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curprev 18:3818:38, 16 July 2025 RickyCourtney talk contribs 54,983 bytes +1 correction undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 15:5515:55, 15 July 2025 Hairy Dude talk contribs 54,982 bytes −444 →OEM contracts: correction: "computer hardware" is too general, you don't buy memory with an OS on it; section needs updating with sources less than 14 years old that support the use of present tense, or else rewriting as a historical note; rm non-notable petition undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

curprev 04:0404:04, 28 June 2025 FullScale4Me talk contribs m 55,426 bytes +184 →Installation via an existing operating system: Wikified the bare-url reference I just added and 2 minor grammar tweaks. undo
curprev 03:5703:57, 28 June 2025 FullScale4Me talk contribs 55,242 bytes +69 →Installation via an existing operating system: Win32-loader was discontinued. forklifted over a reference from its article. undo
curprev 03:2303:23, 28 June 2025 FullScale4Me talk contribs 55,173 bytes +341 →Lightweight distributions: Added antiX and DSL as they have been around for 15+ years. Added a supporting reference. undo
curprev 02:4302:43, 28 June 2025 FullScale4Me talk contribs m 54,832 bytes +23 →Installation-free distributions (live CD/USB): Changed MEPIX to MX Linux as MX is the current successor (not fork) to the MEPIS Linux project.. Added antiX which also emerged as a successor to MEPIS. undo

curprev 18:4118:41, 13 June 2025 Remsense talk contribs m 54,396 bytes −3 Reverted 1 edit by 2001:B07:A5B:78E2:3DC5:B27B:6A3F:5916 (talk) to last revision by 95.91.249.142 undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 18:4018:40, 13 June 2025 2001:b07:a5b:78e2:3dc5:b27b:6a3f:5916 talk 54,399 bytes +3 →Notes: HRNRHRRHF undo Tags: Reverted Visual edit

curprev 21:2121:21, 20 May 2025 95.91.249.142 talk 54,396 bytes +49 →Niche distributions undo

curprev 18:3718:37, 21 April 2025 Joseph554 talk contribs 54,347 bytes −6 Switched Linux distribution timeline back to the primary svg file undo Tag: Visual edit: Switched

curprev 13:5113:51, 14 April 2025 Kyleroo talk contribs m 54,353 bytes +2 No edit summary undo
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curprev 22:4822:48, 11 April 2025 41.138.96.63 talk 54,351 bytes +1 →Installation undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 13:5113:51, 17 March 2025 HTQUAN29 talk contribs 54,350 bytes −6 Archived date changed in [10] undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 13:3913:39, 17 March 2025 HTQUAN29 talk contribs 54,356 bytes 0 Changed the picture of "Timeline of the development of main Linux distributions" undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 09:0409:04, 15 March 2025 2a10:3781:2b33:0:4181:3c29:961d:89c6 talk 54,356 bytes −1 Moved Alpine and Chimera under the GNU-compatible section as they use musl and are not at all untypical like Android or ChromeOS. musl strives for some GNU compatibility according to its FAQ (https://www.musl-libc.org/faq.html). undo

curprev 14:3314:33, 25 February 2025 Greatder talk contribs 54,357 bytes +1 →Interdistribution issues undo Tag: Visual edit
curprev 14:3114:31, 25 February 2025 Greatder talk contribs 54,356 bytes +22 →Niche distributions undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 17:5717:57, 17 February 2025 Epok128 talk contribs m 54,334 bytes −6 CyanogenMod is dead, replaced the example with GrapheneOS. undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 10:0310:03, 16 February 2025 VulcanSphere talk contribs 54,340 bytes +3 Updating #screenshot of #Ubuntu to 24.10 #Computing #Linux #VulcanSphere undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 00:0100:01, 6 February 2025 Fuse809 talk contribs 54,337 bytes +58 →Niche distributions undo
curprev 00:0000:00, 6 February 2025 Fuse809 talk contribs 54,279 bytes +53 →Niche distributions: DistroWatch categorizes LFS as education, but I am adding the category of Do it Yourself, as surely that category can't be controversial undo

curprev 17:0317:03, 4 February 2025 Aoidh talk contribs 54,226 bytes −24 Undid revision 1273933025 by Fuse809 (talk) Learning how to install an OS does not make that OS an educational one. undo Tag: Undo
curprev 17:0117:01, 4 February 2025 Fuse809 talk contribs 54,250 bytes +24 →Niche distributions: Installing LFS is practically a learning experience in itself. undo Tag: Reverted
curprev 17:0017:00, 4 February 2025 Fuse809 talk contribs 54,226 bytes +122 →Linux-kernel-based operating systems: Adding Alpine undo
curprev 16:5816:58, 4 February 2025 Fuse809 talk contribs 54,104 bytes +194 →Linux-kernel-based operating systems: Adding Chimera undo

curprev 13:0413:04, 12 November 2024 Stevebroshar talk contribs 53,910 bytes −62 Inaccurate sourced info: a popular distro fits many users' needs, but not all distros are intended to fit many users's needs; not all distros are popular undo
curprev 12:5312:53, 12 November 2024 Stevebroshar talk contribs 53,972 bytes −43 Reword 3rd paragraph for conciseness. undo
curprev 12:4412:44, 12 November 2024 Stevebroshar talk contribs 54,015 bytes −18 Reword 2nd paragraph to be cohesive ...with an intro sentence; and less repetitive undo
curprev 12:2812:28, 12 November 2024 Stevebroshar talk contribs 54,033 bytes +127 package manager is not special enough to be called out in first sentence; not only includes the linux kernel but _uses_ it as the kernel; not all distros are available (publicly) undo

curprev 22:1422:14, 5 November 2024 Stevebroshar talk contribs 53,906 bytes −806 If we're going to include embedded then there are _way_ more than 1000; we have no idea how many there are; LWN.net is already in external links; distrowatch article is linked elsewhere undo

curprev 16:2616:26, 1 November 2024 GreenC bot talk contribs 54,712 bytes +61 Reformat 1 URL (Wayback Medic 2.5) undo

curprev 17:4917:49, 29 October 2024 Xose.vazquez talk contribs 54,651 bytes −100 →Niche distributions: Scientific Linux is EOL replaced by AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux undo

curprev 09:0709:07, 28 October 2024 Filedelinkerbot talk contribs m 54,751 bytes +137 Bot: Undo revision 1253313838 as File:Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat Desktop English.png has been restored. undo Tag: Undo

curprev 10:1210:12, 25 October 2024 Filedelinkerbot talk contribs 54,667 bytes −137 Bot: Removing Commons:File:Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat Desktop English.png (en). It was deleted on Commons by Yann (per Commons:COM:NETCOPYVIO). undo Tag: Reverted

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