Linux发行版比较
软件包管理和安装

发行版的特性信息。软件包数量仅仅是参考。
| Distribution | Free software repositories | Approximate number of pre-compiled packages | Approximate number of source packages | Default package management tool(s) | Package format | Default installer | Graphical installation process | Netinstall | Netboot |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alpine Linux | Free, and nonfree | 8,135 | ? | apk | .apk | setup-alpine | 否 | ? | ? |
| ALT Linux | Free, and nonfree | 8,300 | ? | APT (APT-RPM), RPM | RPM |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| Arch Linux | Free, and nonfree | 13,117 | 79,402 from AUR | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | None (third-party install scripts only) | 否 | 是 | iPXE |
| BLAG | Free only | 10,000 | ? | RPM, yum, APT | RPM |  | 是 | 否 | 否 |
| Bodhi Linux | Free, and nonfree | 35,000 | ? | APT | .dpkg | Ubiquity | 是 | ? | ? |
| CentOS | Free, and nonfree | 17,565 | ? | RPM, yum/up2date | RPM | Anaconda | 是 | 是 | ? |
| Chakra | Free, and nonfree | 3,074 | CCR: 4,663 | Pacman (will be replaced by Akabei in future) | .pkg.tar.xz |  | Package manager in development | ? | ? |
| ClearOS | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | RPM, yum | RPM |  | 否 | ? | ? |
| CrunchBang Linux | Free, and nonfree | 23,000 | ? | APT | .deb |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| Damn Small Linux | Free, and nonfree | 610 | ? | myDSL, APT | .dsl, .tar.gz, .uci, .unc, .deb |  | 否 | ? | ? |
| Debian | Free, and nonfree | 89,103 | 21,041 | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | 是 | 是 | PXE |
| Devuan | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | 是 | 是 | PXE |
| Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre | Free only | 484 | ? | pkgsystem | .tlz | ? | 否 | 否 | 否 |
| dyne:bolic | Free only | ? | ? | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | 是 | 否 | 否 |
| Fedora | Free, and nonfree | 20,000  | 25,041 | DNF, yum, PackageKit | RPM | Anaconda | 是 | 是 | ? |
| Gentoo | Free, and nonfree | 108 | 19,582 | Portage | .ebuild, .tbz2 | None (third-party install scripts only) | 是 | 是 | PXE |
| gNewSense | Free only | ? | ? | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | 是 | 是 | 否 |
| gnuLinEx | Free, and nonfree | 200 | ? | APT | .deb |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| Guix | Free only | 9,714 | 9,714 | Guix | .scm, .go | guix system init | 是 | 是 | 否 |
| Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre | Free only | 14,494 | ? | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | None (third-party install scripts only) | 否 | 是 | ? |
| Knoppix | Free, and nonfree | 3,600 | ? | APT | .deb |  | 否 | ? | ? |
| LibreCMC | Free only | 826 | ? | ? | ? |  | 否 | 否 | 否 |
| Linux Mint | Free, and nonfree | 50,781 | ? | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | 是 | ? | ? |
| Mageia | Free, and nonfree | 17,283 (i586), 11,409 (x86-64) | 8,834 | urpmi, rpmdrake | RPM | DrakX | 是 | 是 | ? |
| Mandriva Linux | Free, and nonfree | 22,600 | ? | urpmi, rpmdrake | RPM | DrakX | 是 | ? | ? |
| Manjaro Linux | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? from AUR | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | Calamares | 是 | 是 | iPXE |
| MEPIS | Free, and nonfree | 20,000 | ? | APT | .deb | MEPIS Install | 是 | ? | ? |
| Musix GNU+Linux | Free only | 1,819 | ? | APT | .deb | Debian-Installer | 是 | 否 | 否 |
| OpenELEC | Free, and nonfree | 140 | ? | XBMCbuntu addon manager, own and 3rd party addons | .zip |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| openSUSE | Free, and nonfree | 42,236 with PackMan | 34,000 | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | 是 | 是 | ? |
| OpenWrt | Free, and nonfree | 2,000 | ? | opkg | .ipk | - | 否 | ? | ? |
| Parabola GNU/Linux-libre | Free only | 23,000 | ? | Pacman | .pkg.tar.xz | None (third-party install scripts only) or Calamares | 是 | 是 | ? |
| Pardus | Free, and nonfree | 4,000 | ? | PiSi | .pisi | YALI | 是 | ? | ? |
| Parsix | Free, and nonfree | 29,000 | 14,900 | APT | .deb |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| PCLinuxOS | Free, and nonfree | 12,000 | ? | APT, RPM | RPM |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| Puppy | Free, and nonfree | 700 | ? | PupGet, DotPup | .pup, .pet |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Free, and nonfree | 3,000 (plus 9,155 from EPEL) | ? | RPM, yum | RPM | Anaconda | 是 | ? | ? |
| Rxart | Free, and nonfree | 5,000 | ? | APT | .deb |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| Sabayon Linux | Free, and nonfree | >13,130 | ? | Portage, Entropy | ebuild, .tbz2 | Calamares | 是 | ? | ? |
| Scientific | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | APT/yum | RPM |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| Slackware | Free, and nonfree | 2,292 | 7,705 from SlackBulids | slackpkg | tgz, .txz, .tlz, .tbz | bash script （页面存档备份，存于） | 否 | 是 | 是 |
| Slax | Free, and nonfree | 2,050 | ? | none | .lzm |  |  | ? | ? |
| SliTaz GNU/Linux | Free, and nonfree | 3,381 | ? | Tazpkg | .tazpkg | tazinst | 是 | iPXE | iPXE |
| Solus | Free, and nonfree | 9,500 | ? | eopkg | .eopkg | os-installer | 是 | 否 | 否 |
| Source Mage GNU/Linux | Free, and nonfree | 118 | 8,876 | Sorcery Package Manager | src |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| SUSE Linux | Free, and nonfree | 24,094 | 11,385 | YaST, Zypper | RPM | YaST | 是 | ? | ? |
| Tiny Core Linux | Free, and nonfree | 25,160 | ? | ab, tce-load | tcz | tc-install, core2usb | 是 | ? | ? |
| Tiny SliTaz | Free, and nonfree | 50 | ? | Web site | tazpkg |  | 否 | ? | iPXE |
| Tor-ramdisk | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | none | none |  | 否 | ? | ? |
| Trisquel | Free only | 52,748 | ? | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | 是 | 是 | ? |
| TurnKey GNU/Linux | Free, and nonfree | 57,290 plus ≈30 custom packages | 21,041 (currently TurnKey only supplies source code for custom packages) | APT | .deb | DI-Live (custom fork of Debian Installer) | 否 | 否 | 否 |
| Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu | Free, and nonfree | 88,367 | 24,474 | APT | .deb | Ubiquity | 是 | 是 | PXE |
| Ututo | Free only | 5,000 | ? | UTUTO Package Manager | ebuild | ? | ? | 否 | 否 |
| Vector Linux | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | slapt-get, gslapt, installpkg | tgz |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| Void Linux | Free, nonfree and multilib | 6,000 | 6,719 | xbps | .xbps | ncurses script | 是 | 是 | 否 |
| XBMC Live | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | APT | .deb |  | 否 | ? | ? |
| Zentyal | Free, and nonfree | ? | ? | APT | .deb | dpkg | 是 | ? | ? |
| Zenwalk | Free, and nonfree | 2,000 | ? | netpkg, installpkg, upgradepkg | tgz, txz |  | 是 | ? | ? |
| Distribution | Free software repositories | Approximate number of pre-compiled packages | Approximate number of source packages | Default package management tools | Package format | Default installer | Graphical installation process | Netinstall | Netboot |