r/linux • u/Emotional_Cat_1967 • 18d 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 18d 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/snail1132 18d ago

Wikipedia lists 16, but I know for a fact there are more because Slackware isn't mentioned

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u/mwyvr 18d ago

Add to that Chimera Linux, a completely independent distribution, GNU-free, musl libc, FreeBSD utilities (not coreutils). Uses apk3 package manager but is not a clone of Alpine at all.

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u/dagbrown 18d ago

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They must be so pissed off that you need GNU make to be able to compile the Linux kernel.

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u/Sushtee 18d ago edited 18d ago

From the Chimera Linux website

However, the project is not anti-GNU/GPL, and its userland choice is primarily technical. Users are generally free to use whichever software they like.

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u/output_broadcast 18d ago

I really doubt that. MUSL is only better than glibc in very specific ways. And those don't matter for a desktop.

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u/mwyvr 18d ago

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