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Distributions

Debian

One of the earliest Linux distributions. Stable, Testing, and Unstable releases.

Ubuntu

Commercially sponsored, Debian-derived. 6 month release cycle. Server Editions.

Mint

Debian/Ubuntu-based. Full multimedia support out of the box. 6 month release cycle.

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is targeted toward the commercial market.

Fedora

Sponsored by Red Hat.
6 month release cycle.
Server Edition.

CentOS

A free rebuild of source packages from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 2 year release cycle.

openSUSE

User-friendly desktop, tools for developers and sysadmins. 12 month release cycle.

PCLinuxOS

Aimed at ease of use. Script which allows hard drive snapshots to ISO. Rolling Release.

Mageia

Stable and trustable governance to direct collaborative projects. 9 month release cycle.

Arch

Focuses on simplicity of design. Installed without a graphical front-end. Rolling release.

Gentoo

Software is compiled locally from source code. Rolling release.

Slackware

The original Linux distribution, geared towards power and stability.

Puppy

Lightweight, small installation. The entire system can be run from RAM.

Dragora

GNU/Linux-Libre. Simple packaging system. Endorsed by the FSF.

Android-x86

Project to port Android x86 platform.