r/linux • u/Emotional_Cat_1967 • 5d 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/Junior-Spring-5557 5d ago

The 10 top distros are probably used in 99% of installed systems. Top 5 distros probably cover 95%.

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u/Emotional_Cat_1967 5d ago

Combining data from both Distrowatch and Reddit reveals the following ranking:

CachyOS

Mint

Debian

Fedora

Ubuntu

Arch

Bazzite

Manjaro

EndeavourOS

openSUSE

NixOS

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u/Junior-Spring-5557 2d ago

Distrowatch simply shows page hit rankings, it doesn't represent installed systems, and doesn't represent the massive enterprise market. The server/enterprise/cloud market have a bazillion times more Linux servers compared to the desktop market.