Map of Linux Distributions

The SVG version has each logo linked to its DistroWatch page (or Wikipedia).

These are all the distros I know, plus a few I didn't but kept hearing about. Also included are the important historical ones and the top 25 from DistroWatch. There are also "mobile distros" and some embedded ones. Made with Graphviz.

Some Notes:

• I have the categories as the most common use. Some were hard to choose.
• Beginner Desktop category is according to DistroWatch.
• Debian is also commonly used as a Desktop.
• Ubuntu and several other Desktop distros are also commonly used as Servers and other types.
• Bazzite is also commonly used for Desktop Gaming.
• CachyOS, Nobara, and PikaOS also have Handheld Gaming Console editions.
• CachyOS kernel optimizations are inspired by Clear Linux.
• SteamOS used to be based on Debian (not shown).
• CentOS is upstream of RHEL and is called CentOS Stream.
• QubesOS comes with Fedora or Debian based containers but runs a Fedora based hypervisor host.
• ChromiumOS is based on Gentoo but can install a Debian subsystem.
• PostmarketOS still uses some Android kernel drivers.
• KDE Linux is the spiritual successor of KDE Neon but is based on Arch.

To update/modify:

(requires Graphviz)

• edit linuxdistros.dot
• for png run dot -Tpng -O linuxdistros.dot
• for svg run dot -Tsvg -O linuxdistros.dot

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