On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:01:42 +1300 Douglas Royds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hoping to clarify my own understanding... > > Michael JasonSmith wrote: > > The distributions are free to choose what ever tools they want to go > > with the kernel. Some ship many tools, some ship only a few. Some run on > > many types of machine, some run on one. Some ship mainly server tools, > > some ship mainly GUI tools. It is a bit like eating a buffet, but with > > more code and less food :) The distribution is what most people think of > > as “the operating system”. > > The key distinguishing features between distributions are: > > * Default selection of tools and applications > * Platform availability > * Package management system > * Default configuration of various tools and applications > * Configuration tools that are provided (e.g. Yast, Drake) > * Installation tool > * Binary or source-code distribution > * Availability of a live CD > * Release schedule > * Availability of on-line and commercial support add *up to date-ness of packages and kernel. *availability and ease of security updates *ease of transition to a new release (some have been notoriously hard to do an update as opposed to a back-up data - reinstall - restore data approach. > > I wanted to add something here about where different bits and pieces are put > in > the filesystem, becoming more standardised, but there still seem to be distros that do weird things like /opt/kde >but don't know enough about it. This is sort of like the default > config, but has more to do with the-way-it's-done-here for packaging purposes. > > ======================================================================= > This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended > addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be > the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or > lost by reason of this transmission. > If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our > apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no > other act on the email. > Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been > altered or corrupted during transmission. > ======================================================================= -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
