If you ever needed confirmation regarding the ongoing vitality of the Linux world, look no farther than this exhaustive listing of major and minor Linux distributions. We're calling our coverage DistributionWatch, and this listing is only the beginning. Over the next month we'll be introducing exhaustive reviews of the major distributions, as well as setting up easy-to-read charts detailing the specifics of each distribution.

We're not so cocky as to proclaim this list as being perfectly complete; send comments and corrections here, and we'll make sure and upgrade our listing as often as possible.

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