This page lists distributions according to their countries of origin. This is useful for those users who are looking for a distribution supporting a particular language, or are simply interested to find out in which country a particular distribution is developed. Most visitors won't be surprised to learn that nearly a quarter of all distribution was initiated in the USA, while Germany, Canada, France, Spain, Brazil, Italy and Japan are also very active countries. A note on Debian - although the idea came from the USA, the distribution has become a truly global project with less than half of the Debian developers located in the United States. Therefore Debian, together with a few other distributions, has therefore been placed into the Global category. Important note: This page is no longer maintain. Please use the search page to locate distributions developed in various countries.