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29 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1995-05-13</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Final release</a></th><td class="infobox-data">9<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-94b4232a3c7a7eba0b3747693fc0d3f24739a585-v18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-94b4232a3c7a7eba0b3747693fc0d3f24739a585-v18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220182?uselang=en#P348" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span> <i>alias</i> Shrike / 31 March 2003<span class="noprint">; 21 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">31 March 2003</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Package_manager" title="Package manager">Package manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager" title="RPM Package Manager">RPM Package Manager</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)" title="Kernel (operating system)">Kernel</a> type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monolithic_kernel" title="Monolithic kernel">Monolithic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linux_kernel" title="Linux kernel">Linux</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/User_space_and_kernel_space" title="User space and kernel space">Userland</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/GNU_Core_Utilities" title="GNU Core Utilities">GNU</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Various</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux" title="Red Hat Enterprise Linux">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fedora_Linux" title="Fedora Linux">Fedora Linux</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.redhat.com/en">www<wbr />.redhat<wbr />.com<wbr />/en</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Red Hat Linux</b> was a widely used <a href="/wiki/Commercial_software" title="Commercial software">commercial</a> <a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open-source</a> <a href="/wiki/Linux_distribution" title="Linux distribution">Linux distribution</a> created by <a href="/wiki/Red_Hat" title="Red Hat">Red Hat</a> until its discontinuation in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early releases of Red Hat Linux were called <b>Red Hat Commercial Linux</b>. Red Hat published the first non-beta release in May 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-smoogespace_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smoogespace-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It included the <a href="/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager" title="RPM Package Manager">Red Hat Package Manager</a> as its packaging format, and over time RPM has served as the starting point for several other distributions, such as <a href="/wiki/Mandriva_Linux" title="Mandriva Linux">Mandriva Linux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Dog_Linux" title="Yellow Dog Linux">Yellow Dog Linux</a>. </p><p>In 2003, Red Hat discontinued the Red Hat Linux line in favor of <a href="/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux" title="Red Hat Enterprise Linux">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a> (RHEL) for enterprise environments. <a href="/wiki/Fedora_Linux" title="Fedora Linux">Fedora Linux</a>, developed by the community-supported <a href="/wiki/Fedora_Project" title="Fedora Project">Fedora Project</a> and sponsored by Red Hat, is a free-of-cost alternative intended for home use. Red Hat Linux 9, the final release, hit its official end-of-life on April 30, 2004, although updates were published for it through 2006 by the <a href="/wiki/Fedora_Legacy" title="Fedora Legacy">Fedora Legacy</a> project until the updates were discontinued in early 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Hat_Linux&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Version 3.0.3 was one of the first Linux distributions to support <a href="/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format" title="Executable and Linkable Format">ELF</a> (Executable and Linkable Format) binaries instead of the older <a href="/wiki/A.out" title="A.out">a.out</a> format.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Red Hat Linux introduced a graphical installer called <a href="/wiki/Anaconda_(installer)" title="Anaconda (installer)">Anaconda</a> developed by Ketan Bagal, intended to be easy to use for novices, and which has since been adopted by some other Linux distributions. It also introduced a built-in tool called <i>Lokkit</i> for configuring the <a href="/wiki/Firewall_(networking)" class="mw-redirect" title="Firewall (networking)">firewall</a> capabilities. </p><p>In version 6 Red Hat moved to <a href="/wiki/GNU_C_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="GNU C Library">glibc</a> 2.1, <a href="/wiki/Enhanced_GNU_Compiler_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Enhanced GNU Compiler System">egcs-1.2</a>, and to the 2.2 kernel.<sup id="cite_ref-smoogespace_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smoogespace-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first version to use the <a href="/wiki/GNOME" title="GNOME">GNOME</a> as its default graphical environment.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also introduced <a href="/wiki/Kudzu_(computer_daemon)" title="Kudzu (computer daemon)">Kudzu</a>, a software library for automatic discovery and configuration of hardware.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Version 7 was released in preparation for the 2.4 kernel, although the first release still used the stable 2.2 kernel. Glibc was updated to version 2.1.92, which was a beta of the upcoming version 2.2 and Red Hat used a patched version of GCC from CVS that they called "2.96".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision to ship an unstable GCC version was due to GCC 2.95's bad performance on non-i386 platforms, especially <a href="/wiki/DEC_Alpha" title="DEC Alpha">DEC Alpha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Newer GCCs had also improved support for the <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> standard, which caused much of the existing code not to compile. </p><p>In particular, the use of a non-released version of GCC caused some criticism, e.g. from <a href="/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" title="Linus Torvalds">Linus Torvalds</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the GCC Steering Committee;<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Red Hat was forced to defend this decision.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GCC 2.96 failed to compile the Linux kernel, and some other software used in Red Hat, due to stricter checks. 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This had little effect on <a href="/wiki/English_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="English Language">English</a>-speaking users, but enabled much easier <a href="/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization" title="Internationalization and localization">internationalisation</a> and seamless support for multiple languages, including <a href="/wiki/Ideogram" title="Ideogram">ideographic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bi-directional_text" class="mw-redirect" title="Bi-directional text">bi-directional</a> and <a href="/wiki/Complex_text_layout" title="Complex text layout">complex script</a> languages along with <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Europe" title="Languages of Europe">European languages</a>. However, this did cause some negative reactions among existing <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western European</a> users, whose legacy <a href="/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859" title="ISO/IEC 8859">ISO-8859</a>–based setups were broken by the change.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Version 8.0 was also the second to include the <a href="/wiki/Bluecurve" title="Bluecurve">Bluecurve</a> <a href="/wiki/Theme_(computing)" title="Theme (computing)">desktop theme</a>. It used a common theme for GNOME-2 and KDE 3.0.2 desktops, as well as OpenOffice-1.0. KDE members did not appreciate the change, claiming that it was not in the best interests of KDE.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Version 9 supported the <a href="/wiki/Native_POSIX_Thread_Library" title="Native POSIX Thread Library">Native POSIX Thread Library</a>, which was ported to the 2.4 series kernels by Red Hat.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Red Hat Linux lacked many features due to possible <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patent</a> problems. For example, <a href="/wiki/MP3" title="MP3">MP3</a> support was disabled in both <a href="/wiki/Rhythmbox" title="Rhythmbox">Rhythmbox</a> and <a href="/wiki/XMMS" title="XMMS">XMMS</a>; instead, Red Hat recommended using <a href="/wiki/Vorbis" title="Vorbis">Ogg Vorbis</a>, which has no patents. MP3 support, however, could be installed afterwards, through the use of packages. Support for Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/NTFS" title="NTFS">NTFS</a> <a href="/wiki/File_system" title="File system">file system</a> was also missing, but could be freely installed as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fedora_Linux">Fedora Linux</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Hat_Linux&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Fedora Linux"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fedora_Linux" title="Fedora Linux">Fedora Linux</a></div> <p>Red Hat Linux was originally developed exclusively inside Red Hat, with the only feedback from users coming through bug reports and contributions to the included software packages – not contributions to the distribution as such. This was changed in late 2003 when Red Hat Linux merged with the <a href="/wiki/Virtual_community" title="Virtual community">community</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Fedora_Project" title="Fedora Project">Fedora Project</a>. The new plan was to draw most of the codebase from Fedora Linux when creating new Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions. Fedora Linux replaced the original Red Hat Linux download and retail version. The model is similar to the relationship between <a href="/wiki/Netscape_Communicator" title="Netscape Communicator">Netscape Communicator</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mozilla" title="Mozilla">Mozilla</a>, or <a href="/wiki/StarOffice" title="StarOffice">StarOffice</a> and <a href="/wiki/OpenOffice.org" title="OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice.org</a>, although in this case the resulting commercial product is also fully <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Version_history">Version history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Red_Hat_Linux&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Version history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Redhat_5.2_box.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/49/Redhat_5.2_box.jpg/220px-Redhat_5.2_box.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Redhat_5.2_box.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="344" /></a><figcaption>Box cover shot of Red Hat Linux 5.2</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Redhat_5_0_cds.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Redhat_5_0_cds.jpeg/220px-Redhat_5_0_cds.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Redhat_5_0_cds.jpeg/330px-Redhat_5_0_cds.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Redhat_5_0_cds.jpeg/440px-Redhat_5_0_cds.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2664" data-file-height="1206" /></a><figcaption>Red Hat 5.0 CDROMs</figcaption></figure> <p>Release dates were drawn from announcements on <i>comp.os.linux.announce</i>. Version names are chosen as to be cognitively related to the prior release, yet not related in the same way as the release before that.<sup id="cite_ref-smoogespace_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smoogespace-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Fedora and Red Hat Projects were merged on September 22, 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>x86 release history </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Code name</th> <th>Release date</th> <th>Kernel version</th> <th>Comment </th></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>test </td> <td>Preview </td> <td>26 June 1994<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1.1.18 (dev) </td> <td>First test release, not publicly distributed. It used the RPP package manager. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="0.9"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 0.9 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Halloween </td> <td>31 October 1994 </td> <td>1.0.9 (stable)<br />1.1.54 (dev) </td> <td>Purchased beta, came with documentation and graphical system management tools. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 1 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Mother's Day </td> <td>May 1995 </td> <td>1.2.8 </td> <td>ACC Bookstores (Bob Young) bought out Red Hat Software, Inc. (Mark Ewing) and introduced the "Red Hat Commercial Linux" moniker. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="1.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 1.1 </td> <td>bug fix </td> <td>Mother's Day+0.1 </td> <td>August 1995 </td> <td>1.2.11<br />1.2.13 </td> <td>Called "Mother's Day Plus One". </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="2.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 2.0 </td> <td>stable </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>20 September 1995 </td> <td>1.2.13–2 </td> <td>First stable RPM release, and the first one to use the "Red Hat LiNUX" branding. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="2.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 2.1 </td> <td>bug fix </td> <td>Bluesky </td> <td>23 November 1995 </td> <td>1.2.13 (stable)<br />1.3.32 (dev) </td> <td>The first <b>Alpha</b> release (January 1996) was based on this version. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="3.0.3"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 3.0.3 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Picasso </td> <td>1 May 1996 </td> <td>1.2.13 </td> <td>First version released for multiple architectures and executable formats (x86/Alpha, ELF/a.out) at the same time. Introduced the Metro-X server, glint graphical management tool for RPM, and graphical printer configuration. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="3.9"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 3.9 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Rembrandt </td> <td>July–August 1996 </td> <td>2.0 </td> <td>RPM was rewritten in C. PAM and kernel modules were introduced. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="4.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 4.0 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Colgate </td> <td>3 October 1996 </td> <td>2.0.18 </td> <td>Added support for <b>SPARC</b> architecture and ELF executables on Alpha. Introduced Shadowman™ logo, free electronic format documentation and the Red Baron browser. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="4.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 4.1 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Vanderbilt </td> <td>3 February 1997 </td> <td>2.0.27 </td> <td>InfoWorld, Best of 1996, Operating Systems. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="4.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 4.2 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Biltmore </td> <td>19 May 1997 </td> <td>2.0.30–2 </td> <td>Shipped the old libc 5.3 instead of the buggy 5.4 release. This decision was widely criticised, but avoided many issues. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="4.8"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 4.8 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Thunderbird </td> <td>27 August 1997 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td>Introduced glibc 2.0. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="4.9"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 4.9 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Mustang </td> <td>7 November 1997 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td>Cemented the two-cycle beta release style due to massive changes in the C library version. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="5.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 5.0 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Hurricane </td> <td>1 December 1997 </td> <td>2.0.32–2 </td> <td>Introduced BRU2000-PE™ backup and the Real Audio™ client and server. 1997 InfoWorld Product of the Year. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="5.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 5.1 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Manhattan </td> <td>22 May 1998 </td> <td>2.0.34–0.6 </td> <td>Introduced the Linux Applications CD, GNOME preview version (separate, not default), linuxconf, and the Netscape browser. Last release to load a live filesystem from the CD. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="5.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 5.2 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Apollo </td> <td>2 November 1998 </td> <td>2.0.36–0.7 </td> <td>GNOME technology preview (separate, not default). </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="5.9"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 5.9 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Starbuck </td> <td>17 March 1999 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="6.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 6.0 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Hedwig </td> <td>26 April 1999 </td> <td>2.2.5–15 </td> <td>Introduced glibc 2.1, egcs, and Linux 2.2. <a href="/wiki/GNOME_1" title="GNOME 1">GNOME 1</a> was integrated. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="6.0.50"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 6.0.50 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Lorax </td> <td>6 September 1999 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td>Introduced a completely rewritten graphical installer (anaconda), with graphical mode and text mode implemented in Python. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="6.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 6.1 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Cartman </td> <td>4 October 1999 </td> <td>2.2.12–20 </td> <td>InfoWorld, 1999 Product of the Year, Operating Systems and multiple other awards. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="6.1.92"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 6.1.92 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Piglet </td> <td>9 February 2000 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="6.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 6.2 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Zoot </td> <td>3 April 2000 </td> <td>2.2.14–5.0 </td> <td>First release to offer ISO images for FTP download. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="6.9.5"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 6.9.5 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Pinstripe </td> <td>31 July 2000 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Guinness </td> <td>25 September 2000 </td> <td>2.2.16–22 </td> <td>First release to support Red Hat Network out of the box. Caused the gcc 2.96 flame war, leading to the 2.96RH name being used later. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7.0.90"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7.0.90 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Fisher </td> <td>31 January 2001 </td> <td>2.4 </td> <td>First release with Linux 2.4. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7.0.91"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7.0.91 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Wolverine </td> <td>21 February 2001 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7.1"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7.1 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Seawolf </td> <td>16 April 2001 </td> <td>2.4.2–2 </td> <td>First release to debut a new kernel stream out of the beta cycle. First release to simultaneously support all included languages. Introduced the Mozilla browser. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7.1.93"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7.1.93 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Roswell </td> <td>2 August 2001 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td>ext3 becomes default; the installer offers to convert ext2 filesystems. LILO replaced with GRUB as the default bootloader. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7.2"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7.2 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Enigma </td> <td>22 October 2001 </td> <td>2.4.7–10 </td> <td>GNOME 1.4, KDE 2.2. Would serve as the development basis for RHEL 2.1 AS (Pensacola). </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7.2A"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7.2A </td> <td>stable </td> <td>EnigmaA </td> <td>29 December 2001 </td> <td>2.4.17 </td> <td>GNOME 1.4, KDE 2.2.2. Has version in the letter A. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7.2.91"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7.2.91 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Skipjack </td> <td>22 March 2002 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td>Expected to ship a lot of new programs (gcc 3, GTK 2, Python 2) that were postponed for 8.0. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7.3"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7.3 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Valhalla </td> <td>6 May 2002 </td> <td>2.4.18–3 </td> <td>KDE updated to 3.0.0. Last release with the Netscape browser. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="7.3.29"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 7.3.29 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Limbo </td> <td>4 July 2002 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td>700 MB ISO images were tested, but they proved problematic. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="8.0"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 8.0 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Psyche </td> <td>30 September 2002 </td> <td>2.4.18–14 </td> <td>gcc 3.2, glibc 2.3 RC, OpenOffice 1.0.1, <a href="/wiki/GNOME_2" title="GNOME 2">GNOME 2</a>, KDE 3.0.3. Introduced the Bluecurve™ cross-environment unified look and feel. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="9"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 9 </td> <td>stable </td> <td>Shrike </td> <td>31 March 2003 </td> <td>2.4.20–8 </td> <td>KDE 3.1 and GNOME 2.2. Introduced NPTL support with glibc 2.3.2 and kernel 2.4.20. Would serve as the development basis for RHEL 3. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black; background-color: #FDB3AB;" title="Old version, no longer maintained" data-sort-value="9.0.93"><span style="display: none;">Old version, no longer maintained:</span> 9.0.93 </td> <td>beta </td> <td>Severn </td> <td>21 July 2003 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td>Final RHL release. It would be merged with Fedora Linux to form release Fedora Core 1 test 2, version 0.94. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><small><div class="templateVersion l" style="margin-left: -1em;"><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="white-space: nowrap;"><b>Legend:</b></span></div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid #FDB3AB; padding-left: 0.3em; white-space: nowrap;" title="Old version, no longer maintained">Old version</span></div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; display: none;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid #FEF8C6; padding-left: 0.3em; white-space: nowrap;" title="Old version, yet still maintained">Old version, still maintained</span></div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; display: none;"><span style="border-left: 1.2em solid #D4F4B4; padding-left: 0.3em; white-space: nowrap;" title="Latest stable version"><b>Latest version</b></span></div><div style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; display: 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href="/wiki/Lubuntu" title="Lubuntu">Lubuntu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_Budgie" title="Ubuntu Budgie">Ubuntu Budgie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_Cinnamon" title="Ubuntu Cinnamon">Ubuntu Cinnamon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_Kylin" title="Ubuntu Kylin">Ubuntu Kylin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_MATE" title="Ubuntu MATE">Ubuntu MATE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_Studio" title="Ubuntu Studio">Ubuntu Studio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_Unity" title="Ubuntu Unity">Ubuntu Unity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xubuntu" title="Xubuntu">Xubuntu</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Derivatives: <a href="/wiki/BackBox" title="BackBox">BackBox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhi_Linux" title="Bodhi Linux">Bodhi Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elementary_OS" title="Elementary OS">elementary OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmabunt%C3%BCs" title="Emmabuntüs">Emmabuntüs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDE_neon" title="KDE neon">KDE neon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freespire" title="Freespire">Freespire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linux_Lite" title="Linux Lite">Linux Lite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linux_Mint" title="Linux Mint">Linux Mint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LXLE_Linux" title="LXLE Linux">LXLE Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_(operating_system)" title="Nova (operating system)">Nova OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peppermint_OS" title="Peppermint OS">Peppermint OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop!_OS" title="Pop! OS">Pop! OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisquel" title="Trisquel">Trisquel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_Touch" title="Ubuntu Touch">Ubuntu Touch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruk_GNU/Linux" title="Uruk GNU/Linux">Uruk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wubuntu" title="Wubuntu">Wubuntu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zorin_OS" title="Zorin OS">Zorin OS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AntiX" title="AntiX">antiX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astra_Linux" title="Astra Linux">Astra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharat_Operating_System_Solutions" title="Bharat Operating System Solutions">Bharat Operating System Solutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BlankOn_Linux" title="BlankOn Linux">BlankOn Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commodore_OS" title="Commodore OS">Commodore OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damn_Small_Linux" title="Damn Small Linux">Damn Small Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepin" title="Deepin">deepin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devuan" title="Devuan">Devuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elive" title="Elive">Elive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endless_OS" class="mw-redirect" title="Endless OS">Endless OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FreedomBox" title="FreedomBox">FreedomBox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaisen_Linux" title="Kaisen Linux">Kaisen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kali_Linux" title="Kali Linux">Kali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanotix" title="Kanotix">Kanotix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knoppix" title="Knoppix">Knoppix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MX_Linux" title="MX Linux">MX Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parrot_OS" title="Parrot OS">Parrot OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PureOS" title="PureOS">PureOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raspberry_Pi_OS" title="Raspberry Pi OS">Raspberry Pi OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q4OS" title="Q4OS">Q4OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slax" title="Slax">Slax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SparkyLinux" title="SparkyLinux">SparkyLinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SolydXK" title="SolydXK">SolydXK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tails_(operating_system)" title="Tails (operating system)">Tails</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tizen" title="Tizen">Tizen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unity_Operating_System" title="Unity Operating System">UOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whonix" title="Whonix">Whonix</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fedora_Linux" title="Fedora Linux">Fedora</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CentOS_Stream" title="CentOS Stream">CentOS Stream</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AlmaLinux" title="AlmaLinux">AlmaLinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EulerOS" title="EulerOS">EulerOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracle_Linux" title="Miracle Linux">MIRACLE LINUX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oracle_Linux" title="Oracle Linux">Oracle Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux" title="Red Hat Enterprise Linux">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Linux" title="Rocky Linux">Rocky Linux</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Linux" title="Asahi Linux">Asahi Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Network_Security_Toolkit" title="Network Security Toolkit">Network Security Toolkit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobara_Linux" title="Nobara Linux">Nobara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubes_OS" title="Qubes OS">Qubes OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Star_OS" title="Red Star OS">Red Star OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailfish_OS" title="Sailfish OS">Sailfish OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultramarine_Linux" title="Ultramarine Linux">Ultramarine Linux</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gentoo_Linux" title="Gentoo Linux">Gentoo</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calculate_Linux" title="Calculate Linux">Calculate Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ChromiumOS" title="ChromiumOS">ChromiumOS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ChromeOS" title="ChromeOS">ChromeOS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentoo" title="Pentoo">Pentoo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandrake_Linux" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandrake Linux">Mandrake</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ALT_Linux" title="ALT Linux">ALT Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PCLinuxOS" title="PCLinuxOS">PCLinuxOS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandriva_Linux" title="Mandriva Linux">Mandriva</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mageia" title="Mageia">Mageia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OpenMandriva_Lx" title="OpenMandriva Lx">OpenMandriva Lx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROSA_Linux" title="ROSA Linux">ROSA Linux</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Slackware" title="Slackware">Slackware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austrumi_Linux" title="Austrumi Linux">Austrumi Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porteus_(operating_system)" title="Porteus (operating system)">Porteus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salix_OS" title="Salix OS">Salix OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slax" title="Slax">Slax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenwalk" title="Zenwalk">Zenwalk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SUSE_Linux" class="mw-redirect" title="SUSE Linux">SUSE</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OpenSUSE" title="OpenSUSE">openSUSE</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise" title="SUSE Linux Enterprise">SUSE Linux Enterprise</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Open_Enterprise_Server" title="Open Enterprise Server">Open Enterprise Server</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GeckoLinux" title="GeckoLinux">GeckoLinux</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/4MLinux" title="4MLinux">4MLinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpine_Linux" title="Alpine Linux">Alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CHAOS_(operating_system)" title="CHAOS (operating system)">CHAOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimera_Linux" title="Chimera Linux">Chimera Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Linux_OS" title="Clear Linux OS">Clear Linux OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CRUX" title="CRUX">CRUX</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kwort_Linux" title="Kwort Linux">Kwort</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GoboLinux" title="GoboLinux">GoboLinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GNU_Guix_System" class="mw-redirect" title="GNU Guix System">Guix SD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KaiOS" title="KaiOS">KaiOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KaOS" title="KaOS">KaOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NixOS" title="NixOS">NixOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puppy_Linux" title="Puppy Linux">Puppy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Source_Mage" title="Source Mage">Source Mage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solus_(operating_system)" title="Solus (operating system)">Solus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T2_SDE" title="T2 SDE">T2 SDE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiny_Core_Linux" title="Tiny Core Linux">Tiny Core Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Void_Linux" title="Void Linux">Void</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Discontinued</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CyanogenMod" title="CyanogenMod">CyanogenMod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIUI" title="MIUI">MIUI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PixelExperience" title="PixelExperience">PixelExperience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remix_OS" title="Remix OS">Remix OS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arch_Linux" title="Arch Linux">Arch</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ArchLabs" title="ArchLabs">ArchLabs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antergos" title="Antergos">Antergos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakra_(operating_system)" title="Chakra (operating system)">Chakra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Ubuntu: <a href="/wiki/Asturix" title="Asturix">Asturix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Lab_Linux" title="Black Lab Linux">Black Lab Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cub_Linux" title="Cub Linux">Cub Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobuntu" title="Gobuntu">Gobuntu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GOS_(operating_system)" title="GOS (operating system)">gOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linux_Caixa_M%C3%A1gica" title="Linux Caixa Mágica">Linux Caixa Mágica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LinuxTLE" title="LinuxTLE">LinuxTLE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinguy_OS" title="Pinguy OS">Pinguy OS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabily" title="Sabily">Sabily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubuntu_GNOME" title="Ubuntu GNOME">Ubuntu GNOME</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Other derivatives: <a href="/wiki/BackTrack" title="BackTrack">BackTrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corel_Linux" title="Corel Linux">Corel Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CrunchBang_Linux" title="CrunchBang Linux">CrunchBang Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DoudouLinux" title="DoudouLinux">DoudouLinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreamlinux" title="Dreamlinux">Dreamlinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feather_Linux" class="mw-redirect" title="Feather Linux">Feather Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GNewSense" title="GNewSense">gNewSense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HandyLinux" title="HandyLinux">HandyLinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libranet" title="Libranet">Libranet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musix_GNU%2BLinux" title="Musix GNU+Linux">Musix GNU+Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parsix" title="Parsix">Parsix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SteamOS" title="SteamOS">SteamOS</a> (1.0–2.0)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunwah_Linux" title="Sunwah Linux">Sunwah Linux</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gentoo_Linux" title="Gentoo Linux">Gentoo</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Container_Linux" title="Container Linux">Container Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabayon_Linux" title="Sabayon Linux">Sabayon Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XB_Machine" title="XB Machine">xB Machine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Red Hat</a>/<a href="/wiki/Fedora_Linux" title="Fedora Linux">Fedora</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BLAG_Linux_and_GNU" title="BLAG Linux and GNU">BLAG Linux and GNU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CentOS" title="CentOS">CentOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ClearOS" title="ClearOS">ClearOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linpus_Linux" title="Linpus Linux">Linpus Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korora_(operating_system)" title="Korora (operating system)">Korora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_2" title="Linux for PlayStation 2">Linux for PlayStation 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_Linux" title="Scientific Linux">Scientific Linux</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Red Hat Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocks_Cluster_Distribution" title="Rocks Cluster Distribution">Rocks Cluster Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Think_Blue_Linux" title="Think Blue Linux">Think Blue Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbolinux" title="Turbolinux">Turbolinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vine_Linux" title="Vine Linux">Vine Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Dog_Linux" title="Yellow Dog Linux">Yellow Dog Linux</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Slackware" title="Slackware">Slackware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BioSLAX" title="BioSLAX">BioSLAX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damn_Vulnerable_Linux" title="Damn Vulnerable Linux">Damn Vulnerable Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KateOS" title="KateOS">KateOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kongoni_(operating_system)" title="Kongoni (operating system)">Kongoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NimbleX" title="NimbleX">NimbleX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platypux" title="Platypux">Platypux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TopologiLinux" title="TopologiLinux">TopologiLinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VectorLinux" title="VectorLinux">VectorLinux</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/SUSE_Linux" class="mw-redirect" title="SUSE Linux">SUSE</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SUSE_Studio" title="SUSE Studio">SUSE Studio Express</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caldera_OpenLinux" title="Caldera OpenLinux">Caldera OpenLinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DemoLinux" title="DemoLinux">DemoLinux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Familiar_Linux" title="Familiar Linux">Familiar Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_OS" title="Firefox OS">Firefox OS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Firefox_OS#B2G_OS" title="Firefox OS">B2G OS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floppyfw" title="Floppyfw">Floppyfw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foresight_Linux" title="Foresight Linux">Foresight Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immunix" title="Immunix">Immunix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jurix" 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