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Independent distributions

All the distributions listed on this page are either independent meaning they are not downstream of any distribution

The most popular distributions on the page are

  • NixOS
  • Solus
  • Android

Independent non-RHEL RPM-based distributions

  • Mandriva Linux
    • EOL
    • Was originally named Mandrake Linux
    • Laid off developers went to Mageia
    • Remaining developers created OpenMandriva
  • Mageia
    • France (actually uses urpmi)
  • OpenMandriva
    • France
    • KDE default
  • EulerOS
    • Commercial Linux
      • by Huwawei for enterprise
      • The only Linux distro to be certified to the Single UNIX Specification
  • OpenEuler

Independent non-Arch but using Pacman

  • KaOS
    • KDE plasma only (strong focus)
    • x86 only

Slackware uses Pkgtool

  • Slackware
    • Oldest Linux Distro #1
    • The most stable?  Definitely the most difficult!
    • Must manually install everything
    • Uses SysV Init
    • Still uses LILO?
    • I briefly attempted to use this distro in 1995 to create a server for my employer.  I installed the distro on a PC using approximately 40 floppy disks.  I had no idea what I was doing.  I could not get the server to connect to the internet.  Console only, no GUI.  But I am sure that 25 years later the process must be significantly better.

Nix Package Manager

  • NixOS - GROWING POPULARITY
    • Netherlands
    • All apps in isolation (this is huge)
    • Nix is a purely functional package manager. This means that it treats packages like values in purely functional programming languages such as Haskell — they are built by functions that don’t have side-effects, and they never change after they have been built.
    • The end result is reproducible and reliable builds
    • There is one installer, it allows the user to select the desktop environment

XBPS (X Binary Package System)

  • Void
    • Rolling release
    • Using runit instead of systemd or initV

Solus - Eopkg

  • Solus - POPULAR
    • Rolling release
    • Budgie developer
    • Also offers KDE Plasma, Mate, Gnome
    • Inted for home/office computing

GNU Guix package manager

Pkgutils

Swupd (versioning happens at the individual file level)

  • Clear Linux
    • Rolling release
    • Optimized by Intel for performance and customization
    • MontaVista provides the commercial support

PackageManager

  • Android - POPULAR
    • This is mobile Linux!