Hi, Just as a clarification -- Linux is a kernel, the software that boots a computer, serves as an interface between the hardware and the software and manages resources like memory, cpu etc. There *is* just one upstream linux, the one that Linus Trovalds maintains at kernel.org.
The names that you mentioned (Red Hat / Fedora / ...etc) are known as Linux distributions. What these 'vendors' do is, take the linux kernel, customize it in some way if necessary, bundle it with different packages of different versions that they think addresses the needs of their target audience and release the whole thing as a 'distribution'. An interesting way to point out the difference is - Android, which is also a Linux distribution in a sense because, it runs on top of a (modified) linux kernel and the 'packages' on top of it come from google and other 'vendors' -- this android distribution is primarily meant for mobile/specific purpose devices. Now a lot of vendors (eg: Samsung, Motorola, LG, Sony ..etc) further customize android to suit their own devices. So, now to answer your questions: On Tuesday 30 April 2013 03:57 PM, jaya kumar wrote: > Hai To all > > > which Linux is best for beginners ? There is just one Linux kernel. There are plenty of linux distributions. > and which one is more flexible for > Enterprise,home and all > > Redhat / Fedora / Oracle Linux / Ubuntu / Cent os / Open suse / kubuntu / > slackware / Mint > Each of these are created with a purpose in mind and target a specific audience. > there is only one Linux .. why these many Vendors ? which one is standard > for interviews & good for begineers ? > That's a very subjective question. However, most linux distributions can trace their ancestry to either a rpm based distro or a deb based distro, so in those terms, the best bets to get introduced to a linux environment and be confident that the skills would be translatable to a large number of distributions, would be either Fedora or Debian. > why there are so many linux vendors, why all not even following single > linux vendors ? > This is very typical of a Bazaar Vs Cathedral model[1]. The question itself is meaningless because due to the nature of open source software, which /encourages/ people to 'build your own' implies that a single vendor will never possible nor even ideal. cheers, - steve [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
