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The Five Distros That Changed Linux
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| You can measure Linuxâs history in many ways.
| We usually think of it in terms of releases.
| The Linux kernel got its start in September
| 1991 with version 0.01. The kernel turned 18
| this fall with the release of 2.6.something-
| or-other. But, another way of looking at
| Linux is in terms of its important
| distributions.
|
| For users, these distributions have been the
| mountain tops. Each of the truly significant
| distributions changed how Linux was seen, and
| brought the operating system new and
| different groups of users. You can argue
| about which distro is more important than
| another, but, all the distributions in my
| list changed how we saw and used Linux.
|
| I made this list by both looking at Linuxâs
| history, and from my own experiences at the
| time with Linux. While I wasnât a Linux user
| in its very early years â I was working with
| the commercial Unix and the BSD operating
| systems â I did come on-board quickly.
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http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7651/1.html
Recent:
Review: 3 top Linux distros go for different users
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| At first glance, there's little to differentiate
| between the latest releases of the top Linux
| distributions: Red Hat's Fedora 12, Novell's
| openSUSE 11.2 and Canonical's Ubuntu 9.10. They
| each use the latest releases of open-source
| applications and are based on recent Linux
| kernels. Each of the distros also includes open-
| source applications such as OpenOffice and
| Firefox. However, a closer look reveals real
| differences -- in fact, each is meant for a
| different audience.
|
| Underneath the hood, each of the three uses the
| 2.6.31 Linux kernel, but above that, their
| differences begin to surface. Fedora and Ubuntu,
| for example, use GNOME 2.28 (the latest version)
| for their default desktop, while openSUSE uses KDE
| 4.3.1.
|
| [...]
|
| If you're a Linux expert, Fedora is for you. If
| you just want a good, general-purpose desktop for
| home or work, then openSUSE is your best pick. And
| if you're new to Linux, and your computer gets
| along well with Ubuntu, Ubuntu is still a good
| choice.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142148/Review_3_top_Linux_distros_go_for_different_users?taxonomyId=18
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