Linux Distributions

List of GNU/Linux distributions. The page contains Linux distributions still in active development. There are a few categories of audience, of most interest being 'general audience' and old hardware owners. The general audience focuses on possibly general Linux users, while old hardware users focus on users who wish to move to Linux due to outdated hardware.

  • Author:
    Rancher Labs
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Cloud owners
    License:
    Apache 2.0
  • Author:
    Google
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Netbook users
    License:
    Google Chrome OS Terms of Service
  • Author:
    Community
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Old hardware owners
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Endless Mobile, Inc.
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Endless computer owners
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Florent Revest
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Smartwatch owners
    License:
    GNU GPLv2
  • Author:
    The VyOS Project
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Network owners
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    The CoreOS team
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Cloud Owners
    License:
    Apache License 2.0
  • Author:
    Lorenzo Faletra, Lisetta Ferrero, Francesco Bonanno
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Hackers and pen-testers
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Samsung
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Smartphone, Tablet owners
    License:
    GPLv2, LGPL, Apache License, BSD, Flora License
  • Author:
    Volker Theile
    Active since:
    Audience:
    NAS owners
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    r04drunner
    Active since:
    Audience:
    PS3 owners
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Unknown
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Old hardware owners
    License:
    GNU GPL