GNU/Linux Distros That Follow GNU FSDG: Difference between revisions
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! Name !! Default Desktop !! Alternative Desktops !! Based on !! Uses systemd | ! Name !! Default Desktop !! Alternative Desktops !! Based on !! Uses systemd | ||
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| [https://www.distrowatch.com/dragora Dragora] || XFCE || | | [https://www.distrowatch.com/dragora Dragora] || XFCE || N/A || N/A || No ([https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Dragora-3.0-Alpha-2 using SysVinit]) | ||
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| [https://www.distrowatch.com/dynebolic Dyne:bolic] || ? || ? || N/A || no | | [https://www.distrowatch.com/dynebolic Dyne:bolic] || ? || ? || N/A || no | ||
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* '''Name:''' linked to their entry on Distrowatch, a project which has a detailed info page about each distro, including links to their homepage and downloads, and monitors whether development on distros is active, dormant, or discontinued. | * '''Name:''' linked to their entry on Distrowatch, a project which has a detailed info page about each distro, including links to their homepage and downloads, and monitors whether development on distros is active, dormant, or discontinued. | ||
* '''Default desktop:''' the graphical desktop system that a user will be presented with after installing from the standard installer for the distro. | * '''Default desktop:''' the graphical desktop system that a user will be presented with after installing from the standard installer for the distro. | ||
* '''Alternative desktops:''' other desktops systems for which there are automated installers available with every release, meaning that desktop system has been tested and is know to work with that version. | * '''Alternative desktops:''' other desktops systems for which there are automated installers available with every release, meaning that desktop system has been tested and is know to work with that version. Some distros only test and release with one default desktop. In either case, other desktop systems can be installed later, as with apps, but they may not work smoothly without some tweaking. | ||
* '''Based on:''' most distros are not assembled from scratch, instead using releases of one of the longer-lived distros as a starting point each of their own releases. N/A means a from-scratch distro. | * '''Based on:''' most distros are not assembled from scratch, instead using releases of one of the longer-lived distros as a starting point each of their own releases. N/A means a from-scratch distro. | ||
* '''systemd:''' a Linux component that a subset of advanced GNU/Linux users passionately oppose, to the point of forking distros to release systemd-free variants like Devuan (Debian without systemd). | * '''systemd:''' a Linux component that a subset of advanced GNU/Linux users passionately oppose, to the point of forking distros to release systemd-free variants like Devuan (Debian without systemd). | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 31 October 2019
The GNU Project maintains the Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG), laying out the criteria for GNU/Linux distros that fully respect the freedoms of their users. They curate a list of "distributions that are entirely free as in freedom", which they have reviewed and found to meet these criteria. This tables lists these distros and provides more details about them. --Strypey (talk) 11:24, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
GNU/Linux distros endorsed by the GNU Project
| Name | Default Desktop | Alternative Desktops | Based on | Uses systemd |
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| Dragora | XFCE | N/A | N/A | No (using SysVinit) |
| Dyne:bolic | ? | ? | N/A | no |
| Gnewsense | GNOME | ? | Debian (originally Ubuntu) | no |
| Guix (formerly GuixSD) | ? | ? | ? | no |
| Hyperbola | ? | ? | Arch | no? |
| Parabola | ? | ? | Arch | yes? |
| PureOS | GNOME | ? | ? | ? |
| Trisquel | Mate | LXDE | Ubuntu | yes |
| Utoto | ? | ? | Ubuntu | ? |
Notes on table
- Name: linked to their entry on Distrowatch, a project which has a detailed info page about each distro, including links to their homepage and downloads, and monitors whether development on distros is active, dormant, or discontinued.
- Default desktop: the graphical desktop system that a user will be presented with after installing from the standard installer for the distro.
- Alternative desktops: other desktops systems for which there are automated installers available with every release, meaning that desktop system has been tested and is know to work with that version. Some distros only test and release with one default desktop. In either case, other desktop systems can be installed later, as with apps, but they may not work smoothly without some tweaking.
- Based on: most distros are not assembled from scratch, instead using releases of one of the longer-lived distros as a starting point each of their own releases. N/A means a from-scratch distro.
- systemd: a Linux component that a subset of advanced GNU/Linux users passionately oppose, to the point of forking distros to release systemd-free variants like Devuan (Debian without systemd).
Not listed but may be under review to be added
- Heads: developed by Dyne and Rastasoft, the developers of Dyne:Bolic, as a fully free variant of Tails, without system.
- [ https://www.distrowatch.com/uruk Uruk]: variant of Trisquel, differing mainly in the design of the default desktop, including the range of default apps.
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