Linux distributions: Difference between revisions

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* [[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])
* [http://www.lunar-linux.org/ Lunar Linux]: user-customized kernel
* [http://slackware.com/ Slackware]
* [http://slackware.com/ Slackware]
** [http://vectorlinux.com/ VectorLinux]
** [http://vectorlinux.com/ VectorLinux]

Revision as of 00:45, 12 February 2007

computing: operating systems: Linux: Distributions

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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

The List

Notes

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