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Arch related rolling release software distributions

Table of Arch related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	PM	SP	BA	UI	Info	Site	Rank
Arch Linux	None	Linux	Full	ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE)	None	pkg	ABS + PKGBUILDs	❚_b K₄ G B F O I W	μ ⚒ ♮ ñ	" 𝓦 § [ &] ⬇	№6 (1116↑)√
Arch Hurd	Arch	Hurd	Full	ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE)	None	pkg	ABS + PKGBUILDs	❚_b O	⚡ ♮ ñ	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇]	—
ArchBang	Arch	Linux	Full	ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE)	None	pkg	ABS + PKGBUILDs	O	⚡ ♮ ñ	" [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇]	№37 (284↑)
CTKArch	Arch	Linux	Full	ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE)	None	pkg	ABS + PKGBUILDs	O	⚡ ♮ ñ	" [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇]	№113 (73-)
Chakra Linux	Arch (fork)	Linux	Part (¬core)	ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE)	Shaman2 (GUI), CInstall (GTK)	pkg	ABS + PKGBUILDs	K_4M	⚡ ♮ ñ	" 𝓦 [ &] ⬇	№13 (561↑)
KahelOS	Arch	Linux	Full	ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE)	? ? ?	pkg	ABS + PKGBUILDs	G₃ X	⚡ ♮ ñ	[ "] [ ⬇]	—
Parabola Linux	Arch	Linux	Full	ALPM (BE), Pacman (FE)	None	pkg	ABS + PKGBUILDs	❚_b K G B F O I W ???	μ ⚒ ♮ List of Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation\|☑ ñ	" [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇]	—

Debian related rolling release software distributions

Table of Debian related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	PM	SP	UI	Info	Site	Rank
DebianCUT	Debian (testing)	Linux	Full	dpkg (BE), APT (FE)	Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI)	deb	K₄ G₃ G₂ X L F	⚡ ♮
aptosid	Debian (unstable)	Linux	Full	dpkg (BE), APT (FE)	Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI)	deb	K₄ X F	⚡ ♮	" 𝓦 & ⬇	№44 ()
antiX	Debian (testing) + MEPIS	Linux	Cyclic	dpkg (BE), APT (FE)	Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI)	deb	I F	⚡ μ	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇]	№51 ()
Linux Mint (LMDE & Xfce)	Debian (testing) + Linux Mint tools	Linux	Cyclic / Opt*	dpkg (BE), APT (FE)	Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI), Mint Software Manager & Update Manager (GUI)	deb	G_3M G₃ G₂ M X	⚡ ❐ ☺	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇]	*№2 ()
Epidemic Linux	Debian	Linux	? ? ?	dpkg (BE), APT (FE)	Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI)	deb	K₄ L O	⚡	" [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇]	№159 ()
Vanillux Linux	Debian	Linux	? ? ?	dpkg (BE), APT (FE)	Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI)	deb	G₃	⚡ ♮ α	" 𝓦 ? # ⬇	—

∗ Note: Linux Mint uses an Ubuntu Linux base for standard releases and a Debian Linux base for rolling releases.

Fedora related rolling release software distributions

Table of Fedora related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	PM	SP	UI	Info	Site	Rank
Fuduntu	Fedora	Linux	?	RPM (BE), YUM (FE)	PackageKit	rpm	G₂	⚡ © netbook	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ &] [ ⬇]	№67 ()

Gentoo related rolling release software distributions

Table of Gentoo related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	PM	BA	SP	UI	Info	Site	Rank
Gentoo Linux	None	Linux	Full	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	❚_b K G X L B F O A I W	⚙ ♮ μ ⚒	" 𝓦 & ⬇	№18 ()
Hardened Gentoo	Gentoo	Linux	Full	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	❚_b K G X L B F O A I W	⚙ ♮ μ ⚒ shield	" 𝓦 & ⬇	—
Gentoo Prefix	Gentoo/Alt & Host OS	Host kernel	Full	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	❚_b K G X L B F O A I W	⚙ ♮ μ ⚒	" 𝓦 & ⬇
Gentoo/ DragonFly BSD	Gentoo/Alt, Gentoo/*BSD & DragonFly BSD	DragonFly BSD kernel	Full	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	❚_b K G X L B F O A I W	⚙ ♮ μ ⚒	"	—
Gentoo/ FreeBSD	Gentoo/Alt, Gentoo/*BSD & FreeBSD	FreeBSD kernel	Full	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	❚ K G X L B F O A I W	⚙ μ ⚒	"	—
Gentoo/ NetBSD	Gentoo/Alt, Gentoo/*BSD & NetBSD	NetBSD kernel	Full	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	❚_b K G X L B F O A I W	⚙ ♮ μ ⚒	"	—
Gentoo/ OpenBSD	Gentoo/Alt, Gentoo/*BSD & OpenBSD	OpenBSD kernel	Full	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	❚_b K G X L B F O A I W	⚙ ♮ μ ⚒	"	—
Tin Hat	Hardened Gentoo (fork)	Linux	???	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	???	⚙ ♮ ???	" [? 𝓦] [? ⬇]	№? ()
Funtoo	Gentoo	Linux	Full	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	❚_b K G X L B F O A I W	⚙ ♮ ▂ ⚒	" 𝓦 ⬇	№214 ()
Calculate	Gentoo	Linux	Full	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	K₄ G₃ X	⚡ ⚙ ♮	? ? ?	№65 ()
Toorox	Gentoo	Linux	Part (¬wrap)	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	K₄ G₃	⚡ ⚙ ♮ ❐	" N F ⬇	№72 ()
Sabayon	Gentoo	Linux	Full	Portage, Entropy	Emerge (CLI), Equo & Sulfur (Entropy GUI)	ebuild	tbz	K₄ G₃ X L E₁₇ O F	⚡ ❐ ☺	" 𝓦 Î ) ⬇	№11 ()
Chromium OS	Gentoo & Ubuntu	Ubuntu kernel	? ? ?	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	Chromium UI	⚙ ☁ α	" [ ⬇]	—
Chrome OS	Gentoo & Ubuntu	Ubuntu kernel	? ? ?	Portage	Emerge (CLI)	ebuild	tbz	Chrome UI	⚙ ☁ ❐ ☺ ?	"	—

LFS related rolling release software distributions

Table of LFS related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	UI	Info	Site	Rank
LFS	LFS ebook	Linux	User	? ? ?	❚ K G F	⚙ ♮ ▂ ⚒ ℹ	" 𝓦 N ✉ [1] ⬇	№87 ()
BLFS	LFS & BLFS ebooks	Linux	User	? ? ?	❚ K G F	⚙ ♮ ▂ ⚒ ℹ	" W N ✉ [2] ⬇	-
NuTyX	LFS & CRUX	Linux	Full	Pkgutils + ports	K₄ X O	∂ ♮	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]	№127 ()

Mandriva related rolling release software distributions

Table of Mandriva related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	PM	SP	UI	Info	Site	Rank
Unity Linux	Mandriva	Linux	Full	RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE)	Smart (GUI)	rpm	O	⚡ μ	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]	№35 ()
SAMity	Mandriva, Unity	Linux	Full	RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE)	Smart (GUI)	rpm	X	⚡	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
TinyMe	Mandriva, Unity	Linux	Full	RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE)	Smart (GUI)	rpm	O	⚡ μ	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
Unite17 (formerly PCe17OS)	Mandriva, Unity	Linux	Full	RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE)	Smart (GUI)	rpm	E₁₇	⚡	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
HUMANity	Mandriva, Unity	Linux	Full	RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE)	Smart (GUI)	rpm	E_17e	⚡	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
Synergy Linux	Mandriva, Unity	Linux	Full	RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE)	Smart (GUI)	rpm	[[?]	⚡	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
Granular Linux	Mandriva, Unity	Linux	Full	RPM v5 (BE), Urpmi (FE)	Smart (GUI)	rpm	K & E	⚡	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
PCLinuxOS	Mandriva (fork)	Linux	Part (¬core)	RPM (BE), APT-RPM (FE)	Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI)	rpm	K₄ G₃ X L E₁₇ O F I	∂ ⋌ ⚡ ❐ ☺	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]	№7 ()
Phinx Desktop	Mandriva (fork), PCLinuxOS	Linux	Part (¬core)	RPM (BE), APT-RPM (FE)	Aptitude (CLI), Synaptic (GUI)	rpm	X	⚡ ❐ ☺	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]

rPath related rolling release software distributions

Table of rPath related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	PM	SP	UI	Info	Site	Rank
rPath	None	Linux	Full	Conary	PackageKit?	?	K G	⚡	" F 𝓦 ⬇	№203 (28-)
Foresight	rPath	Linux	Full	Conary	PackageKit	? ? ?	G₃ K₄ X	⚡	" F 𝓦 D ⬇	№83 (115-)

Slackware related rolling release software distributions

Table of Slackware related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	BA	SP	UI	Info	Site	Rank
Frugalware	Slackware (fork)	Linux	? ? ?	Pacman-G2, PackageKit?, GFPM	FPM-Build?	fpm	K₄ G₃ X L B F O I W	⚡	" 𝓦 & ⬇	№42 ()

Sorcerer related rolling release software distributions

Table of Sorcerer related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	BA	UI	Info	Site	Rank
Sorcerer	None	Linux	Full	Sorcery	spell	❚	⚙ ♮ ▂ ⚒	" [ ⬇]	№171 ()
Source Mage	Sorcerer	Linux	Full	Sorcery	spell	❚	⋌ ⚙ ♮ ▂ ⚒	" [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]	№225 ()
Lunar	Sorcerer	Linux	Full	Lunar	module	❚	⋌ ⚙ ♮ ▂ ⚒	" 𝓦 ⬇	№94 ()

SUSE related rolling release software distributions

Table of SUSE related rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	PM	SP	UI	Info	Site	Rank
openSUSE*	SLED	Linux	Opt	RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE)	Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI)	ypm	K₄ G₃ X L B F O I W	⚡ ❐	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]	*№5 (1380↑)
KDE-Four*	openSUSE	Linux	Opt	RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE)	Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI)	ypm	K₄	⚡ ❐	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
KDE-Reloded*	openSUSE	Linux	Opt	RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE)	Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI)	ypm	K₄	⚡ ❐	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
Petite Linux*	openSUSE	Linux	Opt	RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE)	Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI)	ypm	E₁₇	⚡ ❐	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]
SOAD*	openSUSE	Linux	Opt	RPM (BE), ZYpp (FE)	Zypper (CLI), YaST2 (GUI)	ypm	E₁₇	⚡ ❐	[ "] [ 𝓦] [ ⬇]

∗ Note: With Tumbleweed software repository enabled.

Other rolling release software distributions

Table of Other rolling release software distributions (more info)
Distro	Base	Kernel	Model	PMS	PM	SP	UI	Info	Site	DW Rank
Yoper	None	Linux	Full	RPM5 (BE), APT-RPM (FE)	Smart (GUI)	rpm	K₄ X L F	⚡ ❐	" 𝓦 [ ⬇]	№192 ()

Key for abbreviations, acronyms, legends & symbols used in the tables

Key for abbreviations, acronyms legends & symbols used in the tables

Software development model (Model)

Full = Fully rolling; Cyclic = Cyclically rolling; Opt = Optionally rolling; Part = Partially rolling; ¬core = Non-rolling core; ¬wrap = Non-rolling wrapper.

Package management system (PMS)

PMS = Package management system
PM = Package manager
SP = Software package binary file file format.
BA = Build automation install script.
In the tables above, bold signifies default package manager & install method.

User Interface (UI)

Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs)

Desktop environment (DE): K = KDE, G = GNOME, X = Xfce, L = LXDE
KDE versions & forks: K₄ = KDE4, K_4M = KDEmod, K₃ = KDE3, T = Trinity.
GNOME versions & forks: G₃ = GNOME3, G_3M = GNOME3 Mint, U = Unity, G₂ = GNOME2, M = MATE.
Window manager (WM): E = Enlightenment, B = Blackbox, F = Fluxbox, O = Openbox, A = AfterStep, I = IceWM, W = Wmaker
Enlightenment Versions: E₁₇ = Enlightenment17, E_17E = Enlightenment17+Ecomorph, E₁₆ = Enlightenment16.

Other interfaces

Command-line interface (CLI): ❚_b = Bash
Text-based user interface (TUI):

Note: In the tables above, Bold signifies default UI(s).

† = Discontinued; ;= Dormant; ∂ = Partially derived (from parent distro); ⋌ = Forked (from parent distro); ℹ = Distro exits only as self-build instruction manual & information; ▂ = Minimal base install;

Distro related

⚡ = Live distro; ❐ = Out of the box distro; μ = Micro distro; ☠ = Barebone distro (minimal base system only); ⚒ = Homebuilt/DIY distro (built from scratch); cup = Homebrew distro; spin = "Spin your own" distro; ✂ = Cutting edge distro; (or droplet?) ⚔ = Bleeding edge distro; ñ= K.I.S.S. distro; ♫ = Multimedia distro. (⏏❚♪✏✎✐✉)

Software related

⚙ = Compiled software (software's compiled from source code); ☁ = Cloud software; ♮ = Vanilla software; $ = Commercial software; © = Proprietary software; = CSS. = OSS; = FOSS = Free software; ☑ = FSF-endorsed software; ? = Community developed software; ? = Corporate sponsored software;

Computer related

☺ = suitable for newbies / user-friendly; ? = suitable for desktops; ? = suitable for netbooks; ? = suitable for old computers; ? = suitable for servers;

Website (Site)

" = Software project Website; 𝓦 = Software project Wiki; ⬇ = Distro download webpage & = Software documentation; ⊤ = Translation of webpage.

DistroWatch Ranking (Rank)

№ = DistroWatch Ranking (averaged over the last 12 months); ( ) = Total page-hit count over the last 12 months; ↑ = Page-hit count risen; - = Page-hit count unchanged; ↓ = Page-hit count fallen; * = combined rank of rolling & non-rolling editions.

Others / Miscellaneous

? ? ? = entry data yet to be entered; – = no known entry data.

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