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Ways to explore different Linux distributions are discussed in Linux distribution.

The many available Linux distributions differ for a range of reasons including technical, organizational, and philosophical.

Technical variations include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Organizational differences may be motivated by technical decisions but also by philosophical or even historical reasons. Some distributions specialise in use on desktops, servers or routers. Other criteria include security, including how quickly security upgrades are available; ease of package management; and number of binary packages available.

These tables compare the latest stable release of major distributions on a range of objective criteria. It does not cover the subjective merits of each operating system, branches marked as unstable/beta, nor compare Linux distributions with other operating systems.

General

Basic general information about the distributions: creator/producer, release date/latest version, cost/license etc.

Creator Producer First Public Release (yyyy-MM-dd) Base Distribution Latest Stable Version (Release Date) Cost (USD) Preferred license Target audience
aLinux Jay Klepacs ? (pre-1999-08-19 (1.1)) Red Hat Linux 12.6 (2005-11-20) Free GPL Desktop(anyone)
ALT Linux ALT Linux Team 2001-03-21 Mandrake Linux 3.0 (2005-12-08) Free GPL Desktop(enthusiast), Workstation, Server
Annvix Vincent Danen 2003-Nov Mandrake Linux 1.2-RELEASE (2006-02-23) Free GPL Server
Arch Linux Judd Vinet dev team 2002-March CRUX (philosophy, inspiration) 0.7.2 (2006-05-23) Free GPL Desktop(enthusiast)
Ark Linux Bernhard Rosenkraenzer dev team 2003-01-25 None 2006.1 (2006-08-02) Free GPL Desktop(anyone)
Arudius Haidut dev team 2005-11-04 None 0.5 (2006-02-06) Free GPL Information assurance, information security users
Asianux Red Flag Linux, Miracle Linux, Haansoft Linux dev team 2004-June RHEL 2.0 (2005-08-31) Free GPL Server, Workstation
Aurox Software-Wydawnictwo Sp. z oo Aurox Sp. z oo 2002-September Red Hat Linux 11.1 (2006) Free GPL Europeans,Workstation, Server, Enthusiast
BLAG Brixton Linux Action Group 2002-10-22 Red Hat Linux 50001 (2006-08-23) Free GPL Desktop, Workstation
Caixa Mágica Daniel Neves
José Guimarães
Paulo Trezentos 		Caixa Mágica 2000-Oct None 10
(2006-02-01) 		Free (download editions) Desktop, Server (not free)
CentOS CentOS Project CentOS Project 2003-Dec RHEL 4.4 (2006-08-30) Free GPL Workstation, Server
CRUX Per Liden CRUX Linux community 2001-Jan-20 None 2.2 (2006-04-09) Free GPL Desktop(Enthusiast)
Damn Small Linux John Andrews dev team 2003 Knoppix 3.0.1 (2006-06-22) Free GPL Desktop(old computers)
DARKSTAR Linux DARKSTAR Linux Project DARKSTAR Linux Project 2004-February Slackware 1.0-DOT3 (2005-06-14) Free GPL Desktop(anyone)
Debian Ian Murdock Debian Project 1993-August none 3.1 (sarge) (2005-06-06) Free any DFSG-free Desktop(intermedite to enthusiast), Workstation, Server
DeLi Linux Henry Jensen 2002-November None 0.7-TP3 (2006-04-04) Free GPL Desktop(old computers)
DeMuDi dev team AGNULA 2002-April Debian 1.2.1 (2005-11-03) Free GPL audio & video production
dyne:bolic Jaromil 2001-June none 2.1 (2006-07-13) Free GPL audio & video production
Fedora Core Fedora Project 2003-November Red Hat Linux 5 (Bordeaux) (2006-03-20) Free GPL Desktop(Enthusiast), Workstation, Server
Finnix Ryan Finnie 2000-March Debian 88.0 (2006-08-04) Free GPL Server Administration
Fox Linux Dev team, supported by ILDN network 0.5 (2004-09-30) Fedora 0.8 (2005-05-24) Free GPL Desktop(beginner)
Frugalware Miklos Vajna dev team 2004-September Slackware 0.4 (Wanda) (2006-03-30) Free GPL people familiar with command-line operations
Gentoo Linux Daniel Robbins Gentoo Foundation, Inc. 2002-March Enoch GNU/Linux 2006.1 (2006-08-30) Free GPL Desktop(enthusiast), Workstation, Server
Gnoppix Klaus Knopper dev team ? (pre-2003-07-17 (0.4)) Debian, Knoppix & Ubuntu 2.12.b1 (2005-09-07) Free GPL Desktop(beginner)
GoboLinux Hisham Muhammad, Andre Detsch dev team 2002-June none 012 (2005-06-06) Free GPL People intrested in filesystem design(I guess)
ImpiLinux Gauteng Linux Users Group ImpiLinux (Pty) Ltd. 2003-November Debian, Gnoppix, Knoppix & Ubuntu 2005 UP2 (2005-06) Free GPL Desktop(African users)
Kanotix Kano dev team 2003-12-24 Debian, Knoppix 2005-4 (2005-12-31) Free GPL Desktop(intermedite to enthusiast)
Knoppix Klaus Knopper dev team ? (pre-2003-01-19 (3.1)) Debian 4.0.2 (2005-09-23) Free GPL Desktop(anyone)
Kurumin Linux Carlos Morimoto GuiadoHardware 2003-January Knoppix 5.1 (2005) Free GPL Desktop(Brazilians)
Linspire Lindows.com, Inc. Linspire, Inc 2002-March Debian 5-1.427 (2006-04-21) $49.95 GPL/Commercial Desktop(anyone)
Lunar Linux Chuck Mead, Lunar Penguin Project dev team 2002-March Sorcerer 1.6.0 (2006-04-06) Free OSI Approved Workstation, Server, Desktop(enthusiast)
Lycoris Desktop/LX Redmond Linux Corp. Lycoris, Inc., Mandriva S.A. 2001-December Caldera OpenLinux 1.4 $40-$75 Lycoris License Desktop(anyone)
Mandriva Linux Mandrakesoft S.A. Mandriva S.A. 1998-July-23 (5.1 (venice)) Red Hat Linux 2006 (2005-10-06) Free (Download edition) GPL Desktop(anyone)
MeNTOPPIX Galuh Prasetyawan Galuh Prasetyawan 2006-March-30 (1.1 (malang)) Debian, Knoppix 1.3 (2006-03-30) Free GPL Desktop(anyone)
MEPIS Warren Woodford MEPIS LLC. 2003-September-05 Debian SimplyMEPIS 6.0 (2006-07-21) Free (Download edition) GPL Desktop(anyone)
Musix Marcos Guglielmetti ? ? Knoppix 0.49 Free GPL audio production
NimbleX Bogdan Radulescu 2005-December Slackware 2005 (2005-12-26) Free GPL Desktop(old computers,beginners)
Parsix Alan Baghumian Talar-e-Web ????? Kanotix 0.80.1.1 / June 19, 2006 Free GPL Desktop(Persians)
PCLinuxOS Texstar dev team 2003-October Mandriva Preview .93a Free GPL Desktop(anyone)
PLD Linux Distribution PLD Linux Distribution 2002-November-19 none 2.0 RC1 (2006-03-03) Free GPL Desktop(Enthusiast),Administrators
Pie Box Enterprise Linux PixExcel PixExcel 2004-April-19 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.4 (2006-08-15) £9.99-£19.99 GPL Desktop, Workstation, Server
Puppy Linux Barry Kauler Puppy Foundation 2002-July-12 (0.4) none 2.0.2 Free GPL/LGPL Desktop(old computers,beginners)
Red Flag Linux Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NewMargin Venture Capital Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. 1999-September-20 Red Hat Linux 5.0 (2005-11-11) Free, desktop version GPL Chinese,Workstation, Server, Enthusiast
Red Hat Linux Red Hat replaced with Fedora Core 1995-May-13 (1.0) ? 9 (Shrike) (2003-03-31) $40, Obsolete GPL Workstation, Server, Enthusiast
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat & Fedora Project 2000-March-27 (RHL 6.2E (Zoot)) Red Hat Linux RHEL 4 (Nahant) (2005-02-15) $180-2,500 GPL Server(Businesses)
Rxart Pixart SRL Pixart SRL 2000-March Debian 3-0 (2006-04-16) $14.95 GPL/Commercial Desktop(anyone), Workstation, Server
Sauver Maulik Gordhandas dev team 2006-January Slackware 1.1.4 (2006-07-13) Free GPL Desktop(anyone), Recovery
Scientific Linux CERN, Fermilab, dev team 2004-October Fermi (LTS) & RHL/RHEL 4.2 (Beryllium) (2005-11-22) Free GPL Workstation, Server
Slackware Patrick Volkerding dev team 1993-July SLS 10.2 (2005-09-14) Free GPL Desktop(old computers)
Source Mage GNU/Linux Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell dev team 2002-June Sorcerer 0.9.6 (2006-03-13) Free GPL Desktop(enthusiast), Workstation, Server
SUSE Linux Novell, Inc and OpenSource community 1994-March Jurix 10.1 (2006-05-11) Free GPL Desktop(anyone), Server
Symphony OS Ryan Quinn Ryan Quinn & Jason Spisak ? Debian 2006-05 Beta (2005-05-18) Free GPL Version 2 Desktop(anyone)
Trustix Secure Linux Comodo Group Inc. ? ? 3.0 (2006-06-13) ? ? Server
Ubuntu Kubuntu Edubuntu Xubuntu Canonical Ltd. 2004-October Debian 6.06.1, aka "Dapper Drake" security release(2006-08-10) Free GPL Desktop(anyone)
Ultima Linux Martin Ultima 2005-March-18 Slackware 4 SP3 (2005-11-06) Free GPL Desktop(people interested in undersanding linux)
UTUTO Diego Saravia & Daniel Olivera UTUTO dev-team 2000 Gentoo XS 2006.1 (2006) Free GPL-2 or later Desktop(enthusiast), Workstation, Server
Vector Linux Robert S. Lange dev team 1999 Slackware 5.1 Standard (2005-07-27) Free (download editions) GPL Desktop(anyone)
Xandros Desktop OS Xandros Corp. Xandros Inc. 2002-October-22 Corel 4.0 (2006-06-21) $39.99 (Home Edition), $79.99 (Home Edition Premium),
or free (3.0.2 Open Circulation Edition). 		Commercial/GPL Desktop(anyone), Workstation, Server
Zenwalk Jean-Philippe Guillemin dev team 2006-August-23 (as Minislack) Slackware 2.6 (2006-05-23) Free GPL Desktop(anyone)
Creator Producer First Public Release (yyyy-MM-dd) Based Distribution Latest Stable Version (Release Date) Cost (USD) Preferred license Target Audience

Technical

Information on technical aspects of the distributions.

Linux kernel GCC Default file system Other major file systems supported Architectural support Default online update tool Default package management/
software installation tool
aLinux 2.6.12 4.1.1 user determined ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, Reiser4 x86, x86-64 none RPM
ALT Linux 2.6.12 3.4.3 user determined ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, Reiser4, JFS, XFS x86 APT RPM
Annvix 2.4.32 3.4.3 user determined ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS x86, x86-64 urpmi RPM
Arch Linux 2.6.16 4.1.1 ext3 ext2, JFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4, XFS x86, x86-64 Pacman Pacman
Ark Linux 2.6.18-rc2 4.1.1 ext3 JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86 APT and Kynaptic RPM and APT
Arudius 2.6.13 ? ext3 ext2, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86 Slackware Pkgtools TGZ
Asianux 2.6.9 3.4.3 ext3 ReiserFS, XFS x86, x86-64, IA-64, PowerPC mlupdater (with 90-day-free trial) RPM
Aurox 2.6.9 ? ext3 ext2, ReiserFS x86 yum RPM, yum
BLAG 2.6.17 4.1.1 ext3 ext2, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86 yum, APT RPM, yum, APT
CentOS 2.6.9 3.4.6 ext3 ext2, GFS, ReiserFS*, JFS*, XFS*

(*) Denotes CentOSPlus Repository

x86, x86-64, IA-64, S/390, Alpha yum, up2date RPM,yum
Damn Small Linux 2.4.31 TCC ext3 ext2 x86 myDSL dpkg and APT
DARKSTAR Linux 2.4.26 ? ReiserFS, ext3/ext2 JFS, XFS x86 ? ?
Debian 2.6.8 3.3.6 ext3 ext2, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86, 68k, Alpha, ARM, IA-64, MIPS, PA-RISC, PPC, SPARC, S/390 APT dpkg, Synaptic, and APT
DeLi Linux 2.4.32 2.95 ext3/ext2 ? x86 none installpkg, upgradepkg, ports tree
DeMuDi 2.6.12 3.3.5 ext3 JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86 Synaptic, APT Synaptic, dpkg, APT
dyne:bolic 2.6.16 3.4.3 SquashFS, ext3 ReiserFS x86 none none
Fedora Core 2.6.16 4.1.1 ext3 ext2, GFS, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86, x86-64, PPC up2date, yum, APT (limited) RPM, yum
Finnix 2.6.17 4.1.1 SquashFS ext2, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86, PPC APT dpkg, Synaptic, and APT
Frugalware 2.6.16 4.0.3 user determined ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS x86, x86-64 Pacman Pacman
Gentoo Linux 2.6.17.7 4.1.1 user determined ext2, ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86, x86-64, 68k, Alpha, ARM, IA-64, MIPS, PA-RISC, PPC, PPC64, SPARC, SPARC64, SuperH, S/390 emerge Portage
GoboLinux 2.6.11.9 3.4.3 ReiserFS ext2, ext3, JFS, XFS x86 Manager Compile
ImpiLinux 2.6.11.7 ? ? ? ? ? ?
Kanotix 2.6.14.5 4.1.1 user determined ext3, ReiserFS, JFS x86, x86-64 APT dpkg and APT
Knoppix 2.6.17 3.4.3 XFS ext2, ReiserFS, XFS x86 APT dpkg and APT
Kurumin Linux 2.6.14 3.4.3 ReiserFS ext2, ext3 x86 APT dpkg, APT, Synaptic, KPackage
Linspire 2.6.14 ? ReiserFS ext2, ext3, JFS, Reiser4, XFS x86 CNR "click and run" (apt-get) CNR "click and run" (apt-get)
Lunar Linux 2.6.17.8 3.4.6
4.1.1
[1] 		user determined ext2, ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86 lin lin
Lycoris Desktop/LX 2.4.27 ? ext3 ? x86 Update Wizard RPM/Software Installer
Mandriva Linux 2.6.11.6 4.0.1 ext3 ext2, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86, x86-64, PPC urpmi RpmDrake
MEPIS 2.6.10 4.0.3 ReiserFS/ext3 ext2, JFS, XFS x86 APT dpkg and APT
Musix ? ? ? ? x86 ? ?
NimbleX 2.6.11 ? SquashFS FAT32, ext2, ext3, XFS, ReiserFS, Reiser4 x86 none tgz
Parsix 2.6.11 4.1.1 user determined ext2, JFS, ReiserFS x86 APT dpkg and APT
PCLinuxOS 2.6.16 3.3.1 user determined ext2, ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86 APT/Synaptic RPM
Pie Box Enterprise Linux 2.6.9 3.4.6 ext3 ext2, GFS x86 up2date, yum RPM
PLD Linux Distribution 2.6.11.10 3.3.6 ext3/ext2/XFS JFS, ReiserFS x86,x86-64, Alpha, PPC, SPARC, SPARC64 Poldek Poldek, RPM
Puppy Linux 2.6.16.7 3.3.4 ext2 ? x86 ? PupGet, DotPup
Red Flag Linux 2.6.9 ? ext3 XFS, JFS, ReiserFS x86, x86-64, IA-64, PowerPC Red Flag Installer System RPM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.6.9 3.4.5 ext3 ext2, GFS x86, x86-64, IA-64, PowerPC, S/390 up2date RPM
Rxart Desktop 2.6.11 ? ext3 ext2 x86, IA-64 APT, Red de Rxart, Club de Rxart APT
Sauver 2.6.16 ? Squashfs ext2, ext3, FAT32, ReiserFS, NTFS x86 none tgz
Scientific Linux 2.6.9 ? ext3 ext2, XFS x86, IA-64 APT/YUM RPM
Slackware 2.4.31 (2.6.13 available in /testing) 3.3.6 ReiserFS, ext3/ext2 JFS, XFS x86, S/390 Swaret, Slapt-get, many other not official installpkg and upgradepkg
Source Mage GNU/Linux 2.6.13.1 ? ext2 ext2, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86, x86-64, PPC Sorcery Package Manager Sorcery Package Manager
SUSE Linux 2.6.16 4.1.0 ReiserFS ext2, ext3, JFS, Reiser4, XFS x86, x86-64, IA-64, PPC, S/390 YaST2 RPM, YaST
Symphony OS ? ? ReiserFS ? x86 APT APT, OneClick
Ubuntu Kubuntu Edubuntu Xubuntu 2.6.15.6 4.0.3 ext3 ext2, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86, x86-64, PA-RISC, IA64, PPC, SPARC Ubuntu Update Manager (APT) Synaptic Package Manager (Adept for Kubuntu)
Ultima Linux 2.4.31 ? ext3, ReiserFS ext2, ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS x86 ulupdate See Slackware
UTUTO 2.6.15 ? ext3, ReiserFS ext2, JFS, Reiser4, XFS x86, x86-64, IA-64 UTUTO Package Manager UTUTO Package Manager
Vector Linux 2.6.13 ? ReiserFS, ext3/ext2 JFS, XFS x86 slapt-get, gslapt slapt-get, installpkg
Xandros Desktop OS 2.6.15 ? ReiserFS ext2, ext3, JFS, XFS, x86 Xandros Networks (APT) Xandros Networks (APT)
Linux kernel GCC Default file system Other major file systems supported Architectural support Default online update tool Default package management/
software installation tool

Features

Information on features in the distributions.

Packages Size GUI installation procedure Default file manager Default desktop environment Default window manager Default GUI styling
aLinux about 1200 No Konqueror KDE kwin ?
ALT Linux 8381 (as of Compact 3.0) Yes Konqueror KDE kwin Plastik
Arch about 6000 Yes[1] none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional)
Ark Linux 3500 (core) + 500 (contrib) Yes Konqueror KDE kwin Plastik
Arudius over 150 security tools < 210MB No Rox Fluxbox Fluxbox MAC OS X
Asianux ? Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin ReFind
Aurox about 3000 Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin Plastik
BLAG 5000+ Yes Nautilus GNOME Metacity blagCanyon
CentOS 1499 (base), 95 (extras), 66 (plus) Yes Nautilus* GNOME *Metacity Bluecurve
Damn Small ? 50 MB No emelFM ? Fluxbox ?
DARKSTAR ? ? ? ? ? ?
Debian about 18000 Yes[1] none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional)
DeLi Linux about 150 No Midnight Commander,XPlorer none IceWM ?
DeMuDi about 875 Yes Nautilus* GNOME *Metacity DeMuDi
dyne:bolic ? Yes Xfe GNUStep WindowMaker Dynebolic
Edubuntu Uses Ubuntu's repositories Yes[2] Nautilus* GNOME *Metacity Human
Fedora Core 5581[3] Yes Nautilus* GNOME *Metacity ClearLooks for GNOME
Bluecurve for KDE
Finnix about 350 No none
(all optional) 		Xfce none none
Frugalware about 3000 Yes none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional)
Gentoo about 12000 Yes[4] none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		Clearlooks (for GNOME)
Packages Size GUI installation procedure Default file manager Default desktop environment Default window manager Default GUI styling
GoboLinux about 1500 Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin Plastik
ImpiLinux ? No ? KDE *kwin ?
Kanotix CD: about 1000 Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin Plastik
Knoppix CD: about 1000
DVD: about 2600 		CD:700MB
DVD:4.7GB 		No none
(all optional) 		KDE *kwin Keramik
Kubuntu Uses Ubuntu's Repositories Yes[2] Konqueror* KDE *kwin Lipstik
Kurumin ? Yes Konqueror KDE *kwin Plastik
Linspire over 2200 Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin Linspire's
Lunar 2546
(as of June 9, 2006) 		Yes[1] none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional)
Lycoris Desktop/LX ? Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin Lycoris'
(Windows-esque).
Mandriva 10689[5] Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin Mandrakegalaxy
MEPIS ? Yes[6] Konqueror* KDE *kwin Plastik
Musix ? ? ? ? ? ?
NimbleX about 500 No Konqueror KDE kwin Plastik
Parsix ???? Yes Nautilus* GNOME *Metacity Human
PCLinuxOS 5025+ (Sept. 2006) Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin PCLinuxOS Custom Theme
Pie Box Enterprise Linux about 1500 Yes Nautilus* GNOME *Metacity Bluecurve
PLD Linux Distribution ? No none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional)
Puppy 300+ Standard:70MB
Chubby:96.1MB
BareBones:39.9MB 		Yes ROX-Filer none JWM ?
Packages Size GUI installation procedure Default file manager Default desktop environment Default window manager Default GUI styling
Red Flag ? Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin Red Flag (Windows XP-like)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux about 1500 Yes Nautilus* GNOME *Metacity Bluecurve
Rxart about 5000(Pixart package) Yes Konqueror* KDE *kwin Rxart
Sauver ? No Konqueror KDE Kwin Plastik
Scientific ? Yes Nautilus* GNOME *Metacity Bluecurve
Slackware ? Yes[1] none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional)
Source Mage 4235 (2005-08-11) Yes none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional)
SUSE 4000 Yes Nautilus*,
Konqueror* 		GNOME,
KDE 		*Metacity,
*kwin 		SuSE Theme
Symphony OS ? Yes ROX-filer Mezzo FVWM ?
Ubuntu 4358 by default[7], maximally about 19,500 Yes[2] Nautilus* GNOME *Metacity Human
Ultima ? Yes Konqueror (optional) KDE (and others, all optional) Enlightenment (and others, all optional) none
(all optional)
UTUTO about 45000 (optimized by architecture) Yes[1] Nautilus GNOME (and others) Metacity UTUTO-Theme-Blue
Vector Linux ? Yes none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional) 		none
(all optional)
Xandros Desktop OS ? Yes Xandros File Manager KDE *kwin Xandros'
Xubuntu Uses Ubuntu's repositories Yes[2] Thunar* Xfce *Xfwm ClearLooks
Packages Size GUI installation procedure? Default file manager Default desktop environment Default window manager Default GUI styling
  1. ^ a b c d e Ncurses-based installation GUI.
  2. ^ a b c d A GTK+/QT installer is available on the Desktop CD. (LiveCD)
  3. ^ Data for Fedora Core 5; 2207 packages in Core, 3374 in Extras
  4. ^ Can be installed graphically (GTK+ and ncurses), but also by command line (install cd, livecd (including others such as Knoppix), netboot and from distributions). The GUI installer is currently in beta however.
  5. ^ According to History of Mandrakelinux releases.
  6. ^ Installs from within a booted live CD session.
  7. ^ By default main and restricted repositories are enabled. Universe and multiverse repositories can be added.

Architecture support

Distribution 68k alpha x86-64 arm hppa ia64 mips ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc32 sparc64 x86


aLinux Yes Yes
ALT Linux Yes
Annvix Yes Yes
Archlinux Yes Yes
Ark Linux Yes
Arudius Linux Yes
Asianux Linux Yes Yes Yes Yes
CentOS Yes Yes Yes Beta Yes Beta Yes
Debian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fedora Core Yes Yes Yes
Gentoo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pie Box Enterprise Linux Yes
Mandriva Linux Yes Yes
Red Flag Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rxart Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Partial Yes
Slackware Yes Yes
SuSE Linux Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu Yes Partial Partial Yes Partial Partial Yes
Yellow Dog Yes Partial

Security features

AppArmor BGCC[2] Exec Shield GrSecurity PaX Rsback[3] SELinux Systrace RSBAC
CentOS Yes Yes
Fedora Core Yes Yes
Hardened Debian Optional Optional Optional
Hardened Gentoo Yes Partial Optional Yes Optional Optional Optional
Pie Box Enterprise Linux Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Yes Yes
SUSE Linux Yes

See also

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