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Rocky Linux

Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is available for the x86_64 and AArch64 processor architectures.

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Exton Linux

Exton Linux is a set of over 15 Linux distributions based on Arch Linux, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, openSUSE, Puppy Linux and Slackware Linux. They are designed to be lightweight, fast and easy to use.

Technical Specs Comparison
Rocky LinuxExton Linux
Fedora, Red HatBaseArch, CRUX, Debian, deepin, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Puppy, Slackware
flatpak, rpm (dnf)Package Managerportage / src
systemdInit SystemOpenRC
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
9.8Latest Version
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
May 28, 2026Release DateJune 2, 2026
ARM64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
Architecture
ARM64ppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64
GNOMEBudgieDeepinEnlightenmentKDE PlasmaLXDELXQtPIXELXfce
Desktops
GNOMEBudgieDeepinEnlightenmentKDE PlasmaLXDELXQtPIXELXfce