Comparison of Linux Distributions

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Comparison of Linux distributions

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Technical variations of Linux distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Organizational differences may be motivated by historical reasons. Other criteria include security, including how quickly security upgrades are available; ease of package management; and number of packages available. These tables compare 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.
Contents
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, latest version, and such.
Distribution aLinux Alpine Linux ALT Linux antiX ArchBang Arch Linux BackTrack BLAG Linux and GNU Bharat Operating System Solutions Bodhi Linux Caixa Mgica CentOS Chakra Google Chrome OS ClearOS ConnochaetOS (formerly DeLi Linux) CrunchBang Linux CRUX Damn Small Linux Debian DidJiX EasyPeasy ELinOS Elive ESSPEE Fedora Finnix Foresight Linux Freespire Frugalware Gentoo Linux gNewSense Gnoppix gnuLinEx gOS Grml
Creator Jay Klepacs Alpine Linux Team ALT Linux Team Anticapitalista Judd Vinet Max Moser, Mati Aharoni, Martin J. Muench Brixton Linux Action Group Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Bodhi Linux Team Daniel Neves, Jos Guimares, Paulo Trezentos CentOS Project Jan Mette and Arch Linux KDEmod developers Google Peter Baldwin Henry Jensen Philip Newborough Per Liden John Andrews Ian Murdock lacsaP Jon Ramvi, EasyPeasy community SYSGO Thanatermesis ESSPEE Project Fedora Project Ryan Finnie Ken VanDine Lindows.com, Inc. Miklos Vajna Daniel Robbins Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley Klaus Knopper Regional Government of Extremadura Good OS LLC Michael Prokop
Producer Jay Klepacs Alpine Linux Team ALT Linux Team, ALT Linux LLC Anticapitalista Stan McLaren dev team Remote-Exploit Brixton Linux Action Group C-DAC Bodhi Linux Team Caixa Mgica Software CentOS Project The Chakra Project Team Google ClearFoundation Henry Jensen Philip Newborough CRUX Linux community dev team Debian Project lacsaP Jon Ramvi, EasyPeasy community SYSGO Thanatermesis Sourceforge.net Fedora Project Ryan Finnie dev team Linspire, Inc. dev team Gentoo Foundation, Inc. dev team dev team dev team Good OS LLC The Grml Team
First public release 2001 2006 2001 2007 2010 2002 2006 2002 2007 2011 2000 2003 2010 2009 2000 2002 2008 2001 2003 1993 2011 2008 1999 2005 2012 2003 2000 2004 2002 2004 2002 2006 2005 2002 2007 2005
Base distribution Red Hat Linux none Mandriva Linux Debian - MEPIS Arch Linux none Debian Fedora Debian Debian, Ubuntu Debian Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Independent (originally forked from Arch Linux) Debian[1] RHEL, CentOS none Debian none Debian, Knoppix none Arch Linux Debian, Ubuntu none Debian Ubuntu Red Hat Linux Debian rPath Debian Slackware none Debian, Ubuntu Debian, Knoppix Debian Debian, Ubuntu Debian
Purpose desktop network general, school old computers general general auditing, forensic, security, network desktop, free software general, server, education, netbooks, live desktop general server, workstation desktop netbooks server, gateway, network old computer, desktop, free software desktop general portable, lightweight general portable, dj netbooks embedded systems desktop Penetration Testing, Forensics, Security general maintenance general desktop general general desktop, free software live desktop desktop live, maintenance, security, network, forensic, accessibility web kiosks, digital signage, personal web navigation auditing, forensic, security, network desktop, live live desktop, live Purpose
Free of charge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Instant WebKiosk Kali Linux Kanotix Knoppix KnoppMyth Distribution
Marco Buratto Max Moser, Mati Aharoni, Martin J. Muench Jrg Schirottke (Kano) Klaus Knopper Cecil Watson Creator
Binary Emotions Remote-Exploit dev team dev team dev team Producer
2012 2013 2003 2003 2004 First public release
Debian Debian Debian, Knoppix Debian Debian, Knoppix Base distribution
? Yes Yes Yes Yes
Distribution Kuki Linux Linux Mint Lunar Linux Mageia Mandriva Linux MEPIS MintPPC MontaVista Linux Netrunner Network Security Toolkit Novell Open Enterprise Server openSUSE OpenWrt Oracle Linux
Creator Joo Ferro Clement Lefebvre Chuck Mead, Lunar Penguin Project Mageia Community Mandrakesoft S.A. Warren Woodford Jeroen Diederen MontaVista Software Blue Systems Ronald W. Henderson, Paul Blankenbaker Novell SUSE Linux, Novell ? Oracle Corporation Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TBTAK) Alan Baghumian Bill Reynolds Michael Zanetta, Rick Farina, Jens Pranaitis Fanthom Barry Kauler Joanna Rutkowska Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NewMargin Venture Capital Red Hat Red Hat UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp Pixart SRL lxnay Design CERN, Fermilab Bobby Martin sidux team Cyrille Pontvieux, George Vlahavas, Pierrick Le Brun, Thorsten Mhlfelder Patrick Volkerding Tomas Matejicek Christophe Lincoln Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell hacktolive SUSE Linux, Novell Robert Shingledecker Anthony G. Basile Rubn Rodrguez Prez (quidam) Creator
Producer kuki bakers dev team Foo-Projects.org mageia.org Mandriva S.A. MEPIS LLC Jeroen Diederen MontaVista Software dev team dev team Novell, Inc. dev team Novell, Inc., openSUSE Project OpenWrt team Oracle Corporation
First public release 2008 2006 2002 2010 1998 2003 2010 1999 2009 2003 2003 1994 2007 2006
Base distribution Debian, Ubuntu Debian, Ubuntu Sorcerer Mandriva Linux Red Hat Linux Debian Debian Debian Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu Fedora SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE Linux none Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) none Debian PCLinuxOS Gentoo Linux Slackware none Xen and Fedora Red Hat Linux
Purpose netbooks desktop general general general desktop, server desktop embedded systems desktop, kde network, security server general embedded systems server
Free of charge Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? No Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
Pardus Parsix PCLinuxOS Pentoo Porteus Puppy Linux Qubes OS Red Flag Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Red Hat Linux Rocks Cluster Distribution Rxart Sabayon Linux Scientific Linux SHR aptosid Salix OS Slackware Slax SliTaz GNU/Linux Source Mage GNU/Linux Super OS SUSE Linux Tiny Core Linux Tor-ramdisk Trisquel Distribution
TBTAK Parsix Project dev team Pentoo Porteus Puppy Foundation Invisible Things Lab Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. Red Hat Red Hat UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp Pixart SRL dev team dev team SHR community sidux team Salix team dev team Tomas Matejicek dev team dev team hacktolive Novell, Inc. dev team Team Tiny Core dev team Rubn Rodrguez Prez (quidam) Producer
2005 2005 2003 2005 2010 2003 2012 1999
general desktop desktop auditing, security lightweight, portable portable, lightweight secured desktop general
Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes
2002 1995 2000 2000 2005 2004 2008 2007 2009 1993 2002 2008 2002 2008 1994 2009 2008 2005 First public release
Red Hat Linux, Fedora none Red Hat Linux Debian Gentoo Linux Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) OpenEmbedded Debian Sid Slackware Softlanding Linux System Slackware none Sorcerer Debian, Ubuntu Slackware, Jurix Tiny Core Linux Gentoo Linux Embedded, uClibc[2] Ubuntu LTS Base distribution
server, workstation server, workstation server, workstation general general server, workstation embedded systems desktop general general live portable general general, offline use workstation, server portable Tor server desktop, free software Purpose
No Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes
Distribution Trustix Ubuntu Kubuntu Xubuntu Edubuntu Gobuntu Ubuntu Studio Ututo VectorLinux Webconverger XBMC Yellow Dog Linux Zentyal Zenwalk Distribution
Creator Comodo Group, Inc. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. Diego Saravia, Daniel Olivera Robert S. Lange Kai Hendry The XBMC Project Terra Soft Solutions eBox Technologies Jean-Philippe Guillemin Creator
Producer Comodo Group, Inc. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. Canonical Ltd. UTUTO dev team dev team Webconverger Limited Team-XBMC Fixstars Solutions eBox Technologies dev team Producer
First public release 2000 2004 2005 2006 2005 2007 2007 2000 1999 2007 2008 1999 2005 2004 First public release
Base distribution Red Hat Linux Debian Debian Debian Debian Debian Debian Gentoo Linux Slackware Debian Debian, Ubuntu RHEL, CentOS, Fedora Debian, Ubuntu Slackware Base distribution
Purpose server general desktop desktop computer lab desktop multimedia general, free software desktop Kiosk_software, digital signage multimedia general Small Business Server general Purpose
Free of charge ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Cost
The majority of Linux distributions are available without cost. The following distributions are in several editions, some that cost money and some that do not: ClearOS, Mandriva Linux, MEPIS, Red Flag Linux and Zentyal. The following distributions cost money: Novell Open Enterprise Server,[3] Red Hat Enterprise Linux,[4][5] Rxart,[6] SUSE Linux Enterprise,[7] The following distribution had at least one version that used to cost money: Caixa Mgica (now freely available), Elive (now freely available), Xandros (discontinued), Linspire[8] (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, 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)), init systems (mainly systemd), desktop environments and window managers are widely supported.
Distribution aLinux Alpine Linux ALT Linux aptosid Arch Linux BackTrack BLAG Linux and GNU Bodhi Linux Caixa Mgica CentOS Chakra ClearOS ConnochaetOS (formerly DeLi Linux) CrunchBang Linux CRUX Damn Small Linux Debian Dragora GNU/Linux EasyPeasy Elive Fedora Finnix Foresight Linux Frugalware Gentoo gnuLinEx gNewSense Instant WebKiosk Kali Linux Kanotix Knoppix Linux Mint[12] Lunar Linux Mageia Mandriva Linux MEPIS MintPPC Network Security Toolkit openSUSE OpenWrt Pardus Parsix PCLinuxOS Pentoo Porteus Puppy Linux Red Flag Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Rxart Desktop Distribution
Default file system none ext4 ext3 ext3 none[9] ext3 ext3 ext4 ? ext4 ext4 ext3 ext3/ext2 ext3 none ext3 ext4 ? ext3 SquashFS, ReiserFS ext4 SquashFS ext3 none none ext2 ext3 SquashFS ext3 ext3 XFS ext4 none ext4 ext4 ext3, ext4 ext3, ext4 ext4 ext4 mini_fo+SquashFS/JFFS2 ext4 ext4 none SquashFS Squashfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, FAT32, reiser, xfs SquashFS containing ext2 ext3 ext4 [14] ext3 Default file system
[13]
Default init system sysvinit openrc systemd sysvinit systemd sysvinit sysvinit sysvinit ? sysvinit systemd ? initscripts sysvinit rc sysvinit sysvinit runit ? initscripts systemd runit systemd systemd openrc ? ? ? sysvinit ? microknoppix upstart systemd systemd systemd sysvinit upstart systemd systemd busybox-init ? systemd sysvinit openrc sysvinit busybox-init ? ? ? Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection
Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection KDE Plasma Workspaces none KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce KDE Plasma Workspaces none GNOME/KDE (Decided on download) GNOME Enlightenment ? GNOME KDE Plasma Workspaces GNOME IceWM Openbox or Xfce Openbox JWM GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE[10] Xfce GNOME, Ubuntu Netbook Edition Enlightenment GNOME none GNOME KDE Plasma Workspaces Awesome, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE, LXDE-Meta, Openbox, XBMC and Xfce (live DVD)[11] GNOME GNOME Has no DE. It's a browser-only interface GNOME KDE Plasma Workspaces LXDE MATE, Cinnamon none KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME KDE Plasma Workspaces KDE Plasma Workspaces LXDE GNOME, Fluxbox KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, Xfce none KDE Plasma Workspaces GNOME KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce, Enlightenment, Openbox Enlightenment KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Openbox, Razor-qt JWM K Desktop Environment 3 GNOME KDE Plasma Workspaces
Distribution Sabayon Linux Scientific Linux SHR Slackware Slax SliTaz GNU/Linux Source Mage GNU/Linux Super OS SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Tor-ramdisk Trisquel Ubuntu/Edubuntu Kubuntu Xubuntu Ututo VectorLinux Webconverger XBMC Live Yellow Dog Linux Zentyal Zenwalk Distribution
Default file system ext4[15] ext3 ext3, JFFS2, UBIFS ext4 SquashFS ext3 ext2 ext4 ext3 ext2 ext4, XFS ext4 [16] ext4[16] ext4
[16]
Default init system systemd sysvinit systemd sysvinit sysvinit systemd simpleinit-msb upstart systemd ? upstart upstart upstart upstart ? sysvinit sysvinit upstart sysvinit ? sysvinit Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection
Install-time desktop environment or window manager selection KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME GNOME Enlightenment's Illume 2 KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce, Fluxbox, Blackbox, twm KDE Plasma Workspaces Openbox none Unity with fallback to GNOME 2.x GNOME none GNOME, LXDE Unity on GNOME, Unity 2D for fallback KDE Plasma Workspaces Xfce GNOME KDE, Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfce dwm enforcing a Browser-only interface XBMC Media Center Enlightenment LXDE Xfce
ext3 ReiserFS gitfs ext3 ? ext4 ext4 Default file system
Architecture support
Most Linux distributions support the x86 architecture and its evolution the x86-64 architecture. This table lists only distributions supporting other architectures.
Distribution Arch Linux BackTrack Bodhi Linux CentOS Chakra CRUX Debian
[29]
x86 Yes (>=i686) Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
x86-64 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

4.0+
ia64 No No No
Discontinued 3.5-3.8 [24] 4.1-4.7
ppc[17] Yes [22] No No

Beta 4.0
ppc64 No No No No No No Yes
sparc32 No No No
Beta [24][25]
sparc64 No No No No No No Yes
Still active but slow in development, Last available
arm Yes [23] Yes Yes No No No Yes

2.2+
hppa[18] No No No No No No
Discontinued 3.0-5.0
mips[19] No No No No No No Yes
3.0+
sh No No No No No No
In progress
s390 No No No
Discontinued 4.1-4.7 3.5-3.8 [24][26]
s390x No No No
Discontinued 4.1-4.7 3.5-3.8 [24][26]
alpha[20] No No No
Discontinued [24 4.2-4.3 [27][28
4.2
No No Yes
3.0+
No Yes Yes
2.2+
No No Yes
2.1+ [30]
No No Yes
3.0+
No No Yes
7.0+
No No
Discontinued
Fedora[31]
Yes
Yes
from Fedora 9 [32]
Inactive from
Yes
Yes
No
is Fedora 12 , Working on Fedora 18 [33]
Yes [34]
No
Fedora 13 [35]
No
No
Yes
No
Finnix Frugalware Gentoo Kali Linux MEPIS MintPPC OES2-Linux openSUSE[39] OpenWrt
[42] [43]
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
No No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No
No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Discontinued 4.0-4.2 5.1-6.2
No No Yes No No No No
partial [40]
No No Yes [36] Yes Yes No No

partial [41]
No No Yes No No No No No No No No No
No No Yes [37][38] No No No No No Yes No No

Test release [45] 5.1
No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No
No No Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No

Discontinued 7.2
Discontinued 7.1
No No No
Test release [45] 5.1
Yes No No No
Oracle Linux
Red Flag Linux Red Hat Linux[44] Red Hat Enterprise Linux[46] Rxart Desktop Porteus Scientific Linux SHR Slackware Source Mage GNU/Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server[51] Tor-ramdisk Ubuntu/Kubuntu /Xubuntu /Lubuntu XBMC Yellow Dog Linux Distribution
Discontinued Test release [45] 7.1-7.2 5.1
Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Yes
3+
Discontinued [47] 2.1-5
Yes
3+
Yes
3+
No No No No No
Discontinued [49] ?
No No No No No No No
No No No No Yes Yes No
Discontinued [48] 3-4
Yes
3+
No No No No No
Discontinued [50] 8.1
No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes No No No
No No No No No Yes
No No No No No No
No No No No Yes No
No No No No Yes No
No
No
Yes Yes Yes Yes No x86
Yes Yes[52] Yes No No x86-64
Yes No Yes No No ia64
Yes No Yes No Yes ppc
Yes No No No Yes ppc64
No No No No No sparc32
No No Yes No No sparc64
No No Yes Yes No arm
No No No No No hppa
No Yes [53] No No No mips
No No No No No sh
No No No No No s390
Yes No No No No s390x
No No No No No alpha
Package management and installation

Information 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).
Distribution aLinux ALT Linux Arch Linux BLAG Bodhi Linux Caixa Mgica CentOS Chakra ClearOS ConnochaetOS (formerly DeLi Linux) CrunchBang Linux CRUX Damn Small Linux Debian Elive Fedora Finnix Foresight Linux Frugalware Gentoo gnuLinEx Kanotix Knoppix Linux Mint Lunar Mageia Mandriva Linux MEPIS MintPPC Mythbuntu Network Security Toolkit openSUSE OpenWrt Pardus Parsix PCLinuxOS Puppy Red Flag Red Hat Enterprise Linux Rxart Sabayon Linux Scientific Distribution
Approximate number of pre-compiled packages 1,200 8,300[54] 10,311[55] 10,000[58] 35,000 16,000 1,660 3,074[59]
Approximate number of source packages
Default package management tools RPM APT (APT-RPM), RPM
Package format RPM RPM .pkg.tar.xz RPM .deb RPM RPM .pkg.tar.xz RPM
Default installer
Graphical installation process No Yes
48,628 (5,365 from ABS[56] plus 43,263 from AUR[57])
Pacman RPM, yum, APT APT, dpkg urpmi, APT (APT-RPM) RPM, yum/up2date Pacman (will be replaced by Akabei in future), Bundle Manager RPM, yum
None (install scripts only)
No Yes
Ubiquity
Yes Yes Yes Bundle manager, yes. Package manager in development No No
CCR: 3,374[60]
150 23,000 1,155 610 48,615[61] 20,000 22,000 350 7,000 6,132[63] 15,691 200 1,200 3,600 40,832 3,120 17,283 (i586), 11,409 (x86-64)[66] 22,600 20,000 23,200 35,000[69] 8,280 40,400 2,000 4,000 29,000 12,000 700 14,900 8,280 25,000[70] 12,123 8,834
[67]
APT pkgutils myDSL, APT 14,975 APT APT yum, PackageKit APT Conary, PackageKit 73 31,136[64] Pacman Portage APT APT APT APT lin urpmi, rpmdrake urpmi, rpmdrake[68] APT APT APT yum YaST, Zypper opkg PiSi APT APT, RPM PupGet, DotPup Red Flag Installer System, RPM
[62]
.deb tgz .dsl, .tar.gz, .uci, .unc, .deb .deb .deb RPM .deb Anaconda DebianInstaller
Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
.fpm ebuild .deb .deb .deb .deb source RPM RPM .deb .deb .deb RPM RPM .ipk .pisi .deb RPM .pup, .pet RPM RPM .deb ebuild RPM Package format Default installer DrakX DrakX MEPIS Install DebianInstaller Ubiquity Anaconda YaST YALI Ubiquity
Yes Yes [65] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Graphical installation process
3,000 5,000 12,000 Approximate number of packages Approximate number of source packages
RPM, yum APT Portage, Entropy APT/yum Default package management tools
Distribution SHR sidux Slackware Slax SliTaz GNU/Linux Source Mage GNU/Linux Super OS SUSE Linux Tiny Core Linux Tiny SliTaz Tor-ramdisk Trisquel Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu Ututo Vector Linux XBMC Live Zentyal Zenwalk Distribution
Approximate number of pre-compiled packages 3,000 23,000 2,292 2,050 2,300 5,514
Approximate number of source packages 3,000
Default package management tools opkg APT installpkg, upgradepkg none Tazpkg Sorcery Package Manager APT
Package format opk .deb tgz, .txz, .tlz, .tbz .lzm .tazpkg src .deb RPM tcz none none .deb .deb ebuild tgz .deb .deb tgz, txz Package format
Default installer opkg
Graphical installation process Yes [71] Yes No
Yes Yes Ubiquity YaST tc-install, core2usb Yes Yes Yes No No Ubiquity Ubiquity Yes Yes
22,600 25,160 50 44,451[73] 47,595[69] 5,000
10,300
[70]
YaST, Zypper ab, tce-load Web site[72] none APT APT UTUTO Package Manager slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg APT APT netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg
Yes No dpkg Yes Yes Default installer Graphical installation process
2,000 Approximate number of packages Approximate number of source packages
Default package management tools
Live media
Distribution ALT Linux Desktop or Lite Arch Linux AUSTRUMI Linux BackTrack Bodhi Linux CentOS Chakra ClearOS CrunchBang Linux Damn Small Linux Debian Live DidJiX Elive Feather Linux Fedora live CD Finnix Freespire Gentoo Grml Inquisitor live CD Kali Linux Kanotix Knoppix CD edition Knoppix DVD "Maxi" edition Knoppix STD Gnoppix gOS Linux Mint Lunar Linux Mandriva Linux One MEPIS MCNLive Micro Core Linux Network Security Toolkit live CD/DVD nUbuntu openGEU openSUSE OpenWrt Oralux Pardus PCLinuxOS Pentoo Puppy Linux (standard edition) Puredyne Sabayon Linux live CD Sabayon Linux live DVD Scientific Linux sidux Slax Distribution
Size (MB) 700 181 to 673 50 1,910 500 700 to 3,400 DVD 1,600 700 873 50 50 to 5,120 300 700 128 683 100 to 130 700 100 110 to 700 210 2,400 700 700 4,812.8 497 4,812.8 700 700 421 700 700 to 4,000 350 8 483 to 1,300 265 700 700 min 4 500 1,256 to 1,276 130 to 700 666 and 700 128 542 695 2,400 431 to 2,300[79] 400 to 1,999 200 Size (MB)
[74]
RAM use (MB)
Boots from CD Yes Yes Yes Yes
Boots from DVD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Installable live CD/DVD No Yes Yes Yes Officially not supported[75] Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Installable from USB Yes Yes Yes
80
Yes Yes No Yes
No Yes Yes Yes
256 to 1024 16 to 24
[76]
No Yes Yes Yes Yes
48 to 96 256 to 1,024 28 to 64 128 to 768 up to 128 32 to 128 96
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Only DVD edition is maintained
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
128 to 320
Yes No Yes No Yes
No longer updated No longer updated Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[77] Yes Yes Yes Yes
256 to 768
Yes Yes
128 to 768 128 to 512 48 256 to 1,024
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
192 to 512 128 to 768 min 16 256 to 1,024 96 to 512 48 to 96 32 to 192
Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Boots from DVD
Yes Yes No No longer updated Yes Yes By hand Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Installable live CD/DVD
[78]
Yes No Yes Yes By hand Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Installable from USB
640 193 96 to 320 RAM use (MB)
Yes Yes Yes Boots from CD
Distribution Super OS SystemRescueCD Tiny Core Linux SliTaz GNU/Linux Tiny SliTaz Tor-ramdisk Trinity Rescue Kit Trisquel Ubuntu Edubuntu Kubuntu XBMC Live Zentyal Xubuntu Distribution
Size (MB) 1,200 160 10 30 1.44 5 104 700 700 700 900 700 600 700 Size (MB)
RAM use (MB)
Boots from CD No Yes
Boots from DVD Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Boots from DVD
Installable live CD/DVD Yes Yes Yes Yes By SliTaz Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Installable live CD/DVD
Installable from USB Yes Yes Yes Yes By SliTaz Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Installable from USB
48 16 to 192 8 256 or >[80] 384 384 384 256 to 1,024 256 256 RAM use (MB)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Boots from CD
Security features
Distribution Alpine Linux Debian/Ubuntu Fedora Gentoo
[84]
Compile time buffer checks Unknown Yes Yes Optional Unknown Yes Unknown
Mandatory access control Unknown SELinux,

[81]
Software executable space protection PaX PaX Exec Shield PaX Unknown Hardware NX and other methods in mainline kernel and toolchain[87] PaX
[83]
grsecurity Yes Optional No Optional Unknown No Yes
RSBAC Unknown Optional No Optional Yes No No
AppArmor
[82]
SELinux
SELinux AppArmor[85] AppArmor[86] Unknown
Mandriva SUSE Linux Tor-ramdisk
See also
List of Linux distributions DistroWatch List of Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation Comparison of operating systems
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