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Linux Distribution

Mandrake

Mandrake Linux is a friendly and popular Linux operating system which specializes in ease-of-use for both servers and the home / office. MandrakeSoft strongly encourages anyone who enjoys using Mandrake Linux to join their MandrakeLinux Club to provide financial support for the distribution. There are more details on their website.

website: linux-mandrake.com

Fedora Project

The Fedora Project is the free descendant of Red Hat Linux. Comprised entirely of open source software, Fedora Core is a Linux-based operating system developed as a collaboration of Red Hat engineers and the Linux community.

website: fedora.redhat.com

Knoppix

The Knoppix Linux distribution runs entirely from a bootable CD. Data on the CD is uncompressed on the fly, allowing them to fit 2 GB worth of system and programs on one CD, including a complete X server, KDE, and large packages like OpenOffice and The Gimp. Since it runs solely off the CD, Knoppix makes an excellent portable Linux demo or system rescue disk, but its completeness makes it a good general purpose distribution as well.

website: knopper.net

Novell SUSE

SUSE LINUX is a popular distribution based out of Germany and was recently acquired by Novell.

website: novell.com/linuxopenSUSE.org

Red Hat

Red Hat Linux is probably the best-known Linux distribution. It is well-supported by commercial software, and tends to be easy to install and have good hardware support out of the box. Red Hat 9 is the last version of Red Hat Linux per se, and Red Hat will stop supporting it soon. Instead they offer a commercial Linux distribution, "Red Hat Enterprise Edition", and a free distribution, "The Fedora Project".

website: redhat.com

Slackware

Since Slackware was first release in April of 1993, the Slackware Linux Project has aimed at producing the most "UNIX-like" Linux distribution out there.

website: slackware.com

Ubuntu

Pronounced as Oo-Boon-Too is a commercially derived version of Debian Llinux. Ubuntu is one of most popular Linux Distribution. Ubuntu is popular on Amazon’s EC2 and VPS Provider like Linode, and is pre-installed on computers from Dell, Lenovo and other global vendors.

Reference: linuxiso.org

Updated On: 15.02.17

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