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Red Hat

How come Red Hat is not here but Fedora is here? I would add some of th info, but I can't enter the tech info so I'm not spoiling other people's good work...

It's just a list - most of the "tech info" here is propagandist (--------) that should be replaced by hard facts with Comparison of Linux distributions anyways. Therefore, just add it yourself. ¦ Reisio 09:44, 2005 August 18 (UTC)

It's mentioned there. Look above commercial distributions. Jaalto 2005-11-24

(REDHAT is pay only, non-GNU, I would dare to say they are no longer a Linux Distro as a (wiki) dictionary defines it.)

Discontinued, now for sale

monomaxos.com was formerly a porn site, now for sale. This Ubuntu flavour is discontinued. Please remove link. --— Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.61.62.243 (talk • contribs) 22 feb 2020 02:00 (UTC)

is linux monolithic ?

linux is not monolithic it's modular it was one of the first popular modular kernels; which can be micro if the user desires. mach uses different file structs to talk to its parts and is written by different people - is it definitely different but not by much if talking about modularity alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.219.207.23 (talk • contribs) 4 apr 2016 14:43 (UTC)

Updating the Distro Timeline

The timeline is old and should be updated. However, I have updated the image on the French Wikipedia which has its own file, and now the English Wikipedia doesn't let me update the file to the same file. So, what do we do?

"CachyOS" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect CachyOS has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 November 28 § CachyOS until a consensus is reached. --tgheretford (talk) 09:43, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion criteria

@Frank Anchor: There are many thousands of non-notable distros, and the inclusion criteria is that every entry on this list must be notable enough to have a standalone article, per WP:CSC 1 and the editing note that has been in place since 2012. The consensus for this criteria is not unsubstantiated, and this criteria has been in place since at least 2005. If an entry is not notable enough for a standalone article, it is not listed here. - Aoidh (talk) 20:34, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for sharing. Frank Anchor 22:16, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

pindows os

add pindows os to knoppix derivatives ~2026-22644-2 (talk) 15:08, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@~2026-22644-2 why? It's not really notible Spinwin2 (talk) 06:42, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

I think the List of Gentoo Linux derivatives article should be merged to this one per WP:OVERLAP. The content could be copied over to the "Gentoo-based" section. Isi96 (talk) 23:45, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. TheBooker66, but call me Ethan (talk) 20:50, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]