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Stevebroshar (talk | contribs) If we're going to include embedded then there are _way_ more than 1000; we have no idea how many there are; LWN.net is already in external links; distrowatch article is linked elsewhere |
Stevebroshar (talk | contribs) package manager is not special enough to be called out in first sentence; not only includes the linux kernel but _uses_ it as the kernel; not all distros are available (publicly) |
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[[File:Ubuntu_24.04_Noble_Numbat_Desktop_English.png|thumb|[[Ubuntu]], one of the most popular desktop Linux distributions|upright=1.5]]
A '''Linux distribution'''{{efn|Sometimes called a '''GNU/Linux distribution''', with some [[GNU/Linux naming controversy|related controversy]]}} (often abbreviated as '''distro''') is an [[operating system]]
A typical Linux distribution comprises a Linux kernel, an [[Init|init system]] (such as [[systemd]], [[OpenRC]], or [[runit]]), [[GNU]] tools and [[Library (computing)|libraries]], documentation, and many other types of software (such as [[Internet Protocol|IP]] network configuration utilities and the [[Getty (Unix)|getty]] TTY setup program, among others). Optionally, to provide a desktop experience (most commonly the [[Mesa (computer graphics)|Mesa]] userspace graphics drivers) a [[Windowing system|display server]] (the most common being the [[X.org Server]], or, more recently, a [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]] compositor such as [[Sway (window manager)|Sway]], [[KDE]]'s [[KWin]], or [[GNOME]]'s [[Mutter (software)|Mutter]]), a [[desktop environment]] (most commonly [[GNOME]], [[KDE Plasma]], or [[Xfce]]), a [[sound server]] (usually either [[PulseAudio]] or more recently [[PipeWire]]), and other related programs may be included with the distribution or are installable by the user.
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