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Linux Distribution / Distro

RHEL​

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

  • Popular
  • Commercial
  • Subscription
  • Starting in 2023, a subscription is required to download
  • Stable
  • yum package manager
  • Acquired by IBM

CentOS​

  • Popular
  • Clone of RHEL
  • Acquired by Red Hat in 2014
  • Discontinued on 2021-12-31

Rocky Linux​

  • Clone of RHEL
  • By CentOS co-founder Gregory Kurtzer

Fedora​

  • Based on RHEL
  • DNF package manager
  • Bleeding edge

Alma Linux​

  • Clone of RHEL

Debian​

  • APT (Advanced Package Tool)

Ubuntu​

  • Based on Debian
  • Popular
  • Use AppArmor by default (Similar to SELinux)

Kali Linux​

  • Based on Debian
  • For Penetration Testing

Gentoo​

  • Source based

Slax​

Slax

  • Lightweight
  • Live
  • Based on Debian / Slackware