| Comparison of Linux distributionsTechnical variations of Linux distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Organizational differences may be motivated by historical reasons. Other criteria include security, including how quickly security upgrades are available; ease of package management; and number of packages available. These tables compare each noteworthy distribution's latest stable release on wide-ranging objective criteria. It does not cover each operating system's subjective merits, branches marked as unstable or beta, nor compare Linux distributions with other operating systems. GeneralBasic general information about the distributions: creator or producer, release date, latest version, and such. |
64 Studio | Daniel James and Free Ekanayaka | 64 Studio Ltd. | 2005 | Debian | 2008 | multimedia | Free |
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Alinex | Alinex Team and University of Évora | Alinex Team and University of Évora | 2005 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2008 | general | Free |
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aLinux | Jay Klepacs | Jay Klepacs | 2001 | Red Hat Linux | 2010 | desktop | Free |
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Alpine Linux | Alpine Linux Team | Alpine Linux Team | 2006 | none | 2011 | network | Free |
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ALT Linux | ALT Linux Team | ALT Linux Team, ALT Linux LLC | 2001 | Mandriva Linux | 2011 | general, school | Free |
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Annvix | Vincent Danen | Vincent Danen | 2003 | Mandriva Linux | 2007 | server | Free |
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antiX | Anticapitalista | Anticapitalista | ? | Debian - MEPIS | 2011 | old computers | Free |
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ArchBang | | Stan McLaren | 2010 | Arch Linux | 2012, rolling | general | Free |
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Arch Linux | Judd Vinet | dev team | 2002 | none | 2012, rolling | general | Free |
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BackTrack | Max Moser, Mati Aharoni, Martin J. Muench | Remote-Exploit | 2006 | Debian | 2012 | auditing, forensic, security, network | Free |
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BLAG Linux and GNU | Brixton Linux Action Group | Brixton Linux Action Group | 2002 | Fedora | 2011 | desktop | Free |
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Bharat Operating System Solutions | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) | C-DAC | 2007 | Debian | 2011 | general, server, education, netbooks, live | Free |
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Bodhi Linux | Bodhi Linux Team | Bodhi Linux Team | 2011 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2013 | desktop | Free |
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Caixa Mágica | Daniel Neves, José Guimarães, Paulo Trezentos | Caixa Mágica Software | 2000 | Debian | 2012 | general | Free |
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CentOS | CentOS Project | CentOS Project | 2003 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | 2012 | server, workstation | Free |
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Chakra | Jan Mette and Arch Linux KDEmod developers | The Chakra Project Team | 2010 | Indpendent (originally forked from Arch Linux) | 2013, half-rolling | desktop | Free |
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Google Chrome OS | Google | Google | 2009 | Debian[1] | 2011, rolling | netbooks | ? |
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ClearOS | Peter Baldwin | ClearFoundation | 2000 | RHEL, CentOS | 2012 | server, gateway, network | Free |
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CrunchBang Linux | Philip Newborough | Philip Newborough | 2008 | Debian | 2011 | desktop | Free |
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CRUX | Per Liden | CRUX Linux community | 2001 | none | 2012 | general | Free |
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Damn Small Linux | John Andrews | dev team | 2003 | Debian, Knoppix | 2008 | portable, lightweight | Free |
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Debian | Ian Murdock | Debian Project | 1993 | none | 2012 | general | Free |
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DeLi Linux | Henry Jensen | Henry Jensen | 2002 | none | 2008 | desktop | Free |
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DidJiX | lacsaP | lacsaP | 2011 | Arch Linux | 2013 | portable, dj | Free |
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dyne:bolic | Jaromil | Jaromil | 2001 | none | 2007 | multimedia | Free |
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EasyPeasy | Jon Ramvi, EasyPeasy community | Jon Ramvi, EasyPeasy community | 2008 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2010 | netbooks | Free |
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ELinOS | SYSGO | SYSGO | 1999 | none | 2010 | embedded systems | ? |
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Elive | Thanatermesis | Thanatermesis | 2005 | Debian | 2010 | desktop | Free |
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EnGarde Secure Linux | Guardian Digital, Inc. | Guardian Digital, Inc. | 2001 | none | 2008 | server | Free |
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Fedora | Fedora Project | Fedora Project | 2003 | Red Hat Linux | 2013 | general | Free |
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Finnix | Ryan Finnie | Ryan Finnie | 2000 | Debian | 2011 | maintenance | Free |
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Foresight Linux | Ken VanDine | dev team | 2004 | rPath | 2009, rolling | general | Free |
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Freespire | Lindows.com, Inc. | Linspire, Inc. | 2002 | Debian | 2007 | desktop | Free |
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Frugalware | Miklos Vajna | dev team | 2004 | Slackware | 2011, rolling | general | Free |
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Gentoo Linux | Daniel Robbins | Gentoo Foundation, Inc. | 2002 | none | 2012, rolling | general | Free |
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gNewSense | Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley | dev team | 2006 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2009 | desktop | Free |
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Gnoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | 2005 | Debian, Knoppix | 2005 | live | Free |
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gnuLinEx | Regional Government of Extremadura | dev team | 2002 | Debian | 2006 | desktop | ? |
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GoboLinux | Hisham Muhammad, Andre Detsch | dev team | 2002 | none | 2008 | desktop | Free |
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gOS | Good OS LLC | Good OS LLC | 2007 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2009 | desktop | Free |
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Grml | Michael Prokop | The Grml Team | 2005 | Debian | 2012 | live, maintenance, security, network, forensic, accessibility | Free |
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Impi Linux | Gauteng Linux Users Group | Impi Linux (Pty) Ltd. | 2003 | Debian | 2006 | desktop | Free |
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Instant WebKiosk | Marco Buratto | Binary Emotions | 2012 | Debian | 2012 | web kiosks, digital signage | Free |
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Kanotix | Jörg Schirottke (Kano) | dev team | 2003 | Debian, Knoppix | 2010 | desktop, live | Free |
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Knoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | 2003 | Debian | 2012 | live | Free |
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KnoppMyth | Cecil Watson | dev team | 2004 | Debian, Knoppix | 2009 | desktop, live | Free |
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Kuki Linux | João Ferro | kuki bakers | 2008 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2009 | netbooks | Free |
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Kurumin | Carlos Morimoto | GuiadoHardware | 2003 | Debian, Knoppix | 2008 | desktop, live | Free |
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Linux Mint | Clement Lefebvre | dev team | 2006 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2013 | desktop | Free |
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Lunar Linux | Chuck Mead, Lunar Penguin Project | Foo-Projects.org | 2002 | Sorcerer | 2007 | general | ? |
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Mageia | Mageia Community | mageia.org | 2010 | Mandriva Linux | 2012 | general | Free |
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Mandriva Linux | Mandrakesoft S.A. | Mandriva S.A. | 1998 | Red Hat Linux | 2011 | general | ? |
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MEPIS | Warren Woodford | MEPIS LLC | 2003 | Debian | 2010 | desktop, server | Free |
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MintPPC | Jeroen Diederen | Jeroen Diederen | 2010 | Debian | 2011 | desktop | ? |
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MontaVista Linux | MontaVista Software | MontaVista Software | 1999 | Debian | 2007 | embedded systems | No |
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Musix GNU/Linux | Marcos Guglielmetti | dev team | 2008 | Debian, Knoppix, Kanotix | 2009 | audio | ? |
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Netrunner | Blue Systems | dev team | 2009 | Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu | 2012 | desktop, kde | Free |
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Network Security Toolkit | Ronald W. Henderson, Paul Blankenbaker | dev team | 2003 | Fedora | 2012 | network, security | ? |
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NimbleX | Bogdan Radulescu | Bogdan Radulescu | 2005 | Slackware | 2008 | desktop | Free |
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Nitix | Net Integration Technologies, Inc. | Net Integration Technologies, Inc. | 2001 | none | 2007 | server | ? |
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Novell Open Enterprise Server | Novell | Novell, Inc. dev team | 2003 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 2009 | server | ? |
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openSUSE | SUSE Linux, Novell | Novell, Inc., openSUSE Project | 1994 | SUSE Linux | 2013[2] | general | Free |
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OpenWrt | ? | OpenWrt team | 2007 | none | 2010 | embedded systems | ? |
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Oracle Linux | Oracle Corporation | Oracle Corporation | 2006 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | 2012 | server | Free |
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Pardus | Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) | TÜBİTAK | 2005 | none | 2011 | general | Yes |
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Parsix | Alan Baghumian | Parsix Project | 2005 | Debian | 2013 | desktop | Yes |
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PCLinuxOS | Bill Reynolds | dev team | 2003 | PCLinuxOS | 2012[3] | desktop | Free |
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Pentoo | Michael Zanetta, Rick Farina, Jens Pranaitis | Pentoo | 2005 | Gentoo Linux | 2009 | auditing, security | ? |
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Porteus | Fanthom | Porteus | 2010 | Slackware | 2010 | lightweight, portable | Free |
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Puppy Linux | Barry Kauler | Puppy Foundation | 2003 | none | 2012 | portable, lightweight | Free |
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Qubes OS | Joanna Rutkowska | Invisible Things Lab | 2012 | Xen and Fedora | 2012 | secured desktop | Free |
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Red Flag Linux | Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NewMargin Venture Capital | Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. | 1999 | Red Hat Linux | 2009 | general | Free |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | Red Hat | Red Hat | 2002 | Red Hat Linux, Fedora | 2011 | server, workstation | No |
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Red Hat Linux | Red Hat | Red Hat | 1995 | none | 2003 | server, workstation | Yes |
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Rocks Cluster Distribution | UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp | UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp | 2000 | Red Hat Linux | 2009 | server, workstation | ? |
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Rxart | Pixart SRL | Pixart SRL | 2000 | Debian | 2006 | general | ? |
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Sabayon Linux | lxnay Design | dev team | 2005 | Gentoo Linux | 2012, rolling | general | Free |
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Scientific Linux | CERN, Fermilab | dev team | 2004 | Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | 2012 | server, workstation | Free |
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SHR | Bobby Martin | SHR community | 2008 | OpenEmbedded | Rolling | embedded systems | ? |
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aptosid | sidux team | sidux team | 2007 | Debian Sid | 2009 | desktop | Free |
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Salix OS | Cyrille Pontvieux, George Vlahavas, Pierrick Le Brun, Thorsten Mühlfelder | Salix team | 2009 | Slackware | 2012 | general | Free |
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Slackware | Patrick Volkerding | dev team | 1993 | Softlanding Linux System | 2012 | general | Free |
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Slax | Tomas Matejicek | Tomas Matejicek | 2002 | Slackware | 2013 | live | Free |
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SliTaz GNU/Linux | Christophe Lincoln | dev team | 2008 | none | 2012 | portable | ? |
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Source Mage GNU/Linux | Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell | dev team | 2002 | Sorcerer | 2009 | general | ? |
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Super OS | hacktolive | hacktolive | 2008 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2011 | general, offline use | ? |
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SUSE Linux | SUSE Linux, Novell | Novell, Inc. dev team | 1994 | Slackware, Jurix | 2010 | workstation, server | ? |
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Symphony OS | Ryan Quinn | Ryan Quinn, Jason Spisak | 2005 | Debian | 2008 | desktop | ? |
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SYS | W.Landgraf | W.Landgraf | 2007 | Slackware | 2010 | general | ? |
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Tiny Core Linux | Robert Shingledecker | Team Tiny Core | 2009 | Tiny Core Linux | 2012 | portable | Free |
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Tor-ramdisk | Anthony G. Basile | dev team | 2008 | Gentoo Linux Embedded, uClibc[4] | 2011 | Tor server | ? |
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Trustix | Comodo Group, Inc. | Comodo Group, Inc. | 2000 | Red Hat Linux | 2007 | server | ? |
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Ubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2004 | Debian | 2013 | general | Free |
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Kubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2005 | Debian | 2013 | desktop | Free |
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Xubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2006 | Debian | 2013 | desktop | Free |
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Edubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2005 | Debian | 2013 | computer lab | Free |
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Gobuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2007 | Debian | 2008 | desktop | ? |
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Ubuntu Studio | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2007 | Debian | 2011 | multimedia | Free |
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Ututo | Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera | UTUTO dev team | 2000 | Gentoo Linux | 2012 | general | Free |
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VectorLinux | Robert S. Lange | dev team | 1999 | Slackware | 2012 | desktop | ? |
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Wolvix | Wolven | Wolven | 2007 | Slackware | 2009 | desktop | ? |
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Xandros | Xandros Corp. | Xandros, Inc. | 2002 | Corel Linux | 2007 | desktop | No |
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XBMC | The XBMC Project | Team-XBMC | 2008 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2011 | multimedia | Free |
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Yellow Dog Linux | Terra Soft Solutions | Fixstars Solutions | 1999 | RHEL, CentOS, Fedora | 2009 | general | Free |
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Yoper | Andreas Giradet | The Yoper Team | 2003 | none | 2010 | general | ? |
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Zentyal | eBox Technologies | eBox Technologies | 2005 | Debian, Ubuntu | 2012 | Small Business Server | ? |
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Zenwalk | Jean-Philippe Guillemin | dev team | 2004 | Slackware | 2011 | general | ? |
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Distribution | Creator | Producer | First public release | Base distribution | Latest release date | Purpose |
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CostThe following distributions are available for free (without cost): The following distributions are in several editions, some that cost money and some that don't: ClearOS, Mandriva Linux, MEPIS, Red Flag Linux and Zentyal. The following distributions cost money: Novell Open Enterprise Server,[5] Red Hat Enterprise Linux,[6][7] Rxart,[8] SUSE Linux Enterprise,[9] The following distribution had at least one version that used to cost money: Caixa Mágica (now freely available), Elive (now freely available), Xandros (discontinued), Linspire[10] (discontinued) TechnicalThe following table shows the default file system, but many Linux distributions support some or all of ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, Reiser4, JFS, XFS, GFS2, OCFS2, and NILFS. It is possible to install Linux onto most of these file systems. The ext file systems, namely ext2, ext3, and ext4 are based on the original Linux file system. File systems have been developed by companies to meet their specific needs, and by hobbyists, or adapted from Unix, Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. Linux has full support for XFS and JFS, FAT (the DOS file system), and HFS, the main file system for the Macintosh. Support for Microsoft Windows NT's NTFS file system has appeared, and is now comparable to the support available for other native Unix file systems. CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs' ISO 9660 and Universal Disk Format (UDF) are supported. Unlike other operating systems, Linux and Unix allow any file system regardless of the medium it is stored on, whether that medium is a magnetic disk, an optical disk (CD, DVD, etc.), a USB flash memory key, or even contained within a file located on another file system. Similarly, many C-compilers (mainly GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)), desktop environments and window managers are widely supported. |
64 Studio | ? | GNOME |
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Alinex | ext3 | GNOME |
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aLinux | none | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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ALT Linux | ext3 | KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce |
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Annvix | none | ? |
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aptosid | ext3 | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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Arch Linux | none[11] | none |
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Asianux | ext3 | K Desktop Environment 3 |
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BackTrack | ext3 | GNOME/KDE (Decided on download) |
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BLAG Linux and GNU | ext3 | GNOME |
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Bodhi | ext4 | Enlightenment |
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Caixa Mágica | ? | ? |
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CentOS | ext3 | GNOME |
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Chakra | ext4 | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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ClearOS | ext3 | GNOME |
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CrunchBang Linux | ext3 | Openbox or Xfce |
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CRUX | none | Openbox |
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Damn Small Linux | ext3 | JWM |
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Debian | ext4 | GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE[12] |
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DeLi Linux | ext3/ext2 | IceWM |
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Dreamlinux | ext3[13] | Xfce |
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dyne:bolic | SquashFS, ext3 | Xfce |
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EasyPeasy | ext3 | GNOME, Ubuntu Netbook Edition |
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Elive | SquashFS, ReiserFS | Enlightenment |
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EnGarde Secure Linux | ext3 | none |
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Fedora | ext4 | GNOME |
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Finnix | SquashFS | none |
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Foresight Linux | ext3 | GNOME |
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Frugalware | none | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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Gentoo | none | Awesome, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE-Meta, Openbox, XBMC and Xfce (live DVD)[14] |
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gnuLinEx | ext2 | GNOME |
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GoboLinux | ReiserFS | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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gNewSense | ext3 | GNOME |
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Impi Linux | ? | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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Instant WebKiosk | SquashFS | Has no DE. It's a browser-only interface |
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KateOS | ? | Xfce | Kanotix | ext3 | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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Knoppix | XFS | LXDE |
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Kurumin | ext3 | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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Linspire | ReiserFS | K Desktop Environment 3 |
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Linux Mint[15] | ext4 | MATE, Cinnamon |
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Lunar Linux | none | none |
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Mageia | ext4 | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME |
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Mandriva Linux | ext4 | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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MEPIS | ext3, ext4 | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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MintPPC | ext3, ext4 | LXDE |
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Musix GNU/Linux | ? | IceWM |
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Network Security Toolkit | ext4 | GNOME, Fluxbox |
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NimbleX | SquashFS | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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Nitix | ReiserFS | none |
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openSUSE | ext4 | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, Xfce |
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OpenWrt | mini_fo+SquashFS/JFFS2[16] | none |
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Pardus | ext4 | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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Parsix | ext4 | GNOME |
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PCLinuxOS | none | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce, Enlightenment, Openbox |
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Pentoo | SquashFS | Enlightenment |
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Porteus | Squashfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, FAT32, reiser, xfs | KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Openbox, Razor-qt |
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Puppy Linux | SquashFS containing ext2 | JWM |
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Red Flag Linux | ext3 | K Desktop Environment 3 |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ext4 [17] | GNOME |
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Rxart Desktop | ext3 | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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Sabayon Linux | ext4[18] | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME |
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Scientific Linux | ext3 | GNOME |
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SHR | ext3, JFFS2, UBIFS | Enlightenment's Illume 2 |
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Slackware | ext4 | KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce, Fluxbox, Blackbox, twm |
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Slax | SquashFS | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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SliTaz GNU/Linux | ext3 | Openbox |
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Source Mage GNU/Linux | ext2 | none |
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Super OS | ext4 | Unity with fallback to GNOME 2.x |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | ext3 | GNOME |
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Symphony OS | ReiserFS | Mezzo |
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SYS | ext3 | KDE SC, GNOME, Xfce (selectable in kdm) |
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Tor-ramdisk | ext2 | none | Ubuntu/Edubuntu | ext4 [19] | Unity on GNOME, Unity 2D for fallback |
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Kubuntu | ext4[19] | KDE Plasma Workspaces |
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Xubuntu | ext4[19] | Xfce |
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Ututo | ext3 | GNOME |
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VectorLinux | ReiserFS | KDE, Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfce |
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Wolvix | ext3 | Xfce, Openbox |
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Xandros Desktop | ReiserFS | K Desktop Environment 3 |
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XBMC Live | ext3 | XBMC Media Center |
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Yellow Dog Linux | ? | Enlightenment |
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Yoper | ext3 | KDE SC |
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Zentyal | ext4 | LXDE |
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Zenwalk | ext4 | Xfce |
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Distribution | Default file system | Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection |
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Architecture supportMost Linux distributions support the x86 architecture and its evolution the x86-64 architecture. This table lists only distributions supporting other architectures. Package management and installationInformation on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate (some distributions like Ubuntu tend to separate tools into different packages (usually stable release, development release, documentation and debug). |
Alinex | 700420300000000000020,300 | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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aLinux | 70031200000000000001,200 | | RPM | RPM | | No |
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ALT Linux | 70038300000000000008,300[55] | | APT (APT-RPM), RPM | RPM | | Yes |
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Annvix | | | APT, RPM | RPM | | |
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Arch Linux | 700410162000000000010,162[56] | 7004101620000000000ABS: 10,162, 7004402340000000000AUR: 40,234[57] | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | None (install scripts only) | No |
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Asianux | | | mlupdater, RPM | RPM | | Yes |
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BLAG | 700410000000000000010,000[58] | | RPM, yum, APT | RPM | | Yes |
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Bodhi Linux | 700435000000000000035,000 | | APT, dpkg | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes |
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Caixa Mágica | 700416000000000000016,000 | | urpmi, APT (APT-RPM) | RPM | | Yes |
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CentOS | 70031660000000000001,660 | | RPM, yum/up2date | RPM | | Yes |
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Chakra | 70033074000000000003,074[59] | 7003318900000000000CCR: 3,189[60] | Pacman (will be replaced by Akabei in future), Bundle Manager | .pkg.tar.xz | | Bundle manager, yes. Package manager in development |
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ClearOS | | | RPM, yum | RPM | | No |
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CrunchBang Linux | 700423000000000000023,000 | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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CRUX | 70031155000000000001,155 | | pkgutils | tgz | | No |
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Damn Small Linux | 7002610000000000000610 | | myDSL, APT | .dsl, .tar.gz, .uci, .unc, .deb | | No |
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Debian | 700437000000000000037,000[61] | 700414975000000000014,975 | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | Yes |
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DeLi Linux | 7002150000000000000150 | | | | | No |
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Dreamlinux | 700423000000000000023,000 | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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dyne:bolic | | | none | none | | Yes |
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Elive | 700420000000000000020,000 | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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EnGarde Secure Linux | 7002500000000000000500 | | RPM, APT | RPM | | |
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Fedora | 700422000000000000022,000 | | yum, PackageKit | RPM | Anaconda | Yes |
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Finnix | 7002350000000000000350 | | APT | .deb | | No |
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Foresight Linux | 70037000000000000007,000 | | Conary, PackageKit[62] | | | Yes |
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Frugalware | 70036132000000000006,132[63] | 700173000000000000073 | Pacman | .fpm | | Yes |
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Gentoo | 700415691000000000015,691 | 700431136000000000031,136[64] | Portage | ebuild | | Yes[65] |
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gnuLinEx | 7002200000000000000200 | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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GoboLinux | 70032000000000000002,000 | | Manager,[66] Compile, InstallPackage | recipes, tar.bz2 | | Yes |
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Impi Linux | | | | | | No |
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Kanotix | 70031200000000000001,200 | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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KateOS | | | TGZex | tgz | | Yes |
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Knoppix | 70033600000000000003,600 | | APT | .deb | | No |
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Kurumin | | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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Linspire | 70032200000000000002,200 | | CNR click and run | .deb | | Yes |
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Linux Mint | 700430000000000000030,000 | | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes |
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Lunar | 70033120000000000003,120 | | lin | source | | Yes |
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Mageia | 700417283000000000017,283 (i586), 700411409000000000011,409 (x86-64)[67] | 70038834000000000008,834[68] | urpmi, rpmdrake | RPM | DrakX | Yes |
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Mandriva Linux | 700422600000000000022,600 | | urpmi, rpmdrake[69] | RPM | DrakX | Yes |
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MEPIS | 700420000000000000020,000 | | APT | .deb | MEPIS Install | Yes |
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MintPPC | 700423200000000000023,200 | 700412123000000000012,123 | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | No |
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Musix GNU/Linux | 70031300000000000001,300 | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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Mythbuntu | 700435000000000000035,000[70] | | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | |
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Network Security Toolkit | 70038280000000000008,280 | 70038280000000000008,280 | yum | RPM | Anaconda | Yes |
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NimbleX | 7002500000000000000500 | | none | tgz | | No |
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Nitix | | | SoftUpdate, yum | RPM | | Yes |
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openSUSE | 700440400000000000040,400 | 700425000000000000025,000[71] | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | Yes |
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OpenWrt | 70032000000000000002,000 | | opkg | .ipk | - | No |
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Pardus | 70034000000000000004,000 | | PiSi | .pisi | YALI | Yes |
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Parsix | 700429000000000000029,000 | 700414900000000000014,900 | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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PCLinuxOS | 700412000000000000012,000 | | APT, RPM | RPM | | Yes |
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Puppy | 7002700000000000000700 | | PupGet, DotPup | .pup, .pet | | Yes |
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Red Flag | | | Red Flag Installer System, RPM | RPM | | Yes |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 70033000000000000003,000 | | RPM, yum | RPM | | Yes |
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Rxart | 70035000000000000005,000 | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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Sabayon Linux | 700412000000000000012,000 | | Portage, Entropy | ebuild | | Yes |
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Scientific | | | APT/yum | RPM | | Yes |
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SHR | 70033000000000000003,000 | 70033000000000000003,000 | opkg | opk | opkg | Yes[72] |
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sidux | 700423000000000000023,000 | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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Slackware | 70032292000000000002,292 | | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, .txz, .tlz, .tbz | | No |
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Slax | 70032050000000000002,050 | | none | .lzm | | |
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SliTaz GNU/Linux | 70032300000000000002,300 | | Tazpkg | .tazpkg | | Yes |
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Source Mage GNU/Linux | 70035514000000000005,514 | | Sorcery Package Manager | src | | Yes |
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Super OS | | | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes |
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SUSE Linux | 700422600000000000022,600 | 700410300000000000010,300[71] | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | Yes |
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Symphony OS | | | APT, OneClick | RPM | | Yes |
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SYS | 70036000000000000006,000 | | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz | | No |
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Tiny Core Linux | 700425160000000000025,160 | | ab, tce-load | tcz | tc-install, core2usb | Yes | Tiny SliTaz | 700150000000000000050 | | Web site[73] | none | | No | Tor-ramdisk | | | none | none | | No | Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu | 700447595000000000047,595[70] | | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | Yes |
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Ututo | 70035000000000000005,000 | | UTUTO Package Manager | ebuild | | |
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Vector Linux | | | slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg | tgz | | Yes |
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Wolvix | | | installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, .txz | | Yes |
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Xandros Desktop | | | APT | .deb | | Yes |
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XBMC Live | | | APT | .deb | | No |
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Yoper | 70032000000000000002,000 | | Smart | RPM | | No |
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Zentyal | | | APT | .deb | dpkg | Yes |
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Zenwalk | 70032000000000000002,000 | | netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, txz | | Yes |
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Distribution | Approximate number of packages | Approximate number of source packages | Default package management tools | Package format | Default installer | Graphical installation process |
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Live media|
ALT Linux Desktop or Lite | 7002700000000000000700 | | Yes | Yes | No | |
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Arch Linux | 7002181000000000000181 to 7002673000000000000673[74] | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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AUSTRUMI Linux | 700150000000000000050 | | Yes | Yes | | |
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BackTrack | 70031910000000000001,910 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Bodhi Linux | 7002500000000000000500 | 700180000000000000080 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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CentOS | 7002700000000000000700 to 70033400000000000003,400 DVD | | Yes | Yes | Officially not supported[75] | |
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Chakra | 70031600000000000001,600 | | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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ClearOS | 7002700000000000000700 | | Yes | | No | |
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CrunchBang Linux | 7002873000000000000873 | 7002256000000000000256 to 1024 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Damn Small Linux | 700150000000000000050 | 700116000000000000016 to 24[76] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Debian Live | 700150000000000000050 to 70035120000000000005,120 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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DidJiX | 7002300000000000000300 | | Yes | Yes | | |
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Dreamlinux | 7002700000000000000700 | | Yes | Yes | | |
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dyne:bolic | 7002650000000000000650 | | Yes | Yes | | |
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Elive | 7002700000000000000700 | | Yes | Yes | | |
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Feather Linux | 7002128000000000000128 | 700148000000000000048 to 700196000000000000096 | Yes | Yes | | |
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Fedora live CD | 7002683000000000000683 | 7002256000000000000256 to 70031024000000000001,024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Finnix | 7002100000000000000100 to 7002130000000000000130 | 700128000000000000028 to 700164000000000000064 | Yes | Yes | No | |
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Freespire | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002768000000000000768 | Yes | No | Yes | |
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Gentoo | 7002100000000000000100 | up to 7002128000000000000128 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Grml | 7002110000000000000110 to 7002700000000000000700 | 700132000000000000032 to 7002128000000000000128 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
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Inquisitor live CD | 7002210000000000000210 | 700196000000000000096 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
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Kanotix | 7002700000000000000700 | | Yes | Yes | | |
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Knoppix CD edition | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002320000000000000320 | Yes | Yes | Only DVD edition is maintained | |
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Knoppix DVD "Maxi" edition | 70034812800000000004,812.8 | | No | Yes | | |
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Knoppix STD | 7002497000000000000497 | | Yes | Yes | No longer updated | |
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Gnoppix | 70034812800000000004,812.8 | | No | Yes | No longer updated | |
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gOS | 7002700000000000000700 | | Yes | | Yes | Yes |
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Linux Mint | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002256000000000000256 to 7002768000000000000768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Lunar Linux | 7002421000000000000421 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[77] |
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Mandriva Linux One | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002768000000000000768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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MEPIS | 7002700000000000000700 to 70034000000000000004,000 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002512000000000000512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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MCNLive | 7002350000000000000350 | | Yes | Yes | | |
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Micro Core Linux | 7000800000000000000≈8 | 7001480000000000000≈48 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Musix GNU/Linux | 7002700000000000000700 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
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Network Security Toolkit live CD/DVD | 7002483000000000000483 to 70031300000000000001,300 | 7002256000000000000256 to 70031024000000000001,024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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NimbleX | 7002200000000000000200 | 700196000000000000096 to 7002320000000000000320 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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nUbuntu | 7002265000000000000265 | | Yes | Yes | | |
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openGEU | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002192000000000000192 to 7002512000000000000512 | Yes | | Yes | |
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openSUSE | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002128000000000000128 to 7002768000000000000768 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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OpenWrt | 7000400000000000000min 4 | 7001160000000000000min 16 | No | No | No | No |
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Oralux | 7002500000000000000500 | | Yes | Yes | No longer updated | |
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Pardus | 70031256000000000001,256 to 70031276000000000001,276 | 7002256000000000000256 to 70031024000000000001,024 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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PCLinuxOS | 7002130000000000000130 to 7002700000000000000700 | 700196000000000000096 to 7002512000000000000512 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Pentoo | 7002666000000000000666 and 7002700000000000000700 | 700148000000000000048 to 700196000000000000096 | Yes | Yes | By hand[78] | By hand |
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Puppy Linux (standard edition) | 7002128000000000000128 | 700132000000000000032 to 7002192000000000000192 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Puredyne | 7002542000000000000542 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Sabayon Linux live CD | 7002695000000000000695 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Sabayon Linux live DVD | 70032400000000000002,400 | | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Scientific Linux | 7002431000000000000431 to 70032300000000000002,300[79] | 7002640000000000000640 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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sidux | 7002400000000000000400 to 70031999000000000001,999 | 7002193000000000000193 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Slax | 7002200000000000000200 | 700196000000000000096 to 7002320000000000000320 | Yes | Yes | | Yes |
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Super OS | 70031200000000000001,200 | | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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SystemRescueCD | 7002160000000000000160 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Tiny Core Linux | 7001100000000000000≈10 | 7001480000000000000≈48 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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SliTaz GNU/Linux | 700130000000000000030 | 700116000000000000016 to 7002192000000000000192 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Tiny SliTaz | 70001440000000000001.44 | 7000800000000000000≈8 | Yes | Yes | By SliTaz | By SliTaz |
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Tor-ramdisk | 70005000000000000005 | 7002256000000000000256 or >[80] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Trinity Rescue Kit | 7002104000000000000104 | | Yes | Yes | | |
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Ubuntu | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002384000000000000384 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Edubuntu | 7002700000000000000700 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
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Kubuntu | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002384000000000000384 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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XBMC Live | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002256000000000000256 to 70031024000000000001,024 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
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Zentyal | 7002600000000000000600 | 7002256000000000000256 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Xubuntu | 7002700000000000000700 | 7002256000000000000256 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Distribution | Size (MB) | RAM use (MB) | Boots from CD | Boots from DVD | Installable live CD/DVD | Installable from USB |
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Security features See also References- ^ ChromeOS Open Sourced
- ^ Poortvliet, Jos. "openSUSE 12.3 – Awesome as 1-2-3". openSUSE News. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "LXDE Desktop". Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ "Building Tor-ramdisk from scratch: Obtain a working UCLIBC Based Linux System". Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ^ How to Buy: Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
- ^ redhat.com | Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- ^ redhat.com | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Operating Systems
- ^ Linux- RXART- Soluciones Linux - Linux Solutions
- ^ SUSE Linux Enterprise Operating Systems from Novell
- ^ Linspire.com - Products
- ^ Official Arch Linux Install Guide: Set Filesystem Mountpoints
- ^ "Index of /debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd".
- ^ "DistroWatch.com: Dreamlinux".
- ^ Abbott, David. "Gentoo Linux releases 11.2 LiveDVD". Gentoo Linux. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?dist ribution=mint
- ^ http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/techref/f lash.layout
- ^ "Red Hat 6 ext4 documentation".
- ^ http://forum.sabayonlinux.org/viewtop ic.php?f=60&t=16766
- ^ a b c "Ubuntu 10.10 Release Notes".
- ^ penguinppc.org
- ^ PA-RISC Linux
- ^ LinuxMIPS
- ^ AlphaLinux
- ^ The Linux/m68k Home Pages
- ^ Arch Linux PPC project
- ^ Arch Linux ARM
- ^ a b c d e Pasi Pirhonen (2005-10-13). "CentOS-4.2 is Released for i386, x86_64, ia64, s390, s390x and alpha architectures". CentOS-announce mailing list. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/cen tos-announce/2005-October/012286.html.
- ^ Pasi Pirhonen (2006-05-24). "EOL notice for CentOS-4/sparc beta release". CentOS-announce mailing list. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/cen tos-announce/2006-May/012921.html.
- ^ a b Pasi Pirhonen (2005-06-24). "CentOS-4.1 s390(x) Release Announcement". CentOS-announce mailing list. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/cen tos-announce/2005-July/011969.html.
- ^ Pasi Pirhonen (2005-06-26). "CentOS-4/alpha 4.1beta is there to play". CentOS-announce mailing list. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/cen tos-announce/2005-June/000400.html.
- ^ Pasi Pirhonen (2006-06-25). "EOL notfication for CentOS-4/axp (alpha)". CentOS-announce mailing list. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/cen tos-announce/2006-June/012979.html.
- ^ Debian - Ports
- ^ Jurij Smakov (2007-07-18). "Retiring the sparc32 port". debian-devel-announce mailing list. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel- announce/2007/07/msg00006.html.
- ^ Fedora Architectures Specific Notes
- ^ "Architectures/ARM". Retrieved 2010-07-20.
- ^ "Gentoo Linux ARM Handbook".
- ^ "Gentoo Linux/MIPS Frequently Asked Questions".
- ^ "Gentoo/MIPS Linux Hardware Requirements".
- ^ GoboLinux - the alternative Linux distribution
- ^ openSUSE download page
- ^ http://en.opensuse.org/SPARC
- ^ openSUSE ARM Portal
- ^ [1]
- ^ Oracle Linux Technical Information
- ^ Red Hat Linux archive
- ^ a b c d Linux Rough Cuts
- ^ Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Version comparison chart
- ^ Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 2.1
- ^ RHEL 4 is the last version to support 31-bit s390. RHEL 5 only supports 64-bit s390x.
- ^ Slackware Linux for SPARC
- ^ Slackware Linux for the Alpha
- ^ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Tech Specs
- ^ "Tor-ramdisk x86_64 Port". Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ^ "Tor-ramdisk MIPS Port". Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ^ http://sisyphus.ru/
- ^ Arch Linux package search
- ^ Arch Linux AUR repository
- ^ BLAG :: View topic - rolling or frozen
- ^ The Chakra Project Packages
- ^ Chakra Community Repository
- ^ "Debian Community celebrates its 19th birthday".
- ^ Foresight Linux | 70001000000000000001.4.1 Release Notes
- ^ Frugalware Linux Package search
- ^ Gentoo Packages Categories
- ^ Can be installed graphically (GTK+ and ncurses), but traditionally done by command line (install cd, live cd, netboot, and from distributions).
- ^ GoboLinux - the alternative Linux distribution
- ^ "Linux Free Software Catalog and Packages Search". Linux Free Software Catalog and Packages Search. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ [2]
- ^ Mandriva 2008 release notes
- ^ a b "All Ubuntu Packages in "quantal"". Canonical. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ^ a b Stats for openSUSE_12.3 for Mar 24, 2013, using the script http://inai.de/files/dist/countpkg-su se3 -r openSUSE_12.3 or -r 'SLE_11.*' . Excludes known non-SUSE projects from the project list retrieved from the openSUSE.org Build Service instance.
- ^ NeoTool, a zenity installation GUI for Openmoko devices
- ^ Tiny SliTaz, the configuration builder webtool
- ^ "Arch Linux - Downloads". Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ The CentOS LiveCD Project
- ^ http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/in dex.php/FAQ#Will_DSL_ever_get_bigger_ than_50_MBytes.3F
- ^ http://wiki.lunar-linux.org/index.php /Installation:No_CD#Usb_bootable_luna r
- ^ Pentoo Development Website
- ^ "Scientific Linux i386 Live CD/DVD". Retrieved 2012-09-26.
- ^ "Tor-ramdisk Quickstart Guide". Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ^ "Debian SELinux". Retrieved 2012-07-22.
- ^ "Mandatory Access Control with SELinux". Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Fedora Core 1 Release Notes - Kernel Notes". Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Hardened Gentoo - 4. Subprojects". Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Mandriva Linux 2008 Release Notes: Apparmor has replaced RSBAC as the in-kernel application security tool.".
- ^ "AppArmor".
- ^ "Security Features". Retrieved 2009-11-23. [dead link]
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