Linux distribution (English Wikipedia)

Paul, Ryan (February 24, 2009). "Dream(sheep++): A developer's introduction to Google Android". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
"Steam's living room hardware blitz gets off to a muddy start". Ars Technica. October 15, 2015. Archived from the original on January 11, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.

asashi.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"PiTuX – a micro serial terminal distro". asashi.net. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

businessinsider.com (Global: 201^st place; English: 139^th place)

Bort, Julie. "The Super Dorky Way Programmers Are Trying To Get People Interested In Linux". Business Insider. Retrieved March 18, 2026.

centos.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

mirror-status.centos.org

"The status of CentOS mirrors". centos.org. January 15, 2015. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2015.

chakra-project.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

The Chakra Project. "half-rolling development model". chakra-project-org. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
The Chakra Project. "The Chakra Project Wiki: FAQs". chakra-project-org. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011.

dasublogbyprashanth.blogspot.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Prashanth Venkataram (September 10, 2010). "Counter-Debunking the 1% myth". dasublogbyprashanth.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2011.

debian.org (Global: 3,258^th place; English: 2,984^th place)

debian.org

"A Brief History of Debian - Debian Releases". debian.org. May 4, 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
"2.4. Installation Media". www.debian.org. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
"Network install from a minimal CD". Debian. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

wiki.debian.org

"Debian and Other Distros". debian.org. December 7, 2013. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

lists.debian.org

Cyril Brulebois (May 17, 2025). "Debian Installer Trixie RC 1". lists.debian.org. Debian. Retrieved June 28, 2025.

packages.debian.org

Debian Webmaster. "Debian - Details of package win32-loader in Lenny". Packages.debian.org. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

derstandard.at (Global: 696^th place; English: 2,449^th place)

derStandard.at. "Google: "Android is the Linux desktop dream come true" - Suchmaschinen - derStandard.at " Web". Derstandard.at. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.

detaxe.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Detaxe.org Archived March 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in French) Say no to bundled software - Say yes to informed consumers

distrowatch.com (Global: 6,192^nd place; English: 7,474^th place)

Jesse Smith (February 2, 2024). "Damn Small Linux". distrowatch.com. Copenhagen: Atea Ataroa Limited. Retrieved February 9, 2024.

earthweb.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Wise, Jason (August 10, 2023). "Linux Users: How Many People Use Linux in 2024?". Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2008.

fedoraproject.org (Global: 9,728^th place; English: 9,210^th place)

fedoraproject.org

"Fedora Release Life-cycle Proposals". fedoraproject.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019.

lists.fedoraproject.org

"Fedora Development Mailing List". fedoraproject.org. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2019.

github.com (Global: 380^th place; English: 337^th place)

"Linux Distributions Timeline". FabioLolix. Archived from the original on March 11, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2025.

gnu.org (Global: 1,901^st place; English: 1,743^rd place)

"Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems". gnu.org. June 30, 2014. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2015.

groups.google.com (Global: 2,153^rd place; English: 1,445^th place)

"Yet Another .96c+ Installation Package". groups.google.com.

howtogeek.com (Global: 8,729^th place; English: 6,329^th place)

Chris Hoffman (June 27, 2012). "HTG Explains: How Software Installation & Package Managers Work On Linux". howtogeek.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
Hoffman, Chris (July 14, 2014). "Linux Distribution Basics: Rolling Releases vs. Standard Releases". How-To Geek. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

ibiblio.org (Global: 1,093^rd place; English: 690^th place)

debian-0.91-ChangeLog

ionos.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The best Linux distributions (operating systems)". IONOS Digital Guide. January 4, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2025.

kclug.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

kernel.org (Global: 5,383^rd place; English: 3,622^nd place)

kernel.org

"RELNOTES-0.95a".

git.kernel.org

"kernel/git/nico/archive.git - Archive of old Linux versions since v0.01". git.kernel.org.

kmandla.wordpress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

K.Mandla (March 9, 2007). "The pros and cons of a rolling release". kmandla.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.

linfo.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The Free Standards Group (FSG): purpose, workgroups (LSB, OpenI18N, LANANA, DWARF, etc.), members". www.linfo.org. Retrieved August 18, 2025.

linux-hardware.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

A. Ponomarenko. "Linux Hardware Trends". Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

linux.com (Global: low place; English: 8,538^th place)

Brian Proffitt (February 3, 2010). "The Top 7 Best Linux Distributions for You". linux.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
Eric Brown (November 4, 2014). "Mobile Linux Distros Keep on Morphing". linux.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

linuxcounter.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

C. Lohner. "The Linuxcounter project is closed!". Archived from the original on August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

linuxjournal.com (Global: 8,963^rd place; English: 6,985^th place)

"Getting a Windows Refund in California Small Claims Court". Linuxjournal.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

linuxtoday.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"How I stopped distro hopping". Linux Today. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.

lwn.net (Global: 4,372^nd place; English: 3,269^th place)

Klemmer, Joe (June 30, 2004). "A Short History of Linux Distributions [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
Jonathan Corbet (June 15, 2011). "Debating overlayfs". LWN.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
Brockmeier, Joe (December 10, 2025). "Mix and match Linux distributions with Distrobox". LWN.net. Retrieved January 17, 2026.

mcelrath.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Laptops/Notebooks with Linux Preinstalled". Mcelrath.org. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

merlins.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

marc.merlins.org

"Windows Refund Day". Marc.merlins.org. February 15, 1999. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

microsoft.com (Global: 263^rd place; English: 259^th place)

download.microsoft.com

"Microsoft Software License Terms: Windows 7 Professional" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.

oldlinux.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Berlich, Ruediger (April 2001). "All you need to know about... The early history of Linux, Part 2, Re: distribution" (PDF). LinuxUser. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2013.

opensuse.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

en.opensuse.org

"Why openSUSE". opensuse.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019.

oreilly.com (Global: 6,944^th place; English: 5,088^th place)

broadcast.oreilly.com

Caitlyn Martin (September 7, 2010). "Debunking the 1% myth". oreilly.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011.

pcadvisor.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

Jim Martin. "How to install Ubuntu Touch on your Android phone or tablet". PC Advisor. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.

pcworld.com (Global: 1,889^th place; English: 1,323^rd place)

Jared Newman (September 21, 2015). "Steam for Linux tops 1,500 games as launch of Valve's Steam Machines nears". PCWorld. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

siphos.be (Global: low place; English: low place)

swift.siphos.be

"Linux Operating Systems: Distributions". swift.siphos.be. November 27, 2014. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2015.

slackware.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Release Announcement". Slackware.com. July 16, 1993. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.

statcounter.com (Global: 7,039^th place; English: 7,347^th place)

gs.statcounter.com

"Desktop Operating System Market Share Worldwide - October 2025". statcounter.com/. November 1, 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
"Operating system market share worldwide". Statcounter. Retrieved August 21, 2025.

stats.wikimedia.org (Global: 9,939^th place; English: low place)

"Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report - Operating Systems". stats.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2018.

tech-insider.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"interim release". www.tech-insider.org.
"SLS: Free Linux Distribution". www.tech-insider.org.

techradar.com (Global: 1,513^th place; English: 964^th place)

David Hayward. "Install Linux on your x86 tablet: five distros to choose from". TechRadar. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2015.

techrepublic.com (Global: 6,206^th place; English: 4,460^th place)

Chad Perrin (August 2, 2010), Point-release vs rolling-release: developer, user and security considerations, techrepublic.com, archived from the original on September 28, 2012, retrieved September 6, 2011

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

"North Korea's 'paranoid' computer operating system revealed". The Guardian. December 27, 2015. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 18, 2026.

theregister.com (Global: 2,921^st place; English: 1,825^th place)

Proven, Liam. "Thoughts on Linux distro-hopping". The Register. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

ubuntu.com (Global: 3,845^th place; English: 4,505^th place)

help.ubuntu.com

"WindowsDualBoot". ubuntu.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

w3counter.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Browser & Platform Market Share October 2025". w3counter.com. October 31, 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2025.

w3techs.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Usage statistics and market share of Unix for websites". w3techs.org. November 6, 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

walkingwithzen.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Rev. "Linux Certification – Preparation". walkingwithzen.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2019.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems". gnu.org. June 30, 2014. Archived from the original on April 24, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
"Linux Operating Systems: Distributions". swift.siphos.be. November 27, 2014. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
Chris Hoffman (June 27, 2012). "HTG Explains: How Software Installation & Package Managers Work On Linux". howtogeek.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
"The status of CentOS mirrors". centos.org. January 15, 2015. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
Jim Martin. "How to install Ubuntu Touch on your Android phone or tablet". PC Advisor. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
David Hayward. "Install Linux on your x86 tablet: five distros to choose from". TechRadar. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
Brian Proffitt (February 3, 2010). "The Top 7 Best Linux Distributions for You". linux.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
Eric Brown (November 4, 2014). "Mobile Linux Distros Keep on Morphing". linux.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
"Debian and Other Distros". debian.org. December 7, 2013. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
"Linux Distributions Timeline". FabioLolix. Archived from the original on March 11, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
Berlich, Ruediger (April 2001). "All you need to know about... The early history of Linux, Part 2, Re: distribution" (PDF). LinuxUser. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
Klemmer, Joe (June 30, 2004). "A Short History of Linux Distributions [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
"The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Release Announcement". Slackware.com. July 16, 1993. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
"A Brief History of Debian - Debian Releases". debian.org. May 4, 2013. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
The Chakra Project. "half-rolling development model". chakra-project-org. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
The Chakra Project. "The Chakra Project Wiki: FAQs". chakra-project-org. Archived from the original on August 27, 2011.
"Fedora Release Life-cycle Proposals". fedoraproject.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
"Fedora Development Mailing List". fedoraproject.org. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
Rev. "Linux Certification – Preparation". walkingwithzen.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
"Why openSUSE". opensuse.org. Archived from the original on May 18, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
Chad Perrin (August 2, 2010), Point-release vs rolling-release: developer, user and security considerations, techrepublic.com, archived from the original on September 28, 2012, retrieved September 6, 2011
K.Mandla (March 9, 2007). "The pros and cons of a rolling release". kmandla.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
Jonathan Corbet (June 15, 2011). "Debating overlayfs". LWN.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
"PiTuX – a micro serial terminal distro". asashi.net. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
"Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report - Operating Systems". stats.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
Ask AC: Is Android Linux?. "Ask AC: Is Android Linux?". Android Central. Archived from the original on April 8, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
derStandard.at. "Google: "Android is the Linux desktop dream come true" - Suchmaschinen - derStandard.at " Web". Derstandard.at. Archived from the original on April 22, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
Paul, Ryan (February 24, 2009). "Dream(sheep++): A developer's introduction to Google Android". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
"2.4. Installation Media". www.debian.org. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
"Network install from a minimal CD". Debian. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
"How I stopped distro hopping". Linux Today. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
Debian Webmaster. "Debian - Details of package win32-loader in Lenny". Packages.debian.org. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
Jared Newman (September 21, 2015). "Steam for Linux tops 1,500 games as launch of Valve's Steam Machines nears". PCWorld. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
"Steam's living room hardware blitz gets off to a muddy start". Ars Technica. October 15, 2015. Archived from the original on January 11, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
"Affordy - TITAN Computers". Shop.affordy.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
"Laptops/Notebooks with Linux Preinstalled". Mcelrath.org. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
"Microsoft Software License Terms: Windows 7 Professional" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
"Getting a Windows Refund in California Small Claims Court". Linuxjournal.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
"Windows Refund Day". Marc.merlins.org. February 15, 1999. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
Detaxe.org Archived March 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in French) Say no to bundled software - Say yes to informed consumers
Prashanth Venkataram (September 10, 2010). "Counter-Debunking the 1% myth". dasublogbyprashanth.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
Wise, Jason (August 10, 2023). "Linux Users: How Many People Use Linux in 2024?". Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
Caitlyn Martin (September 7, 2010). "Debunking the 1% myth". oreilly.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
C. Lohner. "The Linuxcounter project is closed!". Archived from the original on August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
A. Ponomarenko. "Linux Hardware Trends". Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

search.worldcat.org

"North Korea's 'paranoid' computer operating system revealed". The Guardian. December 27, 2015. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 18, 2026.

Linux distribution (English Wikipedia)

affordy.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

shop.affordy.com

androidcentral.com (Global: 7,020th place; English: 5,244th place)

arstechnica.com (Global: 473rd place; English: 338th place)

asashi.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

businessinsider.com (Global: 201st place; English: 139th place)

centos.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

mirror-status.centos.org

chakra-project.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

dasublogbyprashanth.blogspot.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

debian.org (Global: 3,258th place; English: 2,984th place)

debian.org

wiki.debian.org

lists.debian.org

packages.debian.org

derstandard.at (Global: 696th place; English: 2,449th place)

detaxe.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

distrowatch.com (Global: 6,192nd place; English: 7,474th place)

earthweb.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

fedoraproject.org (Global: 9,728th place; English: 9,210th place)

fedoraproject.org

lists.fedoraproject.org

github.com (Global: 380th place; English: 337th place)

gnu.org (Global: 1,901st place; English: 1,743rd place)

groups.google.com (Global: 2,153rd place; English: 1,445th place)

howtogeek.com (Global: 8,729th place; English: 6,329th place)

ibiblio.org (Global: 1,093rd place; English: 690th place)

ionos.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

kclug.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

kernel.org (Global: 5,383rd place; English: 3,622nd place)

kernel.org

git.kernel.org

kmandla.wordpress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

linfo.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

linux-hardware.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

linux.com (Global: low place; English: 8,538th place)

linuxcounter.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

linuxjournal.com (Global: 8,963rd place; English: 6,985th place)

linuxtoday.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

lwn.net (Global: 4,372nd place; English: 3,269th place)

mcelrath.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

merlins.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

marc.merlins.org

microsoft.com (Global: 263rd place; English: 259th place)

download.microsoft.com

oldlinux.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

opensuse.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

en.opensuse.org

oreilly.com (Global: 6,944th place; English: 5,088th place)

broadcast.oreilly.com

pcadvisor.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

pcworld.com (Global: 1,889th place; English: 1,323rd place)

siphos.be (Global: low place; English: low place)

swift.siphos.be

slackware.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

statcounter.com (Global: 7,039th place; English: 7,347th place)

gs.statcounter.com

stats.wikimedia.org (Global: 9,939th place; English: low place)

tech-insider.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

techradar.com (Global: 1,513th place; English: 964th place)

techrepublic.com (Global: 6,206th place; English: 4,460th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 16th place; English: 11th place)

theregister.com (Global: 2,921st place; English: 1,825th place)

ubuntu.com (Global: 3,845th place; English: 4,505th place)

help.ubuntu.com

w3counter.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

w3techs.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

walkingwithzen.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

worldcat.org (Global: 4th place; English: 4th place)

search.worldcat.org

androidcentral.com (Global: 7,020^th place; English: 5,244^th place)

arstechnica.com (Global: 473^rd place; English: 338^th place)

businessinsider.com (Global: 201^st place; English: 139^th place)

debian.org (Global: 3,258^th place; English: 2,984^th place)

derstandard.at (Global: 696^th place; English: 2,449^th place)

distrowatch.com (Global: 6,192^nd place; English: 7,474^th place)

fedoraproject.org (Global: 9,728^th place; English: 9,210^th place)

github.com (Global: 380^th place; English: 337^th place)

gnu.org (Global: 1,901^st place; English: 1,743^rd place)

groups.google.com (Global: 2,153^rd place; English: 1,445^th place)

howtogeek.com (Global: 8,729^th place; English: 6,329^th place)

ibiblio.org (Global: 1,093^rd place; English: 690^th place)

kernel.org (Global: 5,383^rd place; English: 3,622^nd place)

linux.com (Global: low place; English: 8,538^th place)

linuxjournal.com (Global: 8,963^rd place; English: 6,985^th place)

lwn.net (Global: 4,372^nd place; English: 3,269^th place)

microsoft.com (Global: 263^rd place; English: 259^th place)

oreilly.com (Global: 6,944^th place; English: 5,088^th place)

pcworld.com (Global: 1,889^th place; English: 1,323^rd place)

statcounter.com (Global: 7,039^th place; English: 7,347^th place)

stats.wikimedia.org (Global: 9,939^th place; English: low place)

techradar.com (Global: 1,513^th place; English: 964^th place)

techrepublic.com (Global: 6,206^th place; English: 4,460^th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

theregister.com (Global: 2,921^st place; English: 1,825^th place)

ubuntu.com (Global: 3,845^th place; English: 4,505^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)