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Tecnical Datasheet of Linux Distributions and other Operating Systems

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

 

 

A 

Arch Linux
Family membership  Linux, Gentoo
Typology of use  Desktop
Software packages  tar.gz
Packages Manager  Pacman
GUI Manager  KDE, GNOME, Xfce, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, Openbox, LXDE
Hardware  i686, x86-64
Software support  Medium
Class of Users  Expert
Strengths  Lightness
Notes  Very Good Repositories
Website  http://www.archlinux.org/
Our vote  7/10
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B

BackTrack
Family membership  Linux, Security Distro, Debian
Typology of use  Desktop, Professional for security testing of systems (penetration testing)
Software packages  tgz, deb
Packages Manager  APT (installing packages from on-line repositories), dpkg (installing packages .deb in local)
GUI Manager  KDE, Fluxbox
Hardware  x86, x86-64, PPC, SPARC, DEC Alpha, ARM, MIPS, HPPA, S390, IA-64
Software support  Poor (Very good under payment)
Class of Users  Expert-Hacker
Strengths  Many security testing features
Notes  If you are an Hacker, you must know BackTrack... It is not a Linux Distro for all!
Website  http://www.backtrack-linux.org/
Our vote  9/10
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C

 

CentOS
Family membership           Linux, Red Hat
Typology of use  Server, Professional
Software packages  rpm
Packages Manager  Yum
GUI Manager  KDE, GNOME, Xfce
Hardware  x86, x86-64, ia64, s390, s390x
Software support  Medium (Good under payment)
Class of Users  Expert (Professional)
Strengths  It's a professional distribution directly derivated from Red Hat (commercial) but CentOS is for free (except the support)
Notes  ///
Website  http://www.centos.org/
Our vote  7/10
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D

Darwin
Family membership  UNIX, BSD, FreeBSD
Typology of use  Development
Software packages  Source code
Packages Manager  sysinstall, finstall (graphical,under development)
GUI Manager  GNOME, KDE
Hardware  x86, x86-64, PPC, ARM
Software support  Poor
Class of Users  Expert
Strengths  Based on FreeBSD and developed by Apple Inc.
Notes  Darwin forms the core set of components upon which Mac OS X and iPhone OS are based
Website  http://developer.apple.com/opensource/
Our vote  5/10
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Debian
Family membership  Linux
Typology of use  Desktop, Server
Software packages  deb
Packages Manager  APT (installing packages from on-line repositories), dpkg (installing packages .deb in local)
GUI Manager  GNOME, KDE, Xfce, LXDE
Hardware  x86, x86-64, PPC, SPARC, DEC Alpha, ARM, MIPS, HPPA, S390, IA-64
Software support  Medium
Class of Users  Medium-Expert
Strengths  Debian is known for strict adherence to the Unix and free software philosophies
Notes  Many distributions are based on Debian: Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, MEPIS, Dreamlinux, Damn Small Linux, Xandros, Knoppix, BackTrack, Linspire, sidux, Kanotix, Parsix and LinEx and others.
Website  http://www.debian.org/
Our vote  9/10
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E

Edubuntu
Family membership  Linux, Ubuntu, Debian
Typology of use  Desktop, Server
Software packages  deb
Packages Manager  APT (installing packages from on-line repositories), dpkg (installing packages .deb in local)
GUI Manager  GNOME
Hardware  x86, x86-64, UltraSPARC
Software support  Good
Class of Users  Newbie-students
Strengths  Particularly suitable for schools and courses of study, Ease of use, support, packages repositories
Notes  Edubuntu is Ubuntu with focalised features and applications for educational purpose
Website  http://www.edubuntu.org/
Our vote  8/10
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F

Fedora
Family membership  Linux, Red Hat
Typology of use  Desktop, Server
Software packages  rpm
Packages Manager  Yum and PackageKit (from on-line repositories), rpm (installing packages .rpm in local)
GUI Manager  KDE, GNOME
Hardware  x86, x86-64, PPC
Software support  Good
Class of Users  Newbie-Medium
Strengths  Stability, estetic, funtionality, very good repositories, good for desktop as well as server use
Notes  Fedora is a trademark of Red Hat and is directly derivated from it, as free version without professional support
Website  http://www.fedoraproject.org/
Our vote  8/10
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FreeBSD
Family membership  UNIX, BSD
Typology of use  Server
Software packages  Source code
Packages Manager  sysinstall, finstall (graphical,under development)
GUI Manager  GNOME, KDE
Hardware  x86, AMD64, SPARC, SPARC64, DEC Alpha, ia64, PC98, PowerPC, ARM architecture
Software support  Medium
Class of Users  Expert
Strengths  Stability, Security
Notes  Most software that runs on Linux can run on FreeBSD (included the GUI Managers)
Website  http://www.freebsd.org/
Our vote  7/10
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G

Gentoo
Family membership  Linux, FreeBSD
Typology of use  Desktop, Server
Software packages  binaries
Packages Manager  Emerge, Portage
GUI Manager  Xfce(default), KDE, GNOME, Fluxbox
Hardware  x86, x86-64, IA-64, PA-RISC; PPC 32/64, SPARC 64-bit, DEC Alpha
Software support  Good
Class of Users  Medium
Strengths  Using binaries, the applications are more customized for your systems than precompiled packages
Notes  Follows different routes than the other distributions, taking some ideas of systems based on BSD
Website  http://www.gentoo.org/
Our vote  7/10
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K

Kubuntu
Family membership  Linux, Ubuntu, Debian
Typology of use  Desktop, Server
Software packages  deb
Packages Manager  APT (installing packages from on-line repositories), dpkg (installing packages .deb in local)
GUI Manager  KDE
Hardware  x86, x86-64, UltraSPARC
Software support  Good
Class of Users  Newbie
Strengths  Ease of use, support, packages repositories
Notes  Kubuntu is Ubuntu with KDE as default Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Website  http://www.kubuntu.org/
Our vote  8/10
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L

Linux Mint
Family membership  Linux, Debian, Ubuntu
Typology of use  Desktop
Software packages  deb
Packages Manager  APT (installing packages from on-line repositories), dpkg (installing packages .deb in local)
GUI Manager  GNOME (default), KDE, Xfce, Fluxbox
Hardware  x86, x86-64
Software support  Good
Class of Users  Newbie-Medium
Strengths  Estetic, Usability
Notes  Many of its features are very good because its soul is Ubuntu, but Linux Mint gains in Elegance
Website  http://www.linuxmint.com/
Our vote  8/10
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M

Mandriva
Family membership  Linux, Red Hat
Typology of use  Desktop, Server (Mandriva Corporate Server version = professional)
Software packages  rpm
Packages Manager  urpmi, Rpmdrake (graphical)
GUI Manager  KDE, GNOME
Hardware  i586, x86-64
Software support  Good
Class of Users  Newbie-Medium
Strengths  Stability, estetic
Notes  There are three editions available of Mandriva: Free (only free software), One (free+others, for free) and Powerpack (commercial)
Website   http://www.mandriva.com/
Our vote  7/10
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N

NetBSD
Family membership  Unix, BSD
Typology of use  Server, Desktop
Software packages  source code
Packages Manager  pkgsrc
GUI Manager  KDE, GNOME (with pkgsrc support)
Hardware  Alpha, ARM, PA-RISC, 68k, MIPS, PowerPC, SH3, SPARC, VAX, IA-32 , x86-64
Software support  Good
Class of Users  Experts
Strengths  The NetBSD project is primarily focused on high quality design, stability and performance of the system
Notes NetBSD was used in NASA's SAMS-II Project of measuring the microgravity environment on the International Space Station, and for investigations of TCP for use in satellite networks.
Website  http://www.netbsd.org
Our vote  7/10
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 O

OpenSUSE
Family membership  Linux, Slackware
Typology of use  Desktop
Software packages  ymp, rpm
Packages Manager  RPM, YaST2, One-Click Install(ymp file)
GUI Manager  KDE, GNOME, XGL
Hardware  x86, x86-64, PowerPC
Software support  Very Good
Class of Users  Newbie-Medium
Strengths  Simplicity, innovation, usability, support
Notes  One of the most used distro
Website  http://www.opensuse.org
Our vote  8/10
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R

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 S

Sabayon Linux
Family membership  Linux, FreeBSD, Gentoo
Typology of use  Desktop, Media Center(with XBMC software)
Software packages  binaries
Packages Manager  Equo, Sulfur, Entropy, Portage, Emerge
GUI Manager  KDE, GNOME
Hardware  x86, x86-64
Software support  Good
Class of Users  Medium
Strengths  Estetic
Notes  AIGLX, XGL, and Compiz Fusion can be enabled on the installation
Website  http://www.sabayonlinux.org/
Our vote  7/10
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 T

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 U

Ubuntu
Family membership  Linux, Debian
Typology of use  Desktop, Server
Software packages  deb
Packages Manager  APT, dpkg
GUI Manager  GNOME
Hardware  IA-32, x86-64, lpia, SPARC, PowerPC, ARM, IA-64
Software support  Very Good
Class of Users  Newbie
Strengths  Ease of use, support, package repositories
Notes  One of the most used distro
Website  http://www.ubuntu.com  -  http://www.ubuntu.it
Our vote  8/10
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 W

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 X

Xubuntu
Family membership  Linux, Ubuntu, Debian
Typology of use  Desktop, Server
Software packages  deb
Packages Manager  APT, dpkg
GUI Manager  xfce
Hardware  x86, x86-64
Software support  Very Good
Class of Users  Newbie
Strengths  lightness, support, package repositories
Notes  With xfce as GUI Manager, it's particularly good for obsolete computers
Website  http://www.xubuntu.org
Our vote  8/10
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