- **Epistemic status:** #evergreen According to [The Linux Foundation](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/), the following are the most popular [[Linux]] distribution families. ![[linux-kernel-families.png]] ## Red Hat Family Systems ![[redhat.jpg]] ### Popular Distributions - [RHEL](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux) - [CentOS](https://www.centos.org/) - [Fedora](https://getfedora.org/) - [Oracle Linux](https://www.oracle.com/linux/) ### Package Manager yum and dnf RPM-based yum package manager ### Key Facts - RHEL is prevalent on enterprises that host their own systems - Fedora serves as an upstream testing platform for RHEL - CentOS is a close clone of RHEL - Oracle Linux is mostly a copy of RHEL with some changes ## SUSE Family Systems ![[suse.jpg]] ### Popular Distributions - [SUSE](https://www.suse.com/) - [SLES](https://www.suse.com/products/server/) - [OpenSUSE](https://www.opensuse.org/) ### Package Manager RPM-based zypper package manager ### Key Facts - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is upstream for openSUSE - It includes YaST (Yet Another Setup Tool) application for system administration purposes - SLES is prevalent on retail and many other sectors ## Debian Family Systems ![[debian.png]] ### Popular Distributions - [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) - [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/) - [Linux Mint](https://linuxmint.com/) ### Package Manager DPKG-based APT package manager ### Key Facts - Debian is upstream for Ubuntu - Ubuntu is upstream for Linux Mint - Ubuntu is prevalent on cloud environments - While Ubuntu is based on Debian and is [[Gnome]]-based under the hood, it differs visually from the interface on standard Debian, as well as other distributions --- ## References - “Course | Introduction to Linux | EdX.” Accessed January 20, 2022. <https://learning.edx.org/course/course-v1:LinuxFoundationX+LFS101x+2T2021/home>. - “List of Linux Distributions.” In _Wikipedia_, January 19, 2022. <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Linux_distributions&oldid=1066593439>. - “LWN Distributions List.” Accessed January 20, 2022. <https://lwn.net/Distributions/>.