Linux Distributions Cheat Sheet by GregFinzer

Distro	Parent	Released	Desktop	Style	Packages	Release Cycle
CachyOS	Arch Linux	2021	You Pick	You Pick	RPM	Rolling
Linux Mint *	Ubuntu	2006	Cinnamon	Windows 7	APT	2 Years
MX Linux	Debian	2014	Xfce	Windows 7	APT	Irregular
Debian	Indepe­ndent	1993	You Pick	You Pick	APT	2-3 Years
Endeav­ourOS	Arch Linux	2019	You Pick	You PIck	Pacman	Rolling
Pop!_OS	Ubuntu	2017	COSMIC	Unique	APT	6 Months
Manjaro	Arch Linux	2011	Xfce	Windows 7	Pacman	Rolling
ZorinOS *	Ubuntu	2009	GNOME	Windows 7-11 or MacOS	APT	2 Years
Ubuntu *	Debian	2004	GNOME	MacOS like	Snap or APT	6 Month
Fedora Workst­ation	Red Hat	2003	GNOME	MacOS	RPM	6 Months

Distro	Parent	Released	Desktop	Style	Packages	Release Cycle
Artix	Arch Linux	2017	You Pick	You Pick	pacman	Rolling
Arch Linux	Indepe­ndent	2002	You Pick	You Pick	pacman	Rolling
BigLinux	Manjaro	2004	KDE Plasma	Windows 11	pacman	Rolling
TrueNAS	Debian	2005	None	None	.deb	12-18 Months
Slackware	Indepe­ndent	1993	KDE Plasma	Windows 11	Slackware	Years
Void	Indepe­ndent	2014	Xfce	Windows 7	Void	Rolling
NixOS	Indepe­ndent	2003	You Pick	You Pick	Nix	6 Months
Devuan	Debian	2014	You Pick	You Pick	APT	2-3 Years

Distro	Parent	Released	Desktop	Style	Packages	Release Cycle
Gentoo	Indepe­ndent	2002	You Pick	You Pick	emerge	Rolling
openSUSE	Indepe­ndent	2005	KDE Plasma	Windows 10	RPM	Rolling
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	Fedora	2002	GNOME	Unique	RPM	3 Years

Distro	Parent	Released	Desktop	Style	Packages	Release Cycle
Kali Linux	Debian	2013	GNOME	Windows	apt dpkg	Rolling