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*** [http://www.morphix.org/ Morphix] ([http://www.morphix.org/wiki/ wiki]): live CD with install (currently in beta) | *** [http://www.morphix.org/ Morphix] ([http://www.morphix.org/wiki/ wiki]): live CD with install (currently in beta) | ||
** [[Ubuntu]] | ** [[Ubuntu]] | ||
*** [http://elementaryos.org/ elementary OS] | |||
*** [http://www.linuxmint.com Linux Mint] | |||
* [[Fedora]] Core (formerly [[Red Hat Linux]]) | * [[Fedora]] Core (formerly [[Red Hat Linux]]) | ||
* [http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo] ([http://gentoo-wiki.com/ unofficial wiki]) | * [http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo] ([http://gentoo-wiki.com/ unofficial wiki]) | ||
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* [http://www.symphonyos.com/ SymphonyOS] | * [http://www.symphonyos.com/ SymphonyOS] | ||
* [[SUSE]] | * [[SUSE]] | ||
* [http://trisquel.info/ Trisquel]: emphasis on "entirely free" (nonproprietary) software | |||
* [http://www.pclinuxos.com/ PCLinuxOS] (formerly [http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/ PCLinux]) | * [http://www.pclinuxos.com/ PCLinuxOS] (formerly [http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/ PCLinux]) | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Knoppix says it is Debian-based [http://www.knoppix.net/about.php here] (thanks, [[User:Tdcrone|Tim]]!) | * Knoppix says it is Debian-based [http://www.knoppix.net/about.php here] (thanks, [[User:Tdcrone|Tim]]!) | ||
Revision as of 15:23, 31 October 2011
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Overview
Linux is available in many different flavors, each with different merits and weaknesses. There is no "official" version of Linux. The various flavors (or "distributions") each "fork" off from the original Unix sources at various different points; the details of this could form an article all by themselves.
Reference
- Wikipedia (Linux distribution)
The List
- ArchLinux (wiki)
- blag Linux and GNU: "a single-cd distro with everything desktop users "expect" from a desktop, plus a collection of nice server apps." based on Fedora
- CentOS
- Damn Small Linux (DSL)
- Debian (http://debian.org/)
- Mepis: includes ndiswrapper
- Knoppix: live CD only
- Ubuntu
- Fedora Core (formerly Red Hat Linux)
- Gentoo (unofficial wiki)
- Linux Mint: comes in multiple flavors
- Lunar Linux: user-customized kernel
- Mageia: based on Mandriva; v1 released in 2011
- Slackware
- SymphonyOS
- SUSE
- Trisquel: emphasis on "entirely free" (nonproprietary) software
- PCLinuxOS (formerly PCLinux)
