The DistroWatch web site was first published on 31 May 2001. The concept started as a very simple table comprising of 5 major distributions and the chart only compared a few features (price, version, release date) and a few package versions (Linux kernel, KDE, GNOME, XFree86...



DistroWatch is the most popular Web-based alternative to OS.watch.
DistroWatch is the most popular free alternative to OS.watch.
- DistroWatch is Free and Proprietary
- DistroWatch is Lightweight










