Linux

Platform Type: Personal Computer Operating System

Developer: Linus Tovalds, community contributors

OS Family: Microsoft Windows NT

Release Date: 17 September 1991

Platforms: DEC Alpha, ARC, ARM, C-Sky, Qualcomm Hexagon, LoongArch, Motorola m68k, MicroBlaze, MIPS, Nios II, OpenRISC, PA-RISC, PowerPC, RISC-V, IBM s390, Hitachi SuperH, Sun SPARK, Intel x86, AMD x86, Tensilica Xtensa

Editions: check the Linux Distributors list

Linux is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first

released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution (distro), which includes the kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses and recommends the name "GNU/Linux" to emphasize the use and importance of GNU software in many distributions, causing some controversy.

Popular Linux distributions include Debian, Fedora Linux, Arch Linux, and Ubuntu. Commercial distributions include

Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise. Desktop Linux distributions include a windowing system such as X11 or Wayland and a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE Plasma. Distributions intended for servers may not have a graphical user interface at all, or include a solution stack such as LAMP. Because Linux is freely redistributable, anyone may create a distribution for any purpose.

Linux was originally developed for personal computers based on the Intel x86 architecture, but has since been ported to more platforms than any other operating system. Because of the dominance of Linux-based Android on smartphones, Linux, including Android, has the largest installed base of all general-purpose operating systems as of May 2022. Although Linux is, as of November 2022, used by only around 2.6 percent of desktop computers, the Chromebook, which runs the Linux kernel-based ChromeOS, dominates the US K–12 education market and represents nearly 20 percent of sub-$300 notebook sales in the US. Linux is the leading operating system on servers (over 96.4% of the top one million web servers' operating systems are Linux), leads other big iron systems such as mainframe computers, and is used on all of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers (as of November 2017, having gradually displaced all competitors).

Wikipedia contributors. "Linux." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 Feb. 2024.

Linux Distribution with System Config

Alpine Linux
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
Arch Linux:
- Architecture: x86-64
- RAM: 80 MB
- Media Size: 742 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
BLAG
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
- Media Size: 696 MB
- Media Support: CD
Bodhi Linux
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
- RAM 80 MB
- Media Size: 1024 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
Boss Linux
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
CentOS:
- Architecture: x86-64
- Media Size: 603 MB (min), 4096 MB (DVD)
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live (v6.0)
Chakra:
- Architecture: x86-64
- Media Size: 2150 MB
- Media Support: DVD, USB, Live
Clear Linux OS:
- Architecture: x86-64
CRUX
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
Debian
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
- Media Size: 958 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
Devuan
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
- Media Size: 868 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB
Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
- Media Size: 655 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB
dyne:bolic
- Architecture: x86
- Media Size: 1650 MB
- Media Support: DVD
Fedora:
- Architecture: x86-64, ARM
- RAM: 256-1024 MB
- Media Size: 1434 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
Finnix
- Architecture: x86, z86-64
Gentoo
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
- RAM 128 MB
- Media Size: 260 MB (min), 2048 MB (DVD)
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
gNewSense
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
- RAM: 512 MB
- Media Size: 1200 MB
- Media Support: Live
Guix System
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARMv7
- RAM: 233 MB
- Media Size: 814 MB
- Media Support: DVD, USB, Live
Hyperbola GNU/Linux-Libre
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
- Media Size: 1124 MB
- Media Support: DVD, USB, Live
Kali Linux:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
Manjaro Linux:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
- RAM: 256-1024 MB
- Media Size: 473 MB (min), 2200 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
MEPIS:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
- RAM: 128-512 MB
- Media Size: 700 MB (min), 4 GB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
Miracle Linux:
- Architecture: x86-64
Musix GNU+Linux:
- Architecture: x86
- Media Size: 2 GB
- Media Support: DVD, USB, Live
NixOS:
- Architecture: x86-64, ARM
- Media Size:700 MB (min), 1700 MB (Plasma), 2200 MB (GNOME)
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
OpenELEC:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
openSUSE Leap:
- Architecture: x86-64, ARMv7
- RAM: 128-768 MB
- Media Size: 700 MB
- media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
openSUSE Tumbleweed:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARMv6, ARMv7
- RAM: 128-768 MB
- Media Size: 700 MB
- media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
OpenWrt:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
- RAM: 16 MB
- Media Size: 4 MB (min)
- Media Support: N/A
Oracle Linux:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
Parabola GNU/Linux-Libre:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARMv7
- Media Size: 400 MB (min), 3300 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
- Architecture: x86-64, ARM
Sabayon Linux:
- Architecture: x86-64
- Media Size: 695 MB (CD), 2400 MB (DVD)
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
Scientific Linux:
- Architecture: x86, X86-64
- RAM: 640 MB
- Media Size: 431 MB (min), 2300 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
SHR:
- Architecture: ARM
Slackware:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
- RAM: 64-1024 MB
- Media Size: 2.6 GB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
Solus:
- Architecture: x86-64
- RAM: 1024 MB
- Media Size: 1,2 GB
- Media Support: DVD, USB, Live
Source Mage GNU/Linux:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
Trisquel GNU/Linux:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
- RAM: 384 MB
- Media Size: 1,5 GB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
TurnKey GNU/Linux:
- Architecture: x86-64
- RAM 173 MB
- Media Size: 212 MB
- Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu: :
- Architecture: x86-64, ARM
- Ubuntu:
  - RAM: 384 MB
  - Media Size: 1,7 GB
  - Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
- Kubuntu:
  - RAM: 384 MB
  - Media Size: 1.4 GB
  - Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
- Xubuntu:
  - RAM: 256 MB
  - Media Size: 1.2 GB
  - Media Support: CD, DVD, USB, Live
Ututo:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64
- Media Size: 3.5 GB
- Media Support: DVD, Live
Void Linux:
- Architecture: x86, x86-64, ARM
XBMCbuntu:
- Architecture: x86, ARM
- RAM: 256-1024 MB
- Media Size: 700 MB
- Media Support: CD, USB, Live

List of Linux Compatible Games

Title	Image	Release Date	Game Version	Origin Title	Genre	Rating
Colossal Cave		2023.01.19	remaster	Colossal Cave Adventure	graphic adventure	1.7