|<!--m68k-->{{partial|<small>Test release<br />5.1</small><ref name="roughCuts" />}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compare/ |title=We make open source technologies for the enterprise |website=Redhat.com |date=2016-10-13 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--x86-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />2.1-6</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html-single/7.0_Release_Notes/index.html#ftn.idp14572704 |title=7.0 Release Notes |access-date=2014-02-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302045721/https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7-Beta/html-single/7.0_Release_Notes/index.html |archive-date=2014-03-02 }}</ref>}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}<br /><small>3+</small>
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-introduces-arm-server-support-red-hat-enterprise-linux | title=Red Hat introduces Arm server support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | access-date=2020-08-21}}</ref>
|<!--ia64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />2.1-5</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/21features/ |title=redhat.com &#124; Enterprise Linux 2.1 |date=2003-12-09 |access-date=2016-11-12 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031209080308/http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/21features/ |archive-date=2003-12-09 }}</ref>}}
|<!--ppc-->{{yes}}<br /><small>3+</small>
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}<br /><small>3+</small>
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3-4</small><ref>RHEL 4 is the last version to support 31-bit s390. RHEL 5 only supports 64-bit s390x.</ref>}}
|<!--s390x-->{{yes}}<br /><small>3+</small>
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Sabayon Linux|Sabayon Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{no|<small>Discontinued</small>}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Scientific Linux|Scientific Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />3-4</small>}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SHR (operating system)|SHR]]
|<!--x86-->{{no}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{no}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />?</small>}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slackware.com/ports/sparc/ |title=The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Ports |website=Slackware.com |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />?</small>}}<ref name="slackware1">{{cite web|url=http://ftp.slackware.pl/pub/slack390/ |title=Index of /pub/slack390 |website=Ftp.slackware.pl |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--s390x-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />?</small>}}<ref name="slackware1"/>
|<!--alpha-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued<br />8.1</small>}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slackware.com/ports/alpha/ |title=The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Ports |website=Slackware.com |date=2002-07-19 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Solus (operating system)|Solus]]
|<!--x86-->{{no}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Source Mage GNU/Linux
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{dunno}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SUSE Linux Enterprise Server|SUSE Linux Enterprise Server]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novell.com/products/server/techspecs.html |title=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server &#124; SUSE |website=Novell.com |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{partial|<small>AArch64 only<ref name="SLES12-SP3-releaseNotes">{{cite web |title= SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 Release Notes |date=7 September 2017 |publisher= SUSE |url= https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/12-SP3/ |access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref></small>}}
|<!--ia64-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{yes}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Trisquel GNU/Linux
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library|TurnKey GNU/Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{partial|<small>Selected ISOs<br />available</small>}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no|<small>No - but under development by community</small>}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]/[[Software:Kubuntu|Kubuntu]]/[[Software:Xubuntu|Xubuntu]]/[[Software:Lubuntu|Lubuntu]]
|<!--x86-->{{partial|<small>Discontinued from <br />Ubuntu 20.04<br /></small>}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}, including 64-bit ARMv8-A
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{partial|<small>Ubuntu only, 16.04+</small>}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-16-04-lts-for-ibm-linuxone-and-ibm-z-systems-is-now-available|title=Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for IBM LinuxONE and IBM z Systems is now available|website=Ubuntu|date=2016-04-22|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref>
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ututo|Ututo]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{partial|<small>In progress</small>}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Void Linux|Void Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{yes}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{partial|<small>Unofficial</small><ref name="voidlinux-ppc">{{Cite web|url=https://voidlinux-ppc.org/|title=Void Linux for PowerPC/Power ISA (unofficial)|website=voidlinux-ppc.org|access-date=28 July 2021|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030072214/https://voidlinux-ppc.org/|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{partial|<small>Unofficial</small><ref name="voidlinux-ppc"/>}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | XBMCbuntu
|<!--x86-->{{yes}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{no}}
|<!--arm-->{{yes}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Yellow Dog Linux|Yellow Dog Linux]]
|<!--x86-->{{no}}
|<!--x86-64-->{{no}}
|<!--arm-->{{no}}
|<!--ia64-->{{no}}
|<!--ppc-->{{yes}}
|<!--ppc64-->{{yes}}
|<!--sparc32-->{{no}}
|<!--sparc64-->{{no}}
|<!--hppa-->{{no}}
|<!--loongson-->{{no}}
|<!--mips-->{{no}}
|<!--sh-->{{no}}
|<!--s390-->{{no}}
|<!--s390x-->{{no}}
|<!--alpha-->{{no}}
|<!--m68k-->{{no}}
|<!--riscv-->{{no}}
|- class="sortbottom"
!Distribution
!x86
!x86-64
!arm
!ia64
!ppc
!ppc64
!sparc32
!sparc64
!hppa
!loongson
!mips
!sh
!s390
!s390x
!alpha
!m68k
!riscv
|}

==Package management and installation==
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.
<!-- In each table, link one instance of terms, remove other WP:REPEATLINK(s). -->
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto"
|-
! Distribution
! Free software repositories
! abbr="Packages" | Approximate number of pre-compiled packages
! abbr="Source packages" | Approximate number of source packages
! Default package management tool(s)
! abbr="Format" | Package format
! Default installer
! abbr="Graphical installation" | [[Graphical user interface|Graphical]] installation process
! [[Software:Installation (computer programs)#Network installation|Netinstall]]
! Netboot
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Alpine Linux|Alpine Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|13888}}<ref>'''apk list''' command, Alpine Linux v3.13</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/ |title=aports - Main aports tree |website=Git.alpinelinux.org |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| apk
| .apk
| setup-alpine
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ALT Linux|ALT Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|8300}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sisyphus.ru/ |title=Sisyphus - intro |website=Sisyphus.ru |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| APT ([[Software:APT-RPM|APT-RPM]]), RPM
| RPM
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Arch Linux|Arch Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|13751}}<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Arch Linux - Package Search |url=https://www.archlinux.org/packages/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Archlinux.org}}</ref>
| {{nts|80754}} from [[Software:Arch Linux#AUR|AUR]]<ref name="Arch Linux AUR repository">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=AUR (en) - Home |url=https://aur.archlinux.org/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Aur.archlinux.org}}</ref>
| Pacman
| [[Software:Zstandard|.pkg.tar.zst]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archlinux.org/news/now-using-zstandard-instead-of-xz-for-package-compression/ |title=Now using Zstandard instead of xz for package compression |website=Archlinux.org |access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref>
| [https://github.com/archlinux/arch-install-scripts arch-install-scripts]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schmitz|first=Pierre|date=2012-07-22|title=Install media 2012.07.15 released|url=https://archlinux.org/news/install-media-20120715-released/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Arch Linux|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723143155/http://www.archlinux.org/news/install-media-20120715-released/ |archive-date=23 July 2012 }}</ref> and [https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall archinstaller]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Razzolini|first=Giancarlo|date=2021-04-01|title=Installation medium with installer|url=https://archlinux.org/news/installation-medium-with-installer/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Arch Linux|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401180737/https://archlinux.org/news/installation-medium-with-installer/ |archive-date=1 April 2021 }}</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|[[Software:IPXE|iPXE]]}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:BLAG Linux and GNU|BLAG]]
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{nts|10000}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forums.blagblagblag.org/viewtopic.php?p=25681#25681 |title=BLAG • View topic - rolling or frozen |website=Forums.blagblagblag.org |access-date=2016-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328031751/http://forums.blagblagblag.org/viewtopic.php?p=25681#25681 |archive-date=2016-03-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| RPM, yum, APT
| RPM
|
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Bodhi Linux
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" />
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .dpkg
| Ubiquity
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Canaima (operating system)|Canaima]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
| debian-installer
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CentOS|CentOS]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|6813}}{{Efn|Based on Fedora}}<ref>'''yum list all''' command, CentOS Linux 8</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| RPM, yum/[[Software:Up2date|up2date]]
| RPM
|Anaconda
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Chakra (operating system)|Chakra]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|3074}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chakra-project.org/packages/ |title=The Chakra Project - Packages |access-date=2013-03-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315063910/http://www.chakra-project.org/packages/ |archive-date=2013-03-15 }}</ref>
| {{nts|5342|prefix=[[Software:Chakra (operating system)#Chakra Community Repository (CCR)|CCR]]:&nbsp;}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ccr.chakralinux.org/packages.php?O=0&PP=25&SO=a&detail=1|title=Chakra &#124; CCR (en) -Home|website=ccr.chakralinux.org|access-date=2020-05-17|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728193411/https://ccr.chakralinux.org/packages.php?O=0&PP=25&SO=a&detail=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| Pacman (will be replaced by Akabei in future)
| .pkg.tar.xz
|
| {{partial|Package manager in development}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:ClearOS|ClearOS]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Fedora}}
| {{dunno}}
| RPM, yum
| RPM
|
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Clear Linux OS|Clear Linux OS]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| Swupd
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CrunchBang Linux|CrunchBang Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" />
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|171937}}<ref name="debian">{{cite web |title=All Debian packages in "sid" |url=https://packages.debian.org/sid/allpackages?format=txt.gz |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Packages.debian.org |format=TXT}}</ref>
| {{nts|28923}}{{Efn|From the Sources.gz files in the [http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/source/Sources.gz main], [http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/contrib/source/Sources.gz contrib] and [http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/non-free/source/Sources.gz non-free] sections of Debian Buster. On the 2020-06-12, Debian Sid, the development release, have 31717 source packages.}}
| APT
| .deb
| [[Software:Debian-Installer|Debian-Installer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|[[Preboot Execution Environment|PXE]]}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Devuan|Devuan]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" />
| {{dunno}}
| APT
|.deb
| [[Software:Debian-Installer|Debian-Installer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|[[Preboot Execution Environment|PXE]]}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{nts|484}}
| {{dunno}}
| pkgsystem
| .tlz
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Dyne:bolic|dyne:bolic]]
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
| [[Software:Debian-Installer|Debian-Installer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Fedora Linux|Fedora]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|68419}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://packages.fedoraproject.org/|title=Fedora Packages|website=packages.fedoraproject.org|access-date=2023-05-22}}</ref>
| {{nts|37036}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://src.fedoraproject.org/|title=Home - src.fedoraproject.org|website=src.fedoraproject.org|access-date=2023-05-22}}</ref>
| [[Software:DNF|DNF]], yum, [[Software:PackageKit|PackageKit]]
| RPM
| [[Software:Anaconda (installer)|Anaconda]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|10000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/search?q=-bin|title=Search Results for -bin
|website=packages.gentoo.org|publisher=Gentoo Foundation, Inc|date=12 October 2015|access-date=12 October 2015}}</ref>
| {{nts|19092}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Gentoo Packages|work=packages.gentoo.org|url=http://packages.gentoo.org/|publisher=Gentoo Foundation, Inc|date=28 November 2015|access-date=28 November 2015}}</ref>{{Efn|Note this number is just of packages in the Official Gentoo Overlay (or Portage Tree). Several hundred other packages are available from [http://gpo.zugaina.org other overlays]}}
| [[Software:Portage|Portage]]
| .[[Software:Ebuild|ebuild]], .tbz2
| None (third-party install scripts only)
| {{yes}}{{Efn|Can be installed graphically (GTK+ and ncurses), but traditionally done by command line (install cd, live cd, netboot, and from distributions).}}
| {{yes|[[Preboot Execution Environment|PXE]]}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNewSense|gNewSense]]
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
| [[Software:Debian-Installer|Debian-Installer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}<!-- Their network installer is wrongly called Netboot image (as in network booting) at gnewsense.org -->
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNU Guix|Guix System]]
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{nts|20,571}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/ |title=Packages |date=2022-12-22 |access-date=2022-12-22}}</ref>
| {{nts|20,571}}
| [[Software:GNU Guix|Guix]]
| [[Scheme (programming language)|.scm]], .go
| <code>guix system init</code><ref>{{cite web|url=https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-system.html#Invoking-guix-system |title=Invoking <code>guix system</code> |date=2020-04-15|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2020/gnu-guix-1.1.0-released/ |title=GNU Guix 1.1.0 released |date=2020-04-15|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-deploy.html#Invoking-guix-deploy |title=Invoking <code>guix deploy</code> |date=2020-04-15|access-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre
| {{free|Free only}}
| {{nts|6128}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/|title=Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre packages|access-date=2023-04-18}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| Pacman
| .pkg.tar.lz
| None (third-party install scripts only)
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Knoppix|Knoppix]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" />
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
|
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:LibreCMC|LibreCMC]]
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{nts|826}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| 
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Linux Mint|Linux Mint]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" />
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
| [[Software:Ubiquity|Ubiquity]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Mageia|Mageia]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|17283}} (i586), {{nts|11409}} (x86-64)<ref>{{cite web |title=Linux Free Software Catalog and Packages Search|url=http://pkgs.org/#mageia-1|publisher=Linux Free Software Catalog and Packages Search|access-date=23 December 2011}}</ref>
| {{nts|8834}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pkgsubmit.mageia.org/ |title=Build system status |website=Pkgsubmit.mageia.org |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| [[Software:Urpmi|urpmi]], [[Software:Rpmdrake|rpmdrake]]
| RPM
| [[Software:DrakX|DrakX]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Mandriva Linux|Mandriva Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|22600}}
| {{dunno}}
| urpmi, rpmdrake
| RPM
| DrakX
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Manjaro Linux|Manjaro Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Efn|Based on AUR}}<ref name="Arch Linux AUR repository"/>
| Pacman
| .pkg.tar.xz
| [[Software:Calamares|Calamares]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://calamares.io/ |title=Calamares – The universal installer framework |access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Graphical_Software_Managers |title=Graphical Software Managers - Manjaro Linux |website=Wiki.manjaro.org |date=2016-07-18 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|[[Software:IPXE|iPXE]]}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:MEPIS|MEPIS]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" />
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
| MEPIS Install
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Miracle Linux|MIRACLE LINUX]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|7109}}
| {{nts|2899}}
| RPM, yum, dnf
| RPM
| Anaconda
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Musix GNU+Linux|Musix GNU+Linux]]
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{nts|1819}}
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
| [[Software:Debian-Installer|Debian-Installer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:NixOS|NixOS]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|54106}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hydra.nixos.org/eval/1780620?filter=x86_64-linux&compare=1780576&full=#tabs-still-succeed | title=Hydra - Evaluation 1780620 of jobset nixpkgs:trunk }}</ref>
| {{nts|73472}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://repology.org/repository/nix_unstable | title=Nixpkgs unstable repository information - Repology }}</ref>
| nix
| .nix
| [[Software:Calamares|Calamares]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Netboot | title=Netboot - NixOS Wiki }}</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#sec-booting-from-pxe | title=Nix - NixOS 22.05 manual }}</ref>
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenELEC|OpenELEC]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|140}}<ref name="OpenELEC">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv/tree/master/packages |title=OpenELEC.tv/packages at master · OpenELEC/OpenELEC.tv · GitHub |website=Github.com |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| XBMCbuntu addon manager, own and 3rd party addons
| .zip
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Organization:OpenSUSE|openSUSE]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|42236}} with PackMan<ref>{{Cite web |title=openSUSE Software |url=https://software.opensuse.org/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=software.opensuse.org}}</ref>
| {{nts|34000}}
| [[Software:YaST|YaST]], Zypper
| RPM
| YaST
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenWrt|OpenWrt]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|2000}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Software:Opkg|opkg]]
| .ipk
| -
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{nts|23000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parabola.nu/packages/|title=Parabola GNU/Linux-libre - Package Search|access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| Pacman
| .pkg.tar.xz
| None (third-party install scripts only) or [[Software:Calamares|Calamares]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Pardus (operating system)|Pardus]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|4000}}
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
| [[Software:Debian-Installer|Debian-Installer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Parsix|Parsix]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" />
| {{nts|14900}}
| APT
| .deb
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:PCLinuxOS|PCLinuxOS]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|12000}}
| {{dunno}}
| APT, RPM
| RPM
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Puppy Linux|Puppy]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|700}}
| {{dunno}}
| PupGet, DotPup
|.pup, .pet
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|3000}} (plus {{nts|9155}} from EPEL<ref name="Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux">{{cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL |title=EPEL |publisher=FedoraProject |date=2016-05-26 |access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>)
| {{dunno}}
| RPM, yum
| RPM
|Anaconda
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Company:Pixart|Rxart]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" />
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Sabayon Linux|Sabayon Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Gentoo}}
| {{dunno}}
| Portage, Entropy
| ebuild, .tbz2
| [[Software:Calamares|Calamares]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Scientific Linux|Scientific]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Fedora}}
| {{dunno}}
| APT/yum
| RPM
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|2292}}
| {{nts|7705}} from SlackBuilds<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=&sv=14.2|title=SlackBuilds.org|website=slackbuilds.org}}</ref>
| slackpkg
| tgz, .txz, .tlz, .tbz
| [http://ponce.cc/slackware/testing/slackware-setup-scripts/ bash script]<ref>found this in /usr/lib/setup/setup</ref>
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slax|Slax]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|2050}}
| {{dunno}}
| none
| .lzm
|
|
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | SliTaz GNU/Linux
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|3381}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pkgs.slitaz.org/search.sh?version=s |title=3383 packages and 430719 files in stable database (Sat 22 October 2016 04:04:55 PM UTC) |website=Pkgs.slitaz.org |access-date=2016-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110002406/http://pkgs.slitaz.org/search.sh?version=s |archive-date=10 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| Tazpkg
| .tazpkg
| tazinst
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|[[Software:IPXE|iPXE]]}}
| {{yes|[[Software:IPXE|iPXE]]}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Solus (operating system)|Solus]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|9500}}
| {{dunno}}
| eopkg
| .eopkg
| os-installer
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Source Mage GNU/Linux
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|118}}
| {{nts|8876}}
| Sorcery Package Manager
| src
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SUSE Linux|SUSE Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|24094}}
| {{nts|11385}}
| YaST, Zypper
| RPM
| YaST
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
| {{Rh}} | [[Software:Tiny Core Linux|Tiny Core Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|25160}}
| {{dunno}}
| ab, tce-load
| tcz
| tc-install, core2usb
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
| {{Rh}} | Tiny SliTaz
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|50}}
| {{dunno}}
| Web site<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiny.slitaz.org/|title=Builder|publisher=Tiny SliTaz|date=2016-07-22|access-date=2016-11-12}}</ref>
| tazpkg
|
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes|[[Software:IPXE|iPXE]]}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Trisquel|Trisquel]]
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{nts|52748}}<ref>{{cite web|title=All Trisquel Packages in "belenos"|url=http://packages.trisquel.info/belenos/allpackages?format=txt.gz|work=Trisquel|access-date=2015-09-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110002406/http://packages.trisquel.info/belenos/allpackages?format=txt.gz|archive-date=2016-01-10}}</ref>
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
| Ubiquity
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library|TurnKey GNU/Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" /> (plus ≈30 custom packages)
| {{nts|21041}}{{Efn|From the Sources.gz files in the [http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/source/Sources.gz main], [http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/contrib/source/Sources.gz contrib] and [http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/non-free/source/Sources.gz non-free] sections of Debian Jessie. On the 2015-11-21, Debian Sid, the development release, have 24757 source packages.}} (currently TurnKey only supplies source code for custom packages)
| APT
| .deb
| DI-Live (custom fork of Debian Installer)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], [[Software:Kubuntu|Kubuntu]], [[Software:Xubuntu|Xubuntu]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|110066}}{{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" /><ref name="ubuntu-all">{{cite web|url=https://packages.ubuntu.com/kinetic/allpackages?format=txt.gz |format=TXT |title=All Ubuntu packages in "kinetic" |website=Packages.ubuntu.com |access-date=2023-03-14}}</ref>
| {{nts|24474}}{{Efn|From the Sources.gz files in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151122065828/http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/main/source/Sources.gz main],[https://web.archive.org/web/20151122064308/http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/universe/source/Sources.gz universe], [https://web.archive.org/web/20151122040605/http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/multiverse/source/Sources.gz multiverse] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20151122033824/http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/wily/restricted/source/Sources.gz restricted] sections of Ubuntu Wily.}}
| APT
| .deb
| Ubiquity
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|[[Preboot Execution Environment|PXE]]}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ututo|Ututo]]
| {{Free|Free only}}
| {{nts|5000}}
| {{dunno}}
| UTUTO Package Manager
| ebuild
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Vector Linux
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Software:Slapt-get|slapt-get]], gslapt, installpkg
| tgz
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Void Linux|Void Linux]]
| {{Partial|Free, nonfree and multilib}}
| {{nts|6000}}
| {{nts|6719}}
| xbps
| .xbps
| ncurses script
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | XBMC Live
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
|
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Zentyal|Zentyal]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{Efn|Based on Debian}}<ref name="debian" />
| {{dunno}}
| APT
| .deb
| dpkg
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Zenwalk|Zenwalk]]
| {{Partial|Free, and nonfree}}
| {{nts|2000}}
| {{dunno}}
| netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg
| tgz, txz
|
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Distribution
! Free software repositories
! abbr="Packages" | Approximate number of pre-compiled packages
! abbr="Source packages" | Approximate number of source packages
! Default package management tools
! abbr="Format" | Package format
! Default installer
! abbr="Graphical installation" | [[Graphical user interface|Graphical]] installation process
! [[Software:Installation (computer programs)#Network installation|Netinstall]]
! Netboot
|}

==Live media==
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto;"
|-
! Distribution
! Size of media (MB)
! RAM use (MB)
! Boots from CD
! Boots from DVD
! Installable live CD/DVD
! Installable from USB
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Arch Linux|Arch Linux]]
| {{nts|742}}
| {{nts|80|prefix=min&nbsp;}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | AUSTRUMI
| {{nts|301}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:BLAG Linux and GNU|BLAG Linux and GNU]]
| {{nts|696}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
|
|-
! {{Rh}} | Bodhi Linux
| {{nts|1024}}
| {{nts|80}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:CentOS|CentOS]]
| {{nts|603}}&nbsp;(Minimal) {{nts|4096}}&nbsp;(DVD)
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes |Yes (installable since 6.0)}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Chakra (operating system)|Chakra]]
| {{nts|2150}}
|
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Clear Linux OS|Clear Linux OS]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| {{nts|958}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Devuan|Devuan]]
| {{nts|868}}
!
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre
| {{nts|655}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Dyne:bolic|dyne:bolic]]
| {{nts|1650}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{partial|up to version 2.x}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Fedora Linux|Fedora]]
| {{nts|1434}}
| {{nts|256}} to {{nts|1024}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]
| {{nts|260}}&nbsp;(Minimal) {{nts|2048}}&nbsp;(Live&nbsp;DVD)
| {{nts|128|prefix=up&nbsp;to&nbsp;}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNewSense|gNewSense]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Download gNewSense 4|url=http://www.gnewsense.org/Main/Download|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206115438/http://www.gnewsense.org/Main/Download|archive-date=2017-12-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| {{nts|1200}}
| {{nts|512}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Grml|Grml]]
| {{nts|460}}
| {{nts|32}} to {{nts|128}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNU Guix|Guix System]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/USB-Stick-and-DVD-Installation.html#USB-Stick-and-DVD-Installation|title=GNU Guix Reference Manual, 6.1.3: USB Stick and DVD Installation|access-date=2018-10-19}}</ref>
| {{nts|814}}
| {{nts|233}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} | Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre
| {{nts|1124}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{partial|up to version 0.3.x}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Knoppix|Knoppix]] CD
| {{nts|700}}
| {{nts|128}} to {{nts|320}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{No|Only DVD edition is maintained}}
|
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Knoppix|Knoppix]] DVD
| {{nts|4813}}
| {{nts|128}} to {{nts|500}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:LibreCMC|LibreCMC]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Mandriva Linux|Mandriva Linux]] One
| {{nts|700}}
| {{nts|128}} to {{nts|768}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Manjaro Linux|Manjaro Linux]]
| {{nts|473}} to {{nts|2200}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Get Manjaro |url=https://manjaro.org/get-manjaro/ |access-date=2018-02-03 |archive-date=9 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909160202/https://manjaro.org/get-manjaro/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{nts|256}} to {{nts|1024}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:MEPIS|MEPIS]]
| {{nts|700}} to {{nts|4000}}
| {{nts|128}} to {{nts|512}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Musix GNU+Linux|Musix GNU+Linux]]
| {{nts|2000}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Nanolinux|Nanolinux]]
| {{nts|18}}
| {{nts|64|prefix=≈}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:NixOS|NixOS]]
| {{nts|780}}&nbsp;(Minimal) {{nts|1700}}&nbsp;(Plasma) {{nts|2200}}&nbsp;(GNOME)
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenGEU|openGEU]]
| {{nts|700}}
| {{nts|192}} to {{nts|512}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Organization:OpenSUSE|openSUSE]] (Not 42.1)
| {{nts|700}}
| {{nts|128}} to {{nts|768}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:OpenWrt|OpenWrt]]
| {{nts|4|prefix=min&nbsp;}}
| {{nts|16|prefix=min&nbsp;}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
| {{nts|400}} to {{nts|3300}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Pardus (operating system)|Pardus]]
| {{nts|1256}} to {{nts|1276}}
| {{nts|256}} to {{nts|1024}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:PCLinuxOS|PCLinuxOS]]
| {{nts|130}} to {{nts|700}}
| {{nts|96}} to {{nts|512}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Pentoo|Pentoo]]
| {{nts|666}} and {{nts|700}}
| {{nts|48}} to {{nts|96}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes |By hand}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trac.pentoo.ch/wiki/Livecd/Installation|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108084126/http://trac.pentoo.ch/wiki/Livecd/Installation|url-status=dead|title=Pentoo Development Website|archivedate=8 January 2010}}</ref>
| {{Yes |By hand}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Porteus (operating system)|Porteus]]
| {{nts|224}} to {{nts|373}}
| {{nts|36|prefix=min&nbsp;}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Puppy Linux|Puppy Linux]] (Slacko)
| {{nts|235}}
| {{nts|32}} to {{nts|192}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Puredyne|Puredyne]]
| {{nts|542}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Sabayon Linux|Sabayon Linux]] Live CD
| {{nts|695}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Sabayon Linux|Sabayon Linux]] Live DVD
| {{nts|2400}}
|
| {{no}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Scientific Linux|Scientific Linux]]
| {{nts|431}} to {{nts|2300}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/63/i386/ | title=Scientific Linux i386 Live CD/DVD | access-date=2012-09-26 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920044815/http://ftp1.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/63/i386/ | archive-date=2012-09-20}}</ref>
| {{nts|640}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]]
| {{nts|2600}}
| {{nts|64}} to {{nts|1024}}<ref>{{cite web |title=System Requirements |url=http://www.slackware.com/install/sysreq.php |website=slackware |access-date=1 August 2019}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slax|Slax]]
| {{nts|200}}
| {{nts|96}} to {{nts|320}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Solus (operating system)|Solus]]
| {{nts|1200}}
| {{nts|1024}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SystemRescueCD|SystemRescueCD]]
| {{nts|459}}
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | SliTaz GNU/Linux
| {{nts|50}}
| {{nts|48}} to {{nts|256}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Tails
| {{nts|900|prefix=≈}}
| {{nts|1024|prefix=≈}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}} (when run from DVD)
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Tiny Core Linux|Tiny Core Linux]]
| {{nts|17}}&nbsp;(Core) {{nts|248}}&nbsp;(Core&nbsp;Plus)<ref name="CORES">{{cite web|title=Downloads - Tiny Core Linux|url=http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/downloads.html|access-date=September 13, 2012|author=Robert Shingledecker|year=2012}}</ref>
| {{nts|28}} to {{nts|128}}<ref name="REQUIREMENTS">{{cite web|title=Frequently Asked Questions: What are the minimum requirements?|url=http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/faq.html#req|access-date=September 13, 2012|author=Robert Shingledecker}}</ref>
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Tiny SliTaz
| {{nts|1.44}}
| {{nts|4}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes |By SliTaz}}
| {{Yes |By SliTaz}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Trisquel|Trisquel]]
| {{nts|1500}}<ref name="trisquel_download">{{cite web | url=https://trisquel.info/en/download | title=Download Trisquel GNU/Linux | publisher=trisquel.info | access-date=5 November 2014}}</ref>
| {{nts|384}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:TurnKey Linux Virtual Appliance Library|TurnKey GNU/Linux]] Core (base) appliance ISO
| {{nts|212}}
| {{nts|173|prefix=~}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
| {{nts|1700}}<ref name="ubuntu_download">{{cite web | url=http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ | title=Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) | publisher=ubuntu.com | access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref>
| {{nts|384}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ututo|Ututo]]
| {{nts|3500}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Edubuntu|Edubuntu]]
| {{nts|2900}}<ref name="edubuntu_download">{{cite web|url=http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/14.04/release/|title=Edubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (Trusty Tahr)|publisher=ubuntu.com|access-date=9 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817053101/http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/14.04/release/ | archive-date=17 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Kubuntu|Kubuntu]]
| {{nts|1400}}<ref name="kubuntu_download">{{cite web | url=http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/16.04/release/ | title=Kubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) | publisher=ubuntu.com | access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref>
| {{nts|384}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | XBMC Live
| {{nts|700}}
| {{nts|256}} to {{nts|1024}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Zentyal|Zentyal]]
| {{nts|600}}
| {{nts|256}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Xubuntu|Xubuntu]]
| {{nts|1200}}<ref name="xubuntu_download">{{cite web | url=http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/16.04/release/ | title=Xubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) | website=Ubuntu.com | access-date=8 May 2016}}</ref>
| {{nts|256}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Distribution
! Size of media (MB)
! RAM use (MB)
! Boots from CD
! Boots from DVD
! Installable live CD/DVD
! Installable from USB
|}

==Security features==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center; width: auto"
|-
! Distribution
! Compile time buffer checks
! [[Mandatory access control]]
! Software [[Executable space protection|executable space protection]]
! grsecurity
! [[RSBAC]]
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Alpine Linux|Alpine Linux]]
| {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/edge/main/x86/fortify-headers|title=Package details|access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref>
| {{Unknown}}
| {{yes|[[PaX]]}}
| {{no|Discontinued in 3.8.0}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:BLAG Linux and GNU|BLAG]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Android (operating system)|Android (operating system)]]
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes|Yes, since [[Software:Android Marshmallow|Android Marshmallow]]}}
| {{Optional}}
| {{Optional}}
| {{Optional}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Clear Linux OS|Clear Linux OS]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Debian|Debian]]
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes|SELinux, [[Software:AppArmor|AppArmor]]}}
| {{Yes|PaX}} optional
| {{Optional}}
| {{Optional}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Dyne:bolic|dyne:bolic]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Fedora Linux|Fedora]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|[[Software:Security-Enhanced Linux|SELinux]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2008/91/SE-Linux|title=Mandatory Access Control with SELinux|website=linux-magazine.com|access-date=2020-05-17}}</ref>
| {{Yes|[[Exec Shield]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/external/RedHat-Severn-Release-Notes2.html|title=Fedora Core 0.94 Release Notes|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=2020-05-17}}</ref>
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]
| {{Optional}}
| {{Optional|SELinux, AppArmor}}
| {{Yes|PaX}} optional
| {{Optional}}
| {{Optional}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNewSense|gNewSense]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Yes|SELinux, AppArmor}}{{Efn|Based on Debian}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:GNU Guix|Guix System]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:LibreCMC|LibreCMC]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Mandriva Linux|Mandriva]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Yes|AppArmor}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Miracle Linux|MIRACLE LINUX]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Yes|SELinux}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{No}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Musix GNU+Linux|Musix GNU+Linux]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
| {{Unknown}}
| {{optional|Optional<ref name="parabola.nu">{{cite web|url=https://wiki.parabola.nu/Xtreme|title=Xtreme - ParabolaWiki|website=wiki.parabola.nu}}</ref>}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{optional|Optional<ref name="parabola.nu"/>}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Slackware|Slackware]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Yes|AppArmor, tomoyo}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{optional}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:SUSE Linux|SUSE Linux]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|AppArmor}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://documentation.suse.com/sles/11-SP4/single-html/SLES-apparmor-quick/index.html|title=AppArmor (2.3.1) Quick Start|website=Suse.com|date=2010-07-10|access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref>
| {{Yes|[[NX bit#Linux|Hardware NX]] and other methods in mainline kernel and toolchain}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Security_Features|title=Security Features|access-date=2009-11-23}}</ref>
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Solus (operating system)|Solus]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes|AppArmor}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{No}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Trisquel|Trisquel]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Yes|SELinux, AppArmor}}{{Efn|Based on Ubuntu}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
| {{yes}}<ref name="ubuntu_security_feature">{{Cite web | url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Features | title=Ubuntu Security/Features | access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
| {{Yes|SELinux, [[Software:AppArmor|AppArmor]]}} <ref name="ubuntu_security_feature"/>
| {{Yes|PaX}} optional
| {{Optional}}
| {{Optional}}
|-
! {{Rh}} | [[Software:Ututo|Ututo]]
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
| {{Unknown}}
|}

== Apple Silicon Support ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Distribution
!Direct Install
!Working Virtualisation
!Community Version
|-
|Kali
|Unknown
|[https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-installer-images Yes]
|N/A
|-
|[[Software:Ubuntu|Ubuntu]]
|Unknown
|[https://ubuntu.com/download/server/arm Yes]
|N/A
|-
|[[Software:Fedora Linux|Fedora]]
|Unknown
|[https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/download/ Yes]
|N/A
|}

==See also==
* [[Software:Comparison of netbook-oriented Linux distributions|Comparison of netbook-oriented Linux distributions]]
* [[Software:Comparison of operating systems|Comparison of operating systems]]
* DistroWatch
* [[Software:List of Linux distributions|List of Linux distributions]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html Linux free distros] ([[Organization:Free Software Foundation|Free Software Foundation]])
* [https://repology.org/ Repository tracking]
* [https://lwn.net/Distributions The LWN.net Linux Distribution List] – Categorized list with information about each entry.
* [https://distrowatch.com/ Distrowatch] – Announcements, information, links and popularity ranking for many Linux distributions.
* [https://www.linux-distros.com/ Linux Distros] – Information and ISO files for many oldest Linux distributions.

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