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focuses on possibly general Linux users, while old hardware users focus on users who wish to move to Linux due to outdated hardware.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:
    Fedora Project
    Active since:
    Audience:
    General audience
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Danix Team
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Czech language speakers
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Mantas Kriaučiūnas
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    Audience:
    Lithuanian language speakers
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    John Andrews
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Limited disk owners
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Jörg Schirottke
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    Audience:
    Live CD users
    License:
    Debian Free Software Guidelines
  • Author:
    Judd Vinet, Aaron Griffin
    Active since:
    Audience:
    General audience
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    The Lunar Linux Team
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Advanced Linux Users
    License:
    GNU GPLv2
  • Author:
    Per Lidén
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Advanced Linux users
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Klaus Knopper
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    Audience:
    LiveCD users; Linux Beginners
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Japan Omoikane Co., Ltd.
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Japanese language speakers
    License:
    GNU GPL
  • Author:
    Gerard Beekmans
    Active since:
    Audience:
    Advanced Linux Users
    License:
    Creative Commons license, MIT License
  • Author:
    D. Jeff Dionne, Kenneth Albanowski
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    Audience:
    Embedded platform owners
    License:
    GNU GPL