THE LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL

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1. An exploration of the various
options that users have with
distributions of Linux

3. –Linux Kernel
–Supporting features and programs
•Usually tailored to a particular purpose
–With so many options, it is easy to find the
perfect solution.

4. •First, check compatibility.
–Try Knoppix
•Pick a distribution
–http://www.Distrowatch.com
•Install and go!

5. •Red Hat: One of the earliest players in the game, Red Hat now position
itself strongly in the business market. It has created a community-
supported distribution, Fedora Core, which is the choice of many for
desktop use.
•Debian: The most popular community-created distribution. Debian is an
excellent choice for server environments. Debian has also been used as
the base for many specialist distributions.
•Ubuntu: Desktop usability, out of the box. Taglined "Linux for human
beings,” Based on Debian.
•SUSE: Novell's answer to Red Hat, comes in “enterprise” and a
community-based OpenSUSE
•All Distributions have their respective strengths.

7. •Focuses on usability.
•Offered by Dell on many of their products
•Offers Firefox, Openoffice, Games
•Variations of Ubuntu:
–Edubuntu, a distribution designed for classrooms using
GNOME
–Kubuntu, a desktop distribution using KDE rather than
GNOME
–Xubuntu, a "lightweight" distribution based on the Xfce
desktop environment instead of GNOME
–Mythbuntu, a distribution that is tied heavily to MythTV
–Ubuntu Studio, a multimedia-creation flavor of Ubuntu

8. •Owned by Novell, Inc.
•Several desktop environments such as KDE
and GNOME and window managers like
Window Maker and Blackbox are included
•Some multimedia features
•Openoffice.org and Realplayer
•Designed for Business/commercial use and
networking

9. •RH Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is targeted toward the
commercial market, including mainframes.
•Includes software for database management:
–Linux 2.6.18
–Apache 2.2.3
–MySQL5.0.22
–PHP 5.1.6
–PostgreSQL8.1.4
–GNOME 2.16
–KDE 3.5.4

10. •Specialization for Power Architecture processors
(IBM Power, PowerPC, Cell)
•Supports accelerated graphics and audio
hardware out-of-the-box.
•Includes:
–Firefox
–Openoffice
–Instant Messaging
–Media Players
•Is the first supported alternative OS for Sony’s
Playstation3 (Cell)

11. •Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE_Linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28Linux_distribut
ion%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Dog_Linux
•DistroWatch
http://distrowatch.com/