On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > To give Howard some help tonight, I throw this out rather than the normal vi > vs. emacs (and vi wins, of course) > a list of Linux distro's that eweek suggest managers know about. RHEL and > Ubuntu didn't even directly make the list! > I guess all IT manager already know how to spell them. > > > > Suggested 10 Linux Distros every Manager should know > > from eweek 20111108 > > Android - Linux based but reworked by Google, has over 50% of mobile market > Chrome OS - Googles work at doing 'all things cloud' with plug-in > architecture > #! - lightweight Debian, by design, fast, small, bare-bones good for > netbooks, pronounced 'hash bang' > Lubuntu - low resource - for older PCs, netbooks, etc > CentOS - Red hat based without RHEL support, but more like RHEL than Fedora > Linux Mint - Ubuntu spinoff staying with Gnome 2 desktop > Fedora - RH sponsored, but has bleading edge parts, so expect pain > openSUSE - KDE desktop similar to M$Windows. Uses Yast, not yum or apt for > package management > Debian - Requires more exprienced users. Without Ubuntu frills > Unbreakable Linux - Oracle's re-skinned RHEL with 'hardened kernel, but at a > $$ > > > I never heard about #!, Lubuntu, or Unbreakable. Is Chrome OS considered a > distribution?
Chrome OS is a tightly managed (portage-based) distribution, but there's also the fully open source, unmanaged side, Chromium OS, which is probably closer to a traditional distro. I'd be happy to talk about them sometime if there's any interest. > There are plenty more distributions, but are there more notible ones for > general or business use > (rather than like Slackware, Gentoo, > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions has a > significant list (but misses some of the above) > of Linux distributions > http://shop.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart - a 'distro store' where they make a > profit from the USPS bandwidth! > for those of us that live 'in the sticks' > >><> ... Jack > Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 > "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." — Admiral > Grace Hopper, USN > "It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission" — Admiral > Grace Hopper, USN > "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" - > Henry J. Tillman > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
