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| Feature | cauldron | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7.1 | 6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release Date | 2026-09-28 | 2026-06-29 | 2023-08-24 | 2021-02-26 | 2019-07-16 | 2017-07-16 | 2016-12-02 | 2014-06-20 | 2013-05-19 | 2012-05-22 | 2011-06-01 | Release Date |
| End Of Life | -- | 2026-09 | 2023-12 | 2021-06 | 2019-11 | 2017-12 | 2015-09 | 2014-11 | 2013-11 | 2012-12 | End Of Life | |
| Price (US$) | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Price (US$) |
| Image Size (MB) | 3800-5500 | 2800-4500 | 2200-4300 | 2200-4300 | 30-3600 | Image Size (MB) | ||||||
| Free Download | rpms | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | ISO | Free Download |
| Installation | DrakX | DrakX | DrakX | DrakX | DrakX | DrakX | DrakX | DrakX | DrakX | DrakX | DrakX | Installation |
| Default Desktop | GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce | GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce | GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce | GNOME, KDE, Xfce | GNOME, KDE, Xfce | GNOME, KDE, Xfce | KDE | KDE | KDE | KDE | KDE | Default Desktop |
| Default Browser | Firefox ESR | Firefox ESR | Firefox ESR | Firefox ESR | Firefox ESR | Default Browser | ||||||
| Package Format | flatpak, rpm | flatpak, rpm | flatpak, rpm | rpm | rpm | rpm | rpm | rpm | rpm | rpm | rpm | Package Format |
| Package Management | dnf, urpmi | dnf, urpmi | dnf, urpmi | dnf, urpmi | dnf, urpmi | urpmi | urpmi | urpmi | urpmi | urpmi | urpmi | Package Management |
| Release Model | Rolling | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Release Model |
| Office Suite | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | GOffice, LibreOffice | Office Suite |
| Processor Architecture | aarch64, arm7, i686, x86_64 | i686, x86_64 | i586, x86_64 | i586, x86_64 | i586, x86_64 | i586, x86_64 | i586, x86_64 | i586, x86_64 | i586, x86_64 | i586, x86_64 | i586, x86_64 | Processor Architecture |
| Init Software | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | systemd | SysV | SysV | Init Software |
| Journaled File Systems | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS | Journaled File Systems |
| Multilingual | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Multilingual |
| Full Package List | cauldron | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7.1 | 6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Full Package List |
| Package | cauldron | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7.1 | 6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Package |
| alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) | 1.2.16 | 1.2.15.2 | 1.2.9 | 1.2.2 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.4.1 | 1.0.28 | 1.0.27.2 | 1.0.26 | 1.0.25 | 1.0.24.1 | alsa-lib (1.2.16.1) |
| amdgpu (25.0.0) | 25.0.0 | 25.0.0 | 22.0.0 | 19.1.0 | 19.0.1 | -- | 15.302 | 14.010.1006 | 12.104 | -- | -- | amdgpu (25.0.0) |
| apparmor (5.0.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | apparmor (5.0.2) |
| apt (3.3.3) | 0.5.15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | apt (3.3.3) |
| bash (5.3) | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | bash (5.3) |
| bind (9.20.29) | 9.20.29 | 9.18.23 | 9.18.15 | 9.11.27 | 9.11.6 | 9.10.5-P2 | 9.10.3-P4 | 9.9.4-P2 | 9.9.2-P2 | 9.9.0 | 9.8.0-P1 | bind (9.20.29) |
| chromium (154.0.8037.57) | -- | -- | -- | 73.0.3683.103 | -- | 57.0.2987.133 | 53.0.2785.143 | 33.0.1750.146 | 26.0.1410.65 | 18.0.1025.168 | -- | chromium (154.0.8037.57) |
| cinnamon (6.6.9) | 6.6.9 | 6.6.7 | 5.6.7 | 4.8.3 | 4.0.10 | 3.2.8 | 2.4.5 | 2.0.14 | -- | -- | -- | cinnamon (6.6.9) |
| cups (2.4.19) | 2.4.19 | 2.4.17 | 2.4.6 | 2.3.3 | 2.2.11 | 2.2.3 | 2.0.4 | 1.7.0 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.2 | 1.4.6 | cups (2.4.19) |
| e2fsprogs (1.47.4) | 1.47.4 | 1.47.3 | 1.47.0 | 1.45.6 | 1.45.2 | 1.43.4 | 1.42.12 | 1.42.9 | 1.42.7 | 1.42.2 | 1.41.14 | e2fsprogs (1.47.4) |
| ffmpeg (9.0.2) | 7.1.5 | 7.1.4 | 5.1.3 | 4.3.1 | 4.1.4 | 3.3.2 | 2.4.13 | 2.0.3 | 1.1.4 | 0.10.3 | 0.6.3 | ffmpeg (9.0.2) |
| firefox (157.0) | 153.3.0 | 140.11.0 | 102.13.0 | 78.7.0 | 67.0.4 | 52.2.0 | 45.5.0 | 24.5.0 | 17.0.5 | 10.0.4 | 4.0.1 | firefox (157.0) |
| flatpak (1.18.4) | 1.16.6 | 1.16.6 | 1.14.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | flatpak (1.18.4) |
| freetype (2.14.3) | 2.14.3 | 2.14.2 | 2.13.0 | 2.10.4 | 2.9.1 | 2.7.1 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.0.1 | 2.4.11 | 2.4.9 | 2.4.4 | freetype (2.14.3) |
| gcc (16.2.0) | 16.2.0 | 15.2.0 | 12.3.0 | 10.2.1 | 8.3.1 | 5.4.0 | 4.9.2 | 4.8.2 | 4.7.2 | 4.6.3 | 4.5.2 | gcc (16.2.0) |
| gimp (3.2.6) | 3.2.6 | 3.2.4 | 2.10.34 | 2.10.22 | 2.10.10 | 2.8.22 | 2.8.14 | 2.8.6 | 2.8.2 | 2.8.0 | 2.6.11 | gimp (3.2.6) |
| git (2.55.0) | 2.52.0 | -- | 2.38.1 | 2.30.1 | 2.21.0 | 2.13.2 | 2.7.4 | 1.8.4.5 | 1.8.1.5 | 1.7.10 | 1.7.4.4 | git (2.55.0) |
| glibc (2.44) | 2.44 | 2.42 | 2.36 | 2.32 | 2.29 | 2.22 | 2.20 | 2.18 | 2.17 | 2.14.1 | 2.12.1 | glibc (2.44) |
| gnome-shell (51.0) | 50.4 | 49.7 | 44.2 | 3.38.3 | 3.32.1 | 3.24.2 | 3.14.3 | 3.10.2.1 | 3.6.3.1 | 3.4.1 | -- | gnome-shell (51.0) |
| grub (2.16) | 2.12 | 2.12 | 2.06 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 2.02git | 2.02git | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.97 | grub (2.16) |
| gtk (4.24.0) | 4.24.0 | 4.20.4 | 4.10.3 | 2.24.33 | 2.24.32 | 3.22.16 | 3.14.8 | 3.10.6 | 3.6.4 | 3.4.1 | 2.24.4 | gtk (4.24.0) |
| httpd (2.4.68) | 2.4.68 | 2.4.67 | 2.4.57 | 2.4.46 | 2.4.39 | 2.4.26 | 2.4.10 | 2.4.7 | 2.4.4 | 2.2.22 | 2.2.17 | httpd (2.4.68) |
| hyprland (0.56.2) | 0.56.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | hyprland (0.56.2) |
| inkscape (1.4.4) | 1.4.4 | 1.4.4 | 1.2.2 | 1.0.2 | 0.92.4 | 0.92.1 | 0.91 | 0.48.4 | 0.48.4 | 0.48.3.1 | 0.48.1 | inkscape (1.4.4) |
| kmod (34.2) | 34.2 | 34.2 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 7 | -- | kmod (34.2) |
| krita (6.0.4) | 6.0.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.4-alpha1 | krita (6.0.4) |
| Package | cauldron | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7.1 | 6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Package |
| LibreOffice (26.8.0) | 26.8.1 | 26.2.3 | 7.4.2 | 7.0.4.2 | 6.2.3.2 | 5.3.4 | 4.4.7 | 4.1.5 | 4.0.3 | 3.5.3 | 3.3.2 | LibreOffice (26.8.0) |
| libselinux (3.11) | 3.11 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | -- | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1.13 | 2.1.13 | -- | -- | libselinux (3.11) |
| linux (7.2.8) | 6.18.44 | 6.18.35 | 6.4.9 | 5.10.16 | 5.1.14 | 4.9.35 | 4.4.30 | 3.12.21 | 3.8.13 | 3.3.6 | 2.6.38.7 | linux (7.2.8) |
| mariadb (13.0.2) | 12.3.2 | 12.2.2 | 10.11.4 | 10.5.8 | 10.3.16 | 10.1.24 | 10.0.28 | 5.5.37 | 5.5.28 | 5.5.23 | -- | mariadb (13.0.2) |
| mate-desktop (1.28.2) | 1.28.2 | 1.28.2 | 1.26.1 | 1.24.1 | 1.22.1 | 1.18.0 | 1.8.1 | 1.6.2 | -- | -- | -- | mate-desktop (1.28.2) |
| mesa (26.2.3) | 26.1.5 | 26.0.8 | 23.1.5 | 20.3.4 | 19.1.0 | 17.1.4 | 10.5.9 | 10.0.5 | 9.1.2 | 8.0.2 | 7.10.2 | mesa (26.2.3) |
| nautilus (51.0.1) | 50.3 | 49.3 | 44.2.1 | 3.38.2 | 3.32.1 | 3.24.1 | 3.14.2 | 3.10.1 | 3.6.3 | 3.4.1 | 2.32.2.1 | nautilus (51.0.1) |
| NVIDIA (615.71.09) | -- | 580.159.04 | 515.76 | 455.45.01 | -- | 375.66 | 352.79 | 325.15 | 319.17 | -- | -- | NVIDIA (615.71.09) |
| openjdk (27) | -- | 21.0.11.0.10 | 17.0.3.0.7 | 11.0.9 | -- | 8u131 | 8u45 | 8u111 | 7u19 | 6b24 | 6b22 | openjdk (27) |
| openssh (10.5p1) | 10.0p1 | 10.0p1 | 9.3p1 | 8.4p1 | 8.0p1 | 7.5p1 | 6.6p1 | 6.2p2 | 6.1p1 | 5.9p1 | 5.8p1 | openssh (10.5p1) |
| openssl (4.0.2) | 3.5.8 | 3.5.6 | 3.0.9 | 1.1.1i | 1.1.0j | 1.0.2l | 1.0.2j | 1.0.1e | 1.0.1e | 1.0.0j | 1.0.0d | openssl (4.0.2) |
| perl (5.44.0) | 5.42.0 | 5.42.0 | 5.36.0 | 5.32.1 | 5.28.2 | 5.22.3 | 5.20.1 | 5.18.1 | 5.16.3 | 5.14.2 | 5.12.3 | perl (5.44.0) |
| php (8.5.11) | 8.6.0 | -- | 8.2.0 | 8.0.0 | -- | 5.6.30 | 5.6.27 | 5.5.12 | 5.4.13 | 5.3.13 | 5.3.6 | php (8.5.11) |
| plasma-desktop (6.7.5) | 6.7.5 | 6.5.5 | 5.27.5 | 5.20.4 | 5.15.4 | 5.8.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | plasma-desktop (6.7.5) |
| postfix (3.11.7) | 3.9.15 | 3.9.10 | 3.8.1 | 3.5.9 | 3.4.5 | 3.1.6 | 2.10.3 | 2.10.2 | 2.9.6 | 2.8.8 | 2.7.4 | postfix (3.11.7) |
| postgresql (18.6) | 18.6 | 18.4 | -- | 13.1 | 11.4 | 9.6.3 | 9.3.14 | 9.3.4 | 9.2.4 | 9.1.3 | 8.4.8 | postgresql (18.6) |
| Python (3.14.7) | 3.13.15 | 3.13.13 | 3.10.11 | 3.8.7 | 3.7.3 | 2.7.13 | 2.7.9 | 2.7.6 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.1 | Python (3.14.7) |
| qt (6.11.2) | 6.11.1 | 6.4.1 | 6.10.0 | 5.15.2 | 1.2.0 | 5.6.2 | 4.8.6 | 4.8.6 | 4.8.4 | 4.8.1 | 4.7.3 | qt (6.11.2) |
| samba (4.25.0) | 4.25.0 | 4.23.8 | 4.17.10 | 4.12.11 | 4.10.4 | 4.6.5 | 3.6.25 | 3.6.23 | 3.6.15 | 3.6.5 | 3.5.8 | samba (4.25.0) |
| systemd (262) | 258.10 | 258.7 | 253.7 | 246.9 | 241 | 230 | 217 | 208 | 195 | 44 | -- | systemd (262) |
| thunderbird (156.0.1) | 153.3.0 | 140.11.0 | 102.12.0 | 78.7.0 | 60.7.2 | 52.2.1 | 45.4.0 | 24.5.0 | 17.0.5 | 10.0.4 | 3.1.10 | thunderbird (156.0.1) |
| vim (9.2) | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | vim (9.2) |
| vlc (3.0.24) | 3.0.24 | 3.0.23 | 3.0.18 | 3.0.12.1 | 3.0.7.1 | 3.0.0git | 2.2.4 | 2.1.2 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.1 | -- | vlc (3.0.24) |
| wayland (1.26.0) | -- | 1.24.0 | 1.21.0 | 1.18.0 | 1.17.0 | 1.11.0 | 1.6.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | wayland (1.26.0) |
| xfdesktop (4.20.2) | 4.21.0 | 4.20.2 | 4.18.1 | 4.16.0 | 4.13.4 | 4.12.4 | 4.12.0 | 4.10.2 | 4.10.2 | 4.9.0 | 4.8 | xfdesktop (4.20.2) |
| xorg-server (21.1.24) | 21.1.24 | 21.1.23 | 21.1.8 | 1.20.10 | 1.20.4 | 1.19.3 | 1.16.4 | 1.14.5 | 1.13.4 | 1.11.4 | 1.10.1 | xorg-server (21.1.24) |
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