Comparison of Linux distributions

Technical variations of Linux distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Organizational differences may be motivated by historical reasons. Other criteria include security, including how quickly security upgrades are available; ease of package management; and number of packages available.

These tables compare each 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.

1 General
2 Cost
3 Technical
4 Architecture support
5 Package management and installation
6 Live media
7 Security features
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

General

Basic general information about the distributions: creator or producer, release date and latest version, and so forth.

Distribution	Creator	Producer	First public release	Base distribution	Latest release date	Purpose
64 Studio	Daniel James and Free Ekanayaka	64 Studio Ltd.	2005	Debian	2008	multimedia
Alinex	Alinex Team and University of Évora	Alinex Team and University of Évora	2005	Ubuntu	2008	general
aLinux	Jay Klepacs	Jay Klepacs	2001	Red Hat Linux	2010	desktop
Alpine Linux	Alpine Linux Team	Alpine Linux Team	2006	none	2011	network
ALT Linux	ALT Linux Team	ALT Linux Team / ALT Linux LLC	2001	Mandriva Linux	2011	general, school
Annvix	Vincent Danen	Vincent Danen	2003	Mandriva Linux	2007	server
Arch Linux	Judd Vinet	dev team	2002	none	2011/Rolling	general
Ark Linux	Bernhard Rosenkränzer	dev team	2003	none	2008	desktop
Asianux	Red Flag Linux, Miracle Linux, Haansoft Linux	dev team	2004	RHEL	2007	server, workstation
BackTrack	Max Moser, Mati Aharoni, and Martin J. Muench	Remote-Exploit	2006	Debian	2011	auditing
BLAG Linux and GNU	Brixton Linux Action Group	Brixton Linux Action Group	2002	Fedora	2011	desktop
Bharat Operating System Solutions	C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing)	C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing)	2007	Debian	2011	general, server, education, netbooks, live
Caixa Mágica	Daniel Neves, José Guimarães, Paulo Trezentos	Caixa Mágica Software	2000	Mandriva Linux	2009	general
CentOS	CentOS Project	CentOS Project	2003	RHEL	2011	server, workstation
Google Chrome OS	Google	Google	2009	Gentoo	2011/Rolling	netbooks
ClearOS	Peter Baldwin	ClearFoundation	2000	CentOS	2010	server, gateway, network
CrunchBang Linux	Philip Newborough	Philip Newborough	2008	Debian	2011	desktop
CRUX	Per Liden	CRUX Linux community	2001	none	2010	general
Damn Small Linux	John Andrews	dev team	2003	Knoppix	2008	portable, lightweight
Debian	Ian Murdock	Debian Project	1993	none	2011	general
DeLi Linux	Henry Jensen	Henry Jensen	2002	none	2008	desktop
dyne:bolic	Jaromil	Jaromil	2001	none	2007	multimedia
EasyPeasy	Jon Ramvi, EasyPeasy community	Jon Ramvi, EasyPeasy community	2008	Ubuntu	2010	netbooks
ELinOS	SYSGO	SYSGO	1999	none	2010	embedded systems
Elive	Thanatermesis	Thanatermesis	2005	Debian	2010	desktop
EnGarde Secure Linux	Guardian Digital, Inc.	Guardian Digital, Inc.	2001	none	2008	server
Fedora	Fedora Project	Fedora Project	2003	Red Hat Linux	2011	general
Finnix	Ryan Finnie	Ryan Finnie	2000	Debian	2011	maintenance
Foresight Linux	Ken VanDine	dev team	2004	rPath	2009/Rolling	general
Freespire	Lindows.com, Inc.	Linspire, Inc.	2002	Debian	2007	desktop
Frugalware	Miklos Vajna	dev team	2004	Slackware	2011/Rolling	general
Gentoo Linux	Daniel Robbins	Gentoo Foundation, Inc.	2002	none	2011/Rolling	general
gNewSense	Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley	dev team	2006	Ubuntu	2009	desktop
Gnoppix	Klaus Knopper	dev team	2005	Knoppix	2005	live
gnuLinEx	Regional Government of Extremadura	dev team	2002	Debian	2006	desktop
GoboLinux	Hisham Muhammad, Andre Detsch	dev team	2002	none	2008	desktop
gOS	Good OS LLC	Good OS LLC	2007	Ubuntu	2009	desktop
Grml Live Linux	Michael Prokop	The Grml Team	2005	Debian	2011	live, maintenance, security, network, forensic, accessibility
Impi Linux	Gauteng Linux Users Group	Impi Linux (Pty) Ltd.	2003	Debian	2006	desktop
Kanotix	Jörg Schirottke (Kano)	dev team	2003	Debian, Knoppix	2010	desktop, live
KateOS	KateOS Team	KateOS Team	2004	Slackware	2007	desktop
Knoppix	Klaus Knopper	dev team	2003	Debian	2010	live
KnoppMyth	Cecil Watson	dev team	2004	Debian, Knoppix	2009	desktop, live
Kuki Linux	João Ferro	kuki bakers	2008	Ubuntu	2009	netbooks
Kurumin	Carlos Morimoto	GuiadoHardware	2003	Knoppix	2008	desktop, live
Linspire	Lindows.com, Inc.	Linspire, Inc.	2002	Ubuntu	2007	desktop
Linux Mint	Clement Lefebvre	dev team	2006	Ubuntu, Debian	2011	desktop
Lunar Linux	Chuck Mead, Lunar Penguin Project	Foo-Projects.org	2002	Sorcerer	2007	general
Mageia	Mageia Community	mageia.org	2010	Mandriva Linux	2011	general
Mandriva Linux	Mandrakesoft S.A.	Mandriva S.A.	1998	Red Hat Linux	2011	general
MEPIS	Warren Woodford	MEPIS LLC	2003	Debian	2010	desktop, server, embedded
Micro Core Linux	Robert Shingledecker	Team Tiny Core	2009	Tiny Core Linux	2011	portable
MintPPC	Jeroen Diederen	Jeroen Diederen	2010	Debian	2011	desktop
MontaVista Linux	MontaVista Software	MontaVista Software	1999	Debian	2007	embedded
Musix GNU/Linux	Marcos Guglielmetti	dev team	2008	Knoppix, Kanotix, Debian	2009	audio
Network Security Toolkit	Ronald W. Henderson, Paul Blankenbaker	dev team	2003	Fedora	2011	network, security
NimbleX	Bogdan Radulescu	Bogdan Radulescu	2005	Slackware	2008	desktop
Nitix	Net Integration Technologies, Inc.	Net Integration Technologies, Inc.	2001	none	2007	server
Novell Open Enterprise Server	Novell	Novell, Inc. dev team	2003	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server	2009	server
openSUSE	SUSE Linux / Novell	Novell, Inc. and openSUSE Project	1994	SUSE Linux	2011	general
OpenWrt	?	OpenWrt team	2007	none	2010	embedded
Oracle Enterprise Linux	Oracle Corporation	Oracle Corporation	2006	RHEL	2009	server
Pardus	TUBITAK	TUBITAK	2005	none	2011	general
Parsix	Alan Baghumian	Parsix Project	2005	Debian	2011	desktop
PCLinuxOS	Bill Reynolds	dev team	2003	PCLinuxOS	2010	desktop
Pentoo	Michael Zanetta, Rick Farina, Jens Pranaitis	Pentoo	2005	Gentoo	2009	auditing, security
Puppy Linux	Barry Kauler	Puppy Foundation	2003	none	2010	portable, lightweight
Puredyne	Aymeric Mansoux	GOTO10, Puredyne Team	2005	Ubuntu, Debian	2010	art, design, audio, multimedia
Red Flag Linux	Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NewMargin Venture Capital	Red Flag Software Co., Ltd.	1999	Red Hat Linux	2009	general
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	Red Hat	Red Hat	2002	Red Hat Linux/Fedora	2011	server, workstation
Red Hat Linux	Red Hat	Red Hat	1995	none	2003	server, workstation
Rocks Cluster Distribution	UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp	UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp	2000	Red Hat Linux	2009	server, workstation
Rxart	Pixart SRL	Pixart SRL	2000	Debian	2006	general
Revamplinux	Ihsan Jaafar	The Revamp Project Team	2011	Ubuntu	2011	desktop
Sabayon Linux	lxnay Design	dev team	2005	Gentoo	2010/Rolling	desktop
Scientific Linux	CERN, Fermilab	dev team	2004	Red Hat Linux/Red Hat Enterprise Linux	2011	science
SHR	Bobby Martin	SHR community	2008	OpenEmbedded	Rolling	portable
sidux	sidux team	sidux team	2007	Debian Sid	2009	desktop
Slackware	Patrick Volkerding	dev team	1993	Softlanding Linux System	2011	general
Slax	Tomas Matejicek	Tomas Matejicek	2002	Slackware	2009	live
SliTaz GNU/Linux	Christophe Lincoln	dev team	2008	none	2010	portable
Source Mage GNU/Linux	Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell	dev team	2002	Sorcerer	2009	general
Super OS	hacktolive	hacktolive	2008	Debian/Ubuntu	2011	general, offline use
SUSE Linux	SUSE Linux / Novell	Novell, Inc. dev team	1994	Slackware, Jurix	2010	workstation, server
Symphony OS	Ryan Quinn	Ryan Quinn and Jason Spisak	2005	Debian	2008	desktop
SYS	W.Landgraf	W.Landgraf	2007	Slackware	2010	general
Tiny Core Linux	Robert Shingledecker	Team Tiny Core	2009	none	2011	portable
Tor-ramdisk	Anthony G. Basile	dev team	2008	Gentoo Embedded, uClibc^[1]	2011	Tor server
Trustix	Comodo Group, Inc.	Comodo Group, Inc.	2000	Red Hat Linux	2007	server
Ubuntu	Canonical Ltd.	Canonical Ltd.	2004	Debian	2011	general
Kubuntu	Canonical Ltd.	Canonical Ltd.	2005	Debian	2011	desktop
Xubuntu	Canonical Ltd.	Canonical Ltd.	2006	Debian	2011	desktop
Edubuntu	Canonical Ltd.	Canonical Ltd.	2005	Debian	2011	computer lab
Gobuntu	Canonical Ltd.	Canonical Ltd.	2007	Debian	2008	desktop
Ubuntu Studio	Canonical Ltd.	Canonical Ltd.	2007	Debian	2011	multimedia
Ututo	Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera	UTUTO dev team	2000	Gentoo Linux	2009	general
VectorLinux	Robert S. Lange	dev team	1999	Slackware	2011	desktop
Vanillux	Vanillux Foundation	dev team	2011	Debian	2011	desktop
Wolvix	Wolven	Wolven	2007	Slackware	2009	desktop
Xandros	Xandros Corp.	Xandros, Inc.	2002	Corel Linux	2007	desktop
XBMC	The XBMC Project	Team-XBMC	2008	Ubuntu	2011	multimedia
Yellow Dog Linux	Terra Soft Solutions	Fixstars Solutions	1999	Fedora, CentOS	2009	general
Yoper	Andreas Giradet	The Yoper Team	2003	none	2010	general
Zenwalk	Jean-Philippe Guillemin	dev team	2004	Slackware	2011	general
Distribution	Creator	Producer	First public release	Base distribution	Latest release date	Purpose

Cost

The following distributions are available for free (without cost): aLinux, Alpine Linux, ALT Linux, Annvix, Arch Linux, Ark Linux, Asianux, BLAG Linux and GNU, Bodhi Linux, Caixa Mágica, CentOS, CRUX, Damn Small Linux, Debian, DeLi Linux, Devil-Linux, dyne:bolic, EasyPeasy, Edubuntu, Elive, EnGarde Secure Linux, Fedora, Finnix, Foresight Linux, Freespire, Frugalware, Gentoo, gNewSense, gnuLinEx, GoboLinux, Gobuntu, Impi Linux, Kanotix, Knoppix, KnoppMyth, Kubuntu, Kurumin, Linux Mint, Lunar Linux, Micro Core Linux, Mageia. MintPPC, Musix GNU/Linux, Network Security Toolkit, NimbleX, NUbuntu, openSUSE, Pardus, Parsix, PCLinuxOS, Puppy Linux, Sabayon Linux, Scientific Linux, sidux, Slackware, Slax, SliTaz GNU/Linux, Source Mage GNU/Linux, Symphony OS, SYS, Tiny Core Linux, Tor-ramdisk, Trustix, Ubuntu, Ututo, Super OS, Xubuntu, XBMC Live, Yoper, Zenwalk and OpenWrt.

The following distributions have several editions, some of which are without cost and some of which do cost money: ClearOS, Mandriva Linux, MEPIS and Red Flag Linux.

The following distributions cost money: Novell Open Enterprise Server,^[2] Red Hat Enterprise Linux,^[3]^[4] Rxart,^[5] SUSE Linux Enterprise,^[6]

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^[7] (discontinued)

Technical

The following table shows the default file system, but many Linux distributions support some or all of ext2, ext3, ext4, ReiserFS, Reiser4, JFS, XFS, GFS, GFS2, OCFS, OCFS2, and NILFS. It is possible to install Linux onto the majority of these file systems. The ext file systems, namely ext2, ext3, and ext4 are based on the original Linux file system. File systems have been developed by companies to meet their specific needs, and by hobbyists, or adapted from UNIX, Microsoft Windows, and other operating systems. Linux has full support for XFS and JFS, along with FAT (the MS-DOS file system), and HFS which is the primary file system for the Macintosh. Support for Microsoft Windows NT's NTFS file system has appeared, and is now comparable to the support available for other native Unix file systems. CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs' ISO 9660 and Universal Disk Format (UDF) are supported. Unlike other operating systems, Linux and UNIX allow any file system to be used regardless of the 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 GCC), desktop environments and window managers are widely supported.

Distribution	Default file system	Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection
64 Studio	?	GNOME
Alinex	ext3	GNOME
aLinux	none	KDE Plasma Workspaces
ALT Linux	ext3	KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce
Annvix	none	?
aptosid	ext3	KDE Plasma Workspaces
Arch Linux	none^[8]	none
Ark Linux	JFS^[9]	KDE Plasma Workspaces
Asianux	ext3	K Desktop Environment 3
BackTrack	ext3	KDE Plasma Workspaces
BLAG Linux and GNU	ext3	GNOME
Caixa Mágica	?	?
CentOS	ext3	GNOME
ClearOS	ext3	GNOME
CrunchBang Linux	ext3	Openbox or Xfce
CRUX	none	Openbox
Damn Small Linux	ext3	JWM
Debian	ext4	GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE^[10]
DeLi Linux	ext3/ext2	IceWM
Dreamlinux	ext3^[11]	Xfce
dyne:bolic	SquashFS, ext3	Xfce
EasyPeasy	ext3	GNOME, Ubuntu Netbook Edition
Elive	SquashFS, ReiserFS	Enlightenment
EnGarde Secure Linux	ext3	none
Fedora	ext4	GNOME
Finnix	SquashFS	none
Foresight Linux	ext3	GNOME
Frugalware	none	KDE Plasma Workspaces
Gentoo	none	Awesome, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE-Meta, Openbox, XBMC and Xfce (Live DVD)^[12]
gnuLinEx	ext2	GNOME
GoboLinux	ReiserFS	KDE Plasma Workspaces
gNewSense	ext3	GNOME
Impi Linux	?	KDE Plasma Workspaces
KateOS	?	Xfce
Kanotix	ext3	KDE Plasma Workspaces
Knoppix	XFS	LXDE
Kurumin	ext3	KDE Plasma Workspaces
Linspire	ReiserFS	K Desktop Environment 3
Linux Mint^[13]	ext4	GNOME
Lunar Linux	none	none
Mageia	ext4	KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME
Mandriva Linux	ext4	KDE Plasma Workspaces
MEPIS	ext3, ext4	KDE Plasma Workspaces
MintPPC	ext3, ext4	LXDE
Musix GNU/Linux	?	IceWM
Network Security Toolkit	ext4	GNOME, Fluxbox
NimbleX	SquashFS	KDE Plasma Workspaces
Nitix	ReiserFS	none
openSUSE	ext4	KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, Xfce
OpenWrt	mini_fo+SquashFS/JFFS2^[14]	None
Pardus	ext4	KDE Plasma Workspaces
Parsix	ext4	GNOME
PCLinuxOS	none	KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce, Enlightenment, Openbox
Pentoo	SquashFS	Enlightenment
Puppy Linux	SquashFS containing ext2	JWM
Red Flag Linux	ext3	K Desktop Environment 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	ext4 ^[15]	GNOME
Rxart Desktop	ext3	KDE Plasma Workspaces
Sabayon Linux	ext4^[16]	KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME
Scientific Linux	ext3	GNOME
SHR	ext3, JFFS2, UBIFS	Enlightenment's Illume 2
Slackware	ext4	KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce, Fluxbox, Blackbox, TWM
Slax	SquashFS	KDE Plasma Workspaces
SliTaz GNU/Linux	ext3	Openbox
Source Mage GNU/Linux	ext2	none
Super OS	ext4	Unity with fallback to GNOME 2.x
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop	ext3	GNOME
Symphony OS	ReiserFS	Mezzo
SYS	ext3	KDE SC, GNOME, Xfce (selectable in kdm)
Tor-ramdisk	ext2	none
Ubuntu/Edubuntu	ext4 ^[17]	Unity on top of GNOME, Unity 2D for fallback
Kubuntu	ext4^[17]	KDE Plasma Workspaces
Xubuntu	ext4^[17]	Xfce
Ututo	ext3	GNOME
VectorLinux	ReiserFS	Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfce
Wolvix	ext3	XFCE, OpenBox
Xandros Desktop OS	ReiserFS	K Desktop Environment 3
XBMC Live	ext3	XBMC Media Center
Yellow Dog Linux	?	Enlightenment
Yoper	ext3	KDE SC
Zenwalk	ext4	Xfce
Distribution	Default file system	Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection

Architecture support

Distribution	IA-32	x86-64	IA-64	ppc	ppc64	sparc32	sparc64	arm	hppa	mips	sh	s390	s390x	alpha
64 Studio	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
aLinux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Alinex	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ALT Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Annvix	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Arch Linux	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^[18]	No	No	No	Yes^[19]	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ark Linux	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Asianux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BackTrack	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
BLAG Linux and GNU	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Bodhi Linux	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Caixa Mágica	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CentOS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ClearOS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CrunchBang Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CRUX	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Damn Small Linux	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Debian^[20]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[21]	Yes	Yes	Unofficial	Yes	Unofficial	Yes	Yes	Yes
DeLi Linux	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
dyne:bolic	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Elive	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
EnGarde Secure Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Fedora^[22]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^[23]	Yes^[24]	No	No	No	No	No	No
Finnix	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Foresight Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Frugalware	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Gentoo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[25]	Yes	Yes^[26]^[27]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
gnuLinEx	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
GoboLinux^[28]	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Grml Live Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Impi Linux	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kanotix	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Knoppix	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Kurumin	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Linspire	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Linux Mint	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Lunar Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mageia	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mandriva Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MEPIS	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
MintPPC	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Musix GNU/Linux	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Network Security Toolkit	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NimbleX	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nitix	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
OES2-Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
openSUSE^[29]	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	partial^[30]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
OpenWrt^[31]	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Oracle Enterprise Linux^[32]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pardus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Parsix	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
PCLinuxOS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Pentoo	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Puppy Linux	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Red Flag Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux^[33]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No^[34]	Yes	No
Rxart Desktop	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sabayon Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Scientific Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SHR	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
sidux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Slackware	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Slax	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SliTaz GNU/Linux	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Source Mage GNU/Linux	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Super OS	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ^[35]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Symphony OS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SYS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tiny & Micro Core Linux	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tor-ramdisk	Yes	Yes^[36]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^[37]	No	No	No	No
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ututo	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
VectorLinux	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Xandros Desktop OS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
XBMC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Yellow Dog Linux	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Yoper	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Zenwalk	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Distribution	x86	x86-64	IA-64	ppc	ppc64	sparc32	sparc64	arm	hppa	mips	sh	s390	s390x	alpha

Package management and installation

Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate.

Distribution	Approximate number of pre-compiled packages	Approximate number of source packages	Default package management tools	Package Format	Default installer	Graphical installation procedure
Alinex	&1000000000002030000000020,300		APT	.deb		Yes
aLinux	&100000000000012000000001,200		RPM	RPM		No
ALT Linux	&100000000000083000000008,300^[38]		APT (APT-RPM), RPM	RPM		Yes
Annvix			APT, RPM	RPM
Arch Linux	&100000000000060000000006,000^[39]	&10000000000006000000000ABS: 6,000, &10000000000031000000000AUR: 31,000^[40]	Pacman	.pkg.tar.xz	AIF	No
Ark Linux	&100000000000040000000004,000		RPM, APT	RPM		Yes
Asianux			mlupdater, RPM	RPM		Yes
BLAG	&1000000000001000000000010,000^[41]		RPM, yum, APT	RPM		Yes
Caixa Mágica	&1000000000001600000000016,000		urpmi, APT (APT-RPM)	RPM		Yes
CentOS	&100000000000016600000001,660		RPM, yum/up2date	RPM		Yes
ClearOS			RPM, yum	RPM		No
CrunchBang Linux	&1000000000002300000000023,000		APT	.deb		Yes
CRUX	&100000000000011550000001,155		pkgutils	tgz		No
Damn Small Linux	&10000000000000610000000610		myDSL, APT	.dsl, .tar.gz, .uci, .unc, .deb		No
Debian	&1000000000002905000000029,050^[42]	&1000000000001497500000014,975	APT	.deb	Debian-Installer	Yes
DeLi Linux	&10000000000000150000000150					No
Dreamlinux	&1000000000002300000000023,000		APT	.deb		Yes
dyne:bolic			none	none		Yes
Elive	&1000000000002000000000020,000		APT	.deb		Yes
EnGarde Secure Linux	&10000000000000500000000500		RPM, APT	RPM
Fedora	&1000000000002200000000022,000		yum, PackageKit	RPM	Anaconda	Yes
Finnix	&10000000000000350000000350		APT	.deb		No
Foresight Linux	&1000000000001500000000015,000		Conary, PackageKit^[43]			Yes
Frugalware	&100000000000061320000006,132^[44]	&1000000000000007300000073	Pacman	.fpm		Yes
Gentoo	&1000000000002711900000027,119	&1000000000001469700000014,697^[45]	Portage	ebuild		Yes^[46]
gnuLinEx	&10000000000000200000000200		APT	.deb		Yes
GoboLinux	&100000000000020000000002,000		Manager,^[47] Compile, InstallPackage	recipes, tar.bz2		Yes
Impi Linux						No
Kanotix	&100000000000012000000001,200		APT	.deb		Yes
KateOS			TGZex	tgz		Yes
Knoppix	&100000000000036000000003,600		APT	.deb		No
Kurumin			APT	.deb		Yes
Linspire	&100000000000022000000002,200		CNR "click and run"	.deb		Yes
Linux Mint	&1000000000003000000000030,000		APT	.deb	Ubiquity	Yes
Lunar	&100000000000031200000003,120		lin	source		Yes
Mageia	&1000000000001728300000017,283 (i586), &1000000000001140900000011,409 (x86_64)^[48]	&100000000000088340000008,834^[49]	urpmi, rpmdrake	RPM	DrakX	Yes
Mandriva Linux	&1000000000002260000000022,600		urpmi, rpmdrake^[50]	RPM	DrakX	Yes
MEPIS	&1000000000002000000000020,000		APT	.deb	MEPIS Install	Yes
MintPPC	&1000000000002320000000023,200	&1000000000001212300000012,123	APT	.deb	Debian-Installer	No
Musix GNU/Linux	&100000000000013000000001,300		APT	.deb		Yes
Mythbuntu	&1000000000003500000000035,000^[51]		APT	.deb	Ubiquity
Network Security Toolkit	&100000000000082800000008,280	&100000000000082800000008,280	yum	RPM	Anaconda	Yes
NimbleX	&10000000000000500000000500		none	tgz		No
Nitix			SoftUpdate, yum	RPM		Yes
openSUSE	&1000000000001465000000014,650^[52]	&1000000000001526000000015,260	YaST, Zypper	RPM	YaST	Yes
OpenWrt	&100000000000020000000002,000		opkg	opk	opkg	No
Pardus	&100000000000040000000004,000		PiSi	.pisi	YALI	Yes
Parsix	&1000000000002900000000029,000	&1000000000001490000000014,900	APT	.deb		Yes
PCLinuxOS	&1000000000001200000000012,000		APT, RPM	RPM		Yes
Puppy	&10000000000000700000000700		PupGet, DotPup	.pup, .pet		Yes
Red Flag			Red Flag Installer System, RPM	RPM		Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	&100000000000030000000003,000		RPM, yum	RPM		Yes
Rxart	&100000000000050000000005,000		APT	.deb		Yes
Sabayon Linux	&1000000000001200000000012,000		Portage, Entropy	ebuild		Yes
Scientific			APT/yum	RPM		Yes
SHR	&100000000000030000000003,000	&100000000000030000000003,000	opkg	opk	opkg	Yes^[53]
sidux	&1000000000002300000000023,000		APT	.deb		Yes
Slackware	&10000000000000544000000544		installpkg, upgradepkg	tgz, .txz, .tlz, .tbz		No
Slax	&100000000000020500000002,050		none	.lzm
SliTaz GNU/Linux	&100000000000023000000002,300		Tazpkg	.tazpkg		Yes
Source Mage GNU/Linux	&100000000000055140000005,514		Sorcery Package Manager	src		Yes
Super OS			APT	.deb	Ubiquity	Yes
SUSE Linux	&1000000000002200000000022,000		YaST, Zypper	RPM	YaST	Yes
Symphony OS			APT, OneClick	RPM		Yes
SYS	&100000000000060000000006,000		installpkg, upgradepkg	tgz		No
Tiny SliTaz	&1000000000000005000000050		Web site^[54]	none		No
Tor-ramdisk			none	none		No
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu	&1000000000003700000000037,000^[51]		APT	.deb	Ubiquity	Yes
Ututo	&100000000000050000000005,000		UTUTO Package Manager	ebuild
Vector Linux			slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg	tgz		Yes
Wolvix			installpkg, upgradepkg	tgz, .txz		Yes
Xandros Desktop OS			APT	.deb		Yes
XBMC Live			APT	.deb		No
Yoper	&100000000000020000000002,000		Smart	RPM		No
Zenwalk	&100000000000020000000002,000		netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg	tgz, txz		Yes
Distribution	Approximate number of packages	Approximate number of source packages	Default package management tools	Package Format	Default installer	Graphical installation procedure

Live media

Distribution	Size in MB	RAM Use in MB	Boots from CD	Boots from DVD	Installable Live CD/DVD	Installable from USB
ALT Linux Desktop or Lite	&10000000000000700000000700		Yes	Yes	No
Arch Linux	&10000000000000181000000181 to &10000000000000673000000673^[55]		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ark Linux	&10000000000000700000000700		Yes	Yes
AUSTRUMI Linux	&1000000000000005000000050		Yes	Yes
BackTrack	&100000000000019100000001,910		No	Yes	Yes	Yes
CentOS	&10000000000000700000000700 to &100000000000034000000003,400 DVD		Yes	Yes	Officially not supported^[56]
ClearOS	&10000000000000700000000700		Yes		No
Damn Small Linux	&1000000000000005000000050	&1000000000000001600000016 to 24^[57]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Debian Live	&1000000000000005000000050 to &100000000000051200000005,120		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dreamlinux	&10000000000000700000000700		Yes	Yes
dyne:bolic	&10000000000000650000000650		Yes	Yes
Elive	&10000000000000700000000700		Yes	Yes
Feather Linux	&10000000000000128000000128	&1000000000000004800000048 to &1000000000000009600000096	Yes	Yes
Fedora Live CD	&10000000000000683000000683	&10000000000000256000000256 to &100000000000010240000001,024	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Finnix	&10000000000000100000000100 to &10000000000000130000000130	&1000000000000002800000028 to &1000000000000006400000064	Yes	Yes	No
Freespire	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000128000000128 to &10000000000000768000000768	Yes	No	Yes
Gentoo	&10000000000000100000000100	up to &10000000000000128000000128	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Grml Live Linux	&10000000000000110000000110 to &10000000000000700000000700	&1000000000000003200000032 to &10000000000000128000000128	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Inquisitor live CD	&10000000000000210000000210	&1000000000000009600000096	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kanotix	&10000000000000700000000700		Yes	Yes
Knoppix CD edition	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000128000000128 to &10000000000000320000000320	Yes	Yes	Only DVD edition is maintained
Knoppix DVD "Maxi" edition	&100000000000048128000004,812.8		No	Yes
Knoppix STD	&10000000000000497000000497		Yes	Yes	No longer updated
Gnoppix	&100000000000048128000004,812.8		No	Yes	No longer updated
gOS	&10000000000000700000000700		Yes		Yes	Yes
Linux Mint	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000256000000256 to &10000000000000768000000768	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lunar Linux	&10000000000000421000000421		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[58]
Mandriva Linux One	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000128000000128 to &10000000000000768000000768	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MEPIS	&10000000000000700000000700 to &100000000000040000000004,000	&10000000000000128000000128 to &10000000000000512000000512	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MCNLive	&10000000000000350000000350		Yes	Yes
Micro Core Linux	&10000000000000008000000≈8	&10000000000000048000000≈48	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Musix GNU/Linux	&10000000000000700000000700		Yes	Yes	Yes
Network Security Toolkit Live CD/DVD	&10000000000000483000000483 to &100000000000013000000001,300	&10000000000000256000000256 to &100000000000010240000001,024	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
NimbleX	&10000000000000200000000200	&1000000000000009600000096 to &10000000000000320000000320	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
nUbuntu	&10000000000000265000000265		Yes	Yes
openGEU	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000192000000192 to &10000000000000512000000512	Yes		Yes
openSUSE	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000128000000128 to &10000000000000768000000768	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OpenWrt	&10000000000000004000000min 4	&10000000000000016000000min 16	No	No	No	No
Oralux	&10000000000000500000000500		Yes	Yes	No longer updated
Pardus	&100000000000012560000001,256 to &100000000000012760000001,276	&10000000000000256000000256 to &100000000000010240000001,024	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PCLinuxOS	&10000000000000130000000130 to &10000000000000700000000700	&1000000000000009600000096 to &10000000000000512000000512	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pentoo	&10000000000000666000000666 and &10000000000000700000000700	&1000000000000004800000048 to &1000000000000009600000096	Yes	Yes	By hand^[59]	By hand
Puppy Linux (standard edition)	&10000000000000128000000128	&1000000000000003200000032 to &10000000000000192000000192	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Puredyne	&10000000000000542000000542		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Red Hat Linux
Sabayon Linux Live CD	&10000000000000695000000695		Yes	Yes	Yes
Sabayon Linux Live DVD	&100000000000040000000004,000		No	Yes	Yes
sidux	&10000000000000400000000400 to &100000000000019990000001,999	&10000000000000193000000193	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Slax	&10000000000000200000000200	&1000000000000009600000096 to &10000000000000320000000320	Yes	Yes		Yes
Super OS	&100000000000012000000001,200		No	Yes	Yes	Yes
SystemRescueCD	&10000000000000160000000160		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tiny Core Linux	&10000000000000010000000≈10	&10000000000000048000000≈48	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SliTaz GNU/Linux	&1000000000000003000000030	&1000000000000001600000016 to &10000000000000192000000192	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tiny SliTaz	&100000000000000014399991.44	&10000000000000008000000≈8	Yes	Yes	By SliTaz	By SliTaz
Tor-ramdisk	&100000000000000050000005	&10000000000000256000000256 or >^[60]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trinity Rescue Kit	&10000000000000104000000104		Yes	Yes
Ubuntu	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000384000000384	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Edubuntu	&10000000000000700000000700		Yes	Yes	Yes
Kubuntu	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000384000000384	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
XBMC Live	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000256000000256 to &100000000000010240000001,024	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Xubuntu	&10000000000000700000000700	&10000000000000256000000256	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Distribution	Size	RAM Use	Boots from CD-ROM	Boots from DVD	Installable Live CD	Installable Over USBs

Security features

Distribution	Compile Time Buffer Checks	Mandatory access control	Software executable space protection	grsecurity	RSBAC
Debian/Ubuntu	Yes	Yes (AppArmor)	Optional (PaX)	Optional	Optional
Fedora	Yes	Yes (SELinux^[61])	Yes (Exec Shield^[62])	No	No
Gentoo^[63]	Optional	Optional (SELinux)	Optional (PaX)	Optional	Optional
Mandriva	Unknown	Yes (AppArmor^[64])	Unknown	Unknown	Yes
SUSE Linux	Yes	Yes (AppArmor^[65])	Yes (Hardware NX and other methods in mainline kernel and toolchain ^[66])	No	No
Tor-ramdisk	Unknown	Unknown	Yes (PaX)	Yes	No

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^ Gentoo Packages Categories
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