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The 7 Most Influential GNU/Linux Distributions |
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/11070_3701421_1 |
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"Gentoo is often said to be not a distribution so much as a philosophy. |
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If so, that philosophy may be that of FreeBSD, from which it originally |
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developed its emphasis on security and optimization. First released in |
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2002, it quickly gained a reputation as a geek's distro, largely because |
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it required all packages to be compiled for maximum optimization for |
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each system. This process could take days to complete, and could mean |
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many wasted hours if you made a mistake. |
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"Perhaps in response, Gentoo developed one of the comprehensive sets of |
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documentation available in free software. Moreover, Gentoo has evolved |
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over the years. It now features a Live CD and a graphical installer, |
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while retaining a high degree of customization. In addition, probably |
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only Debian supports a greater number of hardware architectures. |
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"Since the departure of Daniel Robbins in 2004 to work at Microsoft, |
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Gentoo seems to have lost direction. Robbins's recent blog suggesting |
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that the governance of the distribution was in such disarray that |
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control of it might as well pass to him, while not altogether serious, |
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serves only to emphasize the lack of organization and direction in the |
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distribution. Yet, while Gentoo itself may have lost much of its |
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prominence, it remains the source of several other distributions, such |
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as Sabayon and Ututo." |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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