A Linux® distribution, or distro, is an installable operating system built from the Linux kernel, supporting user programs, repositories and libraries. Each vendor or community's version is a distro.
Because the Linux operating system is open sourced and released under the GNU General Public License (GPL), anyone can run, study, modify, and redistribute the source code, or even sell copies of their modified code. This differs greatly from traditional operating systems—Unix, Microsoft Windows, and MacOS—which are proprietary and far less modifiable.
Popular Linux distro Android Arch Linux Centos Debian Elementary OS Fedora Linux Gentoo Linux Kali Linux Linux Lite Linux Mint Manjaro Linux MX Linux openSUSE Pop!_OS Puppy Linux Slackware Solus SUSE Ubuntu and all its versions (Gnome, Kubuntu —using KDE Plasma Desktop, Ubuntu mate, Xubuntu, and Lubuntu—just to name a few) Zorin OS
Why choose Red Hat for Linux? Every technology in your IT stack needs to work together. And the workloads need to be portable, user-friendly and scalable across bare metal servers, virtual machines, containers, or private and public clouds. They need a modern, security-focused operating system with long-term support (LTS). That operating system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
With a standard operating system underlying your workloads, you can easily move them across environments—wherever it makes sense for your business. Red Hat Enterprise Linux gives you a consistent, stable foundation across hybrid cloud deployments, along with built-in manageability and integration with the broader Red Hat management and automation portfolio