comparison of linux distributions 

Statements about this table:
arch linux do not have ia64 nor a sparc32
discontinue 4.2 - 4.3 contains ia64 with discontnued 4.0 - 4.2 5.1 - 6.2
there be no , no , no , no , no , yes and no of s390x which contain a no ia 64 and a no for alpha
yellow dog linux contain a pp64 of yes 3 + , no for mips and no for alpha
distribution
x86 - 64
ia64
ppc64
sparc32
hppa
mips
s390
s390x
alpha
m68k
arch linux
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
backtrack
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
bodhi linux
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
centos
yes
discontinued 3.5 - 3.8 4.1 - 4.7
no
beta 4.2
no
no
discontinued 3.5 - 3.8 4.1 - 4.7
discontinued 3.5 - 3.8 4.1 - 4.7
discontinued 4.2 - 4.3
no
chakra
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
crux
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
debian
yes 4.0 +
yes 3.0 +
yes
discontinued on lenny
discontinued 3.0 - 5.0
yes 3.0 +
yes 3.0 +
yes 7.0 +
discontinued 2.1 - 5.0
discontinued 2.0 - 3.1
fedora
yes
discontinued from fedora 9
yes
no
no
inactive from fedora 13
no
yes
no
no
finnix
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
frugalware
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
gentoo
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
distribution
x86 - 64
ia64
ppc64
sparc32
hppa
mips
s390
s390x
alpha
m68k
kali linux
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
mepis
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
mintppc
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
oes2 - linux
yes
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
opensuse
yes
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
openwrt
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
oracle linux
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
red flag linux
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
red hat linux
no
discontinued 7.1 - 7.2
no
discontinued 4.0 - 4.2 5.1 - 6.2
no
test release 5.1
discontinued 7.2
discontinued 7.1
discontinued 2.1 - 7.1
test release 5.1
red hat enterprise linux
yes 3 +
discontinued 2.1 - 5
yes 3 +
no
no
no
discontinued 3 - 4
yes 3 +
no
no
rxart desktop
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
distribution
x86 - 64
ia64
ppc64
sparc32
hppa
mips
s390
s390x
alpha
m68k
porteus
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
scientific linux
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
shr
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
slackware
yes
no
no
discontinued
no
no
yes
yes
discontinued 8.1
no
source mage gnu / linux
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
suse linux enterprise server
yes
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
tor - ramdisk
yes
no
no
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
ubuntu / kubuntu / xubuntu / lubuntu
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
xbmc
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yellow dog linux
no
no
yes
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
distribution
x86 - 64
ia64
ppc64
sparc32
hppa
mips
s390
s390x
alpha
m68k