Editing List of Linux distributions (section)

==RPM-based==
[[File:RedHatFamilyTree1210.svg|thumb|upright|Red Hat family tree]]

[[Red Hat Linux]] and [[SUSE Linux]] were the original major distributions that used the [[.rpm]] file format, which today is used in several package management systems. Both of these were later divided into commercial and community-supported distributions. Red Hat Linux was divided into a community-supported but [[Red Hat]]-sponsored distribution named [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]], and a commercially supported distribution called [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]], whereas SUSE Linux was divided into [[openSUSE]] and [[SUSE Linux Enterprise]].

===Fedora-based===
[[File:FedoraFamilyTree1210.svg|thumb|Fedora family tree]]
[[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]] is a community supported distribution. It aims to provide the latest software while maintaining a completely [[Free Software]] system.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/objectives/|title=Current 12-18 Month Community Objectives :: Fedora Docs Site|website=docs.fedoraproject.org|access-date=2018-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031747/https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/objectives/|archive-date=2018-12-16|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|[[Asahi Linux]]
|Port of Linux to [[Apple silicon]]-powered [[Macintosh |Macs]].
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| [[Amazon Linux AMI|Amazon Linux 2]]
| Amazon Linux 2 is available as an [[Amazon Linux AMI|Amazon Machine Image (AMI)]] for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). It is also available as a Docker container image and as a virtual machine image for use on Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), Oracle VM VirtualBox, Microsoft Hyper-V, and VMware ESXi
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| [[Bazzite Linux|Bazzite]]
| A atomic gaming focused distribution developed with [https://universal-blue.org/ Universal Blue]. It is similar to [[SteamOS]].
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| [[Berry Linux]]
| A medium-sized Fedora-based distribution that provides support in Japanese and English.
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| [[BLAG Linux and GNU]]
| A completely free software distribution.
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| [[CentOS Stream]]
|Community-supported Linux distribution designed as a midstream between Fedora and RHEL, and well suited for servers.<ref name="centos_and_centos_stream">{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=2024-07-01 |title=What is CentOS? |url=https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/what-is-centos |website=RedHat |publisher=RedHat |access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
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| [[EnGarde Secure Linux]]
| Server-only Linux distribution designed to be secure.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=engarde|title=DistroWatch.com: EnGarde Secure Linux|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=2018-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224074019/https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=engarde|archive-date=2018-12-24|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Fuduntu]]
| Designed to fit in somewhere between Fedora and Ubuntu.
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| [[Hanthana (operating system)|Hanthana]]
| Designed to cater the needs of Sri Lankan computer users who are unable to access Internet frequently, with many most-wanted applications built in.
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| [[Korora (operating system)|Korora]]
| Initially aimed at easy installation of a Gentoo system by using install scripts instead of manual configuration. Now based on Fedora.
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| [[Linpus Linux]]
| Focused on the Chinese market, along with Linpus Lite focused on the [[netbook]] market.
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| [[Linux XP]]
| Fedora-based shareware distribution designed to imitate the Windows environment using [[GNOME]].
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| [[MeeGo]]
| Built by Intel and Nokia, intended for mobile phones (mainly [[Nokia N9]]) and tablets. It is based on Moblin together with Maemo.
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| [[Moblin]]
| Built around the Intel Atom processor; supplanted by Meego when Intel and (temporarily) Nokia combined activities
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| [[Network Security Toolkit]]
| A live CD/DVD with security and networking tools to perform routine security and networking diagnostic and monitoring tasks.
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| [[Qubes OS]]
| Focused on security for desktop users. Based on an "ancient" Fedora release which is said to be upgraded under [[YUM (software)|YUM]].
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| [[Red Star OS]]
| A North Korean Linux distribution developed at the Korea Computer Center (KCC). It is offered only in a Korean language edition, localized with North Korean terminology and spelling.
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| [[Russian Fedora Remix]]
| A remix of Fedora.
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| [[Sailfish OS]]
| Built by Jolla, [[Sailfish OS]] is a 4th generation mobile Linux system ported to a line of Sony Xperia handsets, with community ports available to alternative devices.
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| [[Sugar (software)#Sugar on a Stick|Sugar-on-a-Stick Linux]]
| An educational operating system, originally designed for the [[One Laptop per Child|One-Laptop-Per-Child project]].
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| [[Yellow Dog Linux]]
| For the [[PowerPC]] platform.
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====RHEL-based====
{{See also|Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivatives|Commercial products based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux}}
[[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] is a commercial open-source Linux distribution developed by [[Red Hat]] for the commercial market.

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|[[AlmaLinux]]
| A 100% community owned and governed alternative [[CentOS]] as a [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] rebuild. Governed by the AlmaLinux OS Foundation. 
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| [[Asianux]]
| A Linux distribution co-developed between [[Red Flag Linux|Red Flag Software]] Co., Ltd., [[Miracle Linux]] Corp. and [[Haansoft]], INC., focused on Chinese, Japanese and Korean support.
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| [[CentOS]]
| A community distribution, 100% functionally compatible with RHEL. Joined [[Red Hat]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Karanbir|date=7 January 2014|title=[CentOS-announce] CentOS Project joins forces with Red Hat|url=https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-January/020100.html|access-date=2020-08-09|archive-date=2014-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107225749/https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-January/020100.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Terminated by [[Red Hat]] in 2024<ref name="centos_and_centos_stream"/> in favor of [[CentOS Stream]], a distribution positioned upstream of RHEL. [[AlmaLinux]] and [[Rocky Linux]] are two continuations of the CentOS distribution.
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| [[ClearOS]]
| A Linux distribution designed for use in small and medium enterprises.
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| [[Fermi Linux LTS]]
| Based on Scientific Linux.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fermi|title=DistroWatch.com: Fermi Linux|website=distrowatch.com|access-date=2018-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224074145/https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=fermi|archive-date=2018-12-24|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Miracle Linux]]
| A Linux distribution developed by Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd., aims to be compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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| [[Oracle Linux]]
| Supported by [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]]. Aims to be fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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| [[Red Flag Linux]]
| A Linux distribution developed in China and optimized for the Chinese market. Based on Asianux.
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| [[Rocks Cluster Distribution]]
| A Linux distribution for building a High-Performance Computing computer cluster, with a recent release supporting Cloud computing. It is based on [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] but with extensions to support large multi-node heterogeneous systems for clusters (HPC), Cloud, and Data Warehousing (in development).
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| [[Rocky Linux]]
| A Linux distribution that is currently in development by the CentOS founder, Gregory Kurtzer, aims to be compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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| [[Scientific Linux]]
| A discontinued Linux distribution co-developed by [[Fermilab|Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]] and the [[CERN|European Organization for Nuclear Research]] (CERN), which aims to be compatible with and based on [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]].
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===openSUSE-based===
[[openSUSE]] is a community-developed Linux distribution, sponsored by [[SUSE Linux|SUSE]]. It maintains a strict policy of ensuring all code in the standard installs will be from [[free software|FOSS]] solutions, including [[Linux]] kernel Modules. [[SUSE Linux Enterprise|SUSE's enterprise Linux products]] are all based on the codebase that comes out of the openSUSE project.

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|[[GeckoLinux]]
|A distribution with a focus on polish and out-of-the-box desktop usability. It is available in ''Static'' and ''Rolling'' versions, based on openSUSE Leap and Tumbleweed.
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|[[SUSE Linux Enterprise]]
| Comes in two variations. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (previously branded Novell Linux Desktop) is a desktop-oriented Linux distribution supplied by [[SUSE S.A.|SUSE]] and targeted at the enterprise market. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a server-oriented Linux distribution targeted at the business market.
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===Mandriva-based===
[[Mandriva Linux]] is open-source distribution (with exceptions), discontinued in 2011. The first release was named Mandrake Linux and based on Red Hat Linux (version 5.1) and [[KDE]] 1 in July 1998. It had since moved away from Red Hat's distribution and became a completely separate distribution. The name was changed to Mandriva, which included a number of original tools, mostly to ease system configuration. Mandriva Linux was the brainchild of [[Gaël Duval]], who wanted to focus on ease of use for new users. The last stable version was in 2011. Mandriva's developers moved to [[Mageia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/717273-the-elegant-mageia-linux-prepares-a-new-release |title=The Elegant Mageia Linux Prepares a New Release &#124; Linux.com |access-date=2014-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017202605/http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/717273-the-elegant-mageia-linux-prepares-a-new-release |archive-date=2014-10-17}}</ref> and [[OpenMandriva]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.mandriva.com/en/2012/05/17/mandriva-linux-will-return-to-the-community/ |url-status=dead |title=Mandriva SA official blog: Mandriva Linux will return to the community |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=2015-12-13 |publisher=[[Mandriva]] |archive-date=23 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523070604/https://blog.mandriva.com/en/2012/05/17/mandriva-linux-will-return-to-the-community/ }}</ref>
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| [[Mageia]]
| A community Linux distribution initially forked from Mandriva Linux in response to the discontinuation of free versions of Mandriva Linux.
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| [[ROSA Linux]]
| A Russian distribution available in three different editions: ROSA Desktop Fresh, ROSA Enterprise Desktop and ROSA Enterprise Linux Server, with the latter two aiming at commercial users. Its desktop editions come bundled with [[proprietary software]] such as [[Adobe Flash Player]], multimedia [[codec]]s and [[Steam (service)|Steam]].
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| [[OpenMandriva]]
| A fork of Mandriva Linux by the OpenMandriva Association.
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=== Other RPM-based ===
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|[[ALT Linux]]
|ALT Linux is a set of [[.rpm|RPM]]-based operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel and Sisyphus packages repository. ALT Linux has been developed collectively by ALT Linux Team developers community and ALT Linux Ltd.
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| [[Caldera OpenLinux]]
| A Linux distribution originally introduced by [[Caldera (company)|Caldera]] and later developed by its subsidiary [[Caldera Systems]]. It was later developed by [[Caldera International]] (which bought SCO and was renamed [[The SCO Group]]). The distribution is no longer produced. Last release: 3.1.1 – Jan. 30, 2002
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|[[PCLinuxOS]]
|A [[rolling release]] Linux Live CD distribution. Originally based on Mandrake 9.2. Later rebased on [[Mandriva Linux|Mandriva]] 2007.
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| [[Red Hat Linux]]
| Split into [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora Core]] and [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]. The last official release of the unsplit distribution was Red Hat Linux 9 in March 2003.
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| [[SUSE Linux]]
| Split into [[openSUSE]] and [[SUSE Linux Enterprise]].
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| [[Think Blue Linux]]
| A port of Linux to IBM S/390 (later, zSeries) mainframe computers, done by the Millenux subsidiary of German company Thinking Objects Software GmbH. Discontinued in 2006.
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| [[Turbolinux]]
| Originally based on Red Hat Linux.
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|[[Vine Linux]]
|A Japanese distribution originally based on Red Hat Linux.
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