Linux distributions + Debian, Ubuntu >
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint
https://linuxmint.com/ [ 1 ] was https://www.linuxmint.de/
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Linux distributions + Debian, Ubuntu >
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint
https://linuxmint.com/ [ 1 ] was https://www.linuxmint.de/
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Linux distributions + Slackware >
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=slax
https://www.slax.org/
Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Arch Linux
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=arch
https://archlinux.org/
Appears to have a good philosophy. In reality it’s over-limited to the point of making life convenient for the developers at the expense of inconveniencing the users.
Retired, though forks exist.
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Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Puppy Linux
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=puppy
puppylinux.org
The official distribution has been retired but has been forked/continued as woof-CE. Barry continues to fiddle around with his own stuff. I see Quirky 7.0.3 as of 2015-05-08.
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Debian
https://www.debian.org/
I had first tested this a long time ago, perhaps before 2003. My first impressions were that it had a big community, was clumsily-implemented enough to spawn many many sub-distros and had poor governance.
Properly known as Debian GNU/Linux
See also:
Linux distributions >
See also Linux distributions based on Gentoo
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Gentoo
https://www.gentoo.org/
Systemd is reported to be optional, but I don’t have information on that.
My past experiences were dismal enough that I don’t want to bother trying Gentoo again.
Linux + Operating Systems >
Linux distributions > Debian >
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mx
https://mxlinux.org/
A distro.
SUSE Linux
I tinkered with it way back when..