LinuxPlanet: DistributionWatch: Your Guide to Linux Distributions | Linux Today

LinuxPlanet: DistributionWatch: Your Guide to Linux Distributions

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 23, 1999

[ Thanks to Kevin
Reichard
for this link. ]

If you ever needed confirmation regarding the ongoing
vitality of the Linux world, look no farther than this exhaustive
listing of major and minor Linux distributions. We’re calling our
coverage DistributionWatch, and this listing is only the
beginning.
Over the next month we’ll be introducing exhaustive
reviews of the major distributions, as well as setting up
easy-to-read charts detailing the specifics of each
distribution.”

Included are:

  • “Major Linux Distributions…
  • International Distributions…
  • Macintosh Distributions…
  • Specialized Distributions…
  • Secure Linux-Based Servers…
  • Embedded Linux…”

Complete
Story

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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