Linux Top 3: Pentoo, Linux Mint 17.1 KDE and openSUSE Tumbleweed Security | Linux Today

Linux Top 3: Pentoo, Linux Mint 17.1 KDE and openSUSE Tumbleweed Security

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jan 13, 2015

There is no shortage of security focused Linux distributions and you can add Pentoo to that list. Unlike many of the others that typically use some manner of Debian based system as a base, Pentoo is based on Gentoo Linux. So instead of RPM, or a .deb based system, Pentoo leverages the Gentoo Porage system for package management.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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