Linux Distributions

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Linux Distributions

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

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What is a Linux Distribution?

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

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How Can I Try One Out?

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

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What are the Major Ones?

• 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.

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What are the Major Ones?

• List Major Distributions

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Pros and Cons of Some Major Distributions
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Ubuntu

• 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

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SUSE

• 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

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Red Hat

• 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
• MySQL 5.0.22
• PHP 5.1.6
• PostgreSQL 8.1.4
• GNOME 2.16
• KDE 3.5.4

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Yellow Dog

• 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 Sonys
  Playstation 3 (Cell)

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References

• Wikipedia http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lin
  ux_distributions
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE_Linux
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Linux
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_28Linux_dist
  ribution29
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Dog_Linux
• DistroWatch
• http//distrowatch.com/