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Linux distributions

Identifying a distribution

lsb_release -d
lsb_release -r
cat /etc/os-release

Distribution genealogy

Debian based distributions:

Debian
LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition, Betsy)
Devuan

Fedora based distributions:

Fedora
Korora
Chapeau

Ubuntu based distributions:

Ubuntu
Zorin
elementary
Peppermint
Mint

Arch based distributions

Manjaro
Arch

Red Hat based distributions

CentOS

Suse based distributions:

openUSE

Others:

Mageia
PCLinuxOS

Term distribution in Python

The term distribution has a specific meaning in Python packaging contexts where it refers to a source or binary distribution package of a single piece of Python language software. (In the sense of setuptools.dist.Distribution or sdist).

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