Technical variations of Linux distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations.
These tables compare notable distribution's latest stable release on wide-ranging objective criteria.
The table below shows general information about the distributions: founder or producer, maintainer, release date, the latest version, etc.
The table below shows the default file system, but many Linux distributions support some or all of ext2, ext3, ext4, Btrfs, ReiserFS, Reiser4, JFS, XFS, GFS2, OCFS2, and NILFS.
CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs' ISO 9660 and Universal Disk Format (UDF) are supported.