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DistroWatch

DistroWatch is a website that provides news, distribution pages hit rankings, and other general information about various Linux distributions as well as other free software/open source Unix-like operating systems. It now contains information on several hundred distributions and a few hundred distributions labeled as active.

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LinuxBSDSolarisReactOSHaiku
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Reviews

PC MagazineVoice of AmericaLWN.net
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Page rankings

PC World
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Facebook

Facebook
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Owner
Ladislav Bodnar
Available in
English[notes 1]
Commercial
Yes
IPv6 support
Yes
Launched
31 May 2001 (2001-05-31)
Registration
No

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DistroWatch

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples55
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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DistroWatch

Top relations

related to Reviews · 15
DistroWatch → America, Archived, Aug, Classic Web Sites, Dec, Distribution, July, LWN, Nov, Oct, PC Magazine, Top, Voice, Website, Week
related to Features · 9
DistroWatch → BSD, CDs, DVDs, DWW, It, Linux, Monday, The, There
related to history · 9
DistroWatch → Bodnar, Chris Smart, Distrowatch Weekly, DWW, In November, Initially, Ladislav Bodnar, May, The
related to Facebook · 5
DistroWatch → DistroWatch's Facebook, Facebook, In, Linux, On January
related to Page rankings · 3
DistroWatch → Linux, PC World, They
related to External links · 2
DistroWatch → Free, Official
Available in · 1
DistroWatch → English[notes 1]
Commercial · 1
DistroWatch → Yes
IPv6 support · 1
DistroWatch → Yes
Launched · 1
DistroWatch → 31 May 2001 (2001-05-31)

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distributions linux website software rankings bodnar facebook also distribution open source dww 2008 free information page site news notes popularity

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DistroWatchAvailable inEnglish[notes 1]1.00infobox
DistroWatchCommercialYes1.00infobox
DistroWatchIPv6 supportYes1.00infobox
DistroWatchLaunched31 May 2001 (2001-05-31)1.00infobox
DistroWatchOwnerLadislav Bodnar1.00infobox
DistroWatchRegistrationNo1.00infobox
DistroWatchRevenueAdvertisement1.00infobox
DistroWatchType of siteNews website1.00infobox
DistroWatchURLdistrowatch.com1.00infobox
DistroWatchis awebsite that provides news0.90text
the priceinstance ofIt also provides some general characteristics of distributions0.80text
the supported processor architecturesinstance ofIt also provides some general characteristics of distributions0.80text

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