List the features of various flavours of linux?

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List the features of various flavours of linux?

Answer 1

linux is not a single operating system. It has many flavors (aka. variants, types, or implementations). Although based on a core set of Unix commands, different flavors have their own unique commands and features, and designed to work with different types of hardware. No one knows exactly how many Unix flavors are there, but it is safe to say that if including all those that are obscure and obsolete, the number of Unix flavors is at least in the hundreds. You can often tell that an operating system is in the Unix family if it has a name that is a combination of the letters U, I, and X.



The following is some of the well-known Unix flavors, with links to their official home pages.



AIX by IBM

BSD/OS (BSDi) by Wind River

CLIX by Intergraph Corp.

Debian GNU/Linux by Software in the Public Interest, Inc.

Tru64 Unix (formerly Digital Unix) by Compaq Computer Corp.

DYNIX/ptx by IBM (formerly by Sequent Computer Systems)

Esix Unix Esix Systems

FreeBSD by FreeBSD Group

GNU Herd by GNU Organization

HAL SPARC64/OS by HAL Computer Systems, Inc.

HP-UX by Hewlett-Packard Company

Irix by Silicon Graphics, Inc.

Linux by several groups several

LynxOS by Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc.

MacOS X Server by Apple Computer, Inc.

NetBSD by NetBSD Group

NonStop-UX by Compaq Computer Corporation

OpenBSD by OpenBSD Group

OpenLinux by Caldera Systems, Inc.

Openstep by Apple Computer, Inc.

Red Hat Linux by Red Hat Software, Inc.

Reliant Unix by Siemens AG

SCO Unix by The Santa Cruz Operation Inc.

Solaris by Sun Microsystems

SuSE by S.u.S.E., Inc.

UNICOS by Silicon Graphics, Inc.

UTS by UTS Global, LLC

Answer 2

Debian-based

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Debian GNU/Linux is a distribution that emphasizes free software. It is supported on many hardware platforms. Debian and distributions based on it use the .deb package format and the dpkg package manager





64 Studio-- Attempts to specialize in audio and video production on x86-64 workstations.



AbulÉdu French--. Designed for data processing in educational establishments.



AGNULA --Former DeMuDi for multimedia production



BeatrIX --A compact distribution from the Czech Republic that focuses on providing a user-friendly desktop environment.



Behördendesktop --A Debian-based public Linux distribution developed by the German Federal Office for Information Security.



Knoppix-based

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Knoppix, itself, is based on Debian



Feather Linux --It boots from either a CD or a USB flash drive. Uses Knoppix-based hardware detection and the Fluxbox window manager.



Kaella --The French translation of Knoppix.



Morphix-- A Live CD distribution with different flavours, including GNOME. Used as a base for many other custom live distribution such as Clusterix, PHLAK or Gnix.



Musix --A Knoppix/Debian based distribution, intended for music production, graphic design, audio, video editing, and other tasks. It is built with only free software.



PHLAK-- A Live security distribution based on Morphix



Ubuntu-based

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Ubuntu is a distribution based on Debian. Each has a different release schedule: Debian's release cycle is 2 years, and Ubuntu's is 6 months. Ubuntu's packages are downloaded from Debian, re-packaged with Ubuntu version numbers and integrated to the system with Ubuntu-specific patches as needed. Ubuntu officially only supports 2 computer architectures; Debian, about 10. Ubuntu has two maintenance lines (stable, in development); Debian has several suites (stable, testing, unstable, experimental



Ubuntu Server Edition --An official derivative made for use in servers. Ubuntu Server handles mail, controls printers, acts as a fileserver, can host LAMP and more.



Kubuntu --An official derivative of Ubuntu using KDE instead of the GNOME which is used by default in Ubuntu.



Xubuntu --An official derivative of Ubuntu using Xfce. Xubuntu is intended for use on less-powerful computers or those who seek a highly efficient desktop environment on faster systems, and uses mostly GTK+ applications.



Lubuntu --Lubuntu is a project that is intended to lead to an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system that is "lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient", using the LXDE desktop environment.





etc etc.........................................



for more based linux versions and comparison @



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions

Answer 3

Gnome

KDE

XFCE

other than that there is other desktops



most notatbly LXDE



Flux/openbox and others but generally they are all the same you need to try em out and just make a choice useually its all asthetics anyway