04/07/2021
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A Linux distro or distribution is a variant of the Linux system, which in addition to including the Linux system, includes packages of software to satisfy the end user, depending on who the end user is, and may be for home use, business, or for servers.
The basis of a Linux distro is to include the Linux kernel, the tools of the GNU project and many other applications depending on each distro, and for who the end user is.
Some examples of the most common or most used Linux Distros or Distributions currently are the following
Name | Supported architectures | Packet format | License | Country |
Debian | alpha, amd64, arm, PA-RISC, i386, IA-64, m68k, Mips, Mipsel, PowerPC, zSeries / s390, SPARC | deb | DFSG | world |
Fedora | i386, PowerPC, PowerPC-64, s390, s390x, x86-64 | rpm | GPL | USA |
Gentoo | x86 (i686), x86-64, IA-64, PPC, PPC-64, SPARC64, HPPA, alpha | tar.gz / source files | GPL | world |
Mandriva | i586, IA-64 | rpm | GPL | world |
Slackware | i486 (x86), alpha, SPARC, s390 | tgz | GPL | USA |
Suse | i586, IA-64, PowerPC, s390, s390x, x86-64 | rpm | GPL | world |
Ubuntu | amd64, i386, PowerPC | deb | GPL | world |