Linux.com: In Praise of Small Linux Distros | Linux Today

Linux.com: In Praise of Small Linux Distros

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 7, 2005

“Among the hundreds of Linux distributions, only a handful get
much media attention, and only a small segment of those have become
household words in the Linux community. At Distrowatch.com, one of
the better known Linux ranking sites, you’ll see the same names
week after week in the top 20–Ubuntu, Mepis, Fedora, Slackware,
etc. So who is using the bottom 80? And why?

“Of course, many distros are created for special needs. One
example is SME Server, designed as a plug-and-play file server and
network gateway…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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