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DistroWatch

The DistroWatch web site was first published on 31 May 2001. The concept started as a very simple table comprising of 5 major distributions and the chart only compared a few features (price, version, release date) and a few package versions (Linux kernel, KDE, GNOME, XFree86...

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  • Free
  • Proprietary

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  • Online
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  1.  Lightweight

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  1.  No registration required
  2.  GNU/linux-libre

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Top Positive Comment
Caner ÖZDEMIR
3

One of the best source of news, popularity, reviews etc about Linux and BSD distros.

Sailaway33
0

It is the place to keep up or find diffrent distrubitoins of Linux/\GNU or BSD

ab1
0

Shows versions of important packages like glibc, browser and compilers...

Álvaro Ayres
0

Really good website. You see the info on your favorite distros and discover new ones. Unfortunately I have to use a proxy or VPN to access it. DistroWatch seems to be blocking IPs coming from outside the US.

Edit: It's working fine now. =)

[Edited by Reborn, November 28]

anonymous404
3

This site is super helpful when looking for distros. The internet wouldn't be the same without it.

UncleNinja
-2

This is a website, not an application. What, do I make an entry on alternativeTo for my website too?

A moderator should probably delete this.

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What is DistroWatch?

The DistroWatch web site was first published on 31 May 2001. The concept started as a very simple table comprising of 5 major distributions and the chart only compared a few features (price, version, release date) and a few package versions (Linux kernel, KDE, GNOME, XFree86, Apache). In trying to make it slightly more comprehensive and useful, more distributions, features and packages were added until the table reached a fairly reasonable state in terms of information provided. At that stage, the table was moved from a spreadsheet into an HTML document and it was shared with the Linux community worldwide.

DistroWatch information

  • Developed by

    CA flagLadislav Bodnar

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.

  • Rating

    Average rating of 5

  • Alternatives

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about DistroWatch, and it has gotten 124 likes

DistroWatch was added to AlternativeTo by Valentin on and this page was last updated . DistroWatch is sometimes referred to as DistroWatch.com.