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DistroWatch.com: Openwall GNU/*/Linux

Openwall GNU/*/Linux

Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 UTC

OS Type: Linux
Based on: Fedora
Origin: Global
Architecture: i586, i686, x86_64
Desktop: No Desktop
Category: Server, Security
Status: Discontinued (defined)
Popularity: Not ranked

Openwall GNU/*/Linux (or Owl for short) is a small security-enhanced Linux distribution for servers, appliances, and virtual appliances. Owl live CDs with remote SSH access are also good for recovering or installing systems (whether with Owl or not). Another secondary use is for operating systems and/or computer security courses, which benefit from the simple structure of Owl and from the inclusion of the complete build environment.

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Openwall Summary
Distribution	Openwall GNU/*/Linux
Home Page	http://www.openwall.com
Mailing Lists	http://www.openwall.com/lists/
User Forums	--
Alternative User Forums
Documentation	http://www.openwall.com/Owl/INSTALL.shtml http://openwall.info/wiki/
Screenshots	http://www.openwall.com/Owl/screenshots
Screencasts
Download Mirrors	http://www.openwall.com/Owl/DOWNLOAD.shtml • DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker	--
Related Websites	Wikipedia
Reviews	3.0: LWN
Where To Donate, Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases

Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
• 2015-01-06: Distribution Release: Openwall GNU/*/Linux 3.1
• 2010-12-16: Distribution Release: Openwall GNU/*/Linux 3.0
• 2006-02-15: Distribution Release: Openwall GNU/*/Linux 2.0
• 2003-12-24: Distribution Release: Openwall GNU/*/Linux 1.1
• 2002-10-15: Distribution Release: Openwall GNU/Linux 1.0
• More Openwall releases...

Table Notes and Explanations

(Please refer to the table below.)

To compare the software in this project to the software available in other distributions, please see our Compare Packages page.

Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.

Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

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Feature	3.1-20180703	3.0	2.0	1.1	1.0	0.1
Release Date	2018-07-03	2013-04-08	2006-02-14	2003-12-23	2002-10-15	2002-03-13
End Of Life
Price (US$)	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
Image Size (MB)	400-600
Free Download	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO	ISO
Installation	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode	Text mode
Default Desktop	--	--	--	--	--	--
Package Management	RPM	RPM	RPM	RPM	RPM	RPM
Release Model	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed
Office Suite	--	--	--	--	--	--
Processor Architecture	i386, x86_64	i386, x86_64	Alpha, i386, Sparc	Alpha, i386, Sparc	Alpha, i386, Sparc	Alpha, i386, Sparc
Init Software	SysV	SysV	SysV	SysV	SysV	SysV
Journaled File Systems	ext3, ext4	ext3, ext4	ext3	ext3
Multilingual	--	--	--	--	--	--
Asian Language Support	--	--	--	--	--	--
Full Package List	3.1-20180703	3.0	2.0	1.1	1.0	0.1

Full Package List: Openwall GNU/*/Linux 0.1
Number of packages: 139 (download as TXT) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • SimplePAMApps-0.60-11owl.i386.rpm • SysVinit-2.78-10owl.i386.rpm • acct-6.3.5-6owl.i386.rpm • autoconf-2.13-9owl.noarch.rpm • automake-1.4-8owl.noarch.rpm • basesystem-99.0-1owl.noarch.rpm • bash-2.04-12owl.i386.rpm • bash-doc-2.04-12owl.i386.rpm • bc-1.06-2owl.i386.rpm • binutils-2.10.1.0.4-1owl.i386.rpm • bison-1.28-6owl.i386.rpm • bzip2-1.0.1-4owl.i386.rpm • bzip2-devel-1.0.1-4owl.i386.rpm • chkconfig-1.2.16-1owl.i386.rpm • console-tools-19990829-28owl.i386.rpm • cpio-2.4.2-24owl.i386.rpm • cpp-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm • dev86-0.15.4-4owl.i386.rpm • dialog-0.9a-5owl.i386.rpm • diffstat-1.28-1owl.i386.rpm • diffutils-2.7-23owl.i386.rpm • e2fsprogs-1.18-7owl.i386.rpm • e2fsprogs-devel-1.18-7owl.i386.rpm • ed-0.2-19owl.i386.rpm • file-3.33-1owl.i386.rpm • fileutils-4.0.27-4owl.i386.rpm • findutils-4.1.5-4owl.i386.rpm • flex-2.5.4a-11owl.i386.rpm • gawk-3.0.6-2owl.i386.rpm • gcc-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm • gcc-c++-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm • gdbm-1.8.0-5owl.i386.rpm • gdbm-devel-1.8.0-5owl.i386.rpm • gettext-0.10.35-24owl.i386.rpm • glibc-2.1.3-16.0.1.1owl.i386.rpm • glibc-devel-2.1.3-16.0.1.1owl.i386.rpm • gnupg-1.0.6-1owl.i386.rpm • gpm-1.19.3-8owl.i386.rpm • gpm-devel-1.19.3-8owl.i386.rpm • grep-2.4.2-1owl.i386.rpm • groff-1.17-3owl.i386.rpm • groff-perl-1.17-3owl.i386.rpm • gzip-1.3-14owl.i386.rpm • hdparm-4.1-4owl.i386.rpm • info-4.0-11owl.i386.rpm • iputils-ss001110-1owl.i386.rpm • kernel-2.2.999fake-2owl.noarch.rpm • kernel-headers-2.2.999fake-2owl.noarch.rpm • ldconfig-1.9.10-2owl.i386.rpm • less-358-6owl.i386.rpm • lftp-2.3.8-6owl.i386.rpm • libnet-1.0.2a-1owl.i386.rpm • libnet-devel-1.0.2a-1owl.i386.rpm • libnids-1.16-1owl.i386.rpm • libnids-devel-1.16-1owl.i386.rpm • libpcap-0.6.2-1owl.i386.rpm • libpcap-devel-0.6.2-1owl.i386.rpm • libstdc++-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm • libstdc++-compat-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm • libstdc++-devel-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm • libtermcap-2.0.8-3owl.i386.rpm • libtermcap-devel-2.0.8-3owl.i386.rpm • libtool-1.3.5-9owl.i386.rpm • libtool-libs-1.3.5-9owl.i386.rpm • lilo-21.6-3owl.i386.rpm • logrotate-3.5.2-1owl.i386.rpm • losetup-2.10r.2.2.18.3-3owl.i386.rpm • ltrace-0.3.10-7owl.i386.rpm • m4-1.4-15owl.i386.rpm • mailx-8.1.1.2.7-1owl.i386.rpm • make-3.79.1-3owl.i386.rpm • man-1.5i2-1owl.i386.rpm • man-pages-1.35-4owl.noarch.rpm • mingetty-0.9.4-13owl.i386.rpm • mktemp-1.2-1owl.i386.rpm • modutils-2.3.21-1owl.i386.rpm • mount-2.10r.2.2.18.3-3owl.i386.rpm • mtree-2.7-2owl.i386.rpm • ncurses-5.2-8owl.i386.rpm • ncurses-compat-5.2-8owl.i386.rpm • ncurses-devel-5.2-8owl.i386.rpm • net-tools-1.57-1owl.i386.rpm • newt-0.50.18-2owl.i386.rpm • newt-devel-0.50.18-2owl.i386.rpm • openssh-3.0.2p1-0.0.1.2owl.i386.rpm • openssh-clients-3.0.2p1-0.0.1.2owl.i386.rpm • openssh-server-3.0.2p1-0.0.1.2owl.i386.rpm • openssl-0.9.6a-4owl.i386.rpm • openssl-devel-0.9.6a-4owl.i386.rpm • owl-control-0.2-1owl.noarch.rpm • owl-dev-0.5-2owl.noarch.rpm • owl-etc-0.13-1owl.noarch.rpm • owl-hier-0.1-1owl.noarch.rpm • owl-setup-0.3-1owl.i386.rpm • owl-startup-0.7-1owl.i386.rpm • pam-0.72-14owl.i386.rpm • pam_mktemp-0.0-1owl.i386.rpm • pam_passwdqc-0.3-3owl.i386.rpm • pam_userpass-0.4-1owl.i386.rpm • patch-2.5.4-6owl.i386.rpm • perl-5.6.0-9owl.i386.rpm • popa3d-0.5-0.0.1.1owl.i386.rpm • popt-1.5-9.7.6owl.i386.rpm • postfix-19991231_pl10-7owl.i386.rpm • procmail-3.15-2owl.i386.rpm • procps-2.0.7-1owl.i386.rpm • psmisc-19-4owl.i386.rpm • pwdb-0.61-3owl.i386.rpm • readline-4.1-8owl.i386.rpm • readline-devel-4.1-8owl.i386.rpm • rpm-3.0.5-9.7.6owl.i386.rpm • rpm-build-3.0.5-9.7.6owl.i386.rpm • rpm-devel-3.0.5-9.7.6owl.i386.rpm • screen-3.9.9-4owl.i386.rpm • sed-3.02-8owl.i386.rpm • sh-utils-2.0-2owl.i386.rpm • shadow-utils-19990827-16owl.i386.rpm • slang-1.4.2-2owl.i386.rpm • slang-devel-1.4.2-2owl.i386.rpm • strace-4.2-11owl.i386.rpm • sysklogd-1.3.31-4owl.i386.rpm • tar-1.13.17-8owl.i386.rpm • tcp_wrappers-7.6-1owl.i386.rpm • tcsh-6.10-3owl.i386.rpm • termcap-11.0.1-1owl.noarch.rpm • texinfo-4.0-11owl.i386.rpm • textutils-2.0.11-2owl.i386.rpm • time-1.7-13owl.i386.rpm • traceroute-1.4a12-2owl.i386.rpm • utempter-0.5.2-5owl.i386.rpm • util-linux-2.10r.2.2.18.3-3owl.i386.rpm • vim-common-6.0-0.26owl.i386.rpm • vim-enhanced-6.0-0.26owl.i386.rpm • vim-small-6.0-0.26owl.i386.rpm • vixie-cron-3.0.2.7-7owl.i386.rpm • which-2.12-2owl.i386.rpm • xinetd-2.3.0-2owl.i386.rpm • zlib-1.1.3-12owl.i386.rpm • zlib-devel-1.1.3-12owl.i386.rpm

Full Package List: Openwall GNU/*/Linux 0.1

Number of packages: 139 (download as TXT)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  •  SimplePAMApps-0.60-11owl.i386.rpm
  •  SysVinit-2.78-10owl.i386.rpm
  •  acct-6.3.5-6owl.i386.rpm
  •  autoconf-2.13-9owl.noarch.rpm
  •  automake-1.4-8owl.noarch.rpm
  •  basesystem-99.0-1owl.noarch.rpm
  •  bash-2.04-12owl.i386.rpm
  •  bash-doc-2.04-12owl.i386.rpm
  •  bc-1.06-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  binutils-2.10.1.0.4-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  bison-1.28-6owl.i386.rpm
  •  bzip2-1.0.1-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  bzip2-devel-1.0.1-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  chkconfig-1.2.16-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  console-tools-19990829-28owl.i386.rpm
  •  cpio-2.4.2-24owl.i386.rpm
  •  cpp-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  dev86-0.15.4-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  dialog-0.9a-5owl.i386.rpm
  •  diffstat-1.28-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  diffutils-2.7-23owl.i386.rpm
  •  e2fsprogs-1.18-7owl.i386.rpm
  •  e2fsprogs-devel-1.18-7owl.i386.rpm
  •  ed-0.2-19owl.i386.rpm
  •  file-3.33-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  fileutils-4.0.27-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  findutils-4.1.5-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  flex-2.5.4a-11owl.i386.rpm
  •  gawk-3.0.6-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  gcc-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  gcc-c++-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  gdbm-1.8.0-5owl.i386.rpm
  •  gdbm-devel-1.8.0-5owl.i386.rpm
  •  gettext-0.10.35-24owl.i386.rpm
  •  glibc-2.1.3-16.0.1.1owl.i386.rpm
  •  glibc-devel-2.1.3-16.0.1.1owl.i386.rpm
  •  gnupg-1.0.6-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  gpm-1.19.3-8owl.i386.rpm
  •  gpm-devel-1.19.3-8owl.i386.rpm
  •  grep-2.4.2-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  groff-1.17-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  groff-perl-1.17-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  gzip-1.3-14owl.i386.rpm
  •  hdparm-4.1-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  info-4.0-11owl.i386.rpm
  •  iputils-ss001110-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  kernel-2.2.999fake-2owl.noarch.rpm
  •  kernel-headers-2.2.999fake-2owl.noarch.rpm
  •  ldconfig-1.9.10-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  less-358-6owl.i386.rpm
  •  lftp-2.3.8-6owl.i386.rpm
  •  libnet-1.0.2a-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  libnet-devel-1.0.2a-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  libnids-1.16-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  libnids-devel-1.16-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  libpcap-0.6.2-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  libpcap-devel-0.6.2-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  libstdc++-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  libstdc++-compat-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  libstdc++-devel-2.95.3-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  libtermcap-2.0.8-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  libtermcap-devel-2.0.8-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  libtool-1.3.5-9owl.i386.rpm
  •  libtool-libs-1.3.5-9owl.i386.rpm
  •  lilo-21.6-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  logrotate-3.5.2-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  losetup-2.10r.2.2.18.3-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  ltrace-0.3.10-7owl.i386.rpm
  •  m4-1.4-15owl.i386.rpm
  •  mailx-8.1.1.2.7-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  make-3.79.1-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  man-1.5i2-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  man-pages-1.35-4owl.noarch.rpm
  •  mingetty-0.9.4-13owl.i386.rpm
  •  mktemp-1.2-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  modutils-2.3.21-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  mount-2.10r.2.2.18.3-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  mtree-2.7-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  ncurses-5.2-8owl.i386.rpm
  •  ncurses-compat-5.2-8owl.i386.rpm
  •  ncurses-devel-5.2-8owl.i386.rpm
  •  net-tools-1.57-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  newt-0.50.18-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  newt-devel-0.50.18-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  openssh-3.0.2p1-0.0.1.2owl.i386.rpm
  •  openssh-clients-3.0.2p1-0.0.1.2owl.i386.rpm
  •  openssh-server-3.0.2p1-0.0.1.2owl.i386.rpm
  •  openssl-0.9.6a-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  openssl-devel-0.9.6a-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  owl-control-0.2-1owl.noarch.rpm
  •  owl-dev-0.5-2owl.noarch.rpm
  •  owl-etc-0.13-1owl.noarch.rpm
  •  owl-hier-0.1-1owl.noarch.rpm
  •  owl-setup-0.3-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  owl-startup-0.7-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  pam-0.72-14owl.i386.rpm
  •  pam_mktemp-0.0-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  pam_passwdqc-0.3-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  pam_userpass-0.4-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  patch-2.5.4-6owl.i386.rpm
  •  perl-5.6.0-9owl.i386.rpm
  •  popa3d-0.5-0.0.1.1owl.i386.rpm
  •  popt-1.5-9.7.6owl.i386.rpm
  •  postfix-19991231_pl10-7owl.i386.rpm
  •  procmail-3.15-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  procps-2.0.7-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  psmisc-19-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  pwdb-0.61-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  readline-4.1-8owl.i386.rpm
  •  readline-devel-4.1-8owl.i386.rpm
  •  rpm-3.0.5-9.7.6owl.i386.rpm
  •  rpm-build-3.0.5-9.7.6owl.i386.rpm
  •  rpm-devel-3.0.5-9.7.6owl.i386.rpm
  •  screen-3.9.9-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  sed-3.02-8owl.i386.rpm
  •  sh-utils-2.0-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  shadow-utils-19990827-16owl.i386.rpm
  •  slang-1.4.2-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  slang-devel-1.4.2-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  strace-4.2-11owl.i386.rpm
  •  sysklogd-1.3.31-4owl.i386.rpm
  •  tar-1.13.17-8owl.i386.rpm
  •  tcp_wrappers-7.6-1owl.i386.rpm
  •  tcsh-6.10-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  termcap-11.0.1-1owl.noarch.rpm
  •  texinfo-4.0-11owl.i386.rpm
  •  textutils-2.0.11-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  time-1.7-13owl.i386.rpm
  •  traceroute-1.4a12-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  utempter-0.5.2-5owl.i386.rpm
  •  util-linux-2.10r.2.2.18.3-3owl.i386.rpm
  •  vim-common-6.0-0.26owl.i386.rpm
  •  vim-enhanced-6.0-0.26owl.i386.rpm
  •  vim-small-6.0-0.26owl.i386.rpm
  •  vixie-cron-3.0.2.7-7owl.i386.rpm
  •  which-2.12-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  xinetd-2.3.0-2owl.i386.rpm
  •  zlib-1.1.3-12owl.i386.rpm
  •  zlib-devel-1.1.3-12owl.i386.rpm

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