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A collection of user space programs distributed as a bundle along with a [Linux] [Kernel] and usually an installer, however rudimentary. It is often referred to by the short form "distro". |
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Since [Linux] is just the [Kernel], you can't do much without additional tools. A shell is necessary to let the user type commands. More tools are required to let him manipulate the FileSystem and edit files. Most every task requires a program to be installed. Building a LinuxDistribution means choosing which tools to include for which tasks, and configuring them all to work with each other out of the box as far as possible. Nowadays, a LinuxDistribution is usually equivalent to a large collection of [Package]s. |
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Category:Distribution lists: |
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<?plugin BackLinks page=CategoryDistribution noheader=1 ?> |
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!! Special distributions for limited hardware |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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Old [PC]s with slow [CPU]s, little [RAM] and small HardDisk~s may not be able satisfactorily run the mainsteam distributions listed above. There are specific distributions designed to run on such limited hardware; of course, they have to omit features and applications to achieve their goal. |
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[Damn Small Linux | http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/]: |
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* Disk space: 129MB |
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* Min RAM: 16MB |
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* WindowManager: FluxBox |
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[Feather Linux | http://featherlinux.berlios.de/]: |
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* Disk space: 277MB |
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* Min RAM: 24MB |
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* WindowManager: FluxBox |
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[PuppyLinux | http://www.goosee.com/puppy/]: |
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* Min RAM: 32MB |
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* WindowManager: [FVWM]95 |
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[Vector Linux | http://www.vectorlinux.com/]: |
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* Disk space: 850MB |
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* Min RAM: 16MB |
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* WindowManager: IceWM/FluxBox |
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* Disk space: a FloppyDisk |
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* Min RAM: 4MB |
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* No [XServer] |
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!! Special distributions for removable media |
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Some [LinuxDistribution]s can be booted from removable media such as a FloppyDisk, a [LiveCD], or a KeyDrive and don't require installation (or indeed any kind of write access at all) to HardDisk. Such a media provides both an excellent way to try out a LinuxDistribution without having to change your [Partition]s as well as a great tool platform for things like network diagnosis and system repair (be it for [Linux] or other [OperatingSystem]s). |
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! [CDROM] based (so called [LiveCD]s) |
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* KnoppixLinux |
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* [Gnoppix | http://wwww.gnoppix.org/], a KnoppixLinux spinoff that replaces [KDE] with [GNOME] |
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* [Mepis | http://www.mepis.org/], yet another KnoppixLinux spinoff |
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* [Slax | http://www.slax.org], based on [Slackware] |
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* [Mandriva]'s [Move | http://www.mandriva.com/products/move/] |
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SlashDot linked to a [review of some LiveCDs | http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=117223,00.asp] if you want to read a bit of background about them, and how they compare. (Or you can read the [Slashdot discussion | http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/25/0340221] for other readers' opinions.) |
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! FloppyDisk based |
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* TomsRootBoot |
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* [Floppix | http://floppix.ccai.com/] |
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* [SlimLinux | http://slimlinux.freezope.org/] |
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! KeyDrive based |
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* [Flonix | http://flonix.tuxfamily.org] |
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* [LinuxMobileSystem | http://linuxmobile.sf.net/] |
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* [Linux Key | http://linuxkey.biz] |
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* [Puppy | http://www.goosee.com/puppy] |
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!! "Cuckoo" distributions |
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A cuckoo is a bird that lays its eggs in another bird's nest. In a similar manner, some [LinuxDistribution]s can be installed to HardDisk into another OperatingSystem's [Partition], without affecting the host system. This is usually achieved by means of storing image files in the host [Partition] to contain the [Linux] [FileSystem]s. |
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Examples include: |
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* [Puppy | http://www.goosee.com/puppy/hard-puppy.htm] |
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* [Phatlinux | http://www.phatlinux.com] |
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* [SlimLinux | http://slimlinux.freezope.org/] |
