Besides visitors, the site has also received a lot of feedback what follows below is an attempt to answer some of the most common questions we receive and reply to suggestions.
The page was first mentioned on LinuxToday and on many other sites around the world. At that stage, it was decided to share the table with the Linux community worldwide and it was moved from a spreadsheet into an HTML document. Trying to make it slightly more comprehensive and useful (and failing to find anything similar and up-to-date on the Internet), we have kept adding more distributions, features and packages until the table reached a fairly reasonable state in terms of information provided. The concept started as a very simple table comprising of five major distributions and the chart only compared a few features (price, version, release date) and a few package versions (Linux kernel, KDE, GNOME, XFree86, Apache web server). The DistroWatch website was first published on. Where can I find other Linux users, or Linux User Groups (LUGs)?.What are some good tips for writing a mini-review? / Why didn't you publish my rating/review?.Is there any way to browse DistroWatch over plain HTTP, rather than HTTPS?.Are there any plans to introduce a mobile version of the DistroWatch website?.Why is Ubuntu split into multiple entries while Fedora and Linux Mint are each treated as one distro? This lowers its page hit ranking.Do some distributions buy/cheat to gain higher rankings?.Where can I find laptops/computers that work with Linux?.Do you provide any social media, e-mail newsletters or "news by e-mail" features?.How can I find out if a distro has UEFI support?.Is that ethical/legal? Why is it on your website? Distribution X charges its users money.What is the difference between the Dormant and Discontinued status?.Why is distro X still on the waiting list and not in your database?.Why? MX Linux shows up in searches for non-systemd. Linux Mint uses systemd, but shows up in searches for distributions without it.I am trying to find distributions with/without a feature or package.Why does DistroWatch include BSDs and Solaris?.I have just developed/discovered a new distribution.Some distributions include more than one version of a package.What happened to the ratings? There are some missing!.Is the information on your site accurate?.I cannot reach your website when I am using a VPN.Why do you not list Android, arguably the world's most popular Linux distribution?.A new version of a distribution was released, but it wasn't announced on DistroWatch.What kind of news is published on the main page?.I am new to Linux, which distribution should I choose?.These are some of the frequently asked questions we receive and our answers. Frequently Asked Questions about DistroWatch
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