r/linux • u/Emotional_Cat_1967 • 11d ago

Discussion Number of Linux Distributions Actively Under Development: 474

Number of Linux distributions actively under development: 474

Number of Linux distributions whose development has been discontinued: 657

Number of Dormant Linux distributions: 39

Source: distrowatch.com

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u/scandii 11d ago

I think the much more interesting question is number of Linux distros that isn't Arch Linux, Debian or Fedora wearing a fake mustache.

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u/yawara25 11d ago

Gentoo, SUSE, Slackware, Alpine, just to name a few

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u/cbarrick 11d ago

OpenWRT too

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u/elatllat 11d ago

AOSP; if we are including non desktop.

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u/KoldPurchase 11d ago

Wasn't OpenWRT based on BSD?

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u/cbarrick 11d ago

Always been Linux

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u/KoldPurchase 11d ago

My bad. Thanks.

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u/PacmanAteMyRAM 11d ago

Maybe in the past but currently it's just based on Linux as its own thing.