Linuxi distributsioonide võrdlus
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Üldine informatsioon distributsioonide kohta, looja, arendaja, viimane versioon ja selle väljatuleku aeg, hind ja peamine litsents jne.
| Looja | Arendaja | Esimene avalik väljalase (aasta-kuu-päev) | Baasdistributsioon | Viimane stabiilne versioon | Hind | Peamine litsents | Kasutusala | Lühikirjeldus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version | Release Date | ||||||||||
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | aLinux | Jay Klepacs | Jay Klepacs | Mall:? (pre-1999-08-19 (1.1)) | Red Hat Linux | 12.6 | 2005-11-20 | Free | GPL | Desktop | similar to Windows XP's GUI |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | ALT Linux | ALT Linux Team | ALT Linux Team | 2001-03-21 | Mandrake Linux | 3.0 | 2005-12-08 | Free | GPL | Desktop(enthusiast), Workstation, Server | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Annvix | Vincent Danen | Vincent Danen | 2003-11-? | Mandrake Linux | 1.2-RELEASE | 2006-02-23 | Free | GPL | Server | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Arch Linux | Judd Vinet | dev team | 2002-03-? | CRUX | 0.7.2 | 2006-05-23 | Free | GPL | Desktop base | i686 optimized, very up to date, follows KISS |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Ark Linux | Bernhard Rosenkraenzer | dev team | 2003-01-25 | None | 2006.1 | 2006-08-02 | Free | GPL | Desktop | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Arudius | Haidut | dev team | 2005-11-04 | None | 0.5 | 2006-02-06 | Free | GPL | Information assurance, information security | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Asianux | Red Flag Linux, Miracle Linux, Haansoft Linux | dev team | 2004-06-? | RHEL | 2.0 | 2005-08-31 | Free | GPL | Server, Workstation | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Aurox | Software-Wydawnictwo Sp. z oo | Aurox Sp. z oo | 2002-09-? | Fedora Core | 12.0 | 2006-08-31 | Free | GPL | general purpose | support in European languages |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | BLAG | Brixton Linux Action Group | Brixton Linux Action Group | 2002-10-22 | Fedora Core | 50001 | 2006-08-23 | Free | GPL | Desktop, Workstation | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Caixa Mágica | Daniel Neves José Guimarães Paulo Trezentos |
Caixa Mágica | 2000-10-28 | SUSE | 11 |
2006-11-15 | Free (download editions) | Desktop, Server (not free) | ||
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | CentOS | CentOS Project | CentOS Project | 2003-12-? | RHEL | 4.4 | 2006-08-30 | Free | GPL | Server | fully compatible with RHEL |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | CRUX | Per Liden | CRUX Linux community | 2001-01-20 | None | 2.2 | 2006-04-09 | Free | GPL | Desktop | i686 optimized, very up to date, follows KISS |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Damn Small Linux | John Andrews | dev team | 2003-?-? | Knoppix | 3.0.1 | 2006-06-22 | Free | GPL | general purpose | very small |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | DARKSTAR Linux | DARKSTAR Linux Project | DARKSTAR Linux Project | 2004-02-? | Slackware | 1.0-DOT3 | 2005-06-14 | Free | GPL | Desktop | similar to Windows XP's GUI |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Debian GNU/Linux | Ian Murdock | Debian Project | 1993-08-? | None | 3.1 (sarge) | 2005-06-06 | Free | any DFSG-free | general purpose | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | DeLi Linux | Henry Jensen | Henry Jensen | 2002-10-? | None | 0.7.1 | 2006-10-17 | Free | GPL | Desktop | lightweight |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | DeMuDi | AGNULA | AGNULA | 2002-04-? | Debian | 1.2.1 | 2005-11-03 | Free | GPL | audio & video production | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | dyne:bolic | Jaromil | Jaromil | 2001-06-? | none | 2.2 | 2006-10-06 | Free | GPL | audio & video production | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Elive | Thanatermesis | Thanatermesis | 2005-01-01 | Debian | 0.5 (Revolution) | 2006-09-22 | Free | GPL/BSD | Desktop, Workstation, Multimedia, Servers | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | EnGarde Secure Linux | Guardian Digital, Inc | Guardian Digital, Inc | 2001-Mall:?-Mall:? | None | 3.0 | 2006-10-03 | Free | GPL | Secure Server | Secure by default, Secure remote administration GUI |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Fedora Core | Fedora Project | Fedora Project | 2003-11-05 | Red Hat Linux | 6 (Zod) | 2006-10-24 | Free | GPL | general purpose | much unofficial support |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Finnix | Ryan Finnie | Ryan Finnie | 2000-03-? | Debian | 88.0 | 2006-08-04 | Free | GPL | Server Administration | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Fox Linux | Dev team, supported by ILDN network | Dev team, supported by ILDN network | 2004-09-? | Fedora | 1.0 | 2005-12-26 | Free | GPL | Desktop | easy to use, i686 optimized |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Frugalware | Miklos Vajna | dev team | 2004-09-? | Slackware | 0.5 | 2006-07-14 | Free | GPL | general purpose | intended for intermediate users |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Gentoo Linux | Daniel Robbins | Gentoo Foundation, Inc. | 2002-3-? | none | 2006.1 | 2006-08-30 | Free | GPL | general purpose | source based |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Gnoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | Mall:? (pre-2003-07-17 (0.4)) | Knoppix | 2.12.b1 | 2005-09-07 | Free | GPL | Recovery | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | GoboLinux | Hisham Muhammad, Andre Detsch | dev team | 2002-06-? | none | 013 | 2005-11-03 | Free | GPL | Largely changed filesystem hierarchy | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | ImpiLinux | Gauteng Linux Users Group | ImpiLinux (Pty) Ltd. | 2003-11-? | Ubuntu | 6.0.1 | 2006-01-31 | Free | GPL | Desktop | tailored to African users |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Kanotix | Jörg Schirottke (Kano) | dev team | 2003-12-24 | Debian, Knoppix | 2005-4 | 2005-12-31 | Free | GPL | up to date, good hardware detection | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Knoppix | Klaus Knopper | dev team | Mall:? (pre-2003-01-19 (3.1)) | Debian | 4.0.2 | 2005-09-23 | Free | GPL | Recovery | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Kurumin Linux | Carlos Morimoto | GuiadoHardware | 2003-01-? | Knoppix | 6.1 | 2006-09-07 | Free | GPL | Desktop | Portuguese support, easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Linspire | Lindows.com, Inc. | Linspire, Inc | 2002-03-? | Debian | 5-1.427 | 2006-04-21 | $49.95 | GPL/Commercial | Desktop | similar to Windows XP's GUI |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Freespire | Lindows.com, Inc. | Linspire, Inc | 2002-03-? | Debian | 1.00 | 2006-04-21 | Free | GPL/Commercial | Desktop | similar to Windows XP's GUI, free marketplace |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Lunar Linux | Chuck Mead, Lunar Penguin Project | dev team | 2002-03-? | Sorcerer | 1.6.0 | 2006-04-06 | Free | OSI Approved | Desktop, Workstation | source based |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Lycoris Desktop/LX | Redmond Linux Corp. | Lycoris, Inc., Mandriva S.A. | 2001-25-? | Caldera OpenLinux | 1.4 | 2004-09-13 | $40-$75 | Lycoris License | Desktop(anyone) | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Mandriva Linux | Mandrakesoft S.A. | Mandriva S.A. | 1998-7-23 (5.1 (venice)) | Red Hat Linux | 2007 | 2006-10-03 | Free (Download edition) | GPL | Desktop | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | MeNTOPPIX | Galuh Prasetyawan | Galuh Prasetyawan | 2006-3-30 (1.1 (malang)) | Debian, Knoppix | 1.3 | 2006-03-30 | Free | GPL | Desktop | similar to Windows XP's GUI |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | SimplyMEPIS | Warren Woodford | MEPIS LLC. | 2003-09-05 | Debian | 6.0 | 2006-07-21 | Free (Download edition) | GPL | Desktop | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | SOHOServerMepis | workstation,server | easy to use | ||||||||
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Musix | Marcos Guglielmetti | Mall:? | Mall:? | Knoppix | 0.59 | 2006-09-07 | Free | GPL | audio production | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | NimbleX | Bogdan Radulescu | Bogdan Radulescu | 2005-12-? | Slackware | 2005 | 2005-12-26 | Free | GPL | Desktop | small |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Nitix | Net Integration Technologies Inc. | Net Integration Technologies Inc. | 2001-?-? | None | 4.3.2a | 2006-10-18 | $599-? | Commercial / GPL | Server | SMB / autonomic |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | OES-Linux | Novell | Novell | 2003 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | OES SP2 | May 2006 | $184 (1 user connection) | GPL/Commercial | Server | adds Novell (NCP, eDirectory, etc.) services |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Pardus | TUBITAK | TUBITAK | 2005 | None | 2007 | 2006-11-20 | Free | GPL | general purpose | Has its own package manager, installer, init system, configuration manager |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Parsix | Alan Baghumian | Talar-e-Web | Mall:? | Kanotix | 0.85 | 2006-06-19 | Free | GPL | general purpose | supports Persian keyboards |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | PCLinuxOS | Texstar | dev team | 2003-11-? | Mandriva | .93a | 2006-08-21 | Free | GPL | Desktop | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | PLD Linux Distribution | PLD Linux Distribution | PLD Linux Distribution | 2002-11-19 | none | 2.0 RC1 | 2006-03-03 | Free | GPL | Desktop,Administrators | very manual |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Pie Box Enterprise Linux | PixExcel | PixExcel | 2004-04-19 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 4.4 | 2006-08-15 | £9.99-£19.99 | GPL | general purpose | fully compatible with RHEL |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Puppy Linux | Barry Kauler | Puppy Foundation | 2002-07-12 (0.4) | none | 2.10 | 2006-09-14 | Free | GPL/LGPL | general purpose | very small |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | QiLinux | QiLinux team | QiLinux team | 2003-10-31 (1.0alpha2) | None | 2.0 | 2006-08-01 | Free | GPL | Desktop, Server | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Red Flag Linux | Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NewMargin Venture Capital | Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. | 1999-09-20 | Red Hat Linux | 5.0 | 2005-11-11 | Free, desktop version | GPL | general purpose | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Red Hat Linux | Red Hat | replaced with Fedora Core | 1995-05-13 (1.0) | Mall:? | 9 (Shrike) | 2003-03-31 | $40 | GPL | Obsolete | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Red Hat & Fedora Project | Red Hat & Fedora Project | 2000-03-27 (RHL 6.2E (Zoot)) | Red Hat Linux | RHEL 4 (Nahant) | 2005-02-15 | $180-2,500 | GPL | Business Server, Workstation, Mainframe | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Rxart | Pixart SRL | Pixart SRL | 2000-03-? | Debian | 3-0 | 2006-04-16 | $14.95 | GPL/Commercial | Desktop(anyone), Workstation, Server | |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Sauver | Maulik Gordhandas | dev team | 2006-01-01 | Slackware | 1.1.7 | 2006-09-29 | Free | GPL | Recovery, Desktop | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Scientific Linux | CERN, Fermilab | dev team | 2004-10-? | Fermi (LTS) & RHL/RHEL | 4.2 (Beryllium) | 2005-11-22 | Free | GPL | Scientific stuff | fully compatible with RHEL |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Slackware | Patrick Volkerding | dev team | 1993-07-16 | SLS | 11.0 | 2006-10-02 | Free | GPL | general purpose | very stable, follows KISS |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Source Mage GNU/Linux | Ryan Abrams, Eric Schabell | dev team | 2002-06-? | Sorcerer | 0.9.6 | 2006-03-13 | Free | GPL | general purpose | source based |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | StartCom Enterprise Linux | StartCom Ltd. | StartCom Ltd. | 2004-08-01 | RHEL | 4.0.3 | 2006-09-18 | Free | GPL | Server | RHEL compatible |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | StartCom MultiMedia Edition | StartCom Ltd. | StartCom Ltd. | 2004-08-01 | Fedora Core | 5.0.5 | 2006-06-12 | Free | GPL | Workstation, Desktop, Multimedia | Recording, Video, Graphics manipulation, home entertainment |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | SUSE Linux | S.u.S.E. GmbH, SuSE, GmbH | Novell, Inc. dev team | 1994-03-? | Jurix | 10.2 | 2006-12-07 | $50 (1-Device 1-Year Subscription) | GPL | Business Desktop, Business Server | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | OpenSUSE | Free | Desktop | ||||||||
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Symphony OS | Ryan Quinn | Ryan Quinn & Jason Spisak | Mall:? | Debian | 2006-05 Beta | 2005-05-18 | Free | GPL Version 2 | Desktop | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Trustix Secure Linux | Comodo Group Inc. | Comodo Group Inc. | 2000-02-? | Red Hat Linux | 3.0 | 2006-06-13 | Free | ? | Server | secure |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Ubuntu | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | 2004-10-20 | Debian | 6.10, aka "Edgy Eft" latest stable release | 2006-10-26 | Free | GPL | Desktop | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Kubuntu | Free | GPL | Desktop | |||||||
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Xubuntu | Free | GPL | Desktop | light weight, easy to use | ||||||
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Ubuntu Server Edition | Free | GPL | Server | easy to use | ||||||
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Edubuntu | Free | GPL | computer lab | child-oriented, easy to use | ||||||
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Ultima Linux | Martin Ultima | Martin Ultima | 2005-03-18 | Slackware | 4 SP3 | 2005-11-06 | Free | GPL | Desktop | less streamlined |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | UTUTO | Diego Saravia & Daniel Olivera | UTUTO dev-team | 2000-?-? | Gentoo | 2006.0 | 2006-03-04 | Free | GPL-2 or later | general purpose | source based |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Vector Linux | Robert S. Lange | dev team | 1999-?-? | Slackware | 5.1 Standard | 2005-07-27 | Free | GPL | Desktop | easy to use |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Xandros Desktop OS | Xandros Corp. | Xandros Inc. | 2002-10-22 | 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 | similar to Windows XP's GUI |
| style="background: #ececec; text-align: left; padding-left: 0.5em; font-weight: bold;" | Zenwalk | Jean-Philippe Guillemin | dev team | 2004-05-21 (as Minislack) | Slackware | 4.0 | 2006-11-20 | Free | GPL | Desktop, Server | fully featured, small |
| Creator | Producer | First Public Release (yyyy-MM-dd) | Based Distribution | Latest Stable Version | Release Date | Cost | Preferred license | Purpose | Short description | ||
