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DistroWatch: Features, Reviews & Page rankings

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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DistroWatch topic overview

The analysis highlights Features, Reviews and Page rankings as prominent areas in the source structure around DistroWatch.

Related topics
19
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
24
Extracted relationships
55
Concept neighborhoods
13
Bridge connections
24

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Features · 8 topics
Overview · 6 topics
Reviews · 3 topics
Facebook · 1 topics
Page rankings · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

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

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Features

Page rankings

Facebook

Reviews

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How DistroWatch connects Entity context

The extracted context around DistroWatch shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, DistroWatch → America, Archived, Aug, Classic Web Sites, Dec, Distribution, July, LWN, Nov, Oct, PC Magazine, Top, Voice, Website, Week Another extracted example is DistroWatch → BSD, CDs, DVDs, DWW, It, Linux, Monday, The, There. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

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)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

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

DistroWatch relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 55 structured relationships around DistroWatch. Examples in this analysis include DistroWatch → Available in → English[notes 1] and DistroWatch → Commercial → Yes. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around DistroWatch bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Rankings, Website and Software. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • DistroWatch
    • Rankings
    • Website
    • Software
    • Linux
    • Free
    • Page
    • Distribution
    • Facebook
    • Open
    • Source
    • Distributions
    • Basis
  • distrowatch
    • Rankings
    • Website
    • Software
    • Linux
    • Free
    • Page
    • Distribution
    • Facebook
    • Open
    • Source
    • Distributions
    • Basis
  • website
    • Rankings
    • News
    • Operating
    • Systems
    • Free
    • Page
    • Distrowatch
    • Ladislav
    • Launched
    • Linux
    • Notes
    • Unix-like
  • linux distributions
    • Open
    • Source
    • Bsd
    • Operating
    • Systems
    • Free
    • Linux
    • Different
    • Facebook
    • General
    • Information
    • Provides
  • page rankings
    • Free
    • Com
    • Website
    • Operating
    • Systems
    • Page
    • Popularity
    • Rankings
    • Ladislav
    • Launched
    • Notes
    • Software
  • free software
    • Rankings
    • Operating
    • Systems
    • Open
    • Popularity
    • Source
    • Donations
    • Program
    • Various
    • Website
    • Software
    • Unix-like
  • linux
    • Open
    • Source
    • Bsd
    • Operating
    • Systems
    • Free
    • Facebook
    • Rankings
    • Website
    • Software
    • Unix-like
    • Basis
  • open source
    • Source
    • Bsd
    • Donations
    • Program
    • Software
    • Various
    • Unix-like
    • Different
    • Operating
    • Provides
    • Systems
    • Rankings

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For DistroWatch, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects DistroWatch with Features. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
DistroWatch — Features · splits 16 ⟂ 9
DistroWatch — Overview · splits 18 ⟂ 7
DistroWatch — Reviews · splits 21 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

DistroWatch

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

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around DistroWatch to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Features, Reviews & Page rankings, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — DistroWatch · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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