Linux Distributions
Linux is a free software and open source code. This means it is available free of charge and you have full access to its source code. Nobody can sell linux. You can develop some programs and utilities and pack them with this linux software.
These are also called as flavors. These are also called as linux distributions.
Lot many people are adding different programs for different uses. The list of linux distributions will be too lengthy. All over the world people are adding their own contributions and changing the package as per their requirements. Many of these linux distributions are designed to be installed on the hardware of your computer. There are live cd type linux distributions also. Let us mow consider some of the top popular linux distributions.
CentOS is one of the top famous linux distributions. The community enterprise operating system is the name of this firm. This is derived from the sources provided freely to the public. This is free linux distribution. You can find the download page on the web site. This conforms fully with the upstream vendors.
They are 100% binary compatible. To remove the upstream vendor branding and artwork, this centos firm simply changes the packages accordingly. Red hat enterprises linux is a famous company. This centos is compatible to this RHEL.
It means you can use this free of charge and will not require any support from outside firm like RHEL. Centos uses source RPM for packages just like that of this red hat company. When releasing the security and bug fixes, the red hat will do it first. This centos will follow it. There is obvious time delay in this process.
The next linux distribution to be considered is Damn Small Linux or DSL. The general trend in these linux distributions is for producing the sort of linux distribution which is compatible with latest computer and having latest and new features. But in case of this DSL linux distribution this is not true at all. You have a small 50MB CD ROM. How much software you can pack on this smallest possible CD? This was the challenge in the experiment. This DSL is the result of this experiment. The people liked this idea very much. This is one of the top popular linux distributions. It can run on the small 486 computer. This live CD linux distribution can fit in the business card small CD. There are lot many desktop applications available with this linux distribution.
There are many web sites which give you all the info about latest linux distributions. There are directories and search engines also for finding the linux distributions for your needs. I have given you the general idea about these linux distributions.
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