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The Range of Linux Distributions
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| I am frequently asked by family and friends why there are so many Linux
| distributions, and how one should go about making an informed choice between
| them. I will not attempt to comment on the first question, other than to say
| that it is because it can be done, and that is one of the things that makes
| Linux so wonderful. The second question, though, got me thinking about the
| breadth of Linux distributions, and that is something worth discussing.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10011633o-2000498448b,00.htm
Linux & Zeno's Paradox
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| Those are all Linux desktops doing nothing more than running lightweight WM's
| such as XFCE, Enlightenment, FVWM2 and Fluxbox. They're running a few simple
| apps like adesklets, torsmo, GKrellM, and terminals running such standards as
| top.
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| They look good. They look different. And by showing how different Linux can
| be, they get people interested in those differences. We shouldn't be ashamed
| of the command line. It's the single most powerful application in Linux. We
| shouldn't assume that Gnome and KDE are the best desktops to get people
interested in Linux: They make things so easy that they become boring.
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http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/index.php/2008/12/15/linux-aamp-zeno-s-paradox
Recent:
More distros = more choice
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| With more than 300 active distributions (distros), Linux is on a roll. Linux
| distros primarily differ in terms of features since they are built on
| variants of the same kernel (32-bit/64-bit; with various features of the
| kernel enabled or disabled). “All the Linux distributions come from the same
| upstream kernel and what distinguishes each distribution is how they provide
| support, get ISVs to certify the ISV applications on the specific
| distribution, and how IHVs (Independent Hardware Vendor) get to do the same,”
| feels Nandu Pradhan, President & Managing Director, Red Hat India.
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20080211/opensource03.shtml
Related:
Messiness is better
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| Had KDE not removed the problem, I could have set up Xfce. Had Xfce not
| solved the problem, I could turned to IceWM, Blackbox, Fluxbox, Afterstep or
| any of a couple of dozen other desktops or window manager.
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| By contrast, had we been running Windows, she would have had to endure the
| problem, because only one desktop would be available for her (or perhaps I
| would have had to re-install). But, under GNU/Linux, I had an immediate
| choice of workarounds – and all because free software isn’t so rigidly
| organized that it has only one of everything. The redundancy that people love
| to decry makes an emergency far less urgent, so I, for one, hope that no
| distribution every tries to do much tidying.
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http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/messiness-is-better/
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