Difference between revisions of "Linux distributions"

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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

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
  - Morphix (wiki): live CD with install (currently in beta)
- Ubuntu
  - elementary OS
  - Linux Mint
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
- VectorLinux
SymphonyOS
SUSE
Trisquel: emphasis on "entirely free" (nonproprietary) software
PCLinuxOS (formerly PCLinux)

Notes

Knoppix says it is Debian-based here (thanks, Tim!)

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 *** [http://www.morphix.org/ Morphix] ([http://www.morphix.org/wiki/ wiki]): live CD with install (currently in beta)
 ** [[Ubuntu]]
+*** [http://elementaryos.org/ elementary OS]
+*** [http://www.linuxmint.com Linux Mint]
 * [[Fedora]] Core (formerly [[Red Hat Linux]])
 * [http://www.gentoo.org/ Gentoo] ([http://gentoo-wiki.com/ unofficial wiki])
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 * [http://www.symphonyos.com/ SymphonyOS]
 * [[SUSE]]
+* [http://trisquel.info/ Trisquel]: emphasis on "entirely free" (nonproprietary) software
 * [http://www.pclinuxos.com/ PCLinuxOS] (formerly [http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/ PCLinux])
 ==Notes==
 * Knoppix says it is Debian-based [http://www.knoppix.net/about.php here] (thanks, [[User:Tdcrone|Tim]]!)