Linux Distros That Could Take The Lead Soon
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| After more than 15 years of Linux development, the last couple of years have
| seen an explosive spectrum of progress in conquering the desktop. It is as if
| the world is suddenly waking up and discovering Linux. Ubuntu has a
| place in the history books already as the distro that pushed to make this
| happen, taking the old Linux and wrapping it up into a user-friendly desktop
| system. On the business front, Novell SuSE and Red Hat have traditionally
| dominated.
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http://biguncledave.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/linux-distros-that-could-take-the-lead-soon/
Teenage Clicks: TEENpup 2008, the kids’ Linux OS with adult undertones
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| And that brings us to TEENpup 2008.
| As a branch of the popular Puppy Linux distribution, it’s targeted squarely
| at teenage users.
| TEENpup 2008 contains the largest collection of multimedia and
| internet-related programs I’ve ever seen on one (half-full) CD (it’s a 499MB
| download from here).
| But if you’re over 19, you shouldn’t dismiss TEENpup 2008 as being just for
| kids, because this small distribution packs some serious punches.
| It comes as an installable live CD and uses the IceWM desktop environment as
| its default.
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http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/03/teenage-clicks-teenpup-2008-kids-linux.html
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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
Distros Don’t Drive Development
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| Lots of press and people focus on Linux distributions when they check out
| what happens in Linux land. This and that distro come in new releases and
| they offer this and that brand new feature. This is also true of the many
| linux podcasts. They give credit to distros for new things that pop up.
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http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2007/10/28/distros-dont-drive-development/
Schism
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| When someone says a recent Linux Distro is 100 times better than another
| recent Linux distro, I worry a little that schism has lead to computer
| religion. Taken on its face, examined rationally, you have to ask "how can
| that be?". They all feed off the same kernel stock, and pull in the same sets
| of office projects and same GUI projects and so forth.
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http://on-being-open.blogspot.com/2007/09/schism.html
Why Having 500+ Distros is a Good Thing
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| Perhaps next time the author might think about what they're
| saying...because limiting the number of distros out there is
| absolutely NOT the way to go to accomplish anything other
| than limiting innovation.
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http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/186-Why-Having-500+-Distros-is-a-Good-Thing.html
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