As you can see from GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline (Opens in a new window), there are a number of huge Linux distributions. Most are derivatives of an earlier base, ...

GNU/Linux distributions family tree shows Debian's influence. This is just a crop of the Debian branch. Credit: GNU/Linux Distribution Timeline ...

Debian is one of the most well-known and widely used Linux distributions, founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock. It serves as the foundation for many popular distributions, including Ubuntu and Linux ...

As of this writing, GNU/Linux Mint, Debian, Ubuntu, and OpenSUSE — four of the five most popular GNU/Linux distributions — have all announced that they will no longer ship the ‘vi’ editor ...

The Linux desktop landscape is a diverse place. As an open-source operating system, anyone can take the code, make whatever changes they want, and release it as their own custom distribution.