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This page lists distributions supporting XLibre so that you can make an informed choice.

Yes

Distribution XLibre Support Links
Arch Linux (AUR) āœ… Available https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xlibre-server-common
Artix Linux āœ… Supportive https://artixlinux.org/download.php#testing (including Live ISOs)
Devuan āœ… Supportive https://x.com/DevuanOrg/status/1935307141511794726
Gentoo āœ… Available https://github.com/X11Libre/ports-gentoo
macOS āœ… Builds (XQuartz) https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/commit/f40afc89832d1faf19beb4d394956208a98462cc
OpenMandriva āœ… Supportive https://github.com/OpenMandrivaAssociation/xlibre/tree/master
Vipnix Linux āœ… Supportive https://github.com/vipnix/livecd https://vipnix.com.br/site/livecd-vipnix/
... āœ… Supportive ...

No

Distribution XLibre Support Links
Alpine Linux ā— Not supportive https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/merge_requests/86092 (but developing another X server)
Chimera Linux ā— Not supportive https://gts.chimera-linux.org/@chimera/statuses/01JYYNAB4GFQ8Q5JZZ92TRM4WF
Fedora ā— Not supportive Discussion, X11 removal
Kubuntu ā— Removed X11 https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/24/mixed_news_for_x11/
MidnightBSD ā— "not gonna do it" https://x.com/midnightbsd/status/1939122911303909876
Ubuntu ā— Removed X11 (had no choice since Gnome removed X11) https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-10-drops-support-for-gnome-on-xorg/62538
Void Linux ā— Not supportive https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/55923#issuecomment-2994252667
... ā— Not supportive ...

Unclear

Distribution XLibre Support Links
Debian ā“ Unclear ...
FreeBSD ā“ Unclear https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/so-long-xorg-thanks-for-all-the-fish-hello-xlibre.98054/ Porting in progress: https://github.com/b-aaz/xlibre-ports
Linux Mint ā“ Unclear https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=448452 ("Let us wait and see how things will evolve")
MX Linux ā“ Unclear https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=823169#p823169 ("Topic Locked - out of control")
OpenBSD ā“ Unclear They have their own fork called Xenocara
openSUSE ā“ Unclear https://forums.opensuse.org/t/xlibre-is-a-fork-of-the-xorg-xserver-with-lots-of-code-cleanups-and-enhanced-functionality/185990 https://forums.opensuse.org/t/official-stance-on-dropping-x11-from-major-release-16/182102/11
Void Linux ā“ Unclear https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/55923
... ā“ Unclear ...

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