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Examining Alternative Linux Distributions

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Have you tried the major Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora/RHEL, and OpenSUSE/SLED? Were they not quite right for your needs? The major distros are not the only game in town. Find out the good, the bad, and the ugly about three of the best-known alternatives to the "big" user distros.

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Comments (7)

tracyanne ·
I don't know where the alternative distros comes into it.
number6x ·
near the bottom of the first page look for: "Page 1 of 5Next >"

The reviews are on the following pages. The alternatives are all major distros
rijelkentaurus ·
No, there is only one major distro...KXLKDOPIASUDLJHWKLJLKDJSADLKSJDSKLHFbuntu. All the rest are pretenders.

:)
mush_for_brains ·
Silly me. After reading the article title, I immediately began envisioning something akin to "Slitaz" or "Gobo". Instead my eyes were treated to a green edition of Ubuntu, a Mandriva fork that is more popular* than it's parent, and a community edition of RHEL. Wow. Cool.

*according to distrowatch (coughcough)
rijelkentaurus ·
A Mandriva offshoot that is getting moldy...2.6.18.x??? C'mon, Mandriva 2009 is 2.6.27.x. Whattup wid dat?
hughesjr ·
Well ... if you are looking for accuracy ... CentOS does include gcc :D

And adding "divider=10" in /boot/grub/grub.conf will fix the CPU issue in virtualbox for CentOS.

As to the older kernel in CentOS ... DUH, it is an enterprise distribution. It has an older kernel by design. Red Hat uses backporting to fix its kernel while maintaining ABI/API compatibility.

http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html
ColonelPanik ·
What? No mention of PanikOS?

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