# Question on Distros

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-on-distros/206822
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 6, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-on-distros/206822 "2019-11-06T15:32:56Z")
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### Author: ![cramos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@cramos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cramos)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-on-distros/206822/1 "2019-11-06T15:32:56Z")

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All,

I am fairly new to ELK, and I am having a hard time reconciling the different distros in my head.

Is the OSS distro: [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-oss](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-oss)

The same as the OpenDistro: [https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch/downloads.html](https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch/downloads.html)

If they aren't the same, what is the diffference?

Thanks in advance!!

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### Author: ![Mikhail\_Khludnev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikhail_khludnev/32/59591_2.png) [@Mikhail\_Khludnev](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mikhail_Khludnev)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-on-distros/206822/2 "2019-11-06T16:27:02Z")

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Just pls briefly check internets regarding AWS's Open Distro.  
Essentially: es-oss + Σ (other ASL third party plugin) = OpenDistro

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-on-distros/206822/3 "2019-12-04T16:27:07Z")

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