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•Open source operating system
•Founded by Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds
•Linux market is among the fastest growing and is
projected to exceed $35.7 billion by 2008
•Over 450 distributions are available
•Gentoo
•Redhat
•Fedora
•Debian
•Knoppix
Founder Daniel Robbins started playing around with
Debian
Enoch
IRC
10 Developers Helping With Distribution
Gentoo
Portage
Package & Management System
Heart of Gentoo
Daniel Robbins Resigns April 2004
Gentoo Today
Teams of Volunteers Keep Gentoo on the Edge
Project Base Approach
Social Commitment
Financial Caretaking
Juridical Protection
Oversee General Gentoo Development
•Target Audience
•Desktop, workstation, server and enthusiast
•Advances users
•Offers extreme performance, configurability and top-notch user and
developer community
•Can be optimized and customized for just about any application or need
•Automatic Updates Through Portage
•Bluetooth
•Free downloading from Gentoo.org
•Buy CD from the official Gentoo online store
•Several third party companies sell Gentoo CD
•North America
•Europe
•Oceania
•Buy computers with Gentoo pre-installed
•North America
•Australia
•Europe
•Founded by Mark Ewing.
•RedHat 9 is end-of-line for RedHat
Linux. April 30th 2004
•No longer in production phase but new
updates can still be found for RedHat
7.3 and 9.
•RedHat enterprise is new product line
developed by the RedHat team.
•Corporate users
•First Linux system to use RPM (Package
Management System)
•RedHat 8 uses UTF – 8 (font encoder)
•Seamlessly supports multiple languages
including:
•Ideographic
•Bi-directional
•Complex script
•RedHat 8 also first to use Bluecurve desktop
theme
•Unified look throughout Linux environment
•Succeeded bt Clearlooks used by Fedora
Core 4
•Became starting point for many other divisions
of Linux
•Mandriva
•Yellow Dog
•ASP Linux
•RedHat Linux first hit shelves November
3rd 1994.
•Sold through retail stores or online.
•Official website is: www.redhat.com
•Community-built operating system sponsored by
RedHat.
•Global steering committee directs efforts but
developers from community are driving force behind
new project developments.
•Serving as a proving ground for new technologies
which may later be used in RedHat Linux.
•Community based project instead of product.
•Not a supported product of RedHat (RedHat offers
no formal technical support)
•New release estimated to come out every 6 – 8
months.
•RPM Based system.
•Fedora Core 4 is supported by i386, AMD 64, and Power PC architecture.
•Fedora Core 5 will be released March 15th 2006.
•Freely downloaded online from
FedoraProject.org
•Not made for retail distribution.
•Goal is to be a complete general-purpose
operating system developed out of open-source
software.
•Started in 1993 by Ian Murdock with a small group of free software
hackers
•Now made by a large, well-organized group of individuals who want
to create, use and offer a free operating system
•Communication is done mainly via email
•Maintained by its users
•Has a reputation for its ability to
adhere to the UNIX system. It is
more than just an operating
system
•Comes with over 15,000
packages of software in an easy to
install format
•Known for its package
management system
•Strict policies for package quality
as well as open development and
testing processes
•Used with the Linux kernel but is
being worked on to be used with
other kernels such as the Hurd
•Can be run on almost all
personal computers including the
older models
•Supports most all hardware
•Buying the CD from one of their vendors and install it
•The CD costs less than $5 plus shipping from
vendors.
•Debian provides free distribution to its CD vendors
located around the world
•Downloading it from the Internet and install it
•Buy a computer with Debian already installed on it
•Founder Klaus Knopper
•GNU/Linux consultant
•Up to date information on Knopper.org
•Knoppix is a live Linux CD based on
the Debian GNU/Linux operating
system
•A productive Linux system for desktops,
educational CDs, a rescue system, or for a
platform for commercial software demos
•You do not need to download anything to a hard
disk
•Tools for data rescue, system repair,
administration, network analysis and
programming
•Download Knoppix
•BitTorrent
•FTP
•Buy the CD or DVD from one of the
vendors for Knoppix that are located
around the world
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Strong ties to the Debian community
The Fridge: A place where Ubuntu developers and enthusiasts discuss
the software
– Currently writing a book on the OS charactering its development
Best Form of contribution is sharing Ubuntu with others
Local Linux user groups:
– Eugene, Portland, Salem, and Beaverton
Interested individuals can participate in Ubuntu’s development
– Participation can range from giving advice to maintaining critical
components
• New versions are released
every six months. Support is
provided for each version for at
least 18 months
• Works well with Apple or PC
• Large emphasis on usability,
making it ideal for desktops
• Smaller program size
– Able to fit on a single CD
– Able to download faster
•Can be acquired by CD
•Downloadable from one of the many regional or
national mirrors feature on Ubuntu’s web site
•Also downloadable through bit torrent files
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINUX#Market_share
http://www.gentoo.org/
http://www.redhat.com/
http://www.knoppix.org/
http://www.debian.org/
http://www.ubuntu.com/