Difference between revisions of "Linux distributions"

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Navigation

{{#lst:Linux|navbar}}: distros

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
Fedora Core (formerly Red Hat Linux)
Gentoo (unofficial wiki)
Lunar Linux: user-customized kernel
Slackware
- VectorLinux
SymphonyOS
SUSE
PCLinuxOS (formerly PCLinux)

Notes

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

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+==Navigation==
+<section begin=navbar />{{#lst:Linux|navbar}}: [[Linux distributions|distros]]<section end=navbar />
+==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 "[[distribution (software)|distribution]]s") each "[[fork (software)|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==
+* [http://archlinux.org ArchLinux] ([http://wiki.archlinux.org/ wiki])
+* [http://blagblagblag.org/ 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]]
+* [http://www.centos.org/ CentOS]
+* [http://damnsmalllinux.org/ Damn Small Linux] (DSL)
+* [[Debian]] (http://debian.org/)
+** [http://www.mepis.org/ Mepis]: includes [[ndiswrapper]]
+** [http://knoppix.org/ Knoppix]: live CD only
+*** [http://www.morphix.org/ Morphix] ([http://www.morphix.org/wiki/ wiki]): live CD with install (currently in beta)
+** [[Ubuntu]]
+* [[Fedora]] Core (formerly [[Red Hat Linux]])
+* [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://vectorlinux.com/ VectorLinux]
+* [http://www.symphonyos.com/ SymphonyOS]
+* [[SUSE]]
+* [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]]!)