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Openwall GNU/*/Linux


Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC

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/
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Documentation http://www.openwall.com/Owl/INSTALL.shtml
http://openwall.info/wiki/
Screenshots http://www.openwall.com/Owl/screenshots
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  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
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  • 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 -- -- -- -- -- --
Default Browser            
Package Format rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm
Package Management            
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 -- -- -- -- -- --
Full Package List 3.1-20180703 3.0 2.0 1.1 1.0 0.1

Full Package List:   Openwall GNU/*/Linux 1.1
  Number of packages: 174 (download as TXT)
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  •  acct-6.3.5-owl11.i386.rpm
  •  autoconf-2.13-owl10.noarch.rpm
  •  automake-1.4-owl9.noarch.rpm
  •  basesystem-99.0-owl1.noarch.rpm
  •  bash-2.05-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  bash-doc-2.05-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  bc-1.06-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  binutils-2.10.1.0.4-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  bison-1.35-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  bzip2-1.0.2-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  bzip2-devel-1.0.2-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  chkconfig-1.2.16-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  cpio-2.4.2-owl27.i386.rpm
  •  cpp-2.95.3-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  crontabs-2.0-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  cvs-1.11.5-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  cvs-contrib-1.11.5-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  cvs-doc-1.11.5-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  dev86-0.16.0-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  dhcp-3.0pl2-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  dhcp-relay-3.0pl2-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  dhcp-server-3.0pl2-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  dialog-0.9b-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  diffstat-1.32-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  diffutils-2.7-owl25.i386.rpm
  •  e2fsprogs-1.27-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  e2fsprogs-devel-1.27-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  ed-0.2-owl21.i386.rpm
  •  file-3.41-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  fileutils-4.1.11-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  findutils-4.1.7-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  flex-2.5.4a-owl13.i386.rpm
  •  gawk-3.1.1-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  gcc-2.95.3-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  gcc-c++-2.95.3-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  gdb-5.0-owl9.i386.rpm
  •  gdbm-1.8.0-owl7.i386.rpm
  •  gdbm-devel-1.8.0-owl7.i386.rpm
  •  gettext-0.10.35-owl24.i386.rpm
  •  glibc-2.1.3-owl38.i386.rpm
  •  glibc-devel-2.1.3-owl38.i386.rpm
  •  gnupg-1.2.2-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  gpm-1.19.6-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  gpm-devel-1.19.6-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  grep-2.4.2-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  groff-1.17.2-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  groff-perl-1.17.2-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  gzip-1.3-owl17.i386.rpm
  •  hdparm-5.3-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
  •  info-4.2-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  ipchains-1.3.10-owl12.i386.rpm
  •  iproute2-2.4.7.ss020116-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  iptables-1.2.8-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  iputils-ss020927-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  john-1.6.36.8-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  kbd-1.08-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  kernel-2.4.23fake-owl3.noarch.rpm
  •  kernel-headers-2.4.23fake-owl3.noarch.rpm
  •  ldconfig-1.9.10-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  less-358-owl7.i386.rpm
  •  lftp-2.6.10-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  libcap-1.10-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  libcap-devel-1.10-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  libcap-utils-1.10-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  libnet-1.0.2a-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  libnet-devel-1.0.2a-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  libnids-1.18-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  libnids-devel-1.18-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  libpcap-0.6.2-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  libpcap-devel-0.6.2-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  libstdc++-2.95.3-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  libstdc++-compat-2.95.3-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  libstdc++-devel-2.95.3-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  libtermcap-2.0.8-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  libtermcap-devel-2.0.8-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  libtool-1.3.5-owl11.i386.rpm
  •  libtool-libs-1.3.5-owl11.i386.rpm
  •  libutempter-1.1.1-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  libutempter-devel-1.1.1-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  lilo-22.1-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  links-0.96-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  logrotate-3.6.2-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  losetup-2.11z-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  ltrace-0.3.10-owl8.i386.rpm
  •  m4-1.4-owl16.i386.rpm
  •  mailx-8.1.1.2.7-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  make-3.79.1-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  man-1.5l-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  man-pages-1.52-owl3.noarch.rpm
  •  mingetty-0.9.4-owl14.i386.rpm
  •  mktemp-1.5-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  modutils-2.4.16-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  mount-2.11z-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  msulogin-0.9.1-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  mtree-3.1-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  mutt-1.4.1-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  nc-3.2-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  ncurses-5.2-owl10.i386.rpm
  •  ncurses-compat-5.2-owl10.i386.rpm
  •  ncurses-devel-5.2-owl10.i386.rpm
  •  net-tools-1.57-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  netlist-2.0-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  nmap-3.48-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  openssh-3.6.1p2-owl7.i386.rpm
  •  openssh-clients-3.6.1p2-owl7.i386.rpm
  •  openssh-server-3.6.1p2-owl7.i386.rpm
  •  openssl-0.9.6l-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  openssl-devel-0.9.6l-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  owl-cdrom-0.9-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  owl-control-0.6-owl1.noarch.rpm
  •  owl-dev-0.10-owl1.noarch.rpm
  •  owl-etc-0.29-owl1.noarch.rpm
  •  owl-hier-0.6-owl1.noarch.rpm
  •  owl-setup-0.14-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  owl-startup-0.21-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  pam-0.75-owl21.i386.rpm
  •  pam-devel-0.75-owl21.i386.rpm
  •  pam-doc-0.75-owl21.i386.rpm
  •  pam_mktemp-0.2.5-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  pam_passwdqc-0.7.5-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  pam_userpass-0.9.1-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  pam_userpass-devel-0.9.1-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  patch-2.5.4-owl6.i386.rpm
  •  perl-5.6.0-owl13.i386.rpm
  •  popa3d-0.6.4-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  popt-1.5.1-owl10.i386.rpm
  •  postfix-19991231_pl13-owl8.i386.rpm
  •  procmail-3.15.2-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  procps-2.0.7-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  psmisc-19-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  pwdb-0.61.1-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  quota-2.00-owl8.i386.rpm
  •  raidtools-1.00.3-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  readline-4.1-owl9.i386.rpm
  •  readline-devel-4.1-owl9.i386.rpm
  •  rpm-3.0.6-owl10.i386.rpm
  •  rpm-build-3.0.6-owl10.i386.rpm
  •  rpm-devel-3.0.6-owl10.i386.rpm
  •  scanlogd-2.2.1-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  screen-3.9.10-owl8.i386.rpm
  •  sed-3.02-owl9.i386.rpm
  •  sh-utils-2.0-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  shadow-utils-4.0.0-owl14.i386.rpm
  •  SimplePAMApps-0.60-owl21.i386.rpm
  •  slang-1.4.6-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  slang-devel-1.4.6-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  stmpclean-0.3-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  strace-4.4-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  strace-graph-4.4-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  sysklogd-1.4.1-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  SysVinit-2.85-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  tar-1.13.19-owl4.i386.rpm
  •  tcb-0.9.8.7-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  tcb-devel-0.9.8.7-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  tcp_wrappers-7.6-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  tcsh-6.10.01-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  telnet-3.0-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  telnet-server-3.0-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  termcap-11.0.1-owl1.noarch.rpm
  •  texinfo-4.2-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  textutils-2.0.11-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  time-1.7-owl14.i386.rpm
  •  traceroute-1.4a12-owl5.i386.rpm
  •  util-linux-2.11z-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  vim-common-6.1.386-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  vim-enhanced-6.1.386-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  vim-small-6.1.386-owl1.i386.rpm
  •  vixie-cron-3.0.2.7-owl17.i386.rpm
  •  vsftpd-1.2.1-owl0.1.i386.rpm
  •  which-2.12-owl2.i386.rpm
  •  xinetd-2.3.12-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  zlib-1.1.4-owl3.i386.rpm
  •  zlib-devel-1.1.4-owl3.i386.rpm



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