v24.10

24.10 2024.10.26

• Blacklisted: Librassoc (too short lifetime)
• Discontinued: CentOS (+2024-06-30)
• Discontinued: Scientific Linux (+2024-06-30)
• Discontinued: Ataraxia Linux (2021-12-09 last git commit)
• Discontinued: Rxart (2016 last release)
• Renamed: Scientific to Scientific Linux

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v22.10

22.10 2022.10.31

• Added: CentOS Stream
• Added: Batocera
• Added: Rocky Linux (thanks to John Moon)
• Added: AlmaLinux (thanks to Jack Aboutboul)
• Added: Flatcar Container Linux (thanks to Vincent Batts)
• Added: Rockstor [OpenSUse branch] (thanks to Stephen Brown II)
• Added: Connector Slackware -> LST
• Added: Connector CRUX -> Thinstation
• Blacklisted: ServOS (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Progress (not a distro)
• Blacklisted: Voltalinux (too short lifetime)
• Discontinued: RancherOS (thanks to mcen1)
• Discontinued: Chakra
• Discontinued: Draco
• Discontinued: Xinutop
• Discontinued: Guadalinex (thanks to OkayPJ)
• Discontinued: VectorLinux (thanks to OkayPJ)
• Discontinued: Bardinux (thanks to OkayPJ)
• Discontinued: Mer
• Discontinued: Black Lab Linux
• Discontinued: VortexBox
• Rebased: Xinutop (Debian since 2016.10)
• Rebased: Pardus (Debian since 2013.03.27)
• Rebased: CoreOS/Container Linux to Chromium OS (thanks to Vincent Batts)
• Rebased: OpenMandriva Lx to Mandrake (thanks to AngryPenguinPL)
• Renamed: Black Lab to Black Lab Linux
• Renamed: Red Hat Enterprise to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Fixed: Parted Magic base
• Fixed: Caldera OpenLinux base

v21.10

All links in the timeline have been replaced by links to the new info archive at https://distroware.gitlab.io/ which is pratically empty at this point

21.10 2021.10.23

• Added: EuroLinux (thanks to jakub-olczyk, AlexBaranowski and Barnabasz)
• Added: postmarketOS (thanks to krkk)
• Blacklisted: bundled with hardware only distros (CromeOS, etc)
• Blacklisted: commercial only (no sources) embedded distros (ELinOS, etc)
• Continued: Lunar Linux (thanks to dagbrown)
• Discontinued: OpenELEC
• Discontinued: Qomo (thanks to OkayPJ)
• Discontinued: SteamOS (the old Debian based)
• Discontinued: Rocks, TENS
• Rebased: OSMC (Debian since 2015.06.28, thanks to jb2cool)
• Rebased: AV Linux (MX Linux since 2020.11.25)
• Rebased: Finnix (Debian since 2005.10.23)
• Fixed: SUSE and openSUSE history

v20.10

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All links in the timeline have been replaced by links to the new info archive at https://fabiololix.gitlab.io/ which is empty at this point

20.10 2020.10.25

• Added: Ataraxia Linux (thanks to Protonesso)
• Blacklisted: Swift (celebrity related distro)
• Blacklisted: ChaletOS (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: OpenNode (no distro found)
• Blacklisted: Gnu-HALO (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: How-Tux (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Satanic Edition (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Mamona (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Garuda (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Fusion (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: FoX (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: HP Secure (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: AsianLinux (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: epiOS (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Apricity (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: MorpheusArch Linux (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: SwagArch GNU/Linux (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Maui Linux (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Handy Linux (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Impi (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Xebian (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Bluewall (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Amber (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Euronode (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Polippix (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: ZoneCD (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Armed (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Happy Linux (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: EvilEntity (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Storm (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: Ultrapenguin (too short lifetime)
• Blacklisted: SuperRescue (too short lifetime)
• Continued: Red Flag (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Continued: Finnix
• Continued: Draco
• Discontinued: Point Linux (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Discontinued: Viperr, Lunar Linux, Sonar GNU/Linux
• Discontinued: Tanglu
• Discontinued: Container Linux (previously CoreOS)
• Discontinued: Antergos (thanks to pushkar-bharambe)
• Discontinued: Flint OS (merged into CloudReady)
• Discontinued: Superb Mini Server, Christian Edition
• Discontinued: Ulteo, DEFT, Voyage Linux, UHU
• Discontinued: Semplice, LinuxBBQ, wattOS, UberStudent
• Rebased: SUSE
• Rebased: Kali (based on Debian)
• Rebased: Volumio (based on Debian)
• Rebased: SystemRescueCD (Arch since 2019.02.02)
• Rebased: WHAX (based on Slax)
• Rebased: Backtrack (Ubuntu since 2010.01.9)
• Rebased: MAX (Ubuntu since 2007.03)
• Rebased: Netrunner (Debian since 2016.10.23)
• Rebased: Linkat (OpenSUSE since 2009.10.15)
• Rebased: Linkat (Ubuntu since 2011.11.25)
• Rebased: Stresslinux (OpenSUSE since 2010.04.13)
• Rebased: Hiweed Linux (Debian since 2004.7.22)
• Rebased: Hiweed Linux (Ubuntu since 2006.09.25)
• Rebased: deepin (Debian since 2015.12.30)
• Renamed: Void to VoidLinux
• Renamed: Ylmf to Ylmf OS (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Renamed: Sparky to Sparky Linux (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Renamed: Happy to Happy Linux (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Renamed: deepin (various) (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Renamed: Elementary OS to elementary OS (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Renamed: gnuLiNex to gnuLinEx (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Renamed: Ubuntu DesktopPack to Ubuntu-Pack (there are multiple edition,
  not only desktop related) (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Renamed: GuixSD to Guix System (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Renamed: Raspbian to Raspberry Pi OS
• Renamed: SystemRescueCD to SystemRescue
• Renamed: Voyage to Voyage Linux
• Renamed: Auditor Security Linux to Auditor Security Collection
• Renamed: Arch to Arch Linux
• Fixed: link for VoidLinux (thanks to Unrealrussian)
• Fixed: link for Lihuen
• Fixed: links for SystemRescueCD/SystemRescue
• Fixed: link for MCC Interim (thanks to SoulRepo)
• Fixed: link for Red Flag (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Fixed: Slackware started before Debian
• Fixed: start date for Nethserver (not definitive)
• Fixed: start date for Chromium OS
• Fixed: deepin history (thanks to xingjiapeng)
• Misc: rewrite of build.sh in POSIX shell by @konimex

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v19.04

19.04 2019-04-30

• Added: Raspbmc/OSMC, OmniROM
• Added: Shift Linux (discontinued) (thanks to jristz)
• Added: ArchMerge/ArcoLinux, Pop OS, Bluestar Linux
• Added: SwagArch GNU/Linux, Snakeoil OS
• Added: Hyperbola (thanks to André Silva)
• Added: Ubuntu Touch (thanks to Michael McMahon)
• Added: Arch Linux 32 (thanks to kRkk)
• Added: Artix (thanks to PaoJiao, xnano200, konimex)
• Added: Endless OS (thanks to btreut)
• Added: Q4OS (thanks to larkivisto)
• Added: Asteroid OS, BBQLinux
• Added: SCO Linux (discontinued)
• Discontinued: Vyatta, Korora, Hawaii OS, Parsidora
• Discontinued: DeLi(cate), XBMCbuntu, ZevenOS
• Discontinued: Symphony OS, Bridge, IPCop, eZeY
• Discontinued: Hanthana, Stephenson's Rocket
• Discontinued: Chapeau, Finnix, Quirky
• Discontinued: PoliArch, Android-IA, Edubuntu
• Discontinued: Parsix (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Discontinued: Burapha (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Discontinued: Caixa Mágica (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Discontinued: Synergy (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Discontinued: Fusion (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Discontinued: Devil (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Discontinued: K12 (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Discontinued: Jarro Negro (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Discontinued: Turbolinux
• Blacklisted: Mandragora, Keysoft
• Blacklisted: JOPUX (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Blacklisted: NanoLinux, Remix OS, Revenge OS
• Back to waiting list: ExTiX, VeltOS
• Back to waiting list: CopperheadOS, Phoenix OS
• Merged: Lede Project into OpenWRT
• Renamed: Android Wear to Wear OS
• Renamed: AV to AV Linux
• Renamed: ASP to ASPLinux
• Renamed: Caldera to Caldera OpenLinux
• Renamed: SCO to SCO OpenLinux
• Renamed: Lycoris to Lycoris Desktop/LX
• Fixed: start & end date for Knopperdisk
• Fixed: start date for Void (thanks to Aleppi)
• Fixed: link for Sage Live (thanks to sergds)
• Fixed: link for AV Linux
• Fixed: Link for piCorePlayer (thanks to btreut)
• Fixed: Link for Deepin (thanks to btreut)
• Fixed: link for PelicanHPC
• Fixed: link for Gibraltar Firewall (thanks to Zitrax)
• Fixed: link for MAX
• Fixed: link for NayuOS
• Fixed: link for ConnochaetOS
• Fixed: connector for ASPLinux (thanks to jorgenatz)
• Fixed: ChaletOS to Xubuntu-based distribution
• Fixed: normalized data (thanks to schcriher)
• Fixed: markdown in DISTRIBUTIONS.md (thanks to kRkk)
• Fixed: invalid ID's in the SVG (thanks to RazrFalcon)

v17.10

17.10 (2017-10-29)

• Added: GuixSD, LineageOS, SteamOS, ToriOS, OSGeo-Live
• Added: Android Things/Project Brillo, Android Wear
• Added: GalliumOS, Flint OS, VeltOS, MX Linux
• Added: OviOS, AudioPhile Linux, Daphile, ARCHLabs
• Added: Ye Olde SteamOSe/Stephenson's Rocket
• Added: MorpheusArch Linux, OBRevenge OS
• Added: AOSC OS (thanks to MingcongBai)
• Added: wtfplay-live, LuneOS, LineageOS, CloudLinux OS
• Added: Knopperdisk (discontinued)
• Added: Splack Linux (discontinued) (thanks to fede2cr)
• Added: Minimal Linux Live (thanks to ivandavidov)
• Added: Super Grub2 Disk, Obarun
• Added: dCore (thanks to btreut)
• Added: Connector 2 ParallelKnoppix -> PelicanHPC
• Added: Connector 2 LibreELEC -> Lakka
• Added: Connector 4 SolusOS -> Evolve OS/Solus
• Added: Connector 4 Ubuntu Gnome -> Ubuntu
• Discontinued: Cyanogen OS, CyanogenMod , Unity Linux
• Discontinued: Red Ribbon, Apricity
• Discontinued: Madbox, Musix, Descent|OS
• Discontinued: DNALinux, SLAMPP, Topologilinux, Stux
• Discontinued: Imagineos, Slack/390, Agilialinux
• Discontinued: pQui, Slackintosh, Bluewhite64, Draco
• Discontinued: PLATYPUX, Kongoni, Linvo, Bayanihan
• Discontinued: Blag, Momonga, Ekaaty, StartCom
• Discontinued: FREESCO, dyne:bolic, GeeXboX, Legacy OS
• Discontinued: Sage Live CD, Syllable Server
• Discontinued: Remix OS (thanks to z3ntu)
• Discontinued: 0Linux (archiveos.org)
• Discontinued: Damn Small Linux, kademar
• Discontinued: Aptosid (thanks to btreut)
• Blacklisted: ChameleonOS (thanks to JulienAMOURIQ)
• Blacklisted: DSN-N, Shabdix, Bioknoppix, gOS
• Blacklisted: miniwoody, UserLinux, quantOS, Beatrix
• Blacklisted: Tirwal, Virtual, Haydar, LinuxInstall
• Blacklisted: BioBrew, FrameOS, Bintoo, Oz
• Blacklisted: Sauver, Lin2Go, Jollix, Navyn OS
• Blacklisted: Hikarunix, Chaox
• Continued: Netrunner Rolling, Swift
• Continued: Dragora (thanks to kelsoo)
• Renamed: BU to BU Linux
• Renamed: Unity to Unity Linux
• Renamed: Budgie Remix to Ubuntu Budgie
• Renamed: PUIAS to Springdale Linux
• Renamed: Skolelinux to DebianEdu
• Renamed: XBMC Live to XBMCbuntu
• Renamed: Xange to eZeY
• Renamed: LPS to TENS
• Renamed: OBRevenge OS to Revenge OS
• Fixed: Kaos to indipendent distribution (thanks to ShalokShalom)
• Fixed: SolusOS to Debian-based distribution
• Fixed: Moode to Raspbian-based distribution
• Fixed: link for BU Linux
• Fixed: link for PelicanHPC
• Fixed: link for Manjaro
• Fixed: link for Musix (thanks to Bururik)
• Fixed: link for Syllable Server
• Fixed: link for Bridge
• Fixed: link for Slackware ARM
• Fixed: link for Parsidora
• Fixed: link for Viperr
• Fixed: link for Chakra
• Fixed: link for Berry
• Fixed: link for Gobunto (thanks to Zitrax)
• Fixed: link for Keysoft (thanks to z1tr0t3c)
• Fixed: start date for Android-x86
• Fixed: start date for Rockstor (thanks to Mirko Arena)
• Fixed: typo in gldt.csv (thanks to Michael McMahon)
• Fixed: typo in readme.md (thanks to Ron Korving)

Merged text files NOTE, TODO and CHECK into DISTRIBUTIONS.md

v16.12

16.12 (2016-12-25)

• Added: Keysoft, Parted Magic, Pisi Linux, Porteus Kiosk
• Added: Devuan, Refracta, Moode, piCorePlayer
• Added: Xinutop, LuninuX OS/Sn0wL1nuX, Stresslinux (discontinued)
• Added: armbian, Linux Router Project, Nanolinux
• Added: Peach OSI, Budgie-remix
• Added: Connector 2 Porteus -> Porteus Kiosk
• Added: Connector 2 OpenSUSE -> Linkat
• Added: Connector 2 Ubuntu -> Linkat
• Added: Connector 2 OpenSUSE -> Stresslinux
• Added: Connector 1 LEAF -> Alpine
• Added: Connector 1 Linux From Scratch -> CRUX
• Added: Domain for Gentoo, Arch, Android
• Renamed: CoreOS to Container Linux
• Renamed: Astaro to Sophos UTM
• Discontinued: Mythbuntu, Netrunner Rolling, DoudouLinux
• Discontinued: aLinux, Coyote
• Blacklisted: Hadron, Igelle
• Removed: OpenEmbedded (not a distribution)
• Fixed: Placement for Mamona
• Fixed: Volumio/Raspyfi start date and original name
• Fixed: SUSE editions
• Fixed: United Linux to SUSE-based distribution
• Fixed: Splitted Kororaa and Korora
• Fixed: Links for SUSE
• Fixed: LEAF to Linux Router Project-based distribution

v16.11

16.11 (2016-11-05)

• Added: Clear Linux, SolusOS, Maui OS, Maui Linux
• Added: Android-IA, Android-x86, Remix OS, Phoenix OS
• Renamed: Linux Mint Debian to Linux Mint Debian Edition
• Renamed: Maui OS to Hawaii OS
• Renamed: 0 to 0Linux
• Discontinued: Matriux, Macpup, Liberté, SolusOS, Mepis
• Blacklisted: P@xtreme, Ophone
• Changed: Link for 0Linux
• Connectors:
• Added: Connector 1 Clear Linux -> Solus
• Added: Connector 2 Debian -> Netrunner
• Added: Connector 2 Linux Mint -> Linux Mint Debian Edition
• Added: Connector 1 Linux Mint Debian Edition -> SolusOS
• Added: Connector 2 Netrunner -> Netrunner Rolling
• Added: Connector 2 Netrunner -> Maui Linux
• Added: Connector 1 OpenELEC -> LibreELEC
• Added: Connector 1 OpenWRT -> Lede Project
• Removed: Connector Gentoo -> ChromiumOS

v16.10

• Added: VyOS, Sailfish OS, Apricity OS, PoliArch, Yunohost
• Added: ChromeOS, CloudReady, NayuOS, RancherOS, Noop
• Renamed: Mint to Linux Mint
• Fixed: Link for Vyatta
• Fixed: Ubuntu DesktopPack start date
• Discontinued: Danix, Kaella, Artistix, Aquamorph, Newtoos
• Discontinued: Poseidon, Neo Dizinha Linux, Swift, Molinux, Venenux
• Discontinued: Tuquito, Epidemic, Estrella Roja, Tango Studio, SecUntu
• Discontinued: Doudou, GNUguitariNUX, , Resulinux, NepaLinux
• Discontinued: PureOS, Inquisitor, Saline OS, Liquid Lemur, Snowlinux
• Discontinued: Polippix, Asturix, PUD, Sabily, Monomaxos, AriOS
• Discontinued: Toorox, Papug, Gentoox, OPhone, Openfiler
• Discontinued: Phinx, Granular, Tinyme, SAM
• Blacklisted: Dax OS, Maryan, Zenix OS, Conducit, Joatha, LDR, srvRX Live
• Blacklisted: AnikOS, Firefly
• Thanks to: @konimex

v16.8

• Added: Untangle, OpenMandriva Lx, Tanglu, Ubuntu DesktopPack, Voyager
• Added: Runtu, Endian, Rescatux, Lakka, LibreELEC, LEDE-Project
• Added: Sonar, Netrunner Rolling, EasyNAS, GeckoLinux, KDE Neon
• Fixed: Link for Parabola
• Fixed: Position for SuliX
• Fixed: Position for PC/OS (to Xubuntu)
• Fixed: Position for Runtu (to Xubuntu)
• Fixed: Position for LXLE (to Lubuntu)
• Fixed: Position for Netrunner (to Kubuntu)
• Fixed: LibreELEC to OpenELEC-based distribution
• Fixed: Simplicity to Puppy-based distribution
• Fixed: AryaLinux to LFS-based distribution
• Fixed: Qube OS to Fedora-based distribution
• Fixed: Ututo to Gentoo-based distribution
• Fixed: Engarde to Red Hat-based distribution
• Fixed: Rip to Slackware-based distribution
• Discontinued: KahelOS, LDR, CTKARch, Aurora OS, EasyPeasy, Symphony OS
• Discontinued: Element, Fluxbuntu, GnackTrack, Ubuntu Rescue Remix
• Discontinued: Comfusion, U-Lite, Dream Studio, MoonOS, OpenGeu, Kiwi Linux
• Discontinued: Ark Linux, 2XOS, 64 Studio, Satanic Edition, Qimo 4 Kids
• Discontinued: ASLinux, Gibraltar, VLOS, AnikOS, p@xtreme, Ututo, Wolvix
• Discontinued: Dragora, RIP, Mamona, Yoper Linux, Engarde
• Thanks to: @FabioLolix