the flavors of linux

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Unlike Debian and Redhat, there aren't many derivatives of Slackware. I can only think of two worthy for mention - Vector and Zenwalk. Of course, neither of these are as polished as SuSE or Mandriva.

Slax is a Slackware derivative. So is Suse.

Slightly off-topic but anyway, what are your thoughts on Debian? Better then Ubuntu?

In many ways, yeah. But Ubuntu definately comes across as more polished right out of the box. They really did a good job on Ubuntu aside from the stupid user policy decisions.[/ot]

 

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So is Suse.

Really? :eek: I always thought SuSE was a Red Hat derivative?[/ot]

 

[Addis]

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Really? :eek: I always thought SuSE was a Red Hat derivative?

:rolleyes: Mandriva is a redhat derivative, not SuSE.[/ot]

 

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[ot]From Wikipedia: The SUSE Linux distribution was originally a German translation of Slackware Linux. In mid-1992, Softlanding Linux System (SLS) was founded by Peter MacDonald, and was the first comprehensive distribution to contain elements such as X and TCP/IP. The Slackware distribution (maintained by Patrick Volkerding) was initially based largely on SLS.[/ot]

 

[Swansen]

[ot]you guys are crazy lol just jokin[/ot]

 

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[ot] Well bugger me! Excuse my French! :D For some reason, this has really suprised me! I mean, SuSE is nothing like Slackware :confused: . [/ot]