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Re: Etymology of A Distro

Elle — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:12:42 -0000

I like all the icons. I know I'm shallow for picking a distro based completely off some stupid promotional icon, but I do. I think Debian, Fedora and FreeBSD have the best.

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Sabeth — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:21:57 -0000

This was a really great article. I was doing a bit of research on the different linux distros for my CIS class and this helped a lot lol. I never knew there were so many. I'm very curious to actually try linux. I'm using vista and it's horrid. x.x

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Chiron613 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:56:46 -0000

I agree with you about 'kubuntu' being formed from KDE + Ubuntu.

Unless some tribe really has such a word as 'edubuntu'.

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Chiron613 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:56:46 -0000

I agree with you about 'kubuntu' being formed from KDE + Ubuntu.

Unless some tribe really has such a word as 'edubuntu'.

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Galicja — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:42:31 -0000

Where is Arch Linux? They are ranked # 17 on DistroWatch.com. It must be one of the fastest and bleeding edge Linux releases in existance.

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Galicja — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:42:31 -0000

Where is Arch Linux? They are ranked # 17 on DistroWatch.com. It must be one of the fastest and bleeding edge Linux releases in existance.

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Lester McGrath-Rosario — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:34:10 -0000

Fun article, but you should have also asked for the meaning of some of the pictures that go along with the name.

"Why does Suse have a Chameleon?"

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Lester McGrath-Rosario — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:34:10 -0000

Fun article, but you should have also asked for the meaning of some of the pictures that go along with the name.

"Why does Suse have a Chameleon?"

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Weird quiz — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:47:10 -0000

Thanks for the title update

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Weird quiz — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:47:10 -0000

Thanks for the title update

Re: Etymology of A Distro

DW — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:42:44 -0000

Do a post on the etymology of the GIMP, LateX and BSD. They all sound dodgy and I think put people unfamiliar with the terms off using FOSS.

Re: Etymology of A Distro

DW — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:42:44 -0000

Do a post on the etymology of the GIMP, LateX and BSD. They all sound dodgy and I think put people unfamiliar with the terms off using FOSS.

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:07:12 -0000

Not technically Linux but for all you distro surfers you could look at ReactOS, it is based on Linux instead of UNIX, I still use Linux but it is an intesting project until Microsoft sues them into submission.

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:07:12 -0000

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Geoserv — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:46:22 -0000

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Re: Etymology of A Distro

Geoserv — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:46:22 -0000

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Re: Etymology of A Distro

wejde — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:57:08 -0000

So many distros, so little time.
Will I ever see my family again?

Re: Etymology of A Distro

wejde — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:57:08 -0000

So many distros, so little time.
Will I ever see my family again?

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Patrik — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:10:03 -0000

No worries, I am sorry if I came off a bit strong. It just didn't seem to fit into the rest of the post. :)

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Patrik — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:10:03 -0000

No worries, I am sorry if I came off a bit strong. It just didn't seem to fit into the rest of the post. :)

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Rami Taibah — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:59:10 -0000

@Patrick: Reading it again, I can see what your saying, but trust me it wasn't meant so. I never tried foresight ( I am really tempted to though) nor do I have any hidden agenda. It's just that I didn't really understand the idea of "rolling updates" so I asked the guys at the IRC Foresight channel, and that is exactly what they said. So ya understandably they would compare themselves to the most popular distro out there (Ubuntu), which made it sound like advertisement :)

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Rami Taibah — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:59:10 -0000

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Patrik — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:26:29 -0000

McBain said:
"Ok, now here is the most important part: BSD proponents do not believe in Free Software (that’s free as in speach, not beer). Whereas Linux is released under the GPL, which requires all who use the source to share the source, BSD uses the BSD license."

Funny... with the BSD license being a permissive free software license (as opposed to the restrictive FS license that is the GPL) I do prefer GPL though...
I wouldn't dare presume what the developers of the BSD distros believe in, but with regard to the license they tack on the system I'd say they probably like free software...

McBain continues:
"The BSD License allows companies like Microsoft to use the source code from BSD in their products (and Microsoft does), but not to have to share ANY source code with anyone. The BSD belief is that it is fine to take from the community, make money off their work, and give nothing back."

Of course, in order to get the source code, the system had to be open/free in order to legally be able to use code. The license they use (BSD) so strongly considers the users freedom that it even allows others to use the code, without having to give something back. (And this is why I prefer GPL)
But saying that the BSD license is not a free software license... that is just plain wrong.
And since you dragged up the issue about kernels, while yes, the kernel "Linux" is indeed GPL:ed I dare you to check out what Linus Torvalds prefer; the pragmatics of open source, or the philosophy of free software.

One little beef with the article: #24, "Foresight" seems like a bit of a advertisement, not much on the name itself, but rather about how "grand" their rolling update manager is. And I don't really know, maybe it is a big deal to get Banshee 1.0 a couple of months before Ubuntu get it.

Otherwise great post, especially about Gentoo, that I actually had wondered about but never bothered to find out, thanks :)

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Patrik — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:26:29 -0000

Otherwise great post, especially about Gentoo, that I actually had wondered about but never bothered to find out, thanks :)

Re: Etymology of A Distro

Rami Taibah — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:06:59 -0000

Ok guys, Mint Linux guys replied, I added it. Finally! It's kinda interesting check it out!