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Overview

Linux is available in many different flavors, each with different merits and weaknesses. There is no "official" version of Linux. The various flavors (or "distributions") each "fork" off from the original Unix sources at various different points; the details of this could form an article all by themselves.

Reference

• Wikipedia (Linux distribution)

The List

• ArchLinux (wiki)
• blag Linux and GNU: "a single-cd distro with everything desktop users "expect" from a desktop, plus a collection of nice server apps." based on Fedora
• Bodhi Linux: lightweight; Ubuntu-based; uses enlightenment desktop manager
• CentOS
• Damn Small Linux (DSL)
• Debian (http://debian.org/)
  • Mepis: includes ndiswrapper
  • Knoppix: live CD only
    • Morphix (wiki): live CD with install (currently in beta)
  • Ubuntu
    • elementary OS
    • Linux Mint
• Elive: Debian-based; uses enlightenment desktop manager
• Fedora Core (formerly Red Hat Linux)
• Gentoo (unofficial wiki)
• Linux Mint: comes in multiple flavors
• Lunar Linux: user-customized kernel
• Mageia: based on Mandriva; v1 released in 2011
• Slackware
  • VectorLinux
• SymphonyOS
• SUSE
• Trisquel: emphasis on "entirely free" (nonproprietary) software
• PCLinuxOS (formerly PCLinux)

Notes

• Knoppix says it is Debian-based here (thanks, Tim!)