Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 19, 2007 07:16 PM
Any of these are " distros " by my definition.
These are all distributions of tool boxes, AKA Operating Systems, and tools, AKA applications/programs.
The selection of the tools contained, and the box that contains the tools are made by individuals, ex. Slackware / Patrick Volkerding , or corporations with other inputs ex. Red Hat and Mandriva, or by groups of individuals with corporate inputs, ex. Debian.
What is included is guided by the specific values held by those creating the specific distribution of tools and toolboxes for the what they see as the needs that they or thier customers have.
By this definition even Microsoft produces a distribution with its various Windows products.
(Even though most in the Linux / Open Source community would consider the Microsoft toolboxes and tool sets to be poorly designed and crafted, and lacking many fundamental tools, and very unsafe to use.)
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 19, 2007 07:16 PMThese are all distributions of tool boxes, AKA Operating Systems, and tools, AKA applications/programs.
The selection of the tools contained, and the box that contains the tools are made by individuals, ex. Slackware / Patrick Volkerding , or corporations with other inputs ex. Red Hat and Mandriva, or by groups of individuals with corporate inputs, ex. Debian.
What is included is guided by the specific values held by those creating the specific distribution of tools and toolboxes for the what they see as the needs that they or thier customers have.
By this definition even Microsoft produces a distribution with its various Windows products.
(Even though most in the Linux / Open Source community would consider the Microsoft toolboxes and tool sets to be poorly designed and crafted, and lacking many fundamental tools, and very unsafe to use.)
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