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Comparison of Linux distributions

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Operating system entry sourced from Wikipedia: Comparison of Linux distributions.

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AlmaLinux	AlmaLinux OS Foundation
Alpine Linux	Yes
ALT Linux	Free, and nonfree
Android (operating system)	Yes
antiX	Anticapitalista
ArchBang	Willensky Aristide
BackTrack	Discontinued from BackTrack 5 and superseded by Kali Linux
BLAG	Unknown
BOSS Linux	Yes
Canaima	Free, and nonfree
CentOS	603 (Minimal) 4, 096 (DVD)
CentOS Stream	CentOS Project
Chimera Linux	649 to 1, 223
ChromeOS	Sundar Pichai
Clear Linux OS	Unknown
ClearOS	Free, and nonfree
CoreOS	Binary blobs
CrunchBang Linux	Free, and nonfree
CRUX	Yes
Damn Small Linux	50+
Debian	Yes
Debian[167]	Discontinued1.1-12.12
Deepin	Wuhan Deepin Technology Co., Ltd.
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre	Unknown
dyne:bolic	Unknown
Edubuntu	2,900[281]
Elementary OS	Danielle Foré
Emdebian Grip	Embedded Debian Project
EndeavourOS	Bryan Poerwoatmodjo
Fedora	Yes
Fedora Linux	Fedora Project
Fedora[175]	Discontinued fromFedora 30
Finnix	Discontinued110
Freespire	Lindows.com, Inc.
Funtoo	Binary blobs
Gentoo	Optional
Gentoo Linux	Daniel Robbins
Gentoo[182]	Yes
gNewSense	Unknown
Guix System	Unknown
Guix System[189]	Yes
IPFire	Yes
Kali Linux	Discontinued2024.4
Knoppix	Free, and nonfree
Korora	Chris Smart
Kubuntu	1,400[282]
LibreCMC	Unknown
LibreCMC[126]	Binary blobs
Linspire	Linspire, Inc.
Linux Lite	Jerry Bezencon
Linux Mint	Free, and nonfree
Linux Mint[127]	Binary blobs
Lubuntu	Binary blobs
Mageia	Free, and nonfree
Mandriva	Unknown
Mandriva Linux	Free, and nonfree
Manjaro Linux	473 to 2, 200
MEPIS	700 to 4, 000
Miracle Linux	Unknown
Musix GNU+Linux	Unknown
Musix GNU+Linux[130]	Linux-libre
MX Linux	1, 600 to 2, 700
Netrunner	Blue Systems
NixOS	780 (Minimal) 1, 700 (Plasma) 2, 200 (GNOME)
Novell Open Enterprise Server	Novell
OpenELEC	Free, and nonfree
OpenMandriva Lx	OpenMandriva Association
openSUSE	Free, and nonfree
openSUSE Leap	No
openSUSE Tumbleweed	Yes
OpenWrt	min 4
OpenWrt[198]	Yes
Oracle Linux	Oracle Corporation
Oracle Linux[199]	Discontinued7.0
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre	Unknown
Pardus	1, 256 to 1, 276
Parrot OS	Lorenzo "Palinuro" Faletra
Parsix	Free, and nonfree
Parted Magic	Patrick Verner
PCLinuxOS	130 to 700
Pentoo	666 and 700
Pop! OS	Carl Ritchell
Porteus	224 to 373
Puppy	Free, and nonfree
Puppy Linux	Binary blobs
PureOS	Linux-libre(debian). Binary blobs are not hosted and discouraged while can be manually installed.
Qubes OS	Joanna Rutkowska
Red Flag Linux	Discontinued8.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	Free, and nonfree
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)	Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux[210]	Discontinued2.1-6
Red Hat Linux	Red Hat
Red Hat Linux[208]	Discontinued9.0
Rocks Cluster Distribution	UCSD Supercomputing Center, Clustercorp
Rocky Linux	Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
ROSA	?
Rxart	Free, and nonfree
Rxart Desktop	Binary blobs
Sabayon Linux	Free, and nonfree
Salix OS	Cyrille Pontvieux, George Vlahavas, Pierrick Le Brun, Thorsten Mühlfelder
Scientific	Free, and nonfree
Scientific Linux	431 to 2, 300
SHR	No
Slackware	Unknown
Solus	Yes
SolydXK	Arjen Balfoort
Source Mage GNU/Linux	Free, and nonfree
SparkyLinux	?
SteamOS	Binary blobs
SUSE Linux	Yes
SUSE Linux Enterprise	SUSE
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop	Binary blobs
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server[218]	Yes
Tails	≈900
Tiny Core Linux	17 (Core) 248 (Core Plus)
Trisquel	Unknown
Trisquel GNU/Linux	Discontinued10.0
TurnKey GNU/Linux	Free, and nonfree
Ubuntu	Yes
Ubuntu and derivatives[101]	Canonical Ltd.
Ubuntu GNOME	Binary blobs
Ubuntu MATE	Binary blobs
Ubuntu–Edubuntu	Binary blobs
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu	Free, and nonfree
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu	Discontinued fromUbuntu 20.04
Univention Corporate Server	Univention GmbH
Ututo	Unknown
Vector Linux	Free, and nonfree
VectorLinux	Binary blobs
Void Linux	Free, nonfree and multilib
Webconverger	Binary blobs
Xandros	Xandros Incorporated
XBMCbuntu	Yes
Xubuntu	1,200[283]
Yellow Dog Linux	No
Zenwalk	Free, and nonfree
Zorin OS	Zorin Group