Vendor-neutral Linux certs becoming popular
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| Linux Professional Institute President and CEO Jim Lacey told
| SearchEnterpriseLinux.com that he believes vendor-neutral Linux
| certifications are becoming more popular and signal a larger trend within IT
| of area specialization versus proficiency with a single product. Lacey also
| tells us where he thinks Linux managers face challenges in the enterprise.
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/03/19/vendor-neutral-linux-certs-becoming-popular/
A lot of distributions can be skipped (they are almost duplicates). New
example:
An Eye On The Prize: A Detailed Look At Foresight Linux 2.0
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| Shorn of Conary (sorry, couldn't resist that) Foresight Linux would be just
| another fresh-faced, well-formed Linux distribution, and there are already
| lots of those, whether they be based on Debian, Slackware, RedHat or Ubuntu.
| But, it's Conary that makes Foresight special, and it's Foresight that
| could – one day – make Conary special.
| There's still work to be done by the Foresight team, but with wider
| acceptance of Conary, a greatly improved gui for PackageKit and the very
| latest GNOME... well, there's no telling how far they can go.
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http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/03/eye-on-prize-detailed-look-at-foresight.html
Related:
Staffing for Linux, not distribution X
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| What doesn’t change is that you hired them to do what they’re doing: run
| Linux - and the next step in generality is to first recognise that Linux, the
| BSDs, and Solaris are all variations on a theme and then to conclude that
| people who are good with one of these are likely to be equally effective with
| the other two.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=912
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
The distro jungle
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| People who are new to Linux are often confused by the large number of
| distributions to choose from. The good news is that you can safely ignore
| most of them. This article helps you choose a distribution for getting
| started with your Linux exploration—and helps you understand just what
| it is you've just chosen.
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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-distros/?S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR&ca=dgr-btw01distrojungle
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/
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
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