Linux distribution (distro) comparison.
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Distro
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Parent
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Released
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Desktop
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Style
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Packages
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Release Cycle
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CachyOS
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Arch Linux
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2021
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You Pick
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You Pick
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pacman, aur
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Rolling
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Linux Mint *
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Ubuntu
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2006
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Cinnamon
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Windows 7
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APT, flatpak
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2 Years
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MX Linux
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Debian
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2014
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Xfce
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Windows 7
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APT
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Irregular
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Debian
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Independent
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1993
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You Pick
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You Pick
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APT
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2-3 Years
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EndeavourOS
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Arch Linux
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2019
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You Pick
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You PIck
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Pacman
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Rolling
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Pop!_OS
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Ubuntu
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2017
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COSMIC
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Unique
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APT
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6 Months
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Manjaro
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Arch Linux
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2011
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Xfce
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Windows 7
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alpm, aur, flatpak, snap
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Rolling
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ZorinOS *
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Ubuntu
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2009
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GNOME
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Windows 7-11 or MacOS
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APT
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2 Years
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Ubuntu *
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Debian
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2004
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GNOME
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MacOS like
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Snap or APT
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6 Month
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Fedora Workstation
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Red Hat
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2003
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GNOME
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MacOS
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RPM
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6 Months
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Distro
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Parent
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Released
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Desktop
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Style
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Packages
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Release Cycle
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Artix
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Arch Linux
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2017
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You Pick
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You Pick
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pacman
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Rolling
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Arch Linux
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Independent
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2002
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You Pick
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You Pick
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pacman
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Rolling
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BigLinux
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Manjaro
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2004
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KDE Plasma
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Windows 11
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pacman
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Rolling
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TrueNAS
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Debian
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2005
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None
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None
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.deb
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12-18 Months
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Slackware
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Independent
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1993
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KDE Plasma
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Windows 11
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Slackware
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Years
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Void
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Independent
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2014
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Xfce
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Windows 7
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Void
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Rolling
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NixOS
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Independent
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2003
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You Pick
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You Pick
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Nix
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6 Months
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Devuan
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Debian
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2014
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You Pick
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You Pick
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APT
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2-3 Years
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Distro
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Parent
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Released
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Desktop
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Style
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Packages
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Release Cycle
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Gentoo
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Independent
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2002
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You Pick
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You Pick
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emerge
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Rolling
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openSUSE
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Independent
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2005
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KDE Plasma
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Windows 10
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RPM
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Rolling
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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Fedora
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2002
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GNOME
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Unique
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RPM
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3 Years
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Distro
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Parent
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Released
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Desktop
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Style
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Packages
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Release Cycle
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Kali Linux
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Debian
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2013
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GNOME
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Windows
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apt dpkg
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Rolling
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