| Major Distributions |
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Caldera This
distribution is geared towards businesses. It has a wonderful reseller
program, and some believe it is the easiest Linux installation. |
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Conectiva The
most popular distributions in Latin America. If you are a native Spanish
speaker than you need this distro. |
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Corel
Linux Corel is the new
kid in the block, but many users confirm it is the easiest Debian
distribution to install and use out of the box. |
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Debian This
is the only major distribution that is still maintained by thousands of
developers from all over the world. The main distribution has ONLY free
(as in free speech and free beer) programs. True to the original Linux
spirit. |
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Linux
PPC Another distribution
for the PowerPC architecture. This is The"Offical" (if there is
such a thing) home of the Linux Port for the PPC architecture |
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Mandrake A
RedHat based distribution that is optimized for the Pentium class
processor. If you have a 486 don't use this distro. Even though this is
based on RedHat, Mandrake has added value to their version of GNU/Linux
through nice installation and configuration programs as-well-as the
optimization for Pentiums. |
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Red
Hat The most popular
Linux distribution in the USA. Primarily a distro for servers but can be
used on the desktop. Easy to install and maintain with RPM. Many other
distributions are based on a version of RedHat which testifies to the
distributions' quality. |
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Slackware One
of the oldest Linux distributions. Geared mainly towards intermediate and
advanced users. It is perhaps the most UNIX like of all Linux
distributions. If you are use to BSD Unix than Slackware may be for you. |
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SuSE The
most popular Linux distribution in Europe. SuSE has by far the most
complete collection of extra software included in a distribution. Over 3
Gigs worth! They are also know for their work with XFree.org to get
drivers for certain types of video cards supported in XFree86. |
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TurboLinux The
most popular Linux distribution in Asia. They have a separate Workstation
and Server version of their distribution but they're know primarily for
their work on clustering for Linux |
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Yellow
Dog Linux A distribution
for the PowerPC architecture. If you have a G3 or G4 this is the
distribution to use. |
| Mandrake |
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Linux
Mandrake Demos and Tutorial Center This
section of Madnrake's site allows you to demo some of their applications.
Quite cool. |
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Mandrake
User's Guide |
| Misc Distribution
Links |
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Distribution
Differences Project Linuxcare
put together these interesting set of documents to keep track of the
differences between the various Linux distributions. It's well worth a
look. |
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Linux
ISO CD images Finding
the ISO image for your favorite Linux distribution has never been easier. |
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LinuxFromScratch Information
on how to build your own customiZed distribution from scratch. |
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Smoothwall
Linux SmoothWall is a
custom operating system that allows you to turn a redundant or unused PC
or server into a firewall router. It allows for remote administration of
the system, which does not need to have any monitor or keyboard attached
to it. |
| Other Distributions |
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ad
Linux Based on the encap
package managing system for ease of installation and upgrades |
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Armed
Linux installs under
Windows 95 or 98 |
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Black
Cat Linux based on
RedHat with support for Russian and Ukranian languages |
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Coyote
Linux |
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easyLinux from
eIT |
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KSI
Linux support for
russian, english and ukranian languages |
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LibraNet
Linux |
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muLinux a
fully configured, minimalistic , and application-centric tiny distribution |
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Phat
Linux Linux in Windows?
Yep. For those who would like to test the Linux waters with their toe
first before diving in. |
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ROCK
Linux Designed for
highly skilled Linux Users and Administrators |
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Stampede
GNU/Linux Geared to
power users and compiled for the pentium. |
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Storm
Linux for networks |
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tomsrtbt: "Tom's
floppy which has a root filesystem and is also bootable." A full
featured. 1 disk bootable linux floopy. |
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Trinux 2-3
disk Linux distribution that runs in RAM and contains the latest network
security and monitoring tools |
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tus
Linux tailored for ABIT
motherboard |
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UltraPenguin based
on RedHat for SPARC and UltraSPARC machines |
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WinLinux2000 Operates
using a windows-based interface |
